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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-12-21, Page 2 (2)Page 18 • Times -Advocate, December 21, 1978. Majority want penalty • for garbage contractor A recommendation by the social services contmittee to approve a contract with Ron Hare -for the pickup of glass and newspapers was placed , M limbo by Exeter council this week. • The contract. which had , been circulated to members at their laangaeling, should contain some penalty clause if Hare fails• to make the' monthly pickups most members suggested. However. chairman.Lossy Fuller indicated -that- Hare probably wouldn't agree to a• penalty clause if his firm failed to show up to make the pickup and the town would be stuck with the refuse. -.• "He needs the paper to, keep his business going." HENRY M. MARTENS Suddenly at Strathroy Hospital as a result of a car accident on No. 81 Highway, Sunday, December 17, 1978, Henricus Martinus (Hent? Martens. Dear son of Anthony and Martha Mar- tens of 210 Sanders'St. East, Exeter. Dear brother of Marian, Marty and Frank, all at home in his 24th year. The ,funeral was held Wednesday from the T. Harry Hoffman Funeral Home, Dashwood and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church with Rev. A. Charrette of- ficiating. Interment in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Martens was an employee of ▪ Huron Tractor, Exeter and Blyth. Reeve Si Simmons opined. "We're doing him a favor. he's not doing us any big favor." • Deputy -Reeve on. 'MacGregor wondered what would happen to the. -newspapers and glass it the Arva firm didn't come to pick them up. Works superintendent Glenn Kells said his depart- 'ment would then have to - pick it up. adding that on ooe occasion when Hare w^as Former official to face charge Cav'ley- Hill.--Goderich. furmer Huron County board of education chairman. has been charged with defrauding - Champion Road Machinery Ltd. where he was vice-president in charge of manufacturing until two years ago. Hill. 51. was charged ;Saturday by the' provincial police anti -rackets division Billowing a combined OPP- town police investigation Hill was employed -<ai Champion for abbut:10 years but left the firm -about two years ago to -pursue business interests of his own. First appointed to the Huron County board in 1971. he lost his seat .to Dave Gower in the Nov I3 municipal election. ' .He served as board chair- man about three years ago and was go -chairman of 1?1ra board's negotiating team during the high school teachers' strike last year: Support Jnspector building to be moved HarryKlungel. who helps make '-decisions as a merftber of Hensall council. found himself on -the other end of the proceedings tris week and didn't .get much- wmpathy from members of Exeter council. Klungel. whose company Midis a duplex at 16 John St. which houses people employed at ARC Industries in Dashwood. appeared before council in the hope of being granted _some leniency. in -the matter of a utility. shed he recently constructed on the property The shed. which refaced • one that.wa5 on the verge of falling down. was built without the owner securing . a building permit. and was. also bnilt.tooelose-to, the lot line. . '' • - Building insp▪ ector Doug Triebner had informed Klungel that .a- charge would be • laid if the building- was not moved; - Appearing before council this week. the liensall coun- • cit member said be had -$wen reformed by another . building official -that buildingsunder. 100 , square feet did not require -permits. He also noted that neighbors were • not objec- ting.. and in fact one. had suggestedthe location of the. building .provided additional privacy. - -• However.' council ruled that the zoning bylaw must be followed and the building. which is used primarily for • the- storage • of -residents' bicycles. must be moved: ' =At the suggestion of Mayor Derry Boyle. Klungek will be given until -spring to. undertake the task. . '•`'We have to abide by what the buildxtg inspector says. - commented . Councillor Los v Fuller 111eve Si Simmons ad- vised Khingel that the job of 'Moving the building would not be difficult It is located 26 inches ..from the lot line. whereas 'the zoning. bylaw -dictates it . must be at least six feet, six. orches late. his phone and the one at the clerk's office were.busy with calls 'from -ratepayers wondering why the special pickup wasn't being made. . Simmons said he would like to hold off on the con- tract. adding that if Hare didn't come on Thursdays as scheduled he should be penalized. Simmons said that the penalty would be that Hare would have to pay for the town employees to go out and pick up the refuse. Councillor Harold Patter- , son wondered why a con- tract was needed at all. PRIZE WINNING FLOAT — One of the first prize winners in Saturday's Santo while Councillor Ted Wright wos entered by the Sunshine Kids Nursery School asked if it may be better to have the glass and_ newspaper pickup on a day other than -the Thursday's' when other special refuse is picked up by the town staff. Kells replied that Tuesday was the only day in theeek when garbage wasn't sitting out in Exeter now angle felt that adding it to the list - should Ile avoided to provide. at least one day when'.un- sightly garbage wasn't on the -street ' Of mine and men While the cost, of living continues to inch forward. the" cost of death is also go- ing-ap at a similar rate 'ac- cording td South Huron Rec Centre administrator Kirk Armstrong ' Armstrong told the rec centre-. board Tuesday it costs $3.90 to kill a mouse which -had been making the rec centre's kitchen bs its home. Armstrong said the .63.90 was spent on a box of rat poison. When a member of • the board suggested it would have been .cheaper .to procure a ' cat: Armstrong agreed but. said he didn't think the kitchen staff would bein favor of such a move.- • Rec budget -Continued trim front page _tario for funds for the com- munity -park renoslatior• have'been worked out with Armstrong reporting the town had•given their consent to the application. Funds •,tQtall'n• 827.500 have ere apill_ 1s., ••'‘.2.S.! Arrptrong. s. i - te grant- application was not received ,before December 31 there would be no chance of receiving the funds. Armstrong was to take the application. to the ministry of cultute and recreation yesterday. - Armstrong said •AI Sinclair of the ministry had told hint there was• a good possibility there would be no Wintario grants for»capital projects 'once a freeze on funds which is presently K effect. was lifted. A GOOD PARADE -- This.year's Exeter Sonta Claus parade hit fine weotheond a lorge number of floats. Taking port in the' Kerslake and Jomie acid Jason McBride, Osborne approve grants Saturday wos blessed with mode were Sherri and Jeff T•A phyto At the recent. inaugural meeting of Osborne township council tax collec- tor Harry Strang reported that 1274,000 out of'a total 1078 tax roll 0.83430.000 had beep collected. . Rev. Donald Stuart was in attendance'. to open the meeting with a message and -prayers Sworn into office 'by clerk Strang were reeve BiII Morley, deputy -reeve. Murray. Dawsonand court- citiors Mervin Shute. Peter Be)'endsen and Gerald PtVut. The . reeve and other - members of council made ▪ suitable opening remarks peitinent to the good government , of the municipality:- - Building ' inspector Her- man- Van Wieren reported that ilwermits for a total value of 823.500 were issued during the month of November. - Approvals were granted for the Toddlers inn Nursery School and Gould Outdoor Signs. . Grants were made in' the amount of 8150 to the Exeter _Agticuttural Society and 1100 -to the = Kirktnn Agricultural Society. Council agreed that the annual grant to the South Huron Recreatign Centre Board would be *4,000 and Robert Down be re- appointed as the township representative. Roy Westcott was reap- pointed to the Ausable- Bayfield Conservation Authority and Ken Duncan to- the Upper Thames -Conservation Authority. fa other business. council Agrled to repair the open portion of <the Johns municipal drain at the re- quest of the engineer for a better -outlet for the -Johns- Miller drain to be con- structed. ' Road superintendent John Batten was . instructed to take 1979 'road gravelling requirements out of the road allowance at f.ots 25-26 sideroad. Concession 7 and pyr., aepare • tenders arding- 1 • h Until deficiencies corrected Cambrian get no money' Cambrian Facilities, • designers of the South Huron rec centre, are charging 12 percent interest on their out- standing account. but .it ap- parently isn't worrying members of the board or Exeter council. A letter was recently sent to Cambrian asking for the 1918 they had agreed to pay for the plaque which hangs in the rec centre foyer listing the people who sat on ` the- various project •. com- mittees. This week. Cambrian replied that they. would be happy lo pay -for the plaque as they had agreed, but only when • thevvim� eceived their outstanding,,ba ance, which Claus parade , is about 18;700. T -A photo . - The firm noted that the in-• • terest last year was 81,- 041.59. which was more than • SEASON'S BEST._ thThis prost romptethe tedq m embers Thid m of council to ask rec centre board officials the status of : a the project. flee only pressure they had to Chairman Bob Down, who ' exert. was attending on another "They were hired to do q, matter, said the, board job and the job isn't done, members were still not Reeve Simmons com- satisfied that all_ the mented." ' problems at the -facility had He ended the discussion by been rectified. • • noting that council still had Administrator Kirk .the upper hand and could Armstrong added that a list even deduct the cost of the of 14 deficiencies had been plaque from the cheque that presented to Cambrian and wound be sent tQ Cambrian any had not yet been rec- when the project was titled.msatisfactorily completed. Mayor De,rry Boyle wondered if Cambrian had - Santa - 'the legal •right to add in- - lerest to their outstanding BY DOUG SCOTT account. and Councillor Jay Grade6 Campbell suggested the Exeter P.S. town could be charging • Cambrian interest on all the There once was a Santa all • money paid to date in view jolly and red. of the fact the project has - Who always came- round not been completed satisfac- when I was tucked into tardy.' " bed. Down said the board felt Ile left many toys. they should not pay the bill For the good girls -and boys - until the deficiencies were -Then away he would fly in corrected. noting that it was his magical sled. r ••. Holiday joy is twice as sweet when it comes from simple things... _cherished things... our. homes,.our • children, our friends. May the true pleasures of Christmas be yours. • i • •t It is- the sincere wish of everyone at The Times -Advocate that your holiday season is filled with love, health and happiness. 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