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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-09-21, Page 3On the education scene Work -to -rule continues during talks Bruce County's secondary teachers staged an information picket outside the board office 'Tuesday. The two sides in thetwo-year-old contract dispute sat down to talks, Friday,. September 16, for the first time since negotiations stalled over • social contract issues in June. Meanwhile, a work -to -rule cam- paign by the 280 teachers that started last May is continuing. The job sanction means students are getting regular classroom instruc- tion; but no after-school help or extra -curricular activities like sports, drama or music: District 44 president, Mark Ciavaglia said the hour-long demonstration Tuesday was meant to give the board a message that teachers endorse their negotiating committee's position. "There's been some comment that we lack support. 1 think , this demonstration should show that in fact that's not true," said Ciavaglia. Board negotiating committee chair David Inglis said he did not secthe picketers. Inglis was in a meeting preparing for the Septeni- ' her 16 negotiating session, and said the board is going into those talks "in a positive sense". At the heart of the dispute is how the board intends' to implement social contract legislation. Teachers say that attrition and understaffing means they have already met the target savings imposed by the social contract, and they want 'annual increments for young teachers not yet at maximum salary reinstated. The board said those increases are exactly what the social contract was intended to cut. It says the teachers' proposals would cost taxpayers nearly a million dollars, and claims it has little room to manoeuvre on social contract is- sues. Complicating matters is the fact that the two sides are negotiating for a contract period that pre -dates the social contract. Ciavaglia said the board is rolling all negotiations under the social contract banner and trying to institute social -contract type • cuts and savings "in per- petuity", Inglis said the board has offered teachers options that would see increases for younger teachers, as long as those increases were. financed by the 75 per cent of teachers already at maximum salary through unpaid Leave days or other cost-saving measures. He said teachers agreed to pay partof the bill, but still wanted taxpayers to pick up sonic of the tab. Trustees rejected that proposal. Ciavaglia said Tuesday that leachers arc not talking about 911 plans back on track Plans for a 911 emergency ser- Costs for the 911 service will be vice arc back ort track in Bruceshared by county and municipal County. budgets. The .system could be in The proposal stumbled in June play by 1997. ' when Kinloss Township refused to --endorse it. Since then the 911 com- mittee met., with Kinloss Council and answered its concerns. 991 chair Pail Eagleson.. said the proposal now •has the unanimous support it needs. ' Kinloss reeve Jim Boyle said his council never opposed the issue of having a 911 service, but had ques- tions about proposed costs Boyle also' read a staterrlient from one village councillor asking why, if the original 911, proposal needed unanimous support to proceed, Kinloss, was told service would proceed.. with or without the mwlicipality''s support? Boyle did not get a response to the statement. Eagleson said the next step in the 911 process is to set up a technical 1 committee to go over details of the ' best dispatch and niim'bering system for the county. The committee, which will have revresentatives from fire, police and ambulance services, will also look at how 911 will be integrated on rural party line 'phones. Extra billing vetoed An attempt by Bruce County's, planning department to extra -bill municipalities for planners' time failed by a narrow 41-33 recorded vote on Sept. 13. The planning committee 'asked for $200 per meeting when planners attend advisory committee or coun- cil meetings and act as secretary. The idea wasroundly denounced by several members of council, who said the county has a responsibility to provide planning services. Some reeves noted their municipalities have set up joint planning advisory committees' to save council and planners' time, and should not be held hostage" by having to pay extra for the county planner to attend those"meetings. Ironically, county council decided several months ago to abolish what were known as PACs or Planning Advisory Committees. The PACs hat! members , from a group of neighbouring municipalities, and gave local comment on develop - 1 miaow il The&rif At Ir&ge impact • 'womu�><Ike Ito weilcorne JoAnne Ropp to JoAnne hirings, mangy new and croati\'C "lcilti to DM' sillt)Il and iti h1ol\ing forward tu.liteeting e�tery.one, 1 ('omit/,;1-p: (,t mi ill �Lr:'ii Pi U; nh f r ti,; ;u 1Idin 7pr) ti211,y: . Ith h i •,I\ Ii m,if c -n;: \ : p.crer 1 imr1.,1 spot(. Du;lr Design learn - Nem, appointments are licit Our, Studio Hours arc: Ttit', 9-9 -Wed 9-7 Thurs t)-6 Fri 9-6 and Saturday c)-2 • Startiilg Mori. 3 Thur 9 -LY Jan Alton Vicky Morrison Jo -Anne Ropp '4'alelr Int- Exciting New Services to he Available! Image lb -Aptly tt I! 7o1 r/oo/taa.ae ua. '7eect ()fug Davit 528 2210 . I increases in this contract. They know cuts are coming, he said, but added he's worried about how extensive the cuts will. be. "The knife is getting bigger all the time," said Ciavaglia. Meanwhile, the recent Grey County teacher§' settlement should give the Bruce board something to consider, said Inglis. "The Grey settlement isn't too bad a deal," said Inglis, adding that the agreement allowed increments for young teachers, but at no cost to the taxpayers and with no "ba- llooning" or catch-up period after the social contract expires in 1996. The two sides met with mediator Doug Lawless for 18 hours in Kin- cardine Friday, starting at 9 a.m. and ending around 4 a.m. At that time, Lawless called a recess until Tuesday, Sept. 20. Contacted Saturday, Inglis said they were "making some headway." Inglis declined to comment on details of the talks, but said the ,board is "lookjng forward to getting at it again" on Tuesday. Ciavaglia agreed with .Inglis that progress was being' made Friday, but also refused to make more specific comment. "There's a lot of work to this," Ciavaglia said about the marathon - length session Friday. in Bruce hent and zoning issues. They were scrapped because some municipalities wanted more local controLand less input from neigh- bouring couhcils. It now appears that municipalities in some areas have reestablished planning advisory groups at the grassroots level. County planner Malcolm McIn- tosh said ..the .problem is that his. budget has been cut and planners are already working overtime. He said he can't afford to send staff ,to extra meetings. 1 "We're trying to keep -the department running with reduced dollars', that's what I'in°faced.with," he said. Ladies slo-pitch winners l After. a one -day tournament to establish the champions in the ladies's slo-pitch league on Sept. 10, Ashfield took the "A: and the Phantoms took the "B". • Darlene Smeltzer had the most home runs for the year, and the Cindy Smyth Trophy, for the most dedicated to the sport, was awarded•to Doreen Mali. Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, Purchasing a vehicle is a big decision! Let as help you make the right ore! 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