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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-07-06, Page 1PUBLISHED IN LUCKNOW, ONTARIO Wednesday, July 6, 1994 • 550 G.S.T. Included Developer must pay for sewer extension Debbie Conley, owner of a newlycreated unserviced lot on Ludgard Street, along with Rod Havens, from whom Conley purchased the lot, met with Lucknow Village council on June 14 to discuss the cost of hydro, water and sewer utilities which must be supplied at the developer's expense. In a recent-rinterview, Reeve Stuart Reavie explained the es- timated $15,000 in expenses Conley is facing. To extend the sewer line to Conley's property, the extension must be en- gineered, a certificate of ap- proval obtained, plans and specifications prepared and the site inspected. "Extensions to the sewer line have to be paid for by the developer," says Reavie. The following motion was made by Councillor George Gibson, seconded by Councillor Lillian Abbott and, carried: 1. That the Village of Lucknow agrees with the developers Rod Havens and. Debbie Conley, to provide services to the newly created lot, Pt. Park Lot 6., Plan 43 at the developers' expense, including appropriate engineering as required and as estimated: sewer $11,000, hydro $3,000, water $900 (3/4"):. 2. ..The Village further agrees to work with - the developers to recover, if possible, costs in- curred with respect to• the sewer extension should other lots be developed to use that extension; 3.. The building permit will be ' issued on completion of the Development Agreement and subject to a disclaimer . with respect to incurred costs, that the developer agree to a letter of credit of $10,000 to be presented when applying for the; building permit; 4. The developers agree to ap- propriate sections of the Development Agreement. Reavie says the letter of credit has been posted. Gibson, during a telephone interview, referred to the motion as the "town's position. Main concern was this is the first alteration of the sewer system; changes should be done proper- ly, with the least possible disrup- tion to the sewer system. (We) must maintain -the integrity of. the sewer system." Graduate edition inside Along with area businesses, the Lucknow Sentinel sends its congratulations out to the 1994 Grade 8 graduates, award win- ners, and kindergarten graduates. Inside this week's issue you will find pictures from LCPS, LDCS, Brookside and St. Joseph's schools. "They saved the best for Last" was how one of the plpers In the WIngham Advance Times sponsored the band. Over 100 entries Lucknow Legion Pipe Band put It on July 1, when the band participated in the parade under sunny, blue skies, (Pat brought up the rear of Wingham's homecoming parade. The Livingston photo) Bruce County Two declare intent By Pat Halpin are successful in the November Two Bruce county councillors have municipal election. declared their intentions to run for' County council holds its election Warden in 1995. Harry Thede of Saugeen Town- ship and George Goetz of Carrick Township both said Monday they will seek the Warden's post if they for warden in early December. Bruce County wants people who use trailer parks 'on a seasonal basis to pay a fee in lieu, of taxes for. municipal . services they use. Police services board keep emergency number By John Greig The Kincardine Police Services Board will keep the old Kincardine police phone number for at least six months. Muhammad Qureshi, board mem- ber, requested- that the number be extended indefinitely. "I feel that if someone comes back to Kincardine; someone who knows the number from the past, they may not get through in an emergency." • When the localforce was dis- banded in favor of OPP policing, the emergency number was changed to the OPP number,396-3341. But problems are arising because after business hoursthe emergency calls go to OPP dispatch in Mount For- est, at 1-800-265-2525 Charlie Mann, chair, of the board, said the Legion is concerned about having to phone a 1-800 number. The Legion phone does not allow • for long distance calls. OPP Staff Sergeant Al Neville said that the Legion had contacted the BMTS and the phone now allows calls' to the 1-800 number. Qureshi also said local ham radio operators have trouble using the 1- 800 number compared to the local number. The ham radio operators contact the police in emergencies. The board decided to have Qureshi look into the ham radio operators maintaining the line and in the meantilne decided to main- tain the number until at least when the next phone book comes out. MESSAGES PUT IN PHONES Messages have been put in police emergency phones' to explain , how they work. The phones, at the old police station and the beach, make no noise when dialling. The phones dial automatically whenthe receiver is lifted. The messages tell the person using the phones to wait at least 90 seconds before hanging up. OPP Sergeant Bob Brigger said the calls going to Mount Forest take about 15 seconds and even if a person doesn't hear the phone dialling, to wait. CRIME STATS "IMPRESSIVE" Theboard was impressed with the crime and operating statistics pro- vided by the OPP OMPAC com- puter system. "That's an excellent report, one of the best we've seen," said Mann. The OMPAC report showed that during foot patrols, theofficers found 14 insecure premises. "That's quite a' high number actually," said Neville. "Most are in the core." Mann said he was surprised, that businesses were literally leaving doors unlocked. - NEW CRUISER INSPECTED The PSB got to take a peek at the •See OPP, page 2 to run for warden Amabel reeve Bill Ferris has been lobbying for 15 years on the issue. He says the fee of up to $100 per trailer will be some conipensation to municipalities for the water and sewer services trailer parks use. Ferris said the trailer fee was pro- posed when the Fair Tax Commis- sion held a session in Chesley last year, but so far has not seen any action by the province. Bulk, buying could mean big savings for Bruce county and its 31 municipalities. The county clerk's association has, been investigating a Co-operative Purchasing Venture that would allow municipalities to join forces and order supplies in large volume. A report shows that by going together to buy nine products rang- ing from garbage bags to fax paper, the county and five municipalities taking part in the survey could save between $478 and $7168 each: "It can enable all municipalities to secure the price and advantages of larger volume purchasing," said county clerk Bettyanne Bray. Details of ordering procedure, warehousing and distribution of the bigger volume of .supplies have yet to be worked out, but, the intent is to have each municipality take a turn calling the tenders. Council • was told the shared purchasing can also be expanded in future to. include road' departments, hospitals . � and fire departments. Bray said joint ventures can also be made with the boards of educa- tion in the two counties, which • already have a shared buying plan. County staff plan to get a lower price on its next shipment of com- puter paper by ordering through the boards of education . While county council approved the plan for its own use, each municipality still has the choice of whether or not to use the 'cooperative, purchasing option for specific supplies. Kinloss will be asked to reconsider 911 decision By Pat Halpin Plans for a 911 service in Bruce County failed to get unanimous approval by county council at its meeting June 27-. Kinloss township proved to be the only hold-out, casting the future of the $760,000 project into question. "I feel very bad to say no," Kinloss reeve Jim Boyle said. "One other councillor and I worked very hard, but we were defeated." 911 Chair Paul Eagleson argued that his committee's task was over with the failure to get unanimous support for the proposal. "I'm done. There's an election this fall," he said. But Eagleson was, persuaded by Warden Milt McIver and Port Elgin reeve Ann MacKay to stay on : the job and approach Kinloss pnce more. "I don't think it's a lost cause yet. I think we can swing it," Boyle argued. Eagleson said if Kinloss agrees to join the system, the next stop should be to include the band coun- cils of the two First Nations' reserves in the prop6sal and set up a technical committee to work out the details of implementation. "Definitely there's going to be a lot of bugs to iron out," Eagleson said of, the technical issues and dispatch service questions raisedby some municipalities.