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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-07-08, Page 2Paget Times-Advocat., July 8, 1981 Request criteria on grant refusal The Town of Exeter has again been turned down in its request for a supplementary' subsid -from the ministry of transportation and com- munication and members of council decided this week to find out how the ministry decides on which com- munities will be given supplementary subsidies. The public works corn - Salaries are set Recreation administrator Don Gravett has announced the appointment and salaries for staff members and the only rec staff salary which has not vet been made public is Gravett's. The South Huron rec cen- tre board of management have confirmed the status of Steve Wells. He will be hired on a full-time. temgirrary basis. beginning June 29 to September 30 at a rate of $4.25 per hour, plus town benefits Pool supervisor Brian Mercer will be paid a weekly salary of $165 and the other three permanent members of the staff will receive $155 each. They are Becky Baker, Patti Shapton and Debbie Taylor. Part-time lifeguards Sharon Rundle and Tammy Robinson receive $3.00 per hour. Playground supervisor Patti Down will received $122.50 per week for her eight-week stint. while Marg Pym and Scott Batten receive $115.50 and $85.75 per week respectively. Four young people have been fired under the Leaders in Training (L.I.T. ) program. Susan Bir- mingham. John Wells and John Gravett will receive an "honorarium" of $50 per week and Marlene Winters will receive $40 per week. Gravett noted these could be flexible according to the time spent on various programs. mittee received approval on a recommendation that Mayor Bruce Shaw contact E.J. McCabe, regional director for MTC, requesting the criteria used to establish the priority of submissions and the list of recent suc- cessful requests. Approval was also given to a recommendation that the police committee study the feasibility of prohibiting parking on the north side of Sanders St. W. from Main St. to the drive -way behind Darling's IGA. Councillor Jay Campbell said this is a congested area and there is considerable double parking, and while the committee ,does not favour the reduction of parking spaces in the core area, it was felt that cars parked in the two spaces to be eliminated create a traffic hazard. The committee has also requested the police com- mittee to investigate a four- way stop at Victoria and Andrew St. in the vicinity of the public school. Reporting on the parks committee meeting, Councillor Torn Humphreys said his group would ask the police committee to consider a stop sign on Huron St. near Victoria Park to slow traffic in that area. Fears have been ex- pressed for the safety of children using the park and residents of the area have petitioned against a fence being erected at the park to protect children. Humphreys said a stop sign at either Marlborough or Carling Streets.. would possibly slow traffic down as residents of the area indicate there is an excessive number of speeders passing the popular playground location. Public works committee chairman Don MacGregor was not at Monday's meeting and Mayor Shaw reported that the Reeve had been scheduled to undergo surgery for his neck and back problems. WATERY DESSERT -- Stephen Silcock is ready to take a big bite of watermelon during Monday's playground program at Victoria Park. T -A photo BP files protest over new BP Canada has filed an objection with Exeter over the proposal to include a gas bar as one of the allowed uses for the shopping centre at the north end. The company has a leasehold interest in proper- ty at the north-east corner of Highway 4 and 83 beside the shopping centre and irate they would be substantially affected by the bylaw providing expanded uses for the shopping centre. Siegal. Fogler, solicitors for Hawleaf Developments Ltd.. owners of the shopping centre. suggested this week that it whould be un- necessary to proceed to an OMB hearing to support all of the bylaw containing the expanded uses. The firm recommended that the municipality. res- cind the bylaw and enact an identical one save and ex- cept that the gas bar use be deleted: The mt}nicipality, they suggest. should then enact a second bylaw for their client's property to provide a gas bar as a per- mitted use and in this fashion the first bylaw could be approved without an OMB. hearing and such a hearing ANNIVERSARY COPPERS - The Dashwood version of the Keystone Cops took part in Zurich's 125th anniversary parade, Saturday. Shown are officers Jim Hoffman and son Jamie, with prisoners, wife Donna and daughter Kelly. Four on town staff elevated More pay increases Despite the objections of two members, Exeter council this week granted merit pay increases to three employees and boosted another into a higher paying position. The pay hikes are in ad- dition to the inflationary increases granted earlier this year by council which boosted salaries of all em- ployees by nide percent on January 1, another five percent on July 1 and then 10 percent on January 1 of next year for a total of 28.5 per- cent over the two-year period. Works employees John Breen and Larry Mason were both moved to step four in their category, bringing their salaries from $7.03 per hour to S7.38. Building inspector Brian Johnston was moved to step two in his category with a salary increase from $15.260 to $16,023, while a member of the town office staff, Donna Glanville was moved from step three of the clerk -typist position to step two of. secretary -receptionist, taking her salary from $9,374 to 510,301. Finance committee chairman Bill Mickle said he had a "tremendous amount of concern" as to how the town could control its finances when wage in- creases were granted at all times of the year. Mayor Bruce Shaw, who presented the executive committee report which recommended the changes for Johnston and Glanville, said the committee was concerned about the matter of merit increases but noted it would appear discriminatory to halt them at this time as other em- ployees have already received them this year. "The whole area should be looked at again," the Mayor suggested. Councillors Jay Campbell and Gaylan Josephson ex- pressed some concern over Welcome aboard! ('once aboard the hook boat' is the slogan for the I981 summer reading program at the Exeter and Kirkton branch libraries. On becoming a rnernher of the crew* each child will receive a coloring sheet depicting an underwater adventure and one of four bookmarks saving "Chart your course to the library". Sailing with stories". Drop anchor in your library'. or "('raise around your library'' At the end of Auguest. a Master Mariner's Reading Certificate in Old English lettering will he awarded to the participants in the program Draws will then he made for buttons reading "Book Boat Crew" Now. cruise down to the Exeter and Kirkton branch library and become a member of the book boat changing the position of Glanville and the former said he would like a day or two to consider the im- plications of such a move. Josephson suggested council would in effect be creating a new position and filling it internally, saying that was a dangerous precedent. He added he didn't know all the pros and cons and also would like some time to think about it. Councillor Lossy Fuller supported the change, saying the town office staff were doing an excellent job. "1 think they are too," Campbell quickly com- .nented, noting that was not the question. Ile said he wanted to review the job descriptions to see if the planned change was the best method of handling the situation. Councillor Morley Hall said if the clerk felt three people could handle the job at the office then it was more reasonable to give pay in- creases than consider hiring an additional staff member. The motion approving the change for Glanville and Johnston was then approved with Campbell and Joseph- son in opposition. The pay increases for the works department personnel was not contained in the same motion. The whole matter of merit pay increases will be the subject of discussion by the employee relations com- mittee at a meeting scheduled for this week. 1 uses would then be necessary only regarding the. second bylaw for the gas bar. Council turned the matter over to the planning board this week. but Councillor Jay Campbell said that the for- mat recommended by the Toronto law firm would add a burden and cost to the town and it may be recommended that Hawleaf be asked to pay for a part of the costs. Plans action on reporting A London township farmer plans to continue legal ac- tion under the Libel and Slander act regarding a re- cent allegation about a possi- ble Klu Klux Klan training camp in the Lucan area. Karl Stumpf of RR 2, Den- field said the Toronto Star and Kitchener -Waterloo Record printed stories following a statement in the Ontario Legislature by New Democratic MPP Michael Breaugh. Breaugh told the Legislature in May about a possible Klu Klux Klan training camp near Lucan where semi-automatic weapons were being used. Stumpf said he is taking the legal action over a con- nection he feels may have implied his farm was linked to the alleged KKK training camp. He told the T -A Monday night, "The Kitchener - Waterloo Record has printed a sizable retraction and apologized to me." Asked if the complaint against the K -W paper would be carried further, Stumpf siad. "At this point I am not sure. Most of the informa- tion and advice from my lawyer is in the mail and held up by the postal strike". Stumpf continued, "I am really disappointed with the press. It was a really dis- gusting and horrible thing to invent something like this. I don't know anything about any camp and no one from either paper talked to me before printing the stories." He added, "It really stirs the family up and hampers us in our work. We have liv- ed here on Concession 16, west of Elginfield for the past 27 years." A thorough investigation conducted by the Ontario Provincial Police detach- ment at Lucan failed to show any evidence to corroborate the accusations made in the Legislature. The original complaint fil- ed by Stumpf's lawyer Keith Trusler of London was serv- ed on MPP Breaugh at his Queen's Park office. Breaugh said such legal papers cannot be served on MPP's while the legilature is in session. To this Stumpt replied, He's trying to wiggle out of• it by hiding behind his privileges as an MPP. We'll Do the Job ire Right... 4 Details still vague PUC embarks on conversion program Off -oil programs of energy conservation were again the topic of PUC discussion at the commission's June meeting, Tuesday. Manager Hugh Davis told the commission of a letter received from the Ontario Left best until last? Mayor Bruce Shaw terms it a "serious omission" that Exeter was not included in a book of drawings on historic streetscapes in Huron Coun- ty. The book, produced by Nick Hill of Goderich, has been distributed throughout the county and Shaw noted that the county board of education sent home notes with students outlining the merits of the book to help promote it. No Exeter buildings were included among the drawings and Shaw said he has written to Hill to point out the short -coming. He explained to council this week that one of the ironies of the omission is that Hill worked on the restoration of the local town hall, hinting that the building should have been included. Contacted by the T -A in Goderich, Tuesday, Hill said he regretted the fact Exeter was missed from the book, but explained that due to limitations of time and money, he was forced to pre- sent his book in two parts, and in fact Exeter will be prominently featured in the second book which will be on the preservation of historic streetscapes. He said Exeter is the best example of preserved historic streetscapes in the county and the community will be used as a special ex- ample on how people can follow this community's ef- fort. Hill's second effort is scheduled to be printed later this year and he said that while he felt badly that Ex- eter was omitted from the first issue, hopes that the community will be pleased with the scope of the feature in the second publication. Man get $356 fines A Clandeboye area man was fined a total of $356 when he appeared in Exeter court, Tuesday, to face two charges. Graham Kadey, RR 3 Clandeboye, was fined $303 for driving a motor vehicle with no insurance on June 26 and an additional fine of $53 for driving while his licence was under suspension for un- paid fines. The penalties were levied by Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake. Kadey was given six months in which to pay the fines. Joseph Francis Dillon, Dashwood, pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while his licence was under suspen- sion and was fined $103. He was given 60 days in which to Pay. Hensall woman, Mary Ann Wilson, was fined 178 for failing to report an acci- dent in which she was in- volved on May 30. She collid- ed with another vehicle on that date and damage to the two vehicles was set at 1800. Fern Labreche, Crediton, was fined 1103 for driving while under suspension on May 8. A fine of $33 was levied against John Groot, Strathroy, who pleaded gull- ty to having care and control of a motor vehicle in which liquor was readily available on May 8. Whatever the proiect, call on us for ReadrrMix Concrete • RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • FARM (Including Manure Tanks) FREE ESTIMATES C. A. McDOWELL LTD. EXETER, ONTARIO Plant: 235-0833 Office: 235-1969 Municipal Electric Associa- tion (OMEA) which implied local utilities would receive a contract or letter,of agree- ment between the utilities and Ontario Hydro and the federal ministry of energy, mines and resources. Under the ministry's Canadian Oil Substitution Program, homeowners may be eligible for up to $800 in grants to convert from or lessen dependance on oil for heating purposes. Chairman Murray Greene said the program was "still a little vague to jump in" and said he wanted to know more about the grant monies. The utilities will be paid $18 for costs incurred in processing applications for 'the program. Chan Livingstone pointed out the natural gas com- panies were already adver- tising the off -oil conver- sions. "If the utilities don't get on the band wagon," he said, "'They'll lose all these conversions." Davis said 'Ontario Hydro was not pushing advertising for the program because usable hydro may be "locked -in" by the lack of a second transmission line from the Bruce nuclear sta- tion. He said plans for the off - oil include a goal of 90 per- cent reduction of oil usage by 1990 through conversions to other energy forms. Hydro may not be able to meet the electrical demand if there is large scale con- versions to hydro heating. Davis reminded the com- mission that conversions in- creased costs to the utility In the expense of upgrading conductors and transformers for.the heavier load. Livingstone said the con= versions were good for business as the demand for hydro would increase. Commission member Bruce Shaw suggested the utility advertise locally Itself. Ontario Hydro subsidies utility adds up to 40 percent Davis said, ,if they approve the ad. He said he felt they would suggest the utility not advertise. Shaw said the local program would then depend on how well this item was written up and headlined In the T -A this week. The commission moved to process any applications received for the off -oil con- versions as quickly as possi- ble. In connection with this, another letter from the OMEA suggested utilities urge the provincial govern- ment to allow construction of the second Bruce power line. In conjunction with the town of Exeter, the PUC received a quote on Its In- surance needs from Gaiser- Kneale Insurance agents. The town and the PUC jointly called for sub- missions from companies to review and submit proposals on their insurance needs. Only one proposal, from the PUC's existing in- surance agent, was receiv- ed. The proposal increased the annual premium from 14,559 to a premium of 85,731. The proposal featured increased protection on buildings and truck fleet (while the premium on the vehicles ac- tually lowered, going' from $1,518 to $1,473) and In- creased crime insurance. The commission members turned down portions of the proposal dealing with ac- counts receivable, valuable papers, and borrowed equip- ment insurance. It was reasoned the borrowed equipment would already be insured and com- puter and meter records 'would be sufficient if written records were destroyed. The PUC also turned down recommendations such as replacement insurance on the elevated water tank, and hydro substations -The PUC is insured for Liability, but members pointed out acts of God, or the rare chance the water tower may collapse, did not justify the increased premiums. The approved portions of the proposal will be returned to the insurance agent for final approvals. The premium quoted will be somewhat less when the un- necessary portions are deleted. In other business: PUC members will be attending an information meeting on the proposed hydro transmission lines from the Bruce generating station at Goderich on July 18. Livingstone and Davis will further examine tenders on a heat pump to be installed in the PUC offices• to cut energy costs. A tender for work on the Main and Springs pumphouses was accepted from Frank VanBussel and Sons Ltd. of Lucan. The tender quoted a price of $131,313, and was the lowest or seven tenders. The total project is estimated to cost $150,000. Davis reported hydro meter replacements noted in the budget have been com- pleted and salt damaged fire hydratys along the highways have leen repainted. 3 Have you had your Cookie of the Week? - Stablized Chlorine - Pool Clarifier - Algicide - Super Shock - "PH" Controls d SINGS AT JESUS '81 — Ken Freebaim of Exeter was one of the performers at the Jesus '81 held over the weekend at Courtclift Park,Carlisle. More than 75 persons from the Exeter and Zurich area attended. Photo by Schwartzentruber Come, See and Dance To The Carlton SbowBaiitj at the FOREST ARENA Saturday July 11 8 p.m. Fine Distinctive Music Old Tavern - Music Hall Tradition Music For Dancing and Singing tt'� ,, g Admission: 6.50 pp. 1 � t t Sponsored By The Forest Kiwanis Club Proper dress No Minors - No Jeans MI