HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-11-18, Page 1l•
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by Pat Livingston •
Did you vote?
Ll you. did. You helped make up the 35.5 per ,cent
'Overall voter turnout M the 1998 municipal election -
for the-nelv municipality of the Township of Huron. •
Kinloss. That percentage represents Z,666.voters out
of an•eligible 7.505,
. Martin Polls,
Huron Township had 5,253 eligible voters with
1,08 going to, the polls On Nov, 9. That represents a
27.9 per Cent turneut.
Fourteen polls were set up M Huron Township
with per percentage turnouts ranging from lows of
•1.1.8 per cent at polls 7 and 11 and 11.9 per cent at
04.8 (primary 'cottage areas), to highs of 53.9 per
cent and 50.9 per cent at polls 13 and 14 (former vile
lagee kkApy liPoUs), _ • ,
At polls 4„. 5.° 0- anti 10„. whom themis also. a signitt‘
leant portionof Se4Sontti rt,acktrit* Ott/ WAVOIA was
24.8, 24.1, 2.3 4 and 154 per cent respectively..
In
he 1997 election, Huron, Township ,had an Over-.
altiurnout of.30 per cent.
• LUCknOw FHs
• in the village,:overalimmout Was 47,6. percent of
1,043 eligible: •
At polls 1 and .2 (north of Campbell) 46 per cent
voted?while in poll 3, that Onion *Nth of Campbell
$trect;49.6 per cent oast ballots, •
1997,,Locknow Wuxi': went in by acclamation:,
Kintoss.PiU
lentos& averaged 40 per cent ttirnout at'the polls;
49.6:per Cont.*, poll 1, 36..1 at poll 1, and 34,2 per cent
Cat poll 2. . •
Last year 38.5,per•Oetit ttirnedont•for the Xinleis,
*COO.. • • • '
AcrosS the new municipalitY„.2I9 people voted at
'the advance poll On Oct, 31, ” • . •
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18,,998
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Win(18.91.121#00 to 40 linth didn't stop the local Legion tram holding; the
annual ReineMbrangg Day cenotaph SOndekey but the winds did make it
tough, work for the flag 'bearers. Shown hero are Mark ifeckeri Nick
Schaus and Andrea Feeley, (Livingston photo)
65 INCLUDES G.S.T.
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io$islation.to liinit
,•- Property tax related inetvaaes-
•Small businesses should be law. by.
Dec, 17 says Barb fisher, Bruce
MP. Fisher and Reeve Stuart
Reavie met with 4'fow local busi:-
P90* on Thursday morning
at
a breakfast Meeting hpstgct by
the local Chamber o Commerce.
Provinee'vYido reassessment te
a current value .systern and the
implications of the provincial.
Who 1>pcs *hat initiative impact-
ed 1994tax:
lnitially,sOme, local businesses
• were heartened with a dweas!i,in
• tANOAt w4i10tnanY othQrs fagot
substantial increasgs.'11, you were •
fiUPPY.NO0u You got your first to,„
bill, that snood probably ehangett.
• when you got your secondtax hill
r(f1Qct.iipg,edneation. taw On
comtherciat property, The.doable
billing Was. -a result of 4.•intOolpal;
adrainistrationglitcb,
Reaction tu the "eXtrotne
husi-
HCSS property. taN'iniZtOns'Oe was.
"Op itneo(n,s; behind the. govorn-
mont tntroduoing lo,$iglation On
Nov. 5 to, c4P. FfOrtit-r04.to(i
.ingroigs.ongotomcri41. and
ni(j4strial.properties, to 10 per eent '
in 199g, -4nd. a further five pgsr
cent tn each of the years, 1999 And:
• 2000 • • .
. Vico ginclClinex for previneiai
tax,reform wore. &applied. to.
11110nopaitties,* eight tools WOre
irwiltnled to prOvide,relief in vaxi-
014* areos, .
'Ve-tgovertimenti trusted the
county,' wonkl take the tools, and -
use them,' said Fisher,
tit Bruce County, only iwO
toOts, Were impletneuted; one to
provide tax relief for IOW-incorne,
senior and disabled porsons.,' and
Weor441Y; robAtqs, tO' charities,
occupying commercial or'indus-
trial property,
Betty Anne Br* OlOrk-troasur.
fOt Bruce connry told "The.
Sentinel on Friclay.,thar council
opted 'not to kuPleinont any, of the,. ,
other toots, because; when, the
ori-
inal analys)s- was donoi thoy
oo tt was appropriate to, shilt
a greater, burden on 10 the fesidOrk-
tiatpropertios when soros of them
already had a 15 N' cent
iNre4$0." POutlCit•deCkled.it. was.
hest toleave it at the prescribed
rate the province• suggested:
'because that.Was„ tair tp,.cve:ryow
t110•iroP4giNiv.:4§,s,114t0(1. If we,.
started toying : With, it . and intto-
(Awing those tools,. we, would end
OUting. the: burdento residea•i•
041 with flO explanation.'
A news release froin the.
•Miuisiry of Finance slates that,„
Under Ix new proposed IegiSla7.•
• tion4,. municipal councils, would be
gryen extra time to -.'revisit their
• , turo,to pages 2',
ipof
Ilizron-Kinloss
Board hires
lawyers and
• aceounta$
by 'at Livingston
The transition board for
the Township, of littrOn.
Kinloss dealt with legal
anti =owning serviees,.
and insurance coverage
for the new, municipality
at the Nov. 5 meeting.
Wri tten. propOsals on
banking services had been:
•submitted earlier by the
Royal Sank,, Toronto
Dominion ajtk,ciac.
and Bank of Montreal,
•Proposala included. interest
04:7;,4,7:tp•etin.toptil$intx:e01.:xtojilkciti:s1::sV.41414::41
• the fain, baitking-institn,
dorsi attended the meeting
tioto:subaisti...esnayAreo, vapieswvitiFeic;upatcso.::
The qnetatiOn. &001 thP
Royal ./tOk was success
Qu,otati fbr audit
serVices,had been received
from Vorlden, Bender and
'Seebacit. Doane Raymond
and- Takao and ',3tix.t. The;
quote of .Voddpn„
:and Seebaeit was accept,-
TWo coMpanieS. flank
Cowan. Insurance and
Jardine OM Ltd..
ed OQinprOhenSiVO
rnuranecora.ge •
gepresentatfveS from both
compotes attended tlie..
meeting to review their.
prpposals. •and. answer , •
qnestions. . • ,
Cbw.an Iheurance, will
insure the now muniOipilli, •
ty's $193 nulhou worth•of •
assets for a fee, of $59,637
plus taxes. Restructuring
o rrinniciPalities hasbeen
touted,as.'a way of samiudg,
11°00S4:4:1)tild off with, the •
insurance. Last year's total
preiniirtil for the three
Innincipalities was about
$90,000.
'The lawfilm or White,
Duncan, •Osiner nd
Linton, of Waterlaro livaS
appointed as. solicitors. '.
The board. also aocept.• •
'ed the qutntitidn• of Ian,
‘4O0root, n jndependent
coosithot, • for PUC rate:
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