HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1997-12-10, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10,1997.
Huron Cty. assumes link roads
Huron County will take over the
connecting links of all municipali
ties where the highways are being
turned over to the county, council
decided at its Nov. 27 meeting.
It means the county will now
take over maintenance and capital
upgrades for the highways running
through towns and villages, such as
Blyth and Wingham along Hwy. 4
(and Clinton, north of the Hwy. 8
intersection). Also affected by the
new policy will be Exeter, Hensail
and Zurich, where Hwys. 83 and 84
have been turned over to the coun
ty. The agreement will see the
municipalities tum over any transi
tion monies received from the
province. Blyth, which had no con
necting link agreement with the
province, has no such grant.
Goderich, which had asked the
county to take over in-town sec
tions of provincial highways, did
not have its wish granted. The
town is eligible for capital grants
on the connecting links, but if the
county took over the roads, it
would not be.
There was disagreement as to
whether or not the county adminis
tration should have begun the zero
based budgeting process for the
1998 budget.
Tom Cunningham, reeve of Hul
lett, said there had been a motion
passed, after the process was
delayed for a year last spring, that
planning would begin in October.
Lynn Murray, clerk-administrator,
felt the motion had been to start
gathering information earlier in
order to bring in a budget next year
based on the zero-based model (in
which each department starts with a
zero expenditure and rebuilds its
budget on the basis of programs
that are absolutely essential). She
said she didn’t have enough infor
mation yet to begin the budgeting
process.
But Bill Vanstone, reeve of Col-
bome, urged Murray to look up the
original motion. He was sure it was
to be implemented in October so it
could be implemented in the new
year. Murray said she’d look up the
motion.
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Betty and Allan McCall of RR3, Brussels, marked their
50th wedding anniversary , Nov. 20, with a family
celebration.
McCalls mark
Betty and Allan McCall, RR3,
Walton celebrated 50 years of mar
riage with family at The Little Inn
in Bayfield.
Elizabeth F. Currie and Allan E.
McCall were married 50 years ago
by Rev. Hugh Wilson at Brussels
United Church manse, Nov. 20,
1947.
They were attended by Muriel
(MacDonald) Shortreed, now
deceased and Kenneth MacDonald.
Following a honeymoon trip to
London, Niagara Falls and Hamil
ton, they began their married life
together on the farm where Allan
had lived his entire life, and where
they still reside.
Betty, who had been employed
prior to their marriage as a tele
anniversary
phone operator at the Brussels,
Morris and Grey telephone office
in Brussels, raised their daughter
Beverly (Stevenson).
The McCalls are members of
Duff's United Church, Walton.
Betty is a member of the UCW and
of the Walton Women's Institute.
Allan belongs to the Oddfellows
Lodge, Brussels.
Besides their daughter, special
guests with them at their anniver
sary celebration were grandsons
Ronald and his wife Nicole Steven
son, Christopher Stevenson and
Laura Cousins.
The couple received messages
from the governor-general, the
prime minister and Paul Steckle,
MP for Huron-Bruce.
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The county has agreed it will
upgrade County Rd. 22 south of
Auburn (to Craig’s sawmill) before
it turns the road over to Hullett
Twp. The township had protested
plans of the county to download the
road without improving it. After
discussion with the township it was
felt the improvements could be
made without a large expense.
A meeting of township road
superintendents with the county
weed inspector is proposed for Jan
uary to work out communications
problems.
There have been disagreements
in the past between municipalities,
who look at cutting weeds on road
sides to prevent snow build-up, and
the weed inspector who sees the
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