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Huron- East takes first look
at its 2006 budget
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Beaven remarked that Huron East has a
"very healthy reserve fund" and Knight
agreed, saying the current reserve would let
Huron East "go a whole year without taxa-
tion" for the municipal portion of the tax bill.
Knight added, however, that the municipali-
ty needs to keep adding to its reserves if it
wants to build a new library in Brussels or a
new recreation centre in Vanastra.
"We likely don't have enough in reserves if
our building study says we need $1 million
over the next five years," he said.
The seven per cent wage increase to Huron
East staff creates an increase in salaries of
$126,000, which Knight pointed out will sig-
nificantly impact budgets at the three recre-
ation centres and daycare centre.
He said budgets at all four would have to
increase by at least 30 per cent to cover the
salary increase. Another stress on the arena
budgets is the rising cost of hydro.
Knight expressed some concern about how
Morris-Turnberry,. a partner in the Brussels
Morris and Grey Community Centre, would
respond to a 30 per cent increase but Beaven
responded he thought Morris-Turnberry
should pay the same percentage increase as
Huron East.
"I don't want Huron East to be the nice guy
just because we've put ourselves in a better
financial position than those around us," he
saidleaven added - hat increases to salary will
ut Huron East emloyees in line with
p Pmployees throughout the county."If that's justifi-
■ction for us, it
should be justifi-
cation for them,"
he said.
Over $1 mililon in road
work proposed for 2006
Susan Hundertmark
The reconstruction of Coleman
and Crombie Streets in Seaforth,
along with new storm sewers, could
be included in the 2006 Huron East
budget.
Deputy -Clerk Brad Knight told
council that since a major road pro-
ject costing $217,818 was completed
on King Street in Brussels in 2005,
it should be Seaforth's turn for a
similar project.
The Coleman/Crombie Street
reconstruction is budgeted to cost
$257,000, with the accompanying
storm sewers budgeted at $95,000.
Also planned is" tarring and chip-
ping five to six kilometres of Front
Road in Tuckersmith at a cost of
$135,000, resurfacing a portion of a
number of Egmondville streets
including Anne, George, Stapleton
and Second Streets at a cost of
$45,000, tarring and chipping
Morrison Line at a cost of $24,000
and a spot repair on MacLellan
Drive in Brucefield at a cost of
$1,000.
Tuckersmith Coun Bill DeJong
suggested that all of Front Road be
tarred and . chipped since the plan
Corrections
The Ballad of Stompin' Tom, writ-
ten by Dave Scott, runs from June
27 to Aug. 12 at the Blyth Festival,
not July 27 to Aug. 12, as was
reported in last week's Expositor.
The deck at the Lions Pool has
dropped eight inches, not feet, as
was reported in last week's edition of
the Huron Expositor.
The Legion public speaking con-
test is on Feb. 19, not Feb. 18.
leaves two kilometres in gravel
before Vanastra.
"I'd rather do the whole road and
be done with it," he said.
In Grey, the second lift on five
kilometres of Brandon Road, start-
ing in Ethel is budgeted at
$150,000.
Grey Coun. Alvin McLellan said
the road needed to be repaired to
save it.
In McKillop, the second lift of 6.6
kilometres on Hullett-McKillop
Road is budgeted at $180,000 with
culvert repairs on that road budget-
ed at $75,000.
As well, the budget proposes
$10,000 to pave the approaches of
railway crossings at Hannah Line
and Kinburn Line.
Total costs budgeted for proposed
road, bridge and storm sewer work
for 2006 are $1,017,000.
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