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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1998-01-14, Page 2• \i \\l( 1 Ito 2 -TME HURON EXPOSITOR, January 14, 13108 Five year proposal for road and sidewalk Seaforth Public Works -Superintendent John Forrest presented his proposed five- year (1998 to 2002) mad and sidewalks construction pro- -grain to council at last Tuesday night's meeting. He said all the originally unexpected infrastructure work along Goderich Street (Highway 8). last year made him revise the town's road and sidewalk plans. - The new program is subject to council's approval and not written in stone, he stressed, more of a guide come budget time hen it may he revised. • . Following is the proposed schedule. ROADS 1E0 Ante St., second lift of asphalt from Goderich St. W. to James St. ($5.900). Brantford St„ second lift of asphalt from Main St. to Isabella. ($21.500}. Chalk St., second lift of asphalt from Crombie to Goderich St., E. ($28.000): West Sr_ .t•:-ond lift of asphalt fron i t'"tre St. �o North Si. (554.0)0). eptic tan By Blake Patterson Signal -Star Staff If you need a new septic tank. the cost of getting it cer- tified and installed just went up. At the Jan. 8 meeting of Huron County Council. the county implemented a user - pay system to oil -set the cost of servicing on-site sewage systems. The service.-provid- Church Si. second lift of asphalt'from Centre St. to North St. ($5,40( ). Centennial Dr., Surface, plane and repave from Goderich St. to Alexander St. ($15,000). John St„ second lift of asphalt from Main St. to High St. ($14,000). Centre St.. total reconstruc- tion from Main 5 to Church St. - 2441 Centre St. total reconstruc- tion from Church St. to Wilson St. :s goin eil by the Huron County Health Unit. used to he subsi- dized by the province hut is now a county responsibility. "The province isn't willing to subsidize, why should We." said Reeve Carol Mitchell of Clinton defending the coun- cil's decision to charge resi-: dents a I00 per cent user -fee for septic inspections in 1998.• For most people with aver- age. three-bedroom/two-hath- room homes in Huron County. Town's insurance down Seaforth Council. got good news from Jeff Coleman and Ken Cardno for Frank Cowan - Insurance on Tuesday night. The town's insurance pre- mium is down about L6 per cent; or $468. without any change in liabilities for this year. With taxes, the 1998 total is $31,300. In -his report to council. Coleman touched on trends -in the industry last year. Liability will he a little less of a concern for municipali- ties: he noted, with royal assent having recently heen granted to a hill that protects -them from liability in cases of sewer backup. unless neg- ligence can he proved. Coleman also said the insurance -industry has had its hands full in the past year dealing with many amalga- mations in Ontario, particu- larly to the east. C[crk/administrator Jim Crocker asked -him how the restructurings have affected the insurance premiums of these municipalities. In general they have gone down significantly, the Cowan company's represen- "tative said. roughly 23 to 24 per cent. tor instance, for the former townships of London. - Lobo and Delaware which had their inaugural meeting meeting last- week as the new municipality of Middlesex Centre. Coleman said savings could conceivably go as high as 30 per cent for some amalgamat- ing municipalities. • Centre to house 43 VLT's A proposed Clinton gaming centre could house 43 video lottery terminals (VLTs) as early as August. That town has received notice from the implementa- tion team of the Ontario Lottery Corporation that its initial VLT allocation will be 43 terminals. with the chance for another eight in six months. The Clinton -News Record reports this does not neces- sarily mean the gaming cen- tre.at the raceway in town will be built. and terminals installed. Clinton was hopjng for 75 terminals. • Recreation director Steve Campbell told last week -'s meeting of Clinton Council that charity casinos have - received notice they will receive $1,500 per machine annually for housing the con- troversial provincially -sane tioned gambling machines. Fifty machines would -work out to Clinton getting about $75.0(0 a year from Ontario just for housing the termi- nals. Confirmation of the fig-- ores ig=ures and potential revenue would go a long way towards establishing the facility. the town's tee director said. Recvc Carol Mitchell remarked that $75,00() "isn't pocket change." Fuel tender accepted Seaforth Council opened and accepted the lowest of three fuel tenders submitted Voting Reeve Seaforth Council has appointed Reeve Brian Ferguson as its voting repre- sentative to a special meeting of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto "to review the impact of thc (Ontario gov- ernment's) "Who Does What" initiative and develop a plan of action." Silver lining Continued from page 1 In Tuckcrsmith, clerk Jack McLachlan says snov removal costs are currently running about half of what they were last year, although he notes the township had some big bills in January of 1997. Seaforth doesn't do its accounting the same Way so Works Superintendent can't yet come up with a dollar fig- ure on exactly what this sea- son's un -seasonable- weather has saved us. Hut for trivia huffs.... this town has about 20 miles of roads. Forrest says they require about six tonnes every win4cr sanding. last Tuesday. It went to Edward Fuels and at 23.94t per litre for heat- ing oil and 29.4e for com- mercial diesel. based on cur- rent prices (which means the markup remains constant in relation to the higher quotes), and 1s for three years. This town goes through about 13.00() L of heating oil per year. and 10.000 L of diesel. The winning tender was 3.0e per litre lower than the highest fort heating oil, and I.5¢ per litre lower than the highest for diesel. Ex -files Spotted mistakes Dec. 31 I) Page 5, . take take: Dolly McQuaid. Jan. 7 11 Pagc 2, line missing Dolly McQuaid. Pagc 3, gave also gave. Ina McGrath. Page I I, got read gotr. M. Henderson the cnTtge wul mean substan- tial increases in fees. - To have your septic system certified, the current fee of ll Centre Si., total reconstnw- tion from Wilson St. to Ann St. Ann Si„ total reconstruc- tion from James St. to Centre St. . 2992 Jarvis St., total reconstruc- tion from Goderich St. W. to Market St. Gouinlock St., Main Street to Victoria St. SIDEWALKS 1428 West William St„ east side from Centre St. to Duke St. Gouinlock St. south sidc from the alley to Victoria St ing house and the costs shoul not be spread out over ratepayers of Huron Coun McBurney said the user fee 1422 Louisa St., west side from Goderich St.. W to John St. Gouinlock Si. north side fromthe alley to Victoria St. Gouinlock St., south side - 'from Main -St. to alley. - 244S1 Centre Si.. south side Wilson to Ann St. ( one-half block)' Ann Si.. east from James Si. to rem CO R RECTION NOTICE We wish to draw your attention to the following in our Wnter Super Sale' Ryer. Page 4.,Item 3. 13" colour TV, -45-2[134-4-Copy shotttd read: Mono TV, NOT stereo TV. Page 7. Item 3. Hammer d drill. 54-2748-2, does NOT (��4� ,ome with a ease. The copy t` orr t. J ti We sincerely regret any inconvenience we may have caused you cnote301-97 zones: ALL, $l00•will he increased to are fine fora new house being constructed, hut for inspec- tions on systems being updat- ed. the new costs amount to nothing more than a tax. Klaus Seeger of the Huron County Health Unit said most septic systems need to he replaced about every 15 years and many systems in Huron County arc now reaching that age. Carnochan said the council $310. Likewise, installation permit fees for new septic sys (ems will increase from $22 to $295. Last year the Health Unit certified about 23(1 systems in - the county. The debate at council cen- tred on whether or not thc increased fees would encour- age people not to get their sys- tems certified, thereby creat= ing a potential health risk due - has to remember the hudget implications of paying for these services and did not agree with McBurney's "underground" argument. He said user fees mean costs will go up. hut whether people have to pay 80 per cern or l00 per cent will not change their decision to hreak the law. Reeve Mason Bailey of Blyth agreed with Carnochan. He said the cost should not be. placed on the taxpayer's shoulders and added the increased cost may .well serve to increase efficiencies. "it puts pressure on the workers tat the Health Unit ) to he more efficient." he said. to unapproved and possibly sub -standard septic systems. Reeve Brian McBurney of Turnherry Township said the user tees should reflect 80 per cent of the actual cost of pro- viding the service and that the county should pick up the hal- ance. Otherwise, McBurney said the work will go "under- ground" :and be done- on weekends or at night. Reeve Bill Carnochan of Tuckersmith Township said he agrees with the Health Unit and the rate charged should he a 100 per cent user fee. He said the cost of such ser- vices are a small part of build - Restructuring involvement Colborne) continue to meet gtratterlyr•was•de€eated:• ... .. Only Coun. Michael Hak supported it. - Restructuring appears to he going nowhere fast in all the various subcommittees study ing it in Huron, clerk/admin- istrator Jim Crocker com- mented. There seems a lack of "political will." "Municipalities in Huron County just don't have their paddles in the water at the same time.' Crocker said. Coun. Heather Robinet said this lack of direction is cost- ing taxpayers money. She pointed out that the Central Huron restructuring committee. op - which Seaforth is a member, has so far spent more than 550.000. "It feels like a lost invest- ment," she said. Seaforth wants the county to become involved in • restructuring. At last Tuesday night's meeting, council supported the recent notice of motion circulated by the Central Huron restructuring commit- tee that the county hire a con- sultant and form a committee with municipal representation to study county -wide, single and two-tier restructuring possibilities. A second notice of motion, that the towns of Clinton and Seaforth and the townships of McKillop And Hullett com- mence restructuring meetings to be known as the East Huron Group. and that the Central Huron committee (which is made up of these four municipalities plus the town and township of Goderich along with • • ( l 1 • 1'1 1:\I-. • 111-1 It ,l 1 1 OPENING THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1998 JACKIE'S HAIR & AESTHETICS OFFERING: • • CUTS PEDICURES PERMS SPECIALIZED FACIALS HI -LIGHTS BODY MASSAGE MANICURES BODY WAXING MAKE-UP EAR PIERCING BODY TREATMENTS Welcoming "Old Cr New" Customers Jackie Wildfong — 8 Main Street, Seaforth — 527-1580 I" •1'tIt\i- • 111-1 1(.111 ANNOUNCEMENT I am pleased to announce the opening of my accounting practice in Seaforth. I will be continuing to provide the accounting services formerly provided by Deloitte & Touche. i,have 9 years of previous public accounting experience, 2 of those years managing the Seaforth Brian Wightman office of Deloitte & Touche. The current staff of Mary Anne McNichol and Cathy Melady wilhoontinue to work with myself at thc same location on Main Street. We will be providing the same accounting and tax services.as in the past. We look forward to serving your'needs and will continue to provide the services you require to achieve your gods. Please feel free to call me anytitine or drop in at the office to see Me. 1lUtsphune (St91327.1331 Pax: ' (319)3274338 Brian E. Wightman Certified General Accountant 61 Main Street P(► Box 1180 Scaforth. Ontario NOK Iwo Crombie St„ north side from Main St. to Victoria St. • - Wcst•William St.. west side from James to centre ?�l12 Main St. S„ west side from railway St. to Brantford St. Allan Carter, Broker • Home • Auto • Commercial • Farm 522-0399 Seaforth 1-800-265.0959 Strathroy 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 A\ -A\ FARM MUTUAL ar FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. 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If you can afford the monthly payments. consider borrowing a lump sump to make a big dent in your RRSP carry -forward. 2. Use windfalls such as bonuses, raises. inheritances. etc. to top up your RRSP. • 3. If you get a "retiring allowance", make the most of it. If you leave your job, pan or all of your severance payment may qualify as a retinng allowance - even if you're not retiring. That amountcan then be put into your RRSP without affecting your normal contribution limited. 4. Maintain a separate fund from RRSP investments for emergency expenses..RRSPs are meant to be used for long- term retirement saving. Associated Financial Planners LIMITED 5. Start a spousal plan. Usually the higher come part r makes the ous ntribution in order to s ift future income to the spouse with the lower tax bracket -Helen Hetherington 887-9964 or 1-80P4)8941922 Financial Planning Consultant f antra Scrvices You are invited to att these area churches St. Thomas Anglican Church Jarvis St. Soatorth Rev. Robert Hiscox 482-7861 Sunday, January 18th Service of Morning Prayer at 9:30 AM WINTHROP CAVAN UNITED CHURCH 9:30 AM NORTHSIDE UNITED CHURCH Goderich St. W., Seaforth 11:00 AM Rev. Jane Kuepfer 527-2835 First Presbyterian Church Goderich St. W. Sento.* 11:15 AM Sunday School during Church Service Minister: Rev. Nicholas Vandermey Bethel Bible Church Meeting at Seaforth High 9:45 a.m. S.S. 7:00 p.m. '11:00 Worship Evening Bible Study Small Group meetings Weekly An Associated Gospel Church St. James Catholic Church Victoria St., Seaforth SUNDAY MASS 11:00 A.M. Father Dino Salvador c, 1