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NOTICE TO DOG
OWNERS IN THE
VILLAGE OF BRUSSELS
1998 Dog tags are now available at the Municipal office and all
dogs must be licensed.
The owner shall within 10 days of becoming such owner, and
thereafter on or before the 28th of February in each year cause
such dog to be again licensed for one year from the 1st day of
January in the office of the Village Clerk.
The fee schedule shall be as follows:
a) If the dog is a male or a spayed female, a fee of $12.00
b) If the dog is a female, a fee of $14.00
c) for a second female, a fee of $19.00
d) for a second male, or spayed female $14.00
e) for a pit bull, or a pit bull cross, a fee of $100.00
A LATE FEE OF $15.00 WILL BE APPLIED ON MARCH 1, 1998.
PROOF OF RABIES VACCINATION MUST
BE SHOWN AT TIME OF PURCHASE!
This by-law requires dog owners to forthwith remove excrement
left by the dog anywhere In the municipality of the Village of
Brussels. Any person contravening this provision shall pay a
$50.00 administration fee.
Donna M. White
Clerk-Treasurer
Village of Brussels
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PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1998.
Newest members
Brussels Legion President Rick McDonald welcomed three new members recently when
Shawn Brenneman, left, Wade Henderson, second from left, and Ken Graber, second from
Brussels
People
On Sunday, Dec. 21 a Christmas
family get-together was held at the
home of Beth Baeckers, Burlington
to exchange gifts and enjoy
Christmas dinner.
Those attending were Karen,
nave, Bonnie, Darryl and Colton,
Krista, Johnny, Susan and Don,
Michelle, Cindy and Brian, Don
and Jennifer, Bob, Barb, Rob, Ken,
Bonnie, Bill and Jessica, Shari,
Dave and Jordan.
A good time was had by all.
Family, friends and neighbours
are invited to join with the Melville
Presbyterian Church congregation,
Brussels, Jan 18, as they honour the
1997 Citizen of the Year.
A presentation will be made to
Leona Armstrong following the 11
a.m. service.
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Brussels council briefs
Councillors review insurance
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Brussels 887-6486
Brussels council is going to be
taking a good look at two insurance
policies before making a decision
on tenders opened at the Jan. 5
meeting.
While the tender for village cov-
erage from OME Jardine was lower
than that of the present broker,
Frank Cowan, the variables were
something council agreed needed
further attention before deciding
that lower was best.
A meeting is being held to
review the information in the poli-
cy before next month's regular
council meeting.
*5*
A letter was received•from the
province outlining billing arrange-
ments related the provincial-munic-
ipal service realignment.
Beginning in January, the clerk
will receive monthly statements for
social housing, land ambulance,
and transit, which for the time
being will continue to be delivered
by the province on the municipali-
ties' behalf. These will be state-
ments for information purposes to
assist with budgeting.
To ease the transition, the
province will not begin collecting
from municipalities for these until
April. No payments will be
required until June. There will be
no interest charged until that point,
though municipalities will be
required to pay January through
May invoices by the end of June.
Monthly invoices will begin at
this time, payable within 30 days.
Clerk-Treasurer Donna White
said "This is a first step to being
able to plan the budget."
*5*
Council agreed to pay one-third
of the approximate $5,000 shortfall
for the renovations to the lower
south unit of the Brussels Medical-
Dental Centre. The work is being
done so that the doctors' offices can
be moved downstairs to improve
accessibility.
Grey Twp., has also agreed to
pay one-third.
The Medical-Dental Centre
Board had made a motion in April
that they would pay up to $10,000.
"If we want the doctors there we
better spend some money," said
Councillor Joe Seili.
"It's pretty bad," Councillor Greg
Wilson added, "to have to go up
two sets of stairs to see your doc-
tor."
*5*
Animal Control Officer Bob
Crick was present to give his annu-
al report to council. He requested
one change to the bylaw which
states that fines be a minimum of
$50 to a maximum of $2,000. Trick
asked that this be changed to a
maximum of $5,000 which is what
the Ontario Act states.
"You can't contradict that. If we
had to go to court it would be
thrown out. I don't want that. If we
ever go to court, I want to win it,"
said Trick.
He added that council might want
to consider an increase in license
fees in the future as they are lower
than many neighbouring municipal-
ities.
Trick also said many municipali-
ties have set licensing fees for cats.
"I'm not suggesting you should go
that route, but you may want to
watch what others do."
White said that the biggest prob-
lem with this would be budgeting
because of all the cats that would
have to be disposed of the first few
WI hosts euchre
On Tuesday, Jan. 6 the Majestic
Women's Institute hosted a euchre
party of seven tables.
Those winning prizes are as
follows: high lady, Isabelle
Bremner; high man, Stewart
Musgrove, Luella Mitchell; low
lady, Helen Gallop; low man, Doug
Hemingway; closest birthday,
Ruby Steiss; lucky tallies, June
Jacklin, Ross Stephenson, Myrtle
Sleightholm, Isabel Craig, Keith
Turnbull, Erma Brighton, Eileen
Mann, Iona McLean, Sarah
Stephenson, Donna Knight.
The next euchre party will be
held Tuesday, Feb. 3.
years.
*5*
Donations in the amount of $396
to the Legion to offset the cost of
lottery licenses and of $100 to the
Huron County Plowmen were
approved.
***
Council agreed that whether a
propertyowner is making use of the
sewer is not the issue. It's whether
they are hooked into it.
White said that with the Health
Unit doing inspection, she never
knew if someone had hooked into
the sewer system. She told of one
building where the owner was not
paying the charge for sewer ser-
vice, because though the building
Continued on page 18
HEARING AID CLINIC
MARK McINTYRE
Hearing Instrument Specialist
will be at
Brussels Medical Centre
373 Turnberry, Brussels
(enter at rear of building)
Wednesday, January 21
Call for your appointment 1-800-236-5514
We service and sell all makes of Hearing Aids.
We also have hearing aid batteries
and do hearing tests.
McINTYRE HEARING AID SERVICE
289 Huron Street, Stratford 271-9322