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The Huron Expositor • December 23, 2009 Page 7
Huron East asks province to deny funds to close Brussels PS
Huron East is asking the Ministry
of Education to turn down anyfinan-
cial requests from the Avon aitland
District School Board . that would go
towards accommodating students
from Brussels Public School in a new
North Huron school.
"We're not trying to stop the con-
struction of the new school. But, we
are saying don't give them any extra
to close our. school," Mayor Joe Seili
told council at its Dec. 15 meeting.
Seili said that the Avon Maitland
board has rejected every other sug-
gestion made to keep Brussels Public
School open. The board has created
an accommodation review commit-
tee with representatives from Brus-
sels Public School, Grey Central
Public School, Wallace Public School,
Listowel Eastdale Public School, Li-
stowel Central Public School and
Elma Township Public School to look
at the issue of declining enrolment.
The board's plans include closing
Brussels Public School and sending
students to a new "megaschool" being
built to accommodate students from
Wingham Public, East Wawanosh
and Turnberry Central and Blyth
Public School.
On Nov 10, trustees approved the
purchase of an 18.14 -acre parcel of
land on the eastern edge of Wing -
ham, for the construction of the new
school.
"There's a little bit of tunnel vision
going on," elaborated Deputy Mayor
Bernie MacLellan.
"The hope in their mind (for addi-
tional funding) is not allowing good
conversation. This would change the
tone and allow us to discuss the ac-
tual facts," he said.
Grey Coun. Alvin McLellan ex-
pressed concern that the motion,
which points out that the Brussels
school was not included in the origi-
nal recommendation of the review
committee, would "tell the Ministry
of Education they don't know what
they're doing."
"It worries me when we're trying to
go above someone when time might
be better spent trying tooint this
out to the Avon Maitland," said the
Grey councillor.
"The intent is not to offend the
Ministry," said the deputy -mayor,
adding that the
Ministry denying
the Avon Maitland
school board any
additional money
to house Brussels
students in a new
super school would
"have a domino ef-
fect that's good for
Egmondville asked to vote on sewers
From Page 1
alternative systems include
easement costs of $1,500 per
lot. The traditional grav-
ity sewer costs an additional
$3,000 to $8,000 to hook up to
the system from each home.
The total capitalcosts for
each system are estimated at
$6,682,536 for the traditional
gravity, $6,095,764 for the
modified -gravity, $6,009,925
for STEG and $5,789,600 for
STEP.
While it's not certain if
ants can be obtained to help
d the project, the annual
cost anticipated if the project
is amortized over 20 years
with a 33 • per cent grant is
1,550 for traditional gravity,
1,410 for modified gravity,
$1,511 for STEG and $1,456
for STEP.
With a 66 per cent grant, the
annual costs are anticipated
as $517 for traditional grav-
ity, $470 for modified gravity,
$504 for STEG and $485 for
STEP.
Without any grants the an-
ticipated annual costs are
1,550 for traditional gravity,
1,410 for modified gravity,
1,511 for STEG and $1,456
for STEP.
The ballots are expected to
be returned by mid-January.
Tuckersmith Coun. Larry
McGrath raised the ques-
tion, which was also raised
by Egmondville resident Luke
Janmaat at a meeting of the
Huron East water and sewer
committee, if the ratepayers
in Egmondville has received
enough information about all
of the systems to make a de-
cision and whether another
meeting was needed.
But, Brussels Coun. David
Blaney,_ who chairs the water
and sewer committee, said the
committee decided that there
was no ' need for a further
meeting.
Mayor Joe Seili said the
town hall had only received
one phone call asking for more
information about the sewer
systems since the public meet-
ing.
"It's either kill the project
or move forward and I think
the majority of people want to
move for-
ward," he
said.
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Seili added that the school board is
not listening to the community and
has rejected everything the commu-
nity has offered so far.
. "If they won't listen to us, we'll go
to the Ministry. All we can do is try,"
said Seili.
He said he would also carbon copy
any other players in the issue.
"We're trying to support the mem-
bers around the table, he said.
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