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Times-Advocate, 1978-12-07, Page 1 (2), Hopes result better than senior governments CALLS FOR ligSTRAINT "This should be a year of show better results than the restraint," Mayor Derry provincial and federal Boyle told members of Ex- ' governmentsin that regard. eter council in his brief in- "We should try to stay un - augural address,'Monday. der the five percent increase allowed municipalities by Noting• that both senior the province." he corn - levels of government were mented.. advocatthg restraint, Bbyle Boyle said that a lot of said he hoped council could progress had been made in Exeter in recent years and sider a "slow up". . Noting he had been called in view (nth* down trend in He said he was nqt ad- on to assist at similar events the economy. it may be vocating any retrograde ac- in -the past, the retired cleric neces,sary fqr council to con- tion. but merely urging said he had seen many , council to. be cautious in changes ,pnd congratpl"ated theisspending. - the members on being Wo1 / L -'We have to strive . to elected or acclaimed to . rt pick provide the best serttice their offices. solicitors the minimum mill rate." He termed public work a In welcoming the new "thankless office in many • members of council,' the, respects" and advised . the Erlleter council this week newly named Mayor said he • of f i c i a is they w -o u 1 d accepted the resignation'iii hoped for . continued sometimes reach the break - town solicitors Raymond, progress and success for -all ing point in dealing with peo- McLeadard Gray and Blade People. ple. no move to name anyIle told Counciltors�"Jay "You are going to have to replacements. • Campbell, Don Cameron and have patience " he advised Instead, they approved a Marilyn Williamson that . adding that with that•in- motioe whereby town othey would probably _ find •gredient, things will- work ficials may seek the services work on council haiy and out. of any solicitors . at their confusing at the' outset. "Do justly, love kindness discretion when they requite "Take heart,'. he said. "the.nd walk humbly with your legal assistance.1,..m.st will c�fear." God.' he concluded. . -Ina letter to council 1st The Rev. Harold Snell was At the end of the swearin month, Peter Rd d on hand to commend briefly in c •emony.i chairma submitted the fir d and assist clerk Liz Bell in Bruce Shaw called Boyle t administering the oath of bf- - the front -of the counci resignation, stating kat Mice to council and the Ex- chambers and passed ove they ,would be happy to • eter PUC Commissioners. continue, to provide legal service. • If 'was suggested that the $50 per month retainer would V' `=•,,f. be dropped an_d' council 'Eke. -- � would pay for the legal' Val...' y assistance on the basis of • services provided: "1t may be cheaper to pay A CHRISTMAS KISS — Children of the members of the Ex- . for advice when and -if it is eter Volunteer Fire•Department were treated to a Christmas required, Mayor- Derry party at the legion hall Sunday afternoon. Giving Santo i,3oyle s id this week. • kiss was Allan McFalls, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter McFnlls , At v the suggestion of Councillor Jay Carnpbell,1 council agreed to keep track of the legal services and costs over the next three months and to review the g o BOYLE BEAMS 1 being presented ✓ Bruce Shaw. ' ` background. • 1) Mayor sidesteps initial controversy Mayor Derry Boyleside- stepped his first -controver- sial topic this week when he announced Monday night that council would not name members to the Downtown Business Improvement Area board of management. - - "It's not our prerogative to appoint them." Boyle stated. adding that only ex- ception would be in namiwg council's representative. That appointment went to Harold Patterson. On Friday, a mild storm errupted when it was learn- *., ed that Boyle had secured several names to sit on the board. .The list excluded some of • the present members. - - • - "To' -be frank with you. I have a. list." Boyle told council on Monday, but said no action would be taken un- til the members of the Business Improvement Area subrltitted their own list for council endorsement! "They should submit a•list to -us arid' we should act 6n their recommendation." Reeve Si Simmons opined. . Boyle said he hoped such a list would be compiled through an election at an an- nual.meeting of the board. When the names 'of representatives on other, local - boards were presented. newly elected council members Jay Campbell and Marilyn Williamson- suggested that advertisements be -placed in the newspaper seeking volunteers for the positions. "We should provide the -opportunity for anyone to come forward," Campbell said. "I think we need to go through that route." He said this would avoid any sugges- tion that there was a clique in town hall. although he added that he was not suggesting those named wouldn't do a good job. Mrs. Williamson said advertising for volunteers would be a more democratic way of choosing citizens to sit on the various boards. aoyle said people_ have been informed in the past they - 'can present their names to sit on the boards and said previous adver- tisements in that regard have resulted in few can- didates coming forth. Noting that farmer -mayor., Bttuce Shaw, had suggested Boyle may have difficulty in filling the many positions. Councillor Ted Wright said he was amazed that Boyle had been able to Lind sufficient numbers. Clerk Liz Bell explained to • the new members that many of the appointed officials served staggered terms and several of those named were in fact not up for re- appointment. ` The ratepayers named to the various boards were a§• follows: - Planning board — Dennis Hockey, Qerald Merner, Earl Long, Harvey Pfaff. Bruce Shaw and Ron Cot- trell. Councillors Cameron and Campbell represent council. Cemetery board — Norm Stanlake, Olga Davis. -William Musser, Marilyn Williamson and Ted Wright. Committe&of adjustment — Bob Russell, Norm Tait and Dr. Gary'Balsdon. ' Parking authority — Bob Fletcher. Tom Arthur and Alvin Epp. South Huron Rec Centre board — Derry Boyle, Wayne Pearce. Gerry Par- sons and Jerry MacLean. Recreation .- sub; committee — Scott Burton. Marlene Parsons. Bill situation at that time. At .Monday's meeting, council agreed to pay an $85 legal bill . for building in- spector Doug Triebner, who on his own initiative had asked local lawyer Chris Little for a legal opinion on the liabilities that may be faced by a building official. ''t�he matter of providing insf ance for the building Exeter Police Chief Ted proper chain of command in inspector as well as errors Day. suggested this week he approving the Constable's and omissions insurance for had not over -stepped his attendance at the course in Brock. Ruth Durand. Kenley ' the entire COO- Staff was. authority by authorizing the •- that he had not secured .Campbell and Arn Mathers. turned over to thcecutive attendance of Constable permission from the police - committee f6r a recam- Kevin. Short at a special • committee or council. mendation. • • course on fraud -at the The debate arose when Fire plan t In his letter, Little Ontario Police College. clerk Liz Bell askedtouncil } suggested a building in After reading sections of ' if Short was to be paid for the spector could be sued for the contract between council time he was attending the soon ready ' negligence and found liable and the local Police course. That question viss, - where he issues a permit Association, he appeared to quickly ans'Pered in the The new systegi for when he should not have and convince most members of affirmative raj council, but receiving fire calls for the similarly when he fah $ to ,� council that he had acted the question' of whether the Exeter anti Area Fire Board --issue a 'permit in .a pr per properly. Chief had oder-stepped his is expected to be in operation case. Last week, several authority wasnote tied. by mid December. . " The lawyer said -lite intent •members suggested the Addressing council, Fire board chairman Don of the Buildir.g Code seems Chief had not followed the Monday, Chief Day provided MacGregor said this week to be to reduce the building -. . - , that telephonet are being inspector's personal liability in the homes of 10 and increase the respo Tur! �V off - installed firemen and a schedule will sibility of ,the council, •be set up'whereby-certain of although: •e Iain sections those men will be on cage give .the lluilding inspector The price of turkeys this man Murray Green e during.evenings `and responsibilities directly. festive season is a concern - suggested a habe rovid- weekendsCalls during the it was suggested that of many people. -but it will edfor i,r the staff, secretary day will be handled at the protection. for negligence afTect one group that Marilyn Sillery said it was town offices. ., could be afforded 'by the previously had little worry even more expensive. The fire siren coin he municipal council agreeing about theprice of the bird Commissioner Chan sounded by any cif those to indemnify the employee or for. the Christmas table. Livingstone was in favor of receiving calls. purchasing negligence in -1 - .At their meeting Thurs- providing turkeys at the out - When asked if there was surance for him. 'day. the PUC Com- set. but_ changed his mind any chance,the new system The Frank Cowan Com- missioners decided to drop during the discussion. would not be in operation party, who carry the town's the annual practice of He said providing a bird prior to the termination of insurance, said in discussing providing staff members , for the employees was the contract with Mrs. Lorna errors and omissions in- with a turkey. only partially almost a thing of the past. Dale, MacGregor said that' surances that there is little on the basis of the high costs "Their wages are to the the Ontario Fire Marshal likelihood of ,an employee this year. point where they can afford would ensure - that Bell being held personally liable Mayor B roc e : -Shaw turkeys." he said. adding Canada- had the system for his actions while, per-, suggested people should that most other employees operating by the deadline Of forming his duties as a boycott turkeys because of v in Exeter won't get turkeys December 15. municipal employee.. . the price. but when chair- from their employers. tr the chain of office. - im — Derry Boyle receives conbratulations otter with the chain, of office by his -predecessor, Rev. Harold - Snell looks . on in the Staff.photo S PUC agree todhear argument on fees Members of the ,Exeter Agrioultural Society receiv- ed a mixed reaction for their letter this week asking the Exeter PUC kr lower a bill J for services provided at the local fair. - - The fair board suggested the bill of- $245.95 could possibly be reduced through the PUC giving them a grant. . ,•."I don't know how we can make it any less and we're not, able to give a grant," chairman Murray Greene commented. However, Commissioner Chap Livingstone suggested the bill "could be rounded off 'at $200", but when he didn't make that -a motion, "Mayor Bruce Shaw said the Commission should invite representatives of the fair board to meet with them and present their case as to why they feel they shouldn't pay a full amount: "They may have a just cause and we should give them an audience," Shaw stated. His motion was ap- proved. Manager Hugh Davis reported that the Agricultural Society was charged $4 each for -the 11 concessions for the use of hydro and the balance of the bill was tot -labor and use of the truck. • Davis said the PUC previously charged the con- cession operators directly for hydro use, but it was found that many of the operators didn't have the 15 when the collection was un- dertaken. • The manager said he has - also suggested.--that__the.__ hydro installations required for the fair should be made permanent so the work does not have to be undertaken' each year. It is expected this may be the case when the redevelopment of the com- munity park is completed. Serving South Huron, North Middlesex EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 7, 1978,. One Hundred and Fifth Year & North Lambtot>~Since 1873 Price Per Copy 25 Cents hief Day sets councillo-rs straight regarding officer attending course COMPLETE FIRE COURSE-- More than 30 firemen from Horon County completed o 13 week fire prevention course MoRdgy night at South Huron District High School.- Above, Ontario Fire Marshal Advisor Dor Owens presents certificates to Ken McCarter, Zurich, Gary Middleton, Exeter and Norm Hyde, Huron Pork. : T -A photo • " • Can't receive full stipend.' ommissioners are thwtirted Exeter Public Utilities Comtnissioners, who were granted a pay increase to $600 by Exeter council for 1979, found out Thursday that. their stipend for the current term will be reduc- ed. At a specra1 closed meeting on November 4. the current Commissioners had passed a motion that each 'receive the $400 remuneration for this year. although their terms of of- fice were reduced by one month through new election dates. - This week, they had,to cind that motion after leing advised that the election act dictates that salaries for 1978 had to be apportioned in 4 sections of the contract which state that the "direc- tion' and the adminstration for the Exeter -Police Foj'ee - shall be the responsibility of the Chief .Qf Police in cooperation with the police committee;'. Another section dictates that "the town agrees to give each member of the' association an -opportunity, to attend Ontario " Police 'College or cogr'ses available having regard for the bet- terment . of policing in general" , •Day expla'tned_that only about two meeting's were held by the police coMmiftee -last year, and the decision to send Short to the course was - made in the summer when committee chairman Ken Ottewell was on holidays. However, he said he had informed Mayor Shaw that the officer would be at- tendt,_ng Police College and that Shaw seemed agreeable when he was informed. "The intent of the police committee was to encourage officers to take courses," commented Shhw, who was in attendance at the meeting to pass the chain of office on 'to his successor, Derry Boyle. - He said the intent was also to pay any officer for at- tending courses, but he added that he didn't think the Chief was asking for per- mission when he broached the subject nor did he (Shaw) feel he was giving ,permission. "From the last counciL. meeting, I feel there is some ambiguity and suggest it should he straightened out," Shaw. stated. "The Chief feels kg a tenuous position." Bo rle said he hoped council committees would meet more frequently in the future" so these things can be prevented". He also noted' that last ' Please turn to page 2 • Make party • _even better CROWN CCAT ROYALTY — Sue Beamish and Jgbn Nyenhui�s wdre named 1979 Queen and - King of Centralia College of Agricultural Technology recently. They ore shown in the centre of Atte above picture with lost year's winners John Dortmans and Teresa Ondrejicka. Photo by Norm Hyde • Descriptive words flow Absurd and assinine Renovations to the Exeter. PITC office are --basically _completed. but the ('ornmis- sion may have a fight .in their hands over the manner in which tltle project was financed ''0@ Manager Hugh- Davis reported Thursday • that *auditors •from Ontario Hydro had informed him that the funding waseunder-' • taken incorrectly: although T)avis said' that a former auditor had,,shown the staff hold to handle the renovation accounts and„his directions had been foHowed . *vies for the $18.000 pro- jec as- taken from the water department. when in fact the building belongs to the hydro department and' should have been financed thp�ppugh that. - f7aviF also explained that the Commission should have ('$+quested formal approval irorn.,Ontarib Hydro to un- dertake the project. "That's absurd,” Mayor Shaw commented. suggesting the operation. of the building should be at the discretion of the Iocal,Com- mission. Chan, Livingstone dis- agreed with that contention. but only in a light-hearted manger. "it keeps five or - six of thew emp eyed." he said in reference to the fact Ontario Hydro had to, ap- view pf serving for only 11 months The same rule apparently . applies to councils in the area, although some have already paid members for the full 12 -month remunera- tion.. . • • • prove the job. • Ile said the request. would --have been in Toronto for up to six months and the renovations probably wouldn't even have started as yet had Ontario Hydro ap- • proval been ought. "It's assinine ridiculous " commented -thaw "Why can't a local problem he handled • locally - Davis ' .ajgested that the - auditor who had provided the original information had ....been ill and had;,,cmade several errors on that par- , ticular visit to the local PUC. office ' Irivingstone said he doubted• that. suggesting Commissioners change positions' PM Commissioners Chan Livingstone and Murray Greene swapped positions Monday night at a brief in- augural meeting after being sworn into office along with members of council. Livingstone will ,be the • chairman. bf the PUe this • , year. while Greene drops down to vice-chairman. The third member of the Commission is Mayor Derry Boyle. - that the auditor had .probably "had enough' with the regulations and had made the recommendations on the basis of common sense "What happens if we ig- nore them (Ontario Hydro i"" Shaw questioned and then made a move to do just that when he moved that the letter from Hydro , be .filed without any action . being taken on their recommendations for the change in financing the pro- ject. • ' Livingstone .quickly seconded the motion. and it was approved." Shaw said if Ontario Hydro auditors wanted to . explain their theories farther. they could sit in on a meeting with the ommis- sion..He charged at On- tario Hydro was an empire Employees of the Town of Exeter were among the 500 people who attended a special Christmas; party staged at the rec centre, Saturday, and while they. reported having a good time, it was .probably made even more enjoyable when council 'agreed Monday- night to pay their bill. Councillor Ted Wright, who last year had 10.council in a move to end th practice of providing town employees - with free . turkeys at . Christmas; suggested . Monday that the town pay the 9185 bill "-for the town employees and their spouses. who had attended. There . were 37 in attendance. He said it would be a token of the town's appreciation for the small things the employees do beyond the call of duty. ' "It's the least we cdn do to say thanks for a job well done," commented Coun- cillor Loss' Fuller. Newcomer Don Cameron agreed with the move, but. - said it was unfortunate that it was being done as an after- thought. • • The Christmas party was arranged by the South Huron rec centre board JE ,management and included several local employers and their staff members. SHACK BURNS A snowmobile shack owned by Russell Clark, •, Lucan, was destroyed by fire Saturday. - - It is located on Huron St. west of Exeter near Devil's Elbow., Cause of the blaze is not known. The facility had been In use prior to the blaze. • whose tentacles reach -into our private operation".• He agreed with manager Hugh Davis that it was necessary for Utilities to ' follow the requirements of Ohtario Hydro and the ministry of the envl•onment oh many matters "but it s our business if we have Or: tains or carpets". - "It (renovation) wouldn't-• be off the, ground yet if we had to get approvals. That's hogwash►" Livingstone said in concluding the discussion. •