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Central Huron taxes
up for some ratepayers
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Most Central Huron
residents will be paying more
in taxes in 2002, after council
passed the municipal budget
Monday night.
Under the budget passed,
explained Central Huron
Treasurer Rhonda Fischer, the
municipality will be
collecting a total of
$2,716,949 in municipal taxes
in 2002, compared to the
figure of $2,623,584.68 last
year.
She said there are good
reasons for • the $93,000
increase, not the least of
which is an increase in
insurance costs for the
municipality of 55 per cent,
which comes, according to
insurance companies, as a
direct result of events on Sept.
11 of 2001. That 55 per cent,
Fischer said, represents an
increase of $35,000. There are
also some human resources
increases, she said, over
which the municipality has no
control.
The budget "for policing,
she continued, has also been
increased this year, after last
year's actual figures exceeded
those that were budgeted for.
The budget shows that in
2001, the budget for police
services was set as $842,590,
but the actual costs were
$877,965. This year,
$887,075 has been put into
the budget for police services.
The figures for fire
protection will also be up this
year, by about $40,000. Last
year, the municipality
budgeted $180,415 for fire
services, but the actual cost
was $213,702.09. This year,
$220,515 has been set aside in
this area of the budget.
Fischer made the point that
Central Huron gives support
to five fire areas - Goderich,
Bayfield, Seaforth, Blyth and
Clinton.
There will also be
reductions in operating
budgets for some
departments, including
general administration, which
is expected to drop from an
actual amount - of
$1,036,282.43 last year, to
$873,708.40 in 2002, and
transportation, which is
budgeted for $1,128,270 this
year, compared to a 2001
actual of $1,158,722.73.
While the increase in
taxation will mean an overall
increase of three per cent in
the base municipal rate,
Fischer explained that due to
the phase-in from the
amalgamation of the three
municipalities that formed
Central Huron, there will be
different tax rates in different
areas. This is the second year
for the phase-in, she said,
adding that the tax rate will be
uniform across the
municipality next year. •
Overall, she noted, before
costs for such items as street
lights and sewers are area-
rated, and before phase-in
was taken into consideration,
there is an increase of $16.53
on a $100,000 assessment in
each ward, "but each ward
will be different because of
different circumstances."
The treasurer provided
council with a municipal tax
rate comparison, which
showed the difference
between taxes in 2001 and
2002, along with the different
tax rates for each
municipality.
The figures showed that
Ward 2 (Hullett Township)
will be facing the largest
increase under this year's
budget. Fischer explained that
with the phase-in, and
because the township brought
a surplus into - the
amalgamation, the increase is
higher than those for the other
municipalities.
Last year, on a $100,000
assessment, she said, a Ward 2
ratepayer would pay $468.80.
This figure will increase by
$79.08 this year, to $547.88.
Ward 1 (Goderich
Township), on a $100,000
assessment, will be paying
$577.71 in 2002. This figure
is an increase of $22.87
over last year's amount of
$554.84.
In Ward 3 (Clinton), there
will be a decrease in the
municipal tax rate of $8.16. In
2001, on a $100,000
assessment, taxes would have
been paid of $762.60, and this
figure drops this year to
$754.44.
Nicholas Irwin of
Kitchener spent March Break
with his grandmother Betty
Irwin.
The scores for the darts for
fun, last Wednesday, March
20 were as follows: ladies'
high score, Sharon Evans,
127; men's high score, Ernie
Lewington, 120; most starts
ladies, Sharon Evans, four;
most starts men, David
Bowles, five; most finishes,
ladies, Annette Lewington,
Karen Bowles, Peggie
Keffer and Edna McLellan
all With one; most finishes,
men, Murray keffer, six.
There will be one more
- Nancy Green of Belgrave
won $100 on March 23 in the
Kinsmen cash calendar draw
and Don Sholdice of Brussels
was also a lucky winner of
$100 on March 30.
Kinsmen cash calendars
are still available by calling
Steve Nixon at 357-1877.
Brad, Brenda and Jackie
McCann of Brampton visited
last Sunday with Freda
Johnston.
Mait and Mary Edgar of
evening of darts for fun on
Wednesday, March 27 at the
Cranbrook Hall, ttien dart's
will be wrapped up for this
season.
I have not written about
my Millennium Twins for a
while. However, I cannot .
pass up their second
birthday, which was on
March 21 without
commenting on their
progress.
Evelyn is perfection. She
eats neatly, she is
accommodating, she figures
things out and likes books.
She loves to sit and be read
to.
When she does not get her
way or frustrations come her
way there is an appearance
of abundant silent tears. One
just knows her heart is
breaking every time they
Petrolia visited last Saturday
with Helen Stonehouse:
Coming events at Knox
United Church begin March
28 with the Maundy
Thursday Communion at
7:30 p.m.; on March 29, it's
the Good Friday service at 11
a.m.; the sunrise service is at
7 a.m. on March 31 with
brunch to follow, and Easter
celebrations will be 'on
March 31 beginning at 11
a.m.
appear.
And Benjamin? He is all
activity. Things are there to
be taken apart. Food is there
to be fingered and smudged
and to be thrown past your
mouth.
When he is happy he is all
smiles and hugs and laughter
and there is no better place
than this world. There is
nothing silent about him!
When frustrations present
themselves he is equally
vocal and up front, with
screeches and temper
tantrums and the world has
ended!
My son is praying for the
development of their third
year which is supposed to be
FROM BELGRAVE
Euchre winners
There were eight tables of
euchre in play on
Wednesday, March 20 at the
Women's Institute Hall.
Winners were: high lady,
Aileen Leddy; second high
lady, Alice Nicholson; lone
hands, Ruth Johnston; low
lady, Viola Adams; high
man, Dennis Leddy; second
high man, George Michie;
lone hands, Harry
McCombie; low man, Allan
Edgar.
The next euchre is
Wednesday, March 27.
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