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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1995-03-08, Page 7Knechtel Cheese Bars Assorted Varieties 4 800 g Pkg Aft wp 9 Scrimgeour's Food Market in Blyth Hart's Food Market in Teeswater Seaforth Food Market in Seaforth Lucknow Village Market in Lucknow McTaggart's Food Market in Hensall Kuenzig Food Market in Clinton Wingham Food Market in Wingham I SUNDAY MARCH Mon Tues Wed I utlia / / 1 3 14 15 Old South Orange Juice Pulp Free, More Pulp or Regular Valley Farms French Fries 2/1 nn Slh lo:Itngg I • W‘10 Schneider's BuckeRtegOl fr CifIcken 900 g Pkg Values in effect Sunday March 12, 1995 ONLY at: Scrimgeour's Food Market in Blyth, Hart's Food Market In Teeswater, Seaforth Food Market in Seaforth, Lucknow Village Market in Lucknow, Mclaggart's Food Market in Hensall & Kuenzi g Food Market in Clinton. We reserve the right to limit quantities to normal family requirements. 513," ANIL roodlAW THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1995. PAGE 7. County promises to look at library rent issue Councillors unhappy with the rental rates for the Huron County Library were promised, Thursday, the issue will be looked at in 1995. Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle com- plained that the rental rate has stayed the same for years and dis- cussion has been ongoing about the adequacy of the rate but ''it's about time it comes to a head". He point- ed out that while the library pays $4.50 per square foot per year to towns and villages which provide Continued from page 1 experienced by a local board. This reduction, to a total budget of less than $62 million has been a result of significant downsizing in the HCBE system," he says. Spending was flat-lined for 1994 and the only expected increase for 1995 is the cost of implementing junior kindergarten. However Mr. Carroll says the increased grants received for the classes more than offsets the costs. Other increases will be seen in a one-time only expenditure due to the Social Contract and mandatory hikes in UIC and CPP employer contributions. The public school boards are also losing money because of the shift of commercial assessments to the Catholic boards. In a summary of where the HCBE has been, where it is going In-home prog. extended A pilot program which moves the care of people from hospitals into the home has been extended across Huron County. The project had been underway through the Clinton Public Hospital from January 1992 to March 31, 1994, serving patients at a cost of $404 per day (hospital bed rates run from $300-plus in Huron County to $1,000 a day in London). Now the program has been extended to March 31, 1996 and extended to cover the entire county. Feedback from family members and staff working with the program has been extremely positive, a report to the Health and Seniors committee said. If the program is to be extended further changes in drug benefit funding are required and a way must be found to reimburse doctors for house calls. Goderich OPP report From Feb. 27 to March 5 Goderich OPP officers investigated 35 occurrences, including eight motor vehicle collisions, five mis- chief, four thefts and four liquor license act offences. *5* On Feb. 27, a 1984 blue Oldsmo- bile, was left on the side of County Road 25. The next morning the owner found all the windows had been smashed out of it. *5* That same evening, also on County Road 25 in McKillop Twp., someone smashed a large plstic illuminated sign. Damage was esti- mated at 5100. *5* On March 4, a 1988 black Yama- ha Phazer snowmobile, license number 661 038 was stolen from outside Tops Bar in Vanastra. Value of the machine is 53,500. *5* the buildings for branches, it pays the county $10.50 per foot for library headquarters. It is also about to move into a new headquarters at the old Huronview that will more than double the amount of space is occupies. If the library is to contin- ue its standard of service it must provide enough money to the municipalities to maintain the buildings. "Every year the library board does a travelling show around the county (inspection of libraries) looking for updates and and the least painful way to get there, Mr. Carroll outlined some major steps achieved by the board. Even in reducing the board's budget from $65.2 million to $61.6 million, expenditures have been cut with permanent staffing adjustment, the obligations to the Social Contract have been met, the junior kindergarten programs are unfolding and staffing plans for 1995-96 are already in the works. "The sad irony of the low improvements," he said, but while it wants the municipalities to improve the buildings, it doesn't provide any more money to do it. Bill Bennett, reeve of Seaforth and chair of the library board, agreed the rental rate was a prob- lem, saying the last increase was four years ago but, he said, the situ- ation always comes back to the same problem: the library board has no money. Bill Vanstone, reeve of Colborne, spending levels maintained by this board is that there is no room left to maneuver," says Mr. Carroll. "Our board has one of the lowest cost per pupil in the area (shared with Perth) and we don't spend over the ceiling. This has led to tax rates well below the provincial average." Even with the strides in cost cutting achieved thus far, Mr. Carroll says the board must do more. "Our spending is under control, wondered if any study had been done into the economic impact of libraries to towns and villages. If municipalities aren't getting a bene- fit of people also shopping while they are in the community "then I'd agree you (the board) should pay for the libraries 100 per cent". Beth Ross, chief librarian, said a poll was done among users of the Seaforth library which showed a significant proportion of users also shopped while they were in town but the impact might vary from but this is not enough. If the grant reductions come that I am expecting in 1996, this board may have to remove an additional $4 million from its budget." For those interested in the budget and the financial situation of the Huron County Board of Education, a public meeting is being held on Thursday, March 30, at the Education Centre in Clinton. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. and all are welcome to attend. town to town, she said. She promised that the issue of rental rates will be tackled by the board in 1995. But Reeve Mickle was also upset that the library board recommended Exeter remodel its building to pro- vide 5,000 square feet on one floor, then said it could only pay rent on 3,000 square feet. Ms Ross had suggested the minimum size the town should look at would be 5,000 square feet, he said, yet the library was only willing to pay for 3,000. He wondered why Exeter council would build larger when it wouldn't get paid for it. But Mason Bailey, reeve of Blyth, pointed out that this deal was similar to one worked out with Clinton when it renovated its library several years ago. Warden Bruce Machan said the rate was all that could be promised now but "it's under review". Brussels Mennonite Fellowship (519) 887-6388 Worship Service 9:30 a.m. Jesus Is Lord Guests Welcome Carroll says bd. will need to do more