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VILLAGE OF
BLYTH
4TH INSTALMENT
OF TAXES DUE
The fourth instalment of
taxes for the Village of
Blyth is due on
Thursday, November 26,
1998. Payment may be
made at the Blyth. Branch
of the CIBC or at the
Municipal Office.
Interest at 1 1/4% per
month or any part
thereof shall be charged
after the due date.
Please note that people
who have acquired
properties and have not
received a tax bill should
contact the Municipal
Office. Failure to receive
a tax bill does not relieve
a taxpayer from
responsibility for
payment of taxes, nor
from penalty for late
payment.
John Stewart, CMO
Tax Collector
Village of Blyth
110 Queen St. N
523-4700
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1998. PAGE 3.
New exec
Blyth Clerk John Stewart, back row, right, installed the new Blyth Horticultural Society
executive on Monday morning. They are, back row, from left: Directors Bev Elliott, Jeannette
McNeil, Dan Taylor, Joan Watson and Dianne Campbell. Front: Secretary Azetta Gibbons,
First Vice-President Lois Van Vliet, President Betty Battye, Second Vice-President Harvey
Snell, Treasurer Deanna Snell. Absent was Director Laura Lucio.
Debate continues on Cummings Drain
By Janice Becker
Citizen staff
The Cummings Drain was again
on the table at the Nov. 17 session
of Blyth council as an attempt was
made to determine who should pay
the assessment.
While Councillors Rob Lawrie
and Doug Scrimgeour continue to
declare a conflict of interest on the
matter, Reeve Mason Bailey has
paid his personal assessment and
will speak to the matter in all future
debates.
Councillor Jeff Howson asked
that a bylaw be prepared, reflecting
the current motion for each proper-
ty owner to pay their own assess-
ments, for review at the next
meeting.
Considerable discussion occurred
regarding the conflict of interest
question and what would allow
Lawrie and Scrimgeour to vote.
Resident George Reinink, who
had first confronted council with
the matter of conflict of interest,
attended the session. When asked
by Lawrie if he would contest
Lawrie voting on the matter if he
paid his assessment, Reinink
replied he would.
Howson also had objections to
council members "buying their
vote" though Bailey disagreed with
that belief.
"It is my responsibility to do the
job. I would forfeit any amount of
money to be able to do the job. I
hope I don't have to vote," said
Bailey.
Councillors Murray Nesbitt and
Howson, the only two without con-
flicts have in the past, been on
opposites sides of the issue.
If council is unable to come to a
decision, the matter would go
before a judge to determine who
would pay for the drain.
Nesbitt said the amount of money
was not the issue but the principal
and future drain repairs if the vil-
lage were responsible.
Scrimgeour also questioned his
conflict as the assessment is to
Radford Fuel of which he is techni-
cally only an employee, though he
does own company shares, and the
amount is very small.
Reinink was asked how he would
pursue the conflict of interest mat-
ter.
He said if the vote went the way
he thought it should, he would let it
rest.
Councils can be taken to court
over conflict of interest matters.
Clerk-Treasurer John Stewart
informed Reinink that there is
another group in the village who
holds the opposite position to his.
As each councillor determines
for himself, according to the
municipal act, what is conflict of
interest, Stewart will prepare a
bylaw for the Dec. 7 session.
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The Nov. 16 euchre winners in
Blyth were: ladies' high, Vera
Hesselwood; men's high, El Lapp;
ladies' lone hands, Ruth Shiell;
men's lone hands, Norman
Turnbull; ladies' low, Jean Plaetzer;
men's low, Effie McCall.
Cards are every Monday night at
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Lost heir scores for Nov. 19 in
Blyth were: ladies' high, Erma
Cook; ladies' low, Janet Lawrie;
men's high, Graeme McDowell;
men's low, Charlie Bromley.
Lost heir will be played on Nov.
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