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Council told Blyth running 2% over budget With most revenues running very The 1993 revenues to the end of close to the budgeted level, total August and the projected revenues revenues for the 1993 fiscal year for the remaining months were appear to be running two percent compared to the budgeted amount. above the budget, council was The total revenues from taxation advised at the Sept. 28 meeting . have increased by one percent thus Brussels is likely to end the year with a deficit, Clerk-Treasurer Donna White told village council Monday night. Government grant cutbacks and unexpected expenses will likely leave the village in the red for the year, she said. Latest grant cutback is a reduction in the recreation grant from $6,000 to $5,000 with only municipalities of under 2,000 population to receive it. Mrs. White said she was hesitant about even counting on getting the grant at all. Meanwhile the village's provin- cial grant based on the number of Blyth briefs Pumps get inspection Blyth council was advised at the Sept. 28 meeting that Flometrico of Burlington had inspected the diesel motor and pump, serviced the fire pump and reset switches. The $771 cost will be split two-thirds for the village and one-third for the water department. ***** Property chairman for the Threshers, Carmen Craig advised council that the replacement value of the buildings at the recreation park should be lowered on the insurance contract. It was suggested by Councillor Steve Sparling that Frank Cowan be contacted to asked if the reduc- tion to replacement value would significantly reduce the insurance premium. ***** An amendment was made to a 1991 bylaw which outlined the used of recreation park land by the Village of Blyth and the Threshers Association. Continued on page 13 Local trustees vote yes Continued from page 1 recorded vote was held. Five trustees voted against the motion and 13 voted for it. Local trustees voted as follows: Doug Gamiss, Morris and Turnber- ry Twp., for; John Jewitt, Blyth and Hullett Twp., for; Don McDonald, Brussels and Grey Twp., for; Vicki Culbert, East and West Wawanosh, against and Graeme Craig, Seaforth and McKillop Twp., for. A second motion was recom- mended to work in conjunction with the initiation of JK. The board will open discussions with any local daycare or day nurs- ery operator who might be interest- ed in exploring options for partner- ships in the development of JK or combined JK programs. These partnerships may be possi- ble so that the HCBE would meet its legal requirements and yet allow local operators under the Day Nurs- ery Act to maintain their opera- tional and financial integrity. All local trustees agreed with the motion except Vicki Culbert. The ad hoc committee will begin discussions on the best procedure to begin implementation and in which schools the class will first be offered. households in the village is being held up until the Social Contract agreement is approved. Meanwhile council incurred addition, expenses due to the pur- chase of the CN property aban- doned by the railway (at a cost of $14,000) and the necessity to install sidewalks on Church and John Streets due to storm sewer construction. There was no choice to put in the sidewalks, she said and the village had to act now when the CN land was available. The good news, she said, is that several areas of expense are under budget. *** The village will consider closing a portion of Queen St. from behind the old creamery to the Maitland River if requested, councillors told two local developers. James Kerr and Gerry Wheeled appeared before council to see if council would allow closure of the unused street. They revealed no details but said they would use the land for residential purposes. "I can't see a problem," Reeve Gordon Workman told them. Councillors were pleased to hear the old property might be cleaned up. Mrs. White told them that the procedure would be for them to write a letter to request the closure, then plan for closure will be adver- tised for three weeks. All costs for advertising and legal could be picked up by the land owners who would eventually get the land on the road allowance. *** There will be leaf pick-up using a vacuum truck again this year, coun- cillors decided. The pick-up will be done on two different dates and it will be up to homeowners to rake their leaves to the boulevard on those two dates, councillors said. There was some debate about whether those people who normally pay extra for garbage pick-up because they are not in the village boundaries, would also get the ser- vice. Councillor Mary Stretton said she had had complaints from tax- payers last year who objected to the service for those who didn't pay taxes. "I'm just trying to help out the rest of the taxpayers," she said. "I had people asking me why we are picking up Morris Township's leaves." Reeve Workman argued that if the people along the road on the township side rake their leaves out and they aren't picked up, they will have to be gathered by by the vil- lage works crew or they'll blow into the village. "We're talking $3 here," said Councillor Greg Wilson, referring to the per-household cost of doing the leave pick-up last year. "You want to argue with somebody over $3?" *** The village will start proceedings under the Property Standards Bylaw, against the homeowers reported to have five refrigerators and two freezers on his property. "Something's got to be done," said Councillor Stretton, pointing to the potential danger for children play- ing in the appliances. *** far. The interest and penalty on taxes has taken a jump of almost 49 per- cent over the estimate for the year. Interest has accumulated to the amount of $6,632 so far with Council will call tenders for paving on Alexander Street to see how much of the street can be paved on the remainder of the paving budget for this year. Mrs. White suggested the tender be called in two sections so that if the whole job can't be done, one or the other of the portions could be com- pleted. *** Councillor Stretton, reporting for the Brussels, Morris and Grey Recreation Committee, expressed disappointment in the turnout at a fundraising dance for the kitchen dishwasher and the ice surface machine. "It's kind of dishearten- ing" she said of the small turnout. "I don't want to hear people com- plain about what we've got up there (in equipment). I can't stress it enough, — it didn't give board members much of a lift." Mrs. White said that while peo- ple didn't attend the dance, there have been many donations coming in through the town office. another $3,000 estimated. This is an increase of 93 percent over the budgeted amount. On the expenditure side of the balance sheet, there appears to be a slight drop in estimated expenses as compared to the budgeted amounts. There was a salary cut of $1,200. Because of the acclamations for the two councillor positions, the village was able to save $376 from the municipal election budget. Subsidizable salaries are expect- ed to more than double from the budgeted level of $22,000 since $31,685 had been spent to the end of August. Some of this overrun will be compensated for by the non-subsi- dizable salaries which have seen no expenditures thus far and were allowed $22,000 in the budget. Garbage collection costs are up slightly but the disposal costs are estimated to be almost 40 percent below budget. The village will also receive less in recovery fees from Hullett Twp., a drop of perhaps 40 percent. The total environmental expenses could drop from a budgeted $42,170 to an estimated $35,261. Memorial Hall operation expen- ditures are expected to be above budget by approximately 53 per- cent. With the slight .cut in expenses and an increase in revenues, it is projected that the village will have an accumulated net revenue at the end of 1993 of $16,184. This is a decrease of approximately 16 per- cent from 1992. SHARP DEALS ON QUALITY- CLEAN READY-TO-GO USED CARS Great Savings on These Used Cars & Trucks. Some One Owner Low Mileage. 1992 Ford Tempo GL, 4 door, air, AM/FM stereo, cassette, low mileage 1991 Pontiac 6,000, 4 door, air, cruise, tilt 1991 Tauras, 4 door, V-6, air, cruise, tilt 1990 Plymouth Acclaim, 4 door with air 1988 Mazda 626 LX, loaded 1987 GMC Half Ton, V8, automatic HAMM'S BLYTH PHONE - 523-4342 Brussels Council briefs Brussels could see red