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Dangerous collision
When the driver of a light brown pickup failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of
Brussels Line and Brandon Road last Wednesday, the result was a collision with a gravel
truck and a trip to hospital for both drivers.
Brussels businesspeople
plan main street mural
By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen staff
Thanks to $1,000 funding each
from the Main Street Ontano Mil
lenium Fund and the village, the
Brussels Business Group has a spe
cial project in the works.
Now they need your help.
The group has decided upon the
creation of a mural for downtown.
This would be in four moveable
sections with the plan being to
place them on separate buildings
for most of the year, then bring
them together in one place on spe
cial occasions, such as the yard sale
weekend or Christmas, said Clerk-
Treasurer Donna White.
To that end they are looking for
input from the public. “We have
some ideas on what to put on the
mural, historic buildings like the
creamery, the dam, the train sta
tion,” said White. “But we're look
ing for more.”
Suggestions can be submitted in
writing to the municipal office by
March 31.
The Group would also like to
have two tree carvings done, but at
a cost of $1,200 each they are look
ing for donations to the project.
They have also been working on a
fundraising idea with the Maitland
Valley Conservation Authority for
a Museum Day at the mill.
Council salaries
total $155,000
It cost nearly $155,000 in salaries
and expenses to operate Huron
County council and its committees
last year.
Figures released at the March
meeting of council show nearly
$120,000 in remuneration and
$34,700 in convention expenses for
the 30 councillors and eight
appointees to boards such as the
board of health and library board.
The largest amount went to War
den Carol Mitchell who received
$25,583 in remuneration plus
$13,832 in convention expenses.
Among councillors, the highest
payout went to Turnberry Twp.
Reeve Brian McBurney who
received $6,500 for attending meet
ings but had no convention expens
es. Grey Twp.’s Robin Dunbar
received $5,400 for meetings and
$815 for convention expenses.
Other northern Huron per diems
and expenses were: Mason Bailey,
Blyth, $4,312 for meetings, $827
expenses for a total of $5,139; Bert
Elliott, Morris, $2,566, $1,31 1,
$3,877; Norm Fairies, Howick,
$3,745, $1,500, $5,245; Doug
Miller, West Wawanosh, $3,528;
Ron Murray, McKillop, $2,209,
$1,500, $3,709 (partially year);
Don Schultz, East Wawanosh,
$2,493; Bill Siemon, McKillop,
$647 (partial year); Stewart Steen-
stra, Colborne, $2,121, $1,019,
$3,140; Bob Szusz, Hullett, $3,128;
Ralph Watson, Brussels, $2,951.
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Hullett council accepts
Van Beer’s resignation
The resig
nation of
Hullett Twp.
Councillor
John Van
Beers was
accepted with
regrets by
council at the
March
John Van Beers meeting.
Van Beers
has sold his farm and plans to move
to Goderich. No longer a property
owner in the township, he is disqual
ified from sitting on council.
Though there are provisions which
would have allowed Van Beers to
remain on council for the last nine
months of the term, he said
his reasons for resigning were two
fold.
The township has gone through a
lot to set up the new municipality, he
said, and knowing he would not be
running in the next election, his res--
ignation gives someone else the
opportunity to “get their feet wet”, to
see if they want to be involved with
the new municipality.
Van Beers said it was also against
his principles to be living in
Goderich and making decisions
about another municipality.
He is leaving council happy with
the amalgamation proposal put
together, believing it will work.
Van Beers will not be absent from
the community, remaining involved
with the Londesboro Lions though
he will move other volunteer time to
his new community.
A decision will be made at the next
council session^ regarding the
replacement of Van Beers.
Reeve Bob Szusz will assume his
position on the Blyth and District
Fire Area board.
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