HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1992-11-25, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25,1992.
Blyth office staff on par with others
Office staff in Blyth is compara
ble to staff in other municipalities,
a survey reveals.
A detailed chart listing of munic
ipality population, office employ
ees and their duties was distributed
to councillors at the Nov. 10 meet
ing of council by Clerk-Treasurer
Helen Grubb, who gathered the
information.
one day per week as compared to:
-Clifford, population 746, one
full-time and four days per week
-Chalk River, pop. 842, two full-
time and one to three days per
week
-Zurich, pop. 865, one full-time
-Alvinston, pop. 897, one full-
time and 1 -25 hours per week
-Teeswater, pop. 1023, two full-
time
-Paisley, pop. 1043, three full-
time
-Brussels, pop. 1126, two full-
It indicates Blyth, with a popula
tion of 945, has two full-time office
employees and one other employee
Blyth council briefs
Councillor shares
cost-saving idea
Councillor Doug Scrimgeour
came up with an idea to save the
village of Blyth money at the Nov.
10 meeting. He said by holding off
extra costs until the following year,
council could try to apply for more
subsidy on those costs.
Clerk-Treasurer Helen Grubb
agreed it could work but Reeve
Dave Lee had reservations saying
all tax dollars come out of the same
pocket.
Councillor Robbie Lawrie asked
Reeve Lee if he had that opinion,
why did council bother trying to
get subsidization at all?
"I think we should try to get all
we can," he said.
The idea was put to a vote and all
unanimously agreed to try the new
approach of applying for subsidy.***
Blyth council is considering
researching the cost-efficiency of
in-ground heat pumps to heat Blyth
Memorial Hall.
Councillors feel heating costs for
the hall are exorbitant and that the
in-ground heating system could
save them money.
As well, council discussed the
possibility of buying a 30-horse
compressor for the Blyth and Dis
trict Arena ice-making machine.
"It will make getting ice in faster
and save money in the winter
months," said Reeve Dave Lee.***
Council decided against giving
money to the Ontario Senior
Games to be held on June 21 and
22 in Goderich.
Councillor Lawrie said "Any
senior who participates in those
games can afford to pay their own
way. There are better ways to
spend our money"
Councillor Scrimgeour said he
"deplores" it when middle-aged
hockey teams ask for money and
said though he doesn't mind sup
porting children's activities, he
believes adults can pay their own
way.
established across Canada. These
being Anglo public, Anglo
Catholic, Franco public and Franco
Catholic.*♦*
All Blyth councillors except
Reeve Lee decided not to attend the
annual conference of the rural sec
tion of the Association of Ontario
Municipalities. The conference will
be held Feb. 7-10 at the Royal York
Hotel in Toronto.
time
-Mildmay, pop. 1054, two full-
time and 1-3 days per week and
Drayton, pop. 1195 with two full
time and a summer student
Councillor Robbie Lawrie asked
if council had requested the infor
mation.
Reeve Dave Lee admitted it had
n't been asked for. "There was talk
at the last meeting that we have
extra employees. This is good
information, granted it wasn't asked
for."
Councillor Lawrie then replied,
"well, you can use all the compar
isons you want."
Councillor Doug Scrimgeour said
"I'm not worried about the compar
ison. My hope is that Blyth will get
all the latest technology to become
more efficient and stream-lined. I'd
like to see information stream-lined
so we will be able to do things
more precisely."
Ms Grubb countered his remarks
saying "You talk about stream-lin
ing yet you keep passing things
onto other meetings. Do you realize
we have to type with bad light and
I've had to doctor a shoulder
because I keep having to lean back
to see what's on the typewriter?"
She said for over a year, she and
Council authorized the payment
of $250 to Noreen Gnay to recog
nize her as the 1992 Village of
Blyth representative on the Wing
ham District Hospital Board. This
is the same wage she received in
1990 and 1991.
***
Blyth council supported a resolu
tion from the council of the town
ship of Georgian Bay in their
opposition to the recommendations
of the Cousineau commission. This
commission has recommended that
four individual school boards be
paRTicipacnon
PELICAN
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AN IRRESISTIBLE
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other office staff have had to make
due with inappropriate office light
ing and equipment.
Councillor Scrimgeour said
"There will be lots of fighting
(about the office renovations) but
look at the Festival situation. It was
almost a row but once we had
information it was settled peaceful
ly"
He told Ms Grubb "When we gel
more information, we will be more
receptive to your office renova
tions."
The whole issue of renovations to
the office work area was discussed
at council's last regular meeting
when councillors decided to put
them on hold until the financial
issue between the village and the
Blyth Festival was resolved.
That issue was resolved at a spe
cial meeting so the office work area
subject was brought up again at
Tuesday nights meeting.
But council stalled the project
again. Councillor Lawrie said "I
think we have to wait and see what
kind of money we have at the end
of the year."
Councillor Scrimgeour said "I
agree. With the economy the way it
is now, we have no idea what it
will be like in the future."
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