HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-05-17, Page 39Blyth Council briefs
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1989. PAGE 39.
Blyth could get subdivision if plans move ahead
Preliminary planning is being
done that may see Blyth gain a new
subdivision, Blyth Village Council
was told at its May 10 meeting.
Murray Siertsema wrote a letter
to council asking council’s feelings
on various proposals, two of which
will see houses built on portions of
his farm on the west side of the
village and another which would
see a portion of the farm subdivid
ed.
Council decided it would be
appropriate to meet with Mr.
Siertsema to discuss the plans
which could see as many as 20 lots
opened up between the CP Rail
right of way and Dinsley Street
West.
*****
A contract was awarded to
Lavis Construction of Clinton for
$12,995 for paving in various places
around the village. The main
portion will be the addition of a top
coating of asphalt on King Street
East at a cost of $4,585. Gypsy
Lane, in front of the arena will be
paved for $2,440. Boulevards on
Dinsley St. and Drummond Street
will also be paved at a cost of
$4,060 and $1,910 respectively.
The Clinton firm nosed out
Cottrell Paving of Kincardine
which had bid a mere $115 more.
Both bids were under the esti
mate of the village engineer for the
project.*****
The issue of a sewer line
extension on McConnell Street has
been settled by the homeowner
paying into a reserve fund that will
help pay for a proper sewer
extension in the future.
Ron Ritchie made the $2,500
deposit that will be invested and
used to pay for the portion of a
sewer trunk line across the front of
his property if the extension is
made in future. In the meantime he
will be allowed to make his own
long connection to the end of the
trunk line on the street one
property west of where he is
building a new house. Council had
puzzled over the problem because
the trunk line can’t, at present, be
economically extended because the
property owner to the east doesn’t
want to develop the land. However,
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if at a later date the land was
opened up to development and
council had allowed Mr. Ritchie to
hook up to the sewer through a long
connection, they normally wouldn’t
have been able to collect from him.
Mr. Ritchie solved the problem by
paying up front money to go into a
reserve fund.
*****
Council suddenly finds itself in
an embarassment of riches in grant
money to improve the Radford ball
diamond. The council had applied
for money to the project under the
Capital Conservation program of
the Ministry of Tourism and Recre
ation but had initially been turned
down. The project was then includ
ed under the village Pride pro
gram. The council then received
word that extra money had become
available for the Capital Conserva
tion program and the project had
been approved after all.
Only one of the grants can be
used from the project so council
will have to decide which is most
advantageous.*****
Council will look at a new form
for building permits that will make
office staff and council more aware
of what is going on in the village.
The new forms would have to be
processed through the town office.
“We definitely need somethings so
we can get a better handle on
things,” Councillor Dave Medd
said.
*****
Tenders will be called for a new
roof for Blyth Memorial Hall of
high-ribbed steel, council was told.
The new material was proposed by
architect Christopher Borgal and
will cost more than the material
originally proposed last year but
will last much longer. The material
will match the roofing being put on
the Blyth Festival’s renovated ad
ministration building next door (the
former bank building). The Festival
has agreed to pay the extra cost of
the material which will give the
village a longer-lasting roof at the
same price as it would have paid for
the other roofing.
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Lieutenant-Governor Lincoln
Alexander was a key speaker at the
multi-culturalism professional de
velopment day in Exeter, May 5.
Educators are being challenged
to make racism a thing of the past.
“Whether you know it or not or
whether you like it or not, your job
is to make a brighter future,” Mr.
Alexander told the assembly.
The county-wide PD day is the
culmination of work that began two
years ago. HCBE Superintendent
of Program Arnold Mathers, who
served on the Board’s Race Rela
tions Multicultural Committee,
said these initiatives began in
spring of ‘86 when the province
hosted a conference to make boards
more aware of racial diversity. The
Ministry of Education has since
encouraged school boards to make
policies on race relations, which the
Huron Board drafted last fall. Mr.
Mathers sees this as an important
step.
He said the Board thought that
rather than announcing its policy, it
would make educators more aware
of multiculturalism by implement
ing it in conjunction with a PD day.
Cultural displays were put on by
Huron County residents who are
natives of 24 represented coun
tries. There were also workshops
for educators to attend in the
morning and afternoon.
Educators feel optimistic about
the PD day and the effects it will
have on the Huron County Board of
Education and its students.
“We hope that when we look at
today from a historical perspective
we can see it as both a corporate
and a personal turning point,” said
Director of Education Bob Allan
while Board Chairman John Jewitt
added:
“I believe this day will help us to
pay greater attention to all those
citizens who make up Huron Coun
ty.”
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