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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-12-04, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, December 4, 1985 • 1 LEGION ESSAY WINNERS — Clay Murray presents the Exeter Legion essay contest prizes to Exeter Public School students Geoff Poole, Beth Hawley and Tracy Humphreys. T -A photo New crew on voting spree Not quite same way "In some ways it seems to be the Works superintendent Glenn Kells noted that the firm had said in an earlier letter they would work diligently on the project, but he said they tore up the asphalt on Huron St. and then moved out for two weeks. lie added that there was no incle- ment weather during the actual con- tract period and explained it would be unfair to other bidders to not,impose a penalty as some of them may have had to decline bidding because of the contract deadlines, or submitted higher bids. On the other side of the coin, he noted that council's lack of considera- tion on the appeal could result in the Clinton firm not bidding in Exeter again and this could result in higher bids from other contractors in the future. Councillor Ben Hoogenboom ques- tioned charging a penalty for the holi- day or the Sundays and his motion to drop five days from the total was seconded by Deputy -Reeve Lossy Fuller. Councillor Morley Hall thought that was still too harsh and presented an amendment that the penalty days be reduced by nine. Councillor Dorothy Chapman seconded that. However, Mrs. Fuller suggested that was a step in the wrong direction, noting itdestroys the tendering pro- cess. She noted that contractors know the penalty is there when they tender. Reeve Bill Mickle then entered the debate to note that Civic Holiday was during the actual contract period and not during the penalty period. The amendment to drop nine days was defeated when only Councillor Peter Snell supported Hall and Chap- man, with Mickle, Hoogenboom, Josephson and Fuller opposed. The original motion for dropping five days was then defeated with Hoogenboom, Josephson and Snell in same old crew, with the exception of Peter Snell) doing the same old things," commented Mayor Bruce Shaw in opening Exeter council's in- augural, Monday. He added that hopefully there would be some excitement and challenge for the council members as they embarked on the new three-year term.. His words turned out to be rather prophetic later in. the meeting. although most of the challenge he en- visioned fell on his shoulders as he at- tempted to wade through five motions and one amendment before one item of business was successfully remov- ed from the agenda. "You're an amazing group." he commented at one point during the record-setting flood of votes and he then ruled the item would he tem- porarily side-stepped. The debate arose over a request from Lavis Contracting Company for some relief from a $3,450 penalty assessed due to late completion of a road contract this past summer. The firm was assessed $150 each for the 23 days delay in completing the project and suggested this was "a very severe penalty given the circumstances." The firm said some municipalities have been flexible in determining the severity of penalty imposed and wondered if council would at least reduce the liquidated damages as outlined in the contract by the amount of Civic Holiday and the Saturdays and Sundays that they were charged for during the delay which ran from August 16 through to September 12. The specific request was for dropping nine days from the 23 total. Engineer R.il. Ross & Associates had earlier advised council to envoke the penalty • Men's Night at Centre Mall Rumor's 11 Boutique and Something Special. Are having two special nights for the men. Roll a pair of dice and get a percentage off your gift Thurs. Dec. Sth 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Fri. Dec. 6th 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Gift certificates are available Gift Wrapping xs • •c(� ••1V support and the other four in opposition. • Mickle then tried his luck with a motion to drop only thefourSundays in the penalty, thereby reducing the number of days by four. Fuller seconded that, but the other five voted in oppostion. Josephson and Hoogenboom again presented the 18 -day total and it was defeated because it did not get the re- quired two-thirds majority (as a se- cond motion) with Fuller, Mickle and Chapman in opposition. That prompted Hoogenboom to move to file the matter, but that didn't work either, with only Mickle and Snell supporting him with the other four opposing. It was at that point that Shaw decid- ed to move on to something else. At the end of the session, Fuller and Mickle presented a motion to charge for 19 days in penalty and that pass- ed unanimously with members hav- ing few other options remaining. Assessment Continued from front page that the update would result in less problems for the assessment depart- ment and town officials. Ile also explained that he wasn't sure when the re -assessment could be offered to Exeter again if it was not adopted at this time. Council unanimously agreed to the update and Garrett advised that there would be open houses held in the com- munity to explain the new system to local property owners. In all classes of property, the report submitted by Garrett' and Gerald Morgan indicated that the majority of owners would seea difference of less than 20 percent, either as an increase or decrease. In residential property, 15 percent of the units would be increased by • over 20 percent and only two percent would be decreased by over 20 per- cent. The remaining &3 percent would - be changed less than 20 percent. Increases of over 20 percent would be most noticeable in farm properties as 62 percent of the units would fall in that category. There would be 27 percent decreased by over 20 percent with the other 11 percent in the mid- dle with a change of less than 20 per- cent either way. The average unit tax increase for residential properties would be $19. multi -residential would be up $8 per unit, commercial $35, industrial $65 and farm would be decreased $8 per unit. One unusual increase was shown on the report. It calls for an assessment increase of $13,649 for one commer- cial unit with a corresponding tax in- crease of $4,766. Garrett said he was not at liberty to divulge that particular property's ownership, hut indicated there had been previous deliberations about the assessment. The new residential assessment factor would be 6.4 percent, meaning that a home with a market value of $100.000 would be assessed at $6,400. Multi -residential property is assess- ed al 9.6, commercial at 6.8, industrial 8.1 and farm 5.1. Look for your flyer in this weeks TA For the best food values in town A & H Food MorketLd. EMR F0005 Store hours: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Open Thursday and Friday till 9 p.m. We deliver 235-0212 FMA FOODS Coach strike settled The strike by General Coach, Hen- sel', by local 3054 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America has been settled. Negotiations resumed on November 27 between management and union representatives, and 70 percent of the 163 striking union members voted in HOURS ARE SET Hours for service during the festive season have been announced for the Exeter post office. There will be an extion of wicket services on Saturdays, December 7, -14 and 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Wicket service terminates at 4:00 p.m. on December 24 and remains closed on December 25 and 26. It will close again on December 31 at 4:00 p.m. and remain closed for January 1. - Group home Continued from front page will proceed to issue a permit in the usual manner. Residents listed as applicants in ad- dition to Veri include: Noel Veri, C. Turner, Pat Turner, Cathy Mugford, Jim Mugford, E.A. Swartman, Larry Wein, W. Davidson, Doris Bell, Art Bell, Bonita Zawalski, Lee Dobbs, George Dobbs, ' Liz Stephens, Pam DeJong, Tony De - Jong, Marjorie Guenther, Irvin Guen- ther, Debbie Sadler, Brad Sadler, Deb Passmore, David Robinson, Beverly Robinson, Tom Murch, Susan Murch, Dorothy Quinn, James Quinn, Al Hor- ton, Clara DeVries, Sam DeVries, J. Black, Collette Elder, Ellen Trott, Doreen Deters, Sue Ann Rasenberg, Doreen Prance, Earl Reichert, Faye Reichert, Durk Bakker, Ray Frayne, Helen Frayne, Pauline B. Simmons, W.E. Simmons, Norma Cockwill; Tom Donohue, J. Eberle, E. Eberle, Dorothy Finkbeiner, Lillian Guen- ther, Kathleen Green, William Green. Fred Hudson, Evelyn Hudson, Margaret Hughes, Sebin Kallomadyil, Karen Davison, Murray Davison, Barbara White and Trevor Wilson. favour of a new three -yew- contract two days later. Under the terms of the agreement. workers will receive no pay increase in the first year of the contract, a 25f per hour increase in the Second year. and a further 35f in the final year. The starting rate has.been lowered. New employees will begin at $2 less than the current base rate of $9.86 an hour. In three months their wages will go up $1 per hour to $8.86; and after six months on the job, they will be paid at the base rate. Before the new contract was signed, new employees began at $8.86 for three months, add- ed 50Q an hour to their pay for another three months, then received the base rate. Minor changes were made to the dental plan, currently tied to 1981 rates of the Ontario Dental Associa- tion. By November 1986 the Hensall workers' benefits will reach the 1983 ODA rates, SONG BOOK INCLUDED This week's T -A has an added bonus ... the second annual Christmas Song Book. As well a . being included with every newspaper a' limited number of books are available at the sponsors: Swartman Fashions, Dinney Fur- niture. Hensall District ('o -Op and The Christmas Place in Grand Bend. SCOUTS PREPARED Exeter and area youngsters who wish to write to Santa will be getting a helping hand from local Boy Scouts this year. The Scouts will have a special "San ta's Mailbox" on their float in the parade this Saturday. All letters that are turned into the Scouts will be answered by Santa. 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