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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-01-18, Page 11THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1989. PAGE 11. Blyth Council briefs Blyth councillors learn limitations of time The new Blyth councillors found out at their January 11 meeting, how hard it is to get all their business done in one night. As the 11 o’clock deadline set in the procedural by-law approached, councillors had to decide if they would extend the deadline or put off the rest of the business until a special meeting. Councillors agreed, because of the large amount of work still to be covered to have a special meeting which was scheduled for Tuesday night, January 17 at 6:30 p.m. Former councillor Bev Elliott, /V7VC4 gets employment grant Murray Cardiff, M.P. for Huron- Bruce last week announced that the Maitland Valley Conservation Au­ thority has been awarded funding in the amount of $19,134 'under Section 25 of the Unemployment Insurance Job Creation Program. Section 25 was formerly referred to as Section 38 under the same Program. -- The money will go towards a Councillors don't have answers Continued from page 1 new councillors the roots of the dispute that started before their term on council, Clerk-Treasurer Helen Grubb explained that it had been the position of the PUC that Mr. Szarek should determine if he can get a building permit for his lot east of his current apartment building, before they go to the effort of discussing moving the Ontario Hydro line. The lot in question is lower than the others served by the sewer line that ends on the lot of the apartment build­ ing. There is some concern that there may not be enough fall for a gravity-fed sewer system. - The fact that the sewer line only goes far enough onto the apartment building lot to service the building was also a sore point for Mr. Szarek who addressed the issue both in his presentation to council and in a letter to council in which he requested a refund on the money he had been paying for a frontage charge for the lot because the sewer line doesn’t go across the whole lot. He claimed he had been paying for 82 feet of sewer line and getting one foot of line. “The point is I’ve paid for taxes on the property and paid sewerage charge on a line that doesn’t exist,’’ he claimed. He worried that if he develops the property to the east of the building he’ll be expected to pay for the extension of the line across the 82 feet of property he’s already been paying on. He also wanted to know if he developed his property on Dinsley and on John Street, if the council would open John Street for him. Reeve Wasson said that depend­ ed somewhat on how many houses would be built. “Are you going to build 12 houses, six houses or one house. It makes a difference as to how much money the village will recover.’’ Mr. Szarek said he would probably be building one house. Reeve Wasson said it had been council policy in the past to build to service the next lot on a street, not past vacant property to a house farther down. Mr. Szarek then asked that council give him written answers to his questions about servicing the lots. Late, when council came back to the issue and the new councillors tried to come to grips with it, they decided they weren’t in a position to answer all Mr. Szarek’s ques­ who had promoted the planting of crab apple trees to decorate the downtown area, appeared before council to discuss the planting program. She said 10 trees had been ordered for the village and she would like to see them planted on main street in planters to do the most to improve the appearance of downtown. There was some con­ cern on the part of councillors if there would be room for pedestrian traffice on the sidewalks if planters were put on the sidewalks but council agreed to try it to see if there was any problem. The cost of building the planters work project for planting trees and improving woodlots in the Maitland Valley area. This will result in three jobs consisting of a total of 54 work weeks. The U.I. Section 25 Job Creation program is designed to provide opportunities for unemployed work­ ers to maintain and utilize their work skills during periods when they are laid off and without other employ­ ment. tions. They agreed to contact B. M. Ross and Associates, the engineer­ ing company in charge of planning for the sewers, to see if there would be a charge to Mr. Szarek to build a sewer line across the property he is already paying a frontage charge on. Questions about who would pay for servicing lots on John Street with sewers and water were a matter for PUC, council agreed. The only matter that was a., council decision was whether or not to open up John St. Councillor Dave Medd, noting the existing policy of extending a road only to the next lot on the street, said he couldn’t see that council would open the whole street from Dinsley north to the Drummond Street extension. Perhaps, he said, such questions should be considered Headboard, Rails, Box Spring & mattress COMPLETE 39” SINGLE BED In for January Savings! ZILLIAX FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES must still be solved however. The cost of the planters ran to about $50 each last year, Merv Ritchie town works foreman told council. Coun­ cil agreed to look at the tree planting budget and see if there is money available to pay for planter construction.***** It took nearly a half hour to get the minutes passed as Councillor Dave Lee objected to several things included in the minutes and some things that weren’t. He made a motion, supported by council, that the minutes shouldn’t include a notice that the next meeting of the Blyth-Hullett Land­ fill Site Committee would be Janu­ ary 23 because that date had not been mentioned at the last council meeting and had only recently been decided. He also objected to the wording of a motion that said the previous council would act as an advisory committee to help the current council with the preparation of the new zoning by-law. He said his recollection was that the old council was to meet with the new council only for the first planning meeting to bring them up to date on the under a development agreement. Councillors decided because of the need for more information they couldn’t go farther than that. Councillors also rushed into a decision on the moving of the Ontario Hydro line onto the Dinsley Street right-of-way. Mrs. Grubb explained that Ontario Hydro had asked for an answer from that meeting. “I don’t think under the circum­ stances this council should be expected to do that,” Reeve Was­ son said. Councillor Medd agreed, saying he didn’t see how he could make a decision. He made a motion asking that the Ontario Hydro representative, Mr. Szarek, the building inspector and the PUC all be invited to a meeting to try to work the problem out. 39” SINGLE BED Headboard, Footboard, Box Spring, Mattress & Rails COMPLETE $297.10 reasoning behind some plan propo­ sals. Later he withdrew the motion when other councillors felt the wording of the minutes didn’t reflect any specific time the former councillors would assist the current council: whether it be one meeting or iiK.m The amount of assistance needed woua. ’ no to the current councillors to decide. Meanwhile on the subject ot inc zoning bylaw, Helen Grubb, clerk­ treasurer said Cindy Fisher of the Huron County Planning and De­ velopment office was expecting to have background information to the new councillors by the end of January. ***** Following a request from seniors living in the Queen’s Villa apart­ ments on Queen Street South to have the west sidewalk on the street kept open for them to get requests the honour of your presence at their 1989 Spring/Summer Bridal Fashion Show on Sunday, January 22, 1989 at 2:00 pan. at the GODERICH Bayfield Road, South 524-4334 Mos te< Cord K ■ tu-, & APPLIANCES A Fou'l’i (ji‘neia'on Bo- Remember-DON’T PAY A THING UNTIL SPRING •NO DOWN PAYMENT»NO INTEREST •NO PAYMENTS UNTIL APRIL [Minimum purchase $400] O.A.C. downtown, council agreed to do what they could to keep the sidewalk open as long as the weather permits. Councillors expressed their un­ derstanding that the residents did­ n’t want to have to cross the busy main street to use the sidewalk on the east side of the street but worried about their ability to keep the sidewalk on the west side of the street open under normal winter conditions. In a normal winter, Councillor Lee pointed out, there are six to eight foot snow banks on the west side of the street. That’s why, Reeve Albert Was­ son said, the east side of the street has been cleaned again. In a winter such as this council can try to keep the sidewalk open, he said “but if it gets bad, I agree with Councillor Lee that it’s a tall challenge (to keep the walk cleared).” LISTOWEL WallaceAve., North 291-1461