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Pogo 14 Times./, October 20,1982
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Drains need cleaning in Hay
Drains were at the top of
the agenda when Hay
township council met for its
second regular October
meeting.
John Groot appeared before
council to detail the field
flooding he is experiencing
from the west branch of Black
Creek. The erosion problems
pertaining to the St. Joseph
airport drain were also men -
Zurich drafting reply
to boards of education
Zurich council's resolution
sent to all county
municipalities asking support
for a request for budget
restraint and adherence to the
federal 6-5 guidelines on the
part of the Huron -Perth
Separate School Board and
the Huron County Board of
Education is causing ever -
widening ripples.' Thirteen
municipalities to date have
endorsed the resolution.
Reacting to this stone
thrown into the educational
pond, both boards have writ-
ten to the village (with carbon
copies tcall municipalities in
Huron). These letters were
discussed at the October
meeting of Zurich council.
D.J. Cochrane, director of
education and secretary -
treasurer of the Huron Coun-
ty Board, thanked council for
"expressing a concern about
its financial operation, which
has always been paramount
in the minds of the board
members, and to advise you
that such concern will be
passed along to the newly -
elected board."
William Eckert, holder of a
similar position on the Huron -
Perth County Roman Catholic
Separate School Board, said
in his letter HPSSB trustees
took issue with the implica-
tion school boards were not
restraining spending and re-
quested "the background in-
formation and data which
reveals that school boards
have not practiced the same.
restraints as have municipal;
councils in the county."
In response to this
challenge, councillor Bob
Fisher, instigator of the con-
troversial resolution, came to
council armed with clippings
from the Exeter Times Ad-
vocate and the London Free
Press detailing salary in-
creases above suggested'
guidelines for some HPSSB
officials.
An announcement of a 9.2
increase for the director of
education, bringing his salary.
to $55,500 by January 1983 and
an 11 percent addition to a
$50,000 salary for the
superintendent by the same
date, convinced Ted Geoffrey,
Zurich, not to run for re-
election as he could not justify
the increase to the taxpayers
or himself, according to a
front page article in the
September 22 edition of the
Exeter paper.
Another clipping from Oc-
tober 14's London paper
detailed HPSSB trustees,
raises of 11 percent this year,
12.5 next year, and a further
8.2 in 1984. (This would bring
their honorarium to $250 a
month, and the chairman will
receive 375 by the third year.
The Huron County Board is
keeping their honorariums to
$400 a month for trustees, $600
for the chairman. The in-
crease was voted in January
1982, upping the previous sti-
pend of $300 in effect since
1974.)
Fisher said he would like to
see a scaled increase,
whereby those with low
wages would get a higher rate
of increase, and others mak-
ing over $30,000 to S40,000
would be held to one, two or
three precent.
Councillor Leroy Theil had
a unique suggestion - put the
shoe on the other foot and let
the school boards collect the
money to pay the
municipalities bills.
"Seems to me", he said,
"these people have the right
to send their mill rates (the
amount of money they want )
to us and say 'Here, you col-
lect it, and if you don't, you
pay us anyway, and pay us by
a certain date.' They are call-
ing all the shots....Doesn't this
give us a right to tell them to
start holding the Zine?....I sug-
gest reversing the situation."
Clerk Sharon &taker was in-
structed to go back through
the township's books for the
past three years or so and find
out the increases in mill rates
for education for both boards,
and the total requisitions for
the same period. She will then
draft a reply to Mr. Eckert, to
first be perused and approv-
ed by the Zurich council.
In other business, the
recreation committee
spokesman said the plastic
boards have been installed in
the arena. The B.M. Ross
report concerning the arena
inspection has been accepted
and sent to the provinical
ministry.
The council decided to let
the new council act on a re-
quest from the Ontario
Building Officials Association
to support a resolution incor-
porating all matters relating
to building codes under the
jurisdiction of the ministry of
consumer relations, and
others are the responsibility
of the housing ministry.
A bylaw amending the
water rates to increase sewer
charges from 80 percent to 100
percent of water costs, effec-
tive October 1, 1982, was given
final reading.
Forty copies of the anniver-
sary booklet will be given to
each of the village's elemen-
tary schools, for study
purposes.
CHARITY BINGO — Father Mooney was among those
attending a bingo night in the Zurich arena. All pro-
ceeds are to be sent to Father Bob Mittleholtz in India.
CWL president Cecilin Smith, upper right, organized the
event.
tioned. After signed requests
and site inspections, the most
economical solution would be
to hire a machine to do the
two cleanouts at the same
time.
Elgin Hendrick has promis-
ed to anchor his trailer at the
lake with cement piers, and
apply for septic tank
approval.
Will Coeck has been ac-
cumulating liquid waste on
his farm, though when the
former owner built vi addi-
tion to the barn, the permit
allowed for dry litter only.
Coeck will revert to dry litter.
Clerk Joan Ducharme was
asked to get copies of building
bylaws and fee schedules
from surrounding
municipalities to help Hay
council reassess their own
guidelines and permit fees.
Erb's Meat Market
RR 3 Bayfield
Sides of Beef
$1.55 per Ib.
Fronts of Beef
$ 1.35 per Ib.
Fully processed
PHONE 565-5313
A petition from Mrs. Lloyd
McDonald requesting repair
of the extension to the
Mousseau Drainage Works
was declared invalid because
it lacked the required number
of signatures.
A letter from MPP Jack
Riddell regarding lowered
assessments on homes with
foam insulation advised coun-
cil the adjusted tax will app-
ly not just for this year but un-
til such time as a new assess-
ment is made.
Annual
Dinner
Meeting
of the
Bean Festival
Committee
Thurs., Oct. 28
7 p.m.
at
Dominion Tavern
&
Dining Lounge
All workers in-
volved Welcome
Anyone wishing to
attend call
236-4812 by 12 noon
Wed., October 27
Family Bowling
Weekend
Bowling
October 22, 23, 24
Friday night 8 - ?
Saturday night 8 - ?
Sunday 1 - 5 and 8 - ?
NET! DAD & MOM
Bring your children for a FREE game
of bowling
(Both parents have to accompany
the children from ages 1 - 14 years
for the children to get FREE bowling)
Bowling is fun for the whole
family and everyone can
participate.
For reservations 236-4923
or 236-4741
Town and Country
Bowling Lanes
Zurich, Ontario
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