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Times-Advocate, 1982-10-20, Page 29STANLEY RATEPAYERS' MEETING - Members of Stanley council were all returned to office by acclamation. They attended a ratepayers' meeting nomination day. From left: councillors Clarence Rau and Howard Arm- strong; township clerk Mel Graham, meeting chairman Elmer Hayter, reeve Poul Steckle, deputy reeve Don McGregor, councillor Jack Coleman and school board representative Bob Peck. Have reserve of $100,000 Report appears factual PIu•water Cen*r. may be dos M rteports from Toronto this plements through normal week Indicate that the attrition. Blhewater Centre for "Indeed, if there is less re- derelopmentally handicap- quirement for these facilities ped located south of Goderich then my feeling is that will be among six facilities perhaps now is the time to be clo ed by the provincial looking down the road." The gov nmeat. alternative, he said, would be The leaked report said that disclosure of a leaked an abrupt closing, "and no government report recom- one wants that". mending that six Ontario cen- tres for the developmentally handicapped be closed was basically correct, the Liberal MPP for Huron -Middlesex said Monday. Jack Riddell said he had conferred earlier in the day with Social and Community Services Minister Frank Drea and was advised that "much of the report is factual". Rid - ell said in an interview that though Drea conceded news reports of the document have been essentially correct, the inister denied the closings Stanley council, school returned The entire e�e..�_..'_'._� c�o,.�i.. ..,_�:_. .. _ The entire Stanley conn- Steckle replied that the marina, condominiums, and and cif the school trustees museum had never paid for other resort requirements. At Firemen can now replenish nox have been returned to office itself, and the present present the Authority by acclamation. buildingwas no longer ing the developer is ger their air supply without hav- The five members of the suitablto protect the many a one-year- ing to travel to Exeter. council, the school board at -a -time lease, gong slowly Bob Merner has been fire re valuable artifacts it contain- until they see what ha After attending a tile since the beginning of t n al of the six centres would begin t year. '.`Actually, there is set time for the closings to in." According to the June 30 port, the closing of the cen- res was being recommended part of a standing ministry licy to integrate velopmentally handicap - patients into community rings. iddell said he was bed with Drea's explana- the centres will be phas- out slowly to ensure staff ruptions are kept to a imum. of $470 have been installed. ne representative and to clerk were on hand n tion day at a rate meeting in the Varna chaired by Elmer Ha summarize their ac over the past two yea answer any questions Surveying his audie less than two dozen Reeve Paul Steckle ex ed the hope the small t indicated voter satisf with the present count He reported a tow reserve of close to $1 and a saving in exc $20,000 'by incorporate - two-year-old county c proposal reducing number of council me .on county c committees. Two items Steckle me ed - the need, location cost of a new muni building, and the possibil collecting taxes earlier more than twice a year - the main targets of a question period following the council's presentations. Steckle said the township needs a new complex which would include the clerk's of- fice, the council chambers, a garage -work centre for equip - Ment and vehicles, and a meeting room which would do • double duty as a recreation centre for shuffleboard, basketball, card parties or • receptions. The - ratepayers in atten- dance grilled the reeve on the necessity for a new building, the method of funding it, and the proposed site a mile west of town on the township's farm. When polled, all councill agreed on the need for a n work centre, but had varyi all wnship ed. As for the manure storage pens chief ' mina_ bylaw, the terms of reference drainage conference recently, the year. as payers', are broad, and Steckle Rau concluded the inspector Jack Coleman, serving on Pe hall believes it will serve the should just be required to the recreation and farm safe- yter to township well. He said the check the outlet, and make ty committees, said the four Ped tivities county can not make the sure the money is spent on mills allowed for recreation set rs, and bylaw mandatory at the local tile. The cost of closer super- go to arena grants, a new pic- R level, and the purpose is vision would be prohibitive. WWc grounds and the ball park- sates nee of regulation and control, not the He hopes the money from School trustee Bob Peck tion people, imposition of prohibitory the sale of nine acres of land gave figures showing where ed press- restrictions. The bylaw has at Bayfield will help defray the total education budget of dis urnout already been approved by the cost of a new township approximately $33 000 000 is min action Stanley Tuckersmith G build' ' il. Morris and Usborne. Howard Armstrong said the With 873 employees, the , rey, u ing. spent. nship During the formal arisen- 1982area fire board budget county board of education is 00,000, cations, deputy reeve Don has been lessened by cutting one of the biggest ess of McGregor said he had served fire training, and reducing the in Huron. - ee board employers the on the area fire board and the _number of fire phones and ministers 24 elementary ouncil farm safety committee, equipping each fireman with schools, five secondary tubers Clarence Rau reported for a beeper that allows him to schools and three centres fo the fluence Bayfield reported er- cotnmumcate with his cohorts the trainable retarded. CI) the A Authority, outliningand the base station operated County -wide, the school buses the free of charge by Mike O'Con- daily travel the equivalent of ntion- development plans at Port nor. In the past three months, a trip from Halifax to Van - and Franks for a breakwater, four air tanks costing a total couver and back to Varna. cipal ity of , and were "There are also fewer peo- ple requiring this type of in- stitutional care," said Rid- dell, with some centres down to a quarter of their original patient complements. He also confirmed the ministry is seriously con sidering use of the Goderich .centre as an institution for young offenders, possibly by 1985 when the new provincial Young Offenders Act is ex- pto proclaimed. Riddell said the spacious and SH rec bo � ted be meets grounds at the Bluewater Continued from front pag board's approval at the n meeting. Stewardson was also ask to get prices from Lond Lock and Safe Co. Ltd. on new key system, for the r centre. The firm had rece ly submitted recommen tions in this regard after i specting the present system Stewardson explained th in the past, several peop were given keys to th building and there was litt control. He reported that on citizen had returned a ke that could open the office an the staff were unaware tha he even had such a key. It was also reported that the ors number of entrances would be e1' cut down. Stewardson sai og the London firm's review o e ezt ed on a ec nt- da- n- at le e le e Y d mer and said she would More foofwo r dicated that revenue at the pool was down slightly this year, while expenses were up, creating a deficit of about $2,000. Revenues dropped due . to the pool closing on two oc- casions, one for a broken motor and the other when human feces were found in the water. Also the number of students from Grand Bend declined this year dueto their increased bus costs. The broken motor repairs added to the expenses. She commended the staff for their work during the sum - Regarding fall and winter programs, it was reported that 101 youngsters have sign- ed up for gymnastics with Catherine Patterson as super- visor and instructors Sandra • McCurdy, Starr Jesney and Lisa Rundie. The supervisor is paid $4 per hour and in- structors receive 12.65. . t The ladies evening dance fit has attracted a total of 48 for two sessions and there are 20 for the morning program. In- structor Ann Robinson r receives 110 per hour. a Centre would be ideal for such a use, but -he emphasized the centre would not "be turned nto a prison. It would be a place for disturbed young people." He said he also was assured by Drea there would be no wholesale staff reductions at Goderich as happened when he former 230 -bed psychiatric hospital near Goderich was closed in 1976. Riddell said attempts would be made to make use of cur- ent staff, relocating others nd reducing staff com- t recommend that all be rehired. opinions as to the size of h required. Steckle said members council had visited a rece ly completed municipal hea quarters at Brookside ne Alvinston which had co $140,000. After explaining t grants available in the i medi ject, the ti be pa tured for th. At 20 years. The ratepa) .rs made ver plain their opinion that t they realized the inevitabiht of taxes, they were opposed t earlier collection, and if an borrowing had to be done then let it be the township a prime, rather than those be ing taxed. Steckle was asked why Huron County council was so quick to approve the propos ed hydro line through the county and if the initial plan would have touched the pro- perty of any of the reeves. The consensus was that the line had been okayed far too hastily with little regard for "the guy that owns the land". Other questions concerned the possibility of moving the museum to Vanastra, and the manure storage bylaw. Of the 505 students enro in lessons, 370 passed tests d 'a 73 percent passing rate f She recommended that rec centre board take over n operation of the pool conces- sion and that an association of - parents be formed to assist t with the swim team. Her final report on the playground indicated a dif- ference of about $900 in ex- penses over revenues and ex- plained that the program didn't attract as many as anticipated. She complained about the lack of parental cooperation in providing transportation for youngsters to special events and• suggested that next year the fee be increas- ed to provide buses for outings. The Exeter and Huron Park staff worked together on many ventures and it was reported this worked out well. It was recommended that all full-time staff be considered for hiring again next year. ONLY ONE CRASH k "ed saves gasoline the An increase in the amount position of acting Sgt. was the facility turned up en trances that he didn't eve of know existed. nt- The cost of the change is ex d- petted to be about $1,000, bu ar members felt it was wor- st thwhileinview of the lack of he control that was presently m- •..,a•. ate future for such a pr "kle said "I belie n. now, when it ca id and not debe The assistant facilities ve manager was also asked to n get prices on suggested changes at the local swimm- ing pool. Plans presented call Y for the double entrance to be hough made into a single entrance Y so one person c'an handle all o swimmers and also work at Y the concession booth. "It's the most inefficient pool I've ever seen," com- mented rec director Lynne Farquhar, noting that costs could be reduced by eliminating the present en- trance which has one side for boys and other for girls. It was reported by Steward - son that net revenue from roller skating had dropped by a half over 1981, this year's figure being 12,050. Members felt that roller skating may be running in a cycle, but there was a suggestion that moves should be considered to at- tract more interest next year. Miss Farquhar's report in - Only one 'collision was in vestigated by the Exeter OPP this week. It occurred on Thursday in Ilensall, just north of King St. on Wellington. Drivers involv- es were Lionel Cyr, RR 1 Dashwood, and Thomas Dougall, Hensall. Issue Osborne permits Eight building permits were issued in Osborne township during the month of September for a total of 138,500 according to the mon- thly report of building inspec- tor Herman Van Wieren. In addition two demolition permits were issued and 41 in- spections made. At the same October 12 meeting of council, final reading was given to the bylaw regulating the issuance of demolition permits. Council authorized signing the engineering contract or the Etherington bridge vith . B.M. Ross and lssociates of Goderich. Included in the tile drainag- inspector's report were wo new applications for a taI of $71,200 and debentures alued pt 15,200. Bylaws amending assess- ment schedules on the Webb, Rutherford and Coates- Hoonaard municipal drains to cost were passed. The report of the Scott municipal drain in Ribbert township was provisionally adopted. Ratepayers William Heather, Ross Francis, Atex Gardiner, Ron Fletcher and Peter Berendsen were inat- tendance to hear reading of the Cooke municipal drain report by eingineers Spriet Associates. The report was provisionally adopted and tenders will be called for the November meeting. After discussion ,, with Glen Lamport, Jeff Borland and Robert Bray of the Usborne Umpires Associa- tion, fees were set at $7 per game for umpires. A complaint signed by five land owners on the Kerslake municipal drain was acceptled and Haskett-Hodgins Engineering Inc. of Lucan was appointed as engineers to make a report. A petition from four land owners on Concession 14-15 was accepted on the Shute municipal drain and Spriet Associates were appointed as engineers to make a report. A resolution from the village of Zurich concerning school board costs was sup- ported as was a resolution from the Ontario Building Of- ficials Association asking all regulations for buildings in Ontario be under one govern- ment Ministry. of foot patrol work required of Exeter police has led to one saving in the budget. , Police committee chairman Gaylan Josephson told coun- cil this week that the amount of gasoline used in the cruisers had decreased 2,050 litres in the first eight months of this year. Another saving of 189 hours in overtime has also been realized in the same period, due in part to better schedul- ing and a reduction in court time. Josephson also noted that part of the decrease is that 1981 included a strike at Canadian Canners in which police spent several extra hours. He explained that only a small portion of the police budget could be subjected to cost cutting. as such things as wages and and other set costs constituted over 85 percent. If was reported that the committee had met with Chief Ted Day and Acting Sgt. Kevin Short recently and the reviewed. • Josephson told council that it appears the position, which has been on a trial basis, is re- quired and added that Short has been doing a good job in the role. Councillor Tom Humphreys asked if the committee had in- vestigated the cost saving that may accrue by conver- ting the cruisers to propane. The chairman replied this had not been considered, but agreed that it should be kept in mind when the next new cruiser is purchased. That purchase is tentatively set for next year. At their meeting, Monday, council passed two bylaws regarding procedures for citizen complaints against the police and setting the time which police records must be kept on file. Council learned the bylaws were needed to "plug some loop -holes" cited in a recent report from an Ontario Police Commission review of the local department• in keeping with policy the cen- tres should be closed and residents with the highest functional abilities moved to less expensive settings such as group homes or family placements. Other recommendations were said to be that the sav- ings generated by the clos- ings, along with an additional $9.9 million, be used for development of other com- munity services and that the ministry be allotted new capital of about 118 million for the creation of smaller group home programs. The report further suggests if the actions are carried out, ministry staff should be reduced by 1,163 members. October 20, Pogo 27 Chained Lightning... 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