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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-05-18, Page 31 Ship/icily Outdoor Power Equipment • TNI; HURON EXPOSITOR, May 18, 1994-3 News and Views Seaforth responds to save energy BY DAVID SCOTTmfr Expositor Staff Seaforth residents have responded well to Ontario Hydro's Power Saver Program which could poten- tially save the town tens of thou- sands of dollars in energy costs. Ontario Hydro reported to the Seaforth PUC that of the 730 Power Saver Kits. mailed out to residents of Seaforth, 267 audits were returned. That is a 36.58 per cent response rate to date. To date 128 Customer Audits have been processed, which repre- sents a savings of $32,027 or 202,217 kilowatts of power if power saving programs are fol- lowed. A final summary report will be sent in when the Seaforth audits are complete. If the kilowatt savings were made by customers the Seaforth PUC wouldn't have to buy as much power from Ontario Hydro, said Tom Phillips, PUC manager. Three Proposed Tower Sites The Seaforth PUC, and engineer- ing firm B.M. Ross & Associates, are further investigating the feasibil- ity of their third proposed site for a new Seaforth water tower at the Brantford St. location which is owned by the PUC. The three sites are being investi- gated for their feasibility, their height, and how easily they can be tied into the current water system. Compensation requirements by the hospital and arena are being finalized. DAVID SCOTT PHOTO NEW CREW MEMBER - Paul McLtwain was chosen from more than 60 applicants to become new ground person beginner for the Seaforth Public Utilities Commission. He begins working for the Seaforth PUC at the end of May. Mr. McLlwain is a well-known local athlete and a former student of Seaforth District High School. A public meeting will be held in the near future to further explain the pros and cons of the three pro- posed sites. PUC Hire New Staff Member The Seaforth PUC recently hired Paul McLlwain as their new Ground Person Beginner. McLlwain was the successful candidate from over 60 applicants. He will begin his new duties at the end of May: McLlwain is a former student of Seaforth Public and Seaforth Dis- trict High Schools. M.E.A. Special Meeting PUC manager Tom Phillips and commissioner Joe Steffler will be Arena wants fee, profit Seaforth arena manager Graham Nesbitt recently reported to the Management Committee of the Seaforth and District Community Centres that he has been advised by his solicitor that the Dave McLlwain Hockey School should not be set up as a partnership with the Community Centre Board. Nesbitt reported the Dave McLlwain Hockey School wish to operate as a separate entity and lease ice time from the facility in the same manner as any other busi- ness. After going into committee of the whole (closed session), chair Rudy Jansen reported the board had dis- cussed the hockey school operation and recommended that an offer be made to the principals of the Dave McLlwain Hockey School that if the school wishes to operate separ- ately from the facility the ice rental will be $95 per hour and the Hockey School will donate one- • attending a special meeting of the Municipal Electric Association (MEA) on June 7 in Waterloo. Institutional options for electricity in Ontario will be the main focus. "It covers the whole province. It will atitiect all of us," said Phillips. rom school third of any profit generated to the Community Centres Board with a maximum contribution of $2,000, according to the minutes of the arena board's April 21 meeting released at Town Council on May 10. An offer was made to Nesbitt based on the fact that the 1994 budget had been set based on the hockey school operating through the arena as it was in 1993. The increased ice rental would offset Town, PUC develop roads plan Town of Seaforth and PUC employees conducted an spection of sweets in Seaforth on April 25 and developed a five-year proposed road program for the town. It will include: • The installation of a sanitary sewer stub to the property line and a manhole to service the vacant property on the west side of the West William St. northerly exten- sion. • The alley to the rear of the Town Hall will be included in.the Town's Supplementary Road Subsidy, when funds permit (probabty. not , this both sides. year). Superintendent Forrest reported • The removal of 63 feet of existing that road tenders for the extension kerb and the installation of new of Brantford St., Lloyd Eisler St. kerbing on Adam St. at the corner and West William St. shoald be ready to be opened at the June Council meeting. Administrator Crocker reported that 1994 mad grants have been reduced by almost eight per cent or $9,700 over 1993. The administra- tor will write to Huron MPP Paul Klopp and the Minister regarding the Province's reduction of road grants to municipalities. of Goderich St. West, at the owner's expense. Seaforth roads superintendent John Forrest explained that sidewalks are funded in total by the town through taxation and subsidies are only available when there is a definite grade change. He also reported that all streets leading to Main St. should have sidewalks on higher loan cost due to the fact the funds from the Hockey School would not be deposited in the arena bank account and the $2,000 dona- tion, if realized, would equal the amount of profit budgeted by the community centre, according to the arena board minutes. Nesbitt advised he could not make a commitment without talking to Dave McLlwain and would report back at the next meeting. 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McLean collection preserved Recently two LACAC researchers for future use by the public," for the Town of Seaforth have bben according to the minutes of the given access to A. Y. McLean's Town's Finance & General Govern - collection of papers, according to a mem Committee. It was suggested report released at the May 10 Coun- by Administrator James Crocker cit meeting. that the Town of Seaforth approach "There is a vast quantity of the McLean family and request material that pertains to Seaforth's them to donate the materials to the history and development which has Town as a tax deduction. That proven very useful to the suggestion was approved as well as researchers. There is a concern an allocation of $1,000 for proper these materials should remain in storage and preservation of the Seaforth and should be preserved materials. Seaforth Council approved a recommendation at their May 10 meeting from the Finance & Gen- eral Government Committee to go ahead with a $4,000 video produc- tion for the Town of Seaforth for the purpose of business recruitment. Signs knocked down in area On April 6, there were five stop signs knocked down during the night. A vehicle was driving up to the signs and pushing them over, according to the Road Superintendent's Report for May. 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