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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-05-25, Page 9Bruce County council Considering 911 system 911 Bruce County municipalities have a month to think about a proposed 911 system. • Committee chair Paul Eagleson tabled estimates May 17 that in- dicate it will take three to four years to set up a 911 emergency answering service and cost the county $300,000. Municipalities would have to pay a total of $468,000 for signs over the same period, plus undetermined costs for putting up and maintaining the signs. Eagleson said his committee has taken "a different approach" by presenting costs and finding out it municipalities are interested .in the idea, before designing the technical details of the system. He said it is essential all 31 municipalities in the county par- ticipate, or the plan won't go ahead. Under the proposal tabled Tues- day, every road in the county will have to be posted with a formalized name, and every property will have to post a municipal address. The county is responsible for signs at intersections of county roads, while municipalities are responsible for inteiection signs on local roads. A map will show street names and address ranges throughout the county. Theproposal also reconC mends the county buy Bell's answering service at an annual cost. of $87,900, while users will. pay 31 cents a month for 911 on their phone bills. Eagleson said he expects municipalities to decide by the June 27 council meeting if they plan to support the 911 proposal or not. *** Using a weapon to commit a crime should carry a minimum of a five year mandatory sentence, ac- cording to Bruce County Council. "A lot of the members wanted it even longer;" said finance chair Paul Eagleson of his committee's support of a resolution from North York calling for the federal government to.change legislation. Eagleson said his committee dropped North York's suggestion that the same mandatory sentence apply to anyone possessing an unregistered weapon. "That was the more restrictive part," he said. The contractor will be chosen and construction is scheduled to begin on the new county library head- quarters in June. The county now has a short list of two contractors . bidding for the $775,000 project. Council gave the project committee the go-ahead to sign a deal with the contractor of its choice, so that work on the new headquarters at the north end of Port Elgin, can proceed as soon as possible. Four years after pay equity was introduced by law, Bruce County Bruce County Board of Education may be getting close to putting the legislation into action. "The Pay Equity Act has been very difficult to implement in the county," said personnel director Douglas Harris in what has to be an understatement. Harris said one version of a pay equity plan was rejected entirely after being posted, while ahother is still under review. Meetings are scheduled now and into the coming weeks in an effort to get a plan approved and in place. Rocky as the road to pay equity has been, Harris said implementing the 1993 Code .of Ethics has been even worse. "In terms of gaining acceptance of and responsibility for the Code by the employees, this was probably one of the most difficult policies I have worked ort for the county," Harris told council's May 17 ses- sion. Later, Harris said he was surprised by employee opposition to the Code of Ethics, which he described as a guideline for staff conduct within the organization. He said it could be particularly useful for new employees. Harris said some staff are "reading too much into it", with the result that some have refused to sign the Code. He said he's continuing to meet with county departments to explain the eight page Code of Ethics, and is hopeful everyone will sign it eventually. Teachers breathe, a little easier Forty-nine of the board's teachers can breathe easier now. The elementary and secondary teachers who were declared 'surplus to county needs" have been told they will not lose their jobs after all. The surplus notices went out in March and April, based on enrol- ment figures and staff leave notices on hand at that, time. But. on May 17, the board announced "major •' uncertainties have been clarified", including an increase in projected enrolment and the signing of . a contract for Ontario Hydro employees. As a result, all but a , handful of the teachers now have postings, though . transfers will be likely for some of the recalled staff. Board chair Barry Schmidt of- fered personal apologies to the teachers who got lay. off notices, but blamed contract deadlines for the unhappy situation. ' "It causes anguish," agreed trustee Ray Fenton. "I hope we can get *better (notification) dates in the future." *** • It could be June before the two sides in the secondary contract dispute in Bruce get back to the bargaining table. On May 17, trustees rejected the final offer by the board's 280 secondary teachers. Trustees' negotiating chair David Inglis said the propoals in that offer would cost over $1 million to implement in 1994, and would involve "substa- ntial costs" extending beyond the contract's life. "We seem to be a long ' way apart," Inglis said, naming social contract issues as a major stumbling block. He said the board believes social contract target requirements should be handled outside the regular contract, while teachers want them dealt with in the terms of the col- lective agreement. Inglis had unanimous support in his motion to reject the teachers' offer. Trustee Gord Thompson said meeting the demands in the teachers' offer would mean a five per cent budget hike. "The point of the social contract is to save five per cent," agreed trustee Ray Fenton. After the meeting, OSSTF local president Mark Ciavaglia accused. Inglis of irresponsible leadership for saying the teachers' offer would cost $1 million. "It's not true," Ciavaglia said. He said the teachers' proposal was to downsize, with job loses incurred in September 1993 credited against the secondary teacher social contract target. "How can (downsizing) cost money?" he asked. While both sides say they're willing to resume talks, the teachers' 15 -day old work -to -rule campaign will continue. It curtails extra -curricular sports, music, special events and academic help. Ciavaglia said there are no plans to step up that campaign before the end of the school year, but added "September is a different story". Inglis said the board will inves- tigate .its options. He refused to elaborate on those, except to say a lock -out is among them but not being considered at this time. Some of the students caught in the middle of the labour dispute gave both teachers and the board a reprimand Tuesdays. Jennifer Jacques, vice president of Walkerton District Secondary ,School, delivered petitions to both the federation and trustees. The petitions outline students' belief that both sides have failed to meet the goals of education by allowing the work -to -rule situation to develop. "We're in a situation where we ask ourselves 'what now?," Jacques said. The delegations from Bruce Peninsula District • School and WDSS watched as trustees rejected' the teachers' final offer. Jacques said she wasn't surprised at that move. But with negotiations un- likely to resume until June, Jacques said sheds expecting the dispute to continue past the end of the school year. Mac Anderson demonstrated his westem roping skills during Lucknow's Western Days on the weekend. (Pat Livingston photo) ' Luckno Sentinel. Wednesday. 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Morris Stanley Stephen Tuckersmith Turnherry . Usborne E. Wawanosh W Wawanosh Clerk 1. Andrew J Stewart R Thompson R Knight' J Zimmerman R Johnson Deputy Clerk Treas • R Shaddick M McClure Michie I Willem L Brown J McLachlan D Kelly S Strahg W Thompson' J Armstrong Town Clinton Exeter.. Goderich Senforth Wingham Village Bayfield , Blyth Brussels Hensall Zurich clerk M Jefferson F Roll • L McCabe J Crocker B Adams clerk P Graham H Grubb D White L Phair M Simmons In accordance with the WeedlControl Act, Statutes of Ontario, 1990, Chapter W5, Sections 3, 16 and 23, that unless noxious weeds growing on their lands are destroyed by JUNE 6, 1994 and throughout the Season, the Municipality may enter upon the said lands and have the weeds destroyed, charging the costs against the land in taxes, as set out in the Act Velvet Leaf is named as a noxious weed in most municipalities, and Giant Cow Parsnip (tlogweed) in all County municipalities The co operation of all citizens is solicited JOE GIBSON . Weed Inspector Cnurlty of Hi iron