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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1989-01-25, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1989. Blyth Council briefs Council to seek public opinions through survey Blyth village council will be surveying the opinions of village residents as to what they feel council should be aiming to do for the village. Councillor Dave Medd made the motion at the January 17 meeting of council saying he would like to get feedback from the public. He suggested a survey that could be filled in and returned anonymously but Reeve Albert Wasson objected to the anonymous part, saying he felt very strongly that the survey must be signed. ‘‘If they can’t sign it, it isn’t worth the time to read it,” he said. Councillor Medd said that he could go along with that, saying that after the survey people wouldn’t have reason to complain that they haven’t had their chance to say what they felt. Councillor Medd said he would prepare a draft copy of a survey and present it to other councillors before their next meeting for their approval.***** Council will seek more informa tion on a proposal to turn the CP Rail right-of-way from Guelph to Goderich through Blyth into a multi-purpose trail. Councillor Dave Lee brought up the subject saying he would per- Reeve Wasson said he could see there would be concerns outside the village with rural residents about such a proposal but as far as the council is concerned, those are not village concerns. The motion to seek more information carried. ***** Concerns were expressed about the cost of the new public works/ Public Utilities garage addition. Clerk-treasurer Helen Grubb said that more work had been done on the building in 1988 than planned, throwing more of the cost into that DAVELEE sonally like to see a motion to send a letter to the Ontario Trails Council to get more information on the program of turning abandoned railway lines into trails. Mediator to seek Bd.-teacher pact Continued from page 1 hear the teachers at a public meeting, with HCBE chairman John Jewitt ruling the group out of order for attempting to “negotiate in public”, and the teachers left without incident. In a prepared statement released to the media just prior to the demonstration, the teachers claimed that the board had been unwilling to meet with their negotiating team during the period of confidentiality of the fact-finding report, but the board refuted this, claiming that the upcoming municipal elections, and the possibility of new school board members being elected, were the delaying factor. Later, the board contacted the teachers again and on December 16 representatives of both sides met to resume negotiations, but once again talks broke down although both sides described the session as amiable. Mr. Whitehead brings an exten sive background in both education and dispute resolution to his appointment as mediator. He cur rently teaches organizational be haviour at Brock University in St. Catharines, and was formerly asso ciated with the faculty of business administration at the University of Western Ontario. He has been “a fairly busy third-party mediator” in education disputes in the past, according to Jim Breckenridge, Field Service Officer with the Education Relations Commission (ERC) in Toronto, who adds that the next step in the Huron County dispute will be to try to set up another meeting between the two sides. Legislation governing collective bargaining between school boards and teachers has been in place since 1975, when the School Boards and Teachers Collective Negotia tions Act, which created the ERC, was passed into Ontario law. The ERC has a number of functions, including monitoring all negotiations; collecting and provid ing data to all parties in collective negotiations; assisting the parties in their negotiations; training third- party neutrals; adjudicating bad- faith charges; supervising last of fer, strike and ratification votes; and advising the Lieutenant Gover nor in Council concerning jeopardy to students’ courses of study in the event of a strike and/or lock-out between boards and their teachers. The ground rules for bargaining in the education sector state that bargaining in each jurisdiction begins in January of the year in which the agreement expires, and all collective agreements in the sector expire on August 31. year than had been allowed for. The original intent of council had been that the shell be built in 1988 then work on it over the winter when the village employees didn’t have other work to do. But, she said, work had progressed more quickly than planned with the staff putting in extra hours.***** Councillors Medd and Lee brought a request from the Blyth and District Community Centre Board for the clerk-trasurer, who is also treasurer for the Board, to attend Board meetings so the finances of the Board can be explained to members. The coun cillors said the arena board seemed to be mystified by financial reports prepared by Mrs. Grubb and presented at the meetings. But Reeve Albert Wasson said he didn’t feel it was up to the Blyth council to direct the clerk-treasurer to go to the meetings. It was up to the arena board to talk to Mrs. Grubb and make their own arrangements, he said. He said the financial statement being prepared for the Community Centre Board is “a good and proper statement and if it’s not understood it’s not the clerk-treasurer’s fault, it’s their lack of understanding (that’s the problem)”. The clerk-treasurer said she had attended meetings of the arena Board before and ‘‘nobody says anything to my face, then it (complaints) comes back to me through the coffee shop.” Reeve Wasson explained that there had been a conversation between Murray Musty, the new head of the Community Centre Board, and the clerk-treasurer and he felt the situation was being solved.***** Donna Walsh and Debbie Ansley were appointed the two ratepayer representatives to the Community Centre Board. Councillors Medd and Lee have previously been named representatives from coun cil. William Manning was named the Blyth representative to the Mait land Valley Conservation Authori ty. Former councillor Bill Howson was named the village’s represen tative on the steering committee for the new Blyth Centre for the Arts facilities. At the January 11 meeting, Councillors Ken Brown and Shirley Fyfe had been named to the Memorial Hall Board; Reeve Was son and Councillor Fyfe to the Blyth and District Fire Area Board; Reeve Wasson and councillors Brown and Lee to the Blyth-Hullett Landfill Site Committee; Council lors Medd and Lee to the Blyth Union Cemetery Board; and coun cillors Brown and Medd to the Blyth Recreation Committee. Ethel Compiled by Mrs. Margaret McMahon. Phone 887-9250 Bonnie Evans honoured On a nice January evening, Jan. 16 friends, relatives and neigh bours gathered at the Ethel Presby terian church to honour Bonnie Evans with a bridal shower. Bonnie is to be a February bride. Mrs. Karen Cardiff introduced Bonnie and her mother Jean Ev ans, her sister Cindy Fallis and Mary Ellen Conners, the groom’s mother who were all seated at the front. Also in attendance was Bonnie’s grandmother Grace Evans of Clinton and Steve’s grandmother Kay Conners of Lis- towel. grandparents of a new grand daughter, Karla Christine Rasz- mann who is also a sister for Kevin. WE’VE BEEN THERE Margaret Shortreed sang a solo and conducted an audience partici pation contest. Mary Lynne White read an ‘‘Invited to a Wedding” letter. Dorothy Dilworth, one of Bonnie’s former teachers gave the bride’s address. Assisting the bride with opening her shower gifts were Sandy Earl, Kelly Krauter, and Tracy White. Bonnie thanked everyone for coming and for all her lovely gifts. PEOPLE Lunch was served by Olive Cunningham and helpers. 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