HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1992-09-09, Page 3THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1992. PAGE 3.
Councillors agree to paying half of
residents9 drainage repair costs
Meeting the boss
Courtney Sauve, a grade 9 student from Blyth served as
the page for the September session of Huron County
Council. Warden Robert Fisher welcomed her to the job.
Council briefs
Council changes cleaning policies
Keeping Memorial Hall clean
without cleaning out the bank
account was a topic of discussion at
the Sept. 2 meeting of Blyth coun
cil.
Councillor Shirley Fyfe, council
representative on the Hall Board
told them that from Sept. 15, 1991
to May 15, 1992, the services of
Home Brite were used to clean the
building. They charged $255 per
week plus GST for a total of $285.
They handled the bookings and vil
lage employee, Julie Young, looked
after payment. Total cost was
$8,126.
The year before that the village
had hired someone at a cost of
$7.50 per hour, plus holiday pay of
four per cent. They worked 25
hours a week, did the time sheet
and bookings. From October until
the first week in June the total cost
was $3,063.73.
Faced with the numbers, council
lors agreed the latter was the best
way to go and will advertise for
someone to do the job.
A motion was made waiving the
$50 kennel fee for the Blyth Veteri
nary Clinic as it is serving as the
village kennel.
Blyth
People
Alma McCallum and Vera
Hesselwood attended the annual
Avon President Club banquet on
Tuesday, Sept. 1 at the Bingeman
Park, Kitchener.
Mr. and Mrs. Doug McVittie,
David and Christine, Burlington
visited on the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. John Hesselwood and
attended the family reunion at the
Lions Park.
Kriss Snell of Sudbury visited his
NOTICE
VILLAGE OF
BLYTH
The Council of the Village of
Blyth do hereby declare
September 26th as Legion
Week.
Blyth Council.
A draft agreement between the
village and the clinic was adopted.**♦
A by-law was passed stating that
the first time a dog is picked up by
the animal control officer it will be
returned home at no charge to the
owner.
Reeve Dave Lee said that this
"worms out" the habitual offenders
from the ones who "slip up once".
A meeting will be held at 7 p.m.
on Sept. 21 regarding the expansion
of the Christian Reformed Church
parking lot proposal.
Reeve Lee said that there needs
to be clarification regarding many
areas in the draft agreement and
hopes that the meeting will serve to
do this.
The Ministry of the Environment
has informed council that the vil
lage's sludge capacity at the sewage
plant is no longer enough.
A motion was made to engage
the services of B.M. Ross and
Associates to prepare the applica
tion for funding to the ministry.
A second motion was required
stating that the Ministry of the
Environment is requested to pro
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of Blyth on Wednesday evening.
He also visited with his parents Bev
and Cliff Snell and spent a few
days holidaying with friends at
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Blyth councillors agreed at their
Sept. 2 meeting that the village
should pay 50 percent of the costs
to repair a basement drain at a pri
vate residence.
Geoff and Cheryl Peach of
Drummond St. were present at the
meeting to discuss the drainage
problem they have. It was noted
that Town Foreman John Rinn had
been to the Peach’s to unplug a
drain running along the front of the
building. Mr. Peach said it had
become obvious over the winter
that the water was not going out
and that according to the previous
owner this has been an ongoing
problem.
Clerk Helen Grubb told council
lors that when Bell Canada put the
original standard in they had
. accepted responsibility at that time
for repairing the drain. However,
vide financial assistance to expand
the facility.
Council has agreed to pave
Drummond St. north from Ken
Hamm’s residence at a cost of
$1800, half of which will be paid
by taxpayers’ dollars.
Church welcomes Rev. VerHoog
from Exeter church
On Sunday, Sept. 6, Blyth
Christian Reformed Church
welcomed Rev. VerHoog from
Exeter to lead both worship
services.
During the morning service,
several children who attended
Vacation Bible School participated
in singing some songs for the
congregation.
Rev. VerHoog's message was
taken from Romans 1: 1-17. The
sermon was entitled “Paul's Sense
of Mission”. Paul felt he had an
obligation to the world to witness
for Jesus Christ.
Does the word of God still have a
message for the world today? The
answer is yes. Man's basic need is
still the same as it was centuries
ago. We need the inner peace and
joy as it is found in Jesus alone.
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and Am Cook defeated the three-
time winners of the "Winning Hand
Trophy" Lloyd Walden and Shane
Snell, for an easy win.
Mr. Rinn found that there was no
outlet for the plugged drain, so it is
questionable whether Bell did com
plete the repair and reconnect the
drain as it comes to a dead-end.
Reeve Dave Lee noted that the
problem could have happened at
any time, maybe when the sewer
system was put in. "Even if it was
Bell's fault you would have a hard
time to get them to pay now," he
■added.
Upon advisement from the for
mer town foreman ,Merv Ritchie,
Mr. Rinn discovered another drain
on the north side of Drummond St.
that the Peach's could connect with,
Mrs. Grubb told council.
When questioned by new coun
cillor Doug Scrimgeour as to pro
cedure in matters like this, Mrs.
Grubb said that it had always been
the policy of council that they did
not pay for private drain repairs. "It
The decision was reached after
Mr. Hamm approached council
stating his intention to personally
pay for paving about 185 feet of
Drummond St., which runs behind
his home. Councillor Doug Scrim
geour said that anybody making
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Rev. VerHoog asked us the
question, “What have you done to
make Jesus Christ known to the
world?”
Have you prayed? Have you
given? Have you gone out and
shared Jesus with others? God
comes to us with a task. As
Christians, we have an obligation.
The evening sermon was taken
from Deut. 8, with the title being “I
Learned To Remember.”
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has been the practice in the past
that the draining of basements is
not the responsibility of the vil
lage," she said.
Councillor Scrimgeour then
asked the Peach's what they felt
was fair. Mr. Peach noted that the
problem is actually occurring
beyond the property limit, but the
proposed drain connection would
not be, which would mean he and
his wife would have to "foot the
bill:"
"I feel a co-operative venture is
needed to get it rectified. I guess I
would put it to council this way,
'Do you think it's appropriate that
we finance it when you lake into
consideration that the problem is
not originating from our propertv? "
It was agreed that a 50-50 ven
ture would be agreeable, subject to
estimate approval by the Peach's.
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