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Home My WebLink AboutGoderich Signal Star, 2011-08-03, Page 4(borne students to move ictoria due to mould \ccommodatio9 eview could be next Public School will once again ills filled with students in Sep- ough under serious auspice& problems at Colborne Central ool have proven more serious assumed. In the spring of this classrooms were tested a r mould dueto water pen - er testing was conducted Pol- e school year to determine the problem. irsday, July 28, more than 100 .• of the Colborne community decision of the board plan B Septernber, 165 Colborne •ces Y students will be bused in to Victoria while the board decides what to do with the school itself. Correcting the moisture and humidityproblems which led to the mould are estimated around $1.1 million, while work already needed at the school, such as boiler replacement, totals $966,000. All told, the school is looking at $2 million in repair costs - and the Avon Maitland District School Board will consider an accom- modation review for the school in September "It will be presented as a recommendation with a report at the September 3 board meeting," said Trustee Al Sygrove. "The trus- tees will make that derision: "It definitely that needs to be ftxed before those idds.can go back to school Ili ftdefinhteIythatneeds to be flied before those kids can go back to school." Thistee 41 Sygrove penalty reforms struck n at council table for Jim Donnelly's proposed reforms are all but defeated g the July 21 meeting of Town Council, - lly put forward • a four-part put a stop to what he called nd oppressive collection of nalty and interest rates of 15 nnually, or 1.25 monthly, do with the provincial maximum municipalities can charge, )onnelly has repeatedly said chambers that the amounts high, especially considering . own returns. t and fair to charge these peo- es what we charge the Bank al for securities bought from • asked. h Tax Collector Lori Rounds a list of other municipalities - province, with the majority same penalty rate structure. • ceptlons were Hamilton and Lake, both using 12 per cent outwit was presented with the to look at tax records to see defaults were coming from, anted to exercise that right. ouncil looked at the number cases. ,516 properties in Goderich, ere in arrears as of July 1, and • minor charges. Of those in amount to less than $50, and 28 were less than $10. Rounds noted many times people just. forget the due date and the matter is cleared up in days. There'is only one property in Goderich that could be put up for tax sale. However, Rounds said in her 15 years on the job the town has.not foreclosed on a single property. In a recorded vote, only Donnelly voted in favour of lower- ing the penalty provision for arrears, while Donnelly and Grace voted in favour of revised interest rates for arrears on water and sewer and Donnelly, Grace and Crawford voted in favour of lowering the 24 per cent Interest on overdue accounts. The fourth clause, that the accelerated repayment of the second installment of taxes be struck down, was deferred until Treasurer Judy Kay was at council to explain whether this was mandatory for municipalities or not. 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