Times-Advocate, 1982-04-07, Page 2Times -Advocate, April 7, 1912
Exeter cables proposal for new salary,
Epp gives opinion in writing
A proposal by a London
tiro► to develop a new system
for administering salaries
and benefits for town em-
ployees and members of
council was tabled by Exeter
council this week and will
probably be discussed at
Tuesday's meeting when the
budget will be reviewed.
Personnel Management
Associates had presented a
13 -page report outlining their
proposal to develop the new
system and it was tabled
without any discussion at
this week's council meeting.
PMA said the study would
be completed in three
months and the cost would be
*6,500, plus expanses such as
mileage (currently 23 cents
km.), long-distance phone
charges, printing and
related out-of-pocket
charges.
The project would provide
job descriptions for 10 staff
positions and would provide
"a fair and easily understood
salary and benefit struc-
ture."
'President of the firm, Lion
J. Sharzer said the objective
would be to ensure that town
salaries and benefits are
competitive with chase of
comparable public sector
organizations and ap-
propriate local and private
companies.
It would also ensure the
salary structure accurately
reflects differences in jobs
within and between
departments, provide salary
administration and per-
formance review procedures
to properly reward the
employees' contribution to
the efficient operation of the
town and -ensure com-
pensation costs can be ac-
curately budgeted for and
controlled.
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and a stovep; pe, Kerry Deitz demonstrated how wind affects the -weather. The grade
six student shows her entry in the 'Zurich Public School's science fair, Wednesday.
At Zurich Science Fair
Mouse or gerbil smarter?
Which is smarter, a gerbil
ora mouse?
A science fair project
investigating the rodent's
intelligence won the grade
eight biology class for Anne
Diechert and Tanya
Forrester at a fair held at the
Zurich Public School,
Wednesday.
Students from grades six,
seven and eight competed in
biology, physical and
general science classes.
• There were 35 entries.
Animal behaviour was also
the topic of the grade seven
biology winner. Darryn
O'Connor investigated the
behaviour of minnows. The
grade six class in biology
was won by Donna Gingerich
with a study on the growth of
houseplants.
In the physical sciences
class, the most popular with
26 entries, the grade eight
winner was Kristine
McAdams with an ex-
planation of the theory of
flight.
Richard Tickner and Marc
Clausius' rain alarm placed
them first in the grade seven
class and Joanne Bridle's
study of nuclear energy
placed first in.grade six.
Though there was only one
entry in the general class,
the judges felt Clark Adams
and Chris Miller's display on
computers merited first
place in grade seven.
Class winners were given a
certificate and will represent
Zurich at the regional
science fair at the South
Huron Rec Center in Exeter,
April 7.
Honorable mentions went
to : Michelle Allison, grade
eight biology for a study on
amoeba; Kathy Merner and
Nicole DeBlieck, grade 6
physical, for a renewable
energy project; Michael
Goodliffe and Ross Keller,
grade seven physical, for
explaining the functions of
the ear; and Sherry Steckle,
grade eight physical, far
showing how electricity Ie'
supplied to the home.
This was the school's first
year for holding a science
fair.
By the way, the gerbil was
proven smarter.
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While the report was given
no discussion at the mee,
Deputy -Reeve Alvin Epp,
who was not present, urged
council to turn down the
proposal in a written
statement he provided for
the meeting.
He cited the cost factor as
the first reason to reject the
firm's proposal. Epp said he
could see the cast as being
close to *10,000 with mileage
itself running as high or
higher than *1,500.
"From my viewpoint it
makes more sense to give
our employee relations
committee the mandate to
complete the excellent study
they started and if they run
into any roadblocks that the
committee come to council
for direction."
He said the problem is that
council has not given the
committee the mandate to
complete the study started
two years ago. Epp said he
was of the opinion the
committee is capable of
completing the study and
suggested they be given the
mandate to complete it and
come up with recom-
mendations.
"I feel that proper
channelling of information is
Given fine,
suspension
A Dashwood area man was
given the minimum fine of
$253 after pleading guilty to
driving while under
suspension when he ap-
peared before Justice of the
Peace Douglas Wedlake in
Exeter court, Tuesday.
Lawrence T. Pole, RR 3
Dashwood, was charged on
March 2.
His licence had been
suspended for unpaid fines.
Pole was given 90 days in
which to pay the fine and had
his licence suspended for six
months to run consecutively
to any other suspension.
In the only other case on
Tuesday's docket, Donald
Edward Oliver, Sarnia, was
found guilty of driving at a
speed of 108 km in an 80 zone
on January 30.
The accused defended
himself, saying he had been
towing a double snowmobile
trailer from Tobermory at a
speed of around 62 km. and
hadn't been stopped
anywhere else. He claimed
he never drives at over 70 km
even without a trailer, and
was disputing the accuracy
of the radar used by the
officer who laid the charge.
The officer replied that the
device had been tested and
found accurate on the day in
question.
Mr. Wedlake said • he
believed the accused didn't
think be was travelling as
fast as charged but noted
that his speedometer may
have been inaccurate and
this was not a satisfactory
defence.
He was fined *45 and given
15 days in which to pay.
Hay council
Continued from front page
minister the licences. He
said that with the numbers of
people unemployed the
township would have no
problemgetting applicants
for the position.
In other :
Cduncil accepted a
quotation from Pollard
Brothers to supply liquid
calcium chloride for
township roads. The cost is
*153.35 per flake -ton,
equivalent.
An application for a tile
drainage loan was accepted.
Karl Regier of lot 18, con-
cession 11 applied for *6,000.
Councillor Gerald Shantz
will represent the township
at an Ontario Municipal
Recreation Association
conference, May 22 to 24 in
Stratford.
Grants, levies
Continued from front page
official. Mayor Bruce Shaw
said some areas of the matter
were more dear to him. while
others were more confusing..
Mickle said after the
meeting that he too was still
confused about the situation
Godkin did indicate by
quoting a speech by housing
minister Claude Bennet* that
the latter hopes to. present
some reforms by 1983 that
would result in the municipal
grant system being more aim-
•. pie. certain and equitable.
In reference to a suggestion
by Mickle that a policy
change regarding the
resource equalization grant
could have disastrous effects
on Exeter. Godkin said that
the ministry would not affect
a major shift in any one year
*sit would be disastrous to
more communities than just
Exeter
even more important than
the cost factor," Epp wrote
as his second reason for
rejecting the proposal. "To
set up new rules for a game
in progress quite often leads
to disharmony and mistrust
among the group."
Epp also ecommended
that council "unfreeze the
town wages until the study is
completed as some promises
had been made by last year's
board members than cannot
be honoured now."
However, council is
maintaining a freeze on
municipal employees' wages
and decided Monday that the
freeze will apply to rec
centre secretary Jo -Anne
Fields although the board of
management approved a
salary increase for her
benefits system
before the freeze took effect.
Board chairman John
Pym, in a letter to council,
said the board is willing to
comply with the wage freeze
policy, but noted that Ms.
Fields had been granted the
10 percent pay increase
given to all town employees
on January 1 of this year as
part of the two-year salary
agreement and the board felt
the increase should be
granted and not affected by
the freeze.
He explained that the
board had passed a motion
on December 8 increasing
her salary from 19,100 to
*10,000 at that time and
stipulating that she was to fit
in with the town's pay
schedule at the first of the
year which would have
resulted in her salary going
to 111,000 on January 1.
Pym noted that the motion
was available to council and
"it is our feeling that the
increase should be effective
immediately."
However, Reeve Don
MacGregor said ''If there's a
freeze, there's a freeze" and
succeeded in having his
motion approved by council
that the pay increase to Ms.
Fields not be granted at this
time. Council have indicated
that allincreases being held
In abeyance will be
retroactive when the freeze
is lifted.
Councillor Loewy Fuller
questioned whether council
had any control over the
situation if the board had
approved the increase.
SOLAR MODEL - Ron Steeper and Brad Mock exhibit their Science Fair projects at
Exeter Public School. • . .
PIay euchre' Craig,
familpkzn comedy
By ALICE DICKENS
AILSA CRAIG
Seven tables of euchr
were at play in the Activity
Centre Wednesday wit
prizes �to Janet Rose
Isabell kes, Sinclai
McIntosh, Roy Morton.
Becky Ross, Duncan R.
Campbell. Tea and cookies
were served. The next
euchres will be April 19 and
26 at 2 p.m.
The whole family will
enjoy this light comedy
"Angel In My Pocket"
shown in Craigholme
Auditorium Friday, April 16
at 7:30 p.m. Please bring a
dollar each for admission.
Lunch will be served.
Several Riverview
Women's Institute members
attended the crewel em-
broidery
CCoollbborne�Streetpublic
school Strathroy, Thursday
evening.
Tuesday, April 13 at 1:30
p.m. will be the Riverview
W.I. annual meeting with the
Tweedsmuir History com-
mittee in charge.
• Here's hoping Sunday,
April 11, will have improved
e weather for Mrs. George W.
(Christena) Stewart's bir-
h thday party, at the Activity
, Centre from 2-4 and 6:30 to 8
r ,p.m.
The senior choir and junior
choirs will present their
postponed Music Night April
18 at 7:30 p.m. in the United
Church.
Holy Week schedule is
Wednesday eve at 8 p.m.
Dramatic reading of 'The
Circle Beyond Fear';
Thursday eve at 8p.m., Holy
Communion; Good Friday at
11:00 a.m. Mennonite choir
will sing Alleluia What a
Saviour. These services will
be held in the Mennonite
church, Nairn. You are
urged to attend.
The Scout -Cub club held a
successful rummage sale
and bake sale Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie
Stokes enjoyed a recent bus
trip to interesting points as
New Orleans, Texas, Mexico
and visited. with Mrs. Phyllis
(Amos) Goldsmithof Tucson.
Sues police
over shooting
A 35-yearold Wallaceburg
man who was shot in the
hed during a police chase
lastJanuary is suing the
policemen involved and the
commissioner of the Ontario
Provincial Police.
In a writ filed in Ontario
supreme court in London.
Ronald Raymond Benoit is
claiming • unspecified
discharge of a firearm.
A detailed statement of
claim specifying damages
sought has not yet been filed.
\amen as defendents are
Chatham OPP Constables
Robert Higgins. a native of
Exeter. and Paul Japp and
Commissioner James Er-
skine of Toronto.
Benoit was shot in the
head during a collision at the
end of a high-speed chase
which followed a daylight
breakin at the home of
w'illiam Butler at RR 2.
Croton on Jan. 6.
Benoit was sentenced Jan.
27 to two years in peniten-
tiary for the breakin. He was
also sentenced to concurrent
two-year terms for breaking
and entering Camden
Township homes Jan. 5 and
6 and to six months con-
secutive for possession of
stolen goods The com-ictious
were the 25th. 26th and 27th
for the man
Japp and Higgins were
called to investigate what
was descnbed as a robbery
in progress at Butler's
residence. about 30
kilometres northeast of
Chatham. • Ota thallowaY
there, a police
said at the time.
observed a -�a�� ear and
a chase ensued.
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of Mrs. Bessie Amos,
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Mrs. Lloyd Scafe, Miss
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Dickens and Mrs. Ella
Tweddle visited recently
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Lambeth.
NAPOLEONIC SWORD - Wallace Makins of RR 1, Hay
holds a sword which once belonged to his grandfather,
John Muir, and is said to have fought in the Battle of
Waterloo in 1815. The sword was offered for -sale by
auctions Saturday.
No buyer for relic
On an overcast day In
June, 167 years ago,
Napoleon's Grande Armee
and his hopes to renew the
French Empire were
shattered in a decisive battle
near the Belgian total* of
Waterloo.
A sword, said to be a relic
of that famous 1815 battle,
was to be sold Saturday as
part of an auction of antique
and household effects by
Wallace Makins of RR 1 Hay.
Makins said the sword had
been given to him by his
mother and had at one time
belonged to his grandfather,
John Muir. •
The Muir family came
from Scotland, but his
grandfather died when
Makins was about six
months old.'
Makins said his mother
would have known some of
the history of the sword but
she died in 1962 at the age of -
93.
Though the sword has a
sentimental value to Makins,
he said, "I can't keep it
forever."
The sword is discolored
and pitted with rust and
Making said he planned to
keep the sword set aside in a
cardboard tube until the
time of the sale. This would
prevent the slender tip from
being broken if roughly
handled.
Makins said he was also
considering a reserve bid on
the relic.
Makins added Monday
that there were bids for the.
sword but they did not meet
his reserve bid.
He declined to say what
price he has in mind for the
sword but said that it was
still for sale if the 'price is
right.
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