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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1998. PAGE 3.
Polaris
burns
That was one hot machine.
On Sunday, Dec. 28, the Clinton
Fire Department attended a fire at
66 Albert St., Clinton. According
to OPP, a 1991 Polaris had ignited
after the driver used a lighter to
look for a piece of equipment that
had dropped to the base of the sled.
The estimated value of the
machine, which was owned by a
Dinsley St., Blyth resident, was
$5,000.
Blyth
People
Blyth lost heir results for Jan. 5
are: high green card, Jack Blake;
low green card, Millar Richmond;
high yellow card, Mary Walden;
low yellow card, Ruth Shiell.
In the continued effort to reform
education financing, Blyth council
passed a resolution at the Jan. 5
meeting, to encourage the Associa-
tion of Municipalities of Ontario
(AMO) to follow through with their
mandate.
The motion reminds AMO of the
resolution passed at the conference
as well as the Rural Ontario Munic-
ipalities Association (ROMA) and
Ontario Small Urban Municipali-
ties gatherings, "to co-ordinate and
lead the campaign to collectively
discontinue the taxation of all prop-
erty for education funding."
As indicated in a letter from
AMO, council said the organization
is not proceeding with implemen-
tation of the resolution and are
therefore encouraged to respect the
wishes and decisions of the AMO
membership.
Council's resolution stated that
"delegates to the ROMA confer-
ence demand that the leadership
immediately proceed with imple-
mentation of the resolution (regard-
ing the discontinuation of
education tax collection) and that
the Ontario government be advised
that any further downloading of
social services will be met with
similar action.
The letter will be sent to all
municipalities in ROMA.
***
A bylaw was passed to allow
Reeve Bailey to sign a site plan
regarding the severance of property
owned by Lavem and Joan Clark.
After a meeting with neighbours,
representatives from Huron Tractor
and the Clarks, an agreement to
deal with the concerns was
detailed.
Huron Tractor agreed to install
and maintain a straight line wooden
fence along the north boundary of
the severed property, five feet high
and 150 feet long. If, in the future,
sufficient nose reduction had not
been attained, shrubs will be con-
sidered for the Huron Tractor side
of the fence.
Twenty trees on the severed land
will be transplanted onto Vernon
Bromley's side of the fence. Huron
Tractor will also purchase and plant
three trees at the western end of the
fence.
An earthen berm, four feet high
by 10 feet long, will be constructed
by Huron Tractor at the northeast-
ern end of the property and south-
ward to the east boundary where a
tree line exists. The berm will
straddle the property line between
Huron Tractor and Bromleys and
be seeded on Bromley's side.
Huron Tractor also committed to
reduce noise levels.
"Unsightly" material such as
scrap metal will be moved away
from the eastern edge of the sev-
ered and existing property and relo-
cated to the north edge of a
proposed new building.
Tall equipment will also be
parked as to not obscure Bromleys'
view of County Road 25 down the
driveway.
***
Reeve Mason Bailey and Coun-
cillor Murray Nesbitt will attend an
AMO special meeting, Feb. 6, in
Toronto.
Reeve Bailey, Councillor Doug
Scrimgeour and Clerk-Treasurer
John Stewart will attend the
ROMA conference in Toronto, Feb.
8-11.
Councillors Jeff Howson and
Nesbitt will attend the Good Roads
convention in Toronto, Feb. 22-25.
***
Bills and accounts totalling
$23,830.04 were approved for pay-
ment.
***
A bylaw was passed to appoint
the following statutory officers:
Blyth Memorial Community Hall,
Councillors Rob Lawrie and Nes-
bitt, Karen Stewart, Colleen Bell,
Brenda Finlayson and Effie
McCall; Blyth and District Com-
munity Centre, Reeve Bailey and
Councillor Nesbitt; recreation,
Lawrie and Nesbitt; landfill, 13ai-
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