HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-06-18, Page 3Beaver drain may
get some appeals
For the first time in recent
memory, Exeter has become the in-
itiating municipality for a municipal
drain and the engineer's report for
that drain was presented following
council's regular session, Monday.
The Beaver Municipal Drain, which
runs from Usborne Township through
the north end of the town, has been
found inadequate for present condi-
tions and the improvements were re-
quested by Len Veri, primarily to ser-
vice agricultural land on the former
Bierling property located at the CNR
tracks.
Don Pletch of Huron -Middlesex
Engineering Ltd. reviewed his report
on the work for council and three of
the property owners from Usborne in-
volved. Usborne councillor Jim
Kerslake was also in attendance.
Estimated cost of the work is
*48,830 which is apportioned to land
owners in Exeter, Usborne and Hay
served by the drain.
A surprising announcement made
at the meeting was that only two of
those property owners envision any
development on their properties in the
foreseeable future, although the drain
currently services the area near
Huron Tractor Ltd. that has been sug-
gested as the site for an agri-
industrial park.
Pletch advised that if future
development does take place, such
development would be drained at the
owner's expense and runoff from such
properties would either have to de de-
tained or the developers would have
to consider twinning the drain.
However, Usborne ratepayers Gord
Strang and Ross Beaver both noted
that development has taken place on
some of the properties since the drain
was installed in 1955 and those land
owners have never had to pay addi-
tional costs. ;r
Strang and Kerslake also argued
that more of the land in Exeter that
is served by the former Wein drain
should have been assessed because
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the outlet for that drain and the
Beaver drain will be improved during
the project.
Pletch, however, contended that the
outlet for the Wein drain is satisfac-
tory at the present and the improved
outlet constitutes no direct benefit for
it.
After failing to get Pletch to change
his stance, Strang indicated he would
probably appeal his assessment,
noting that the changes would have
little benefit for him either.
Council adopted the report, but no
date was set for a court of revision.
That court will consist of two
members of Exeter council and one
each from Hay and Usborne councils.
No one was present from Hay coun-
cil at Monday's session.
Exeter ratepayer Aubrey Graper
also complained about his assessment
in comments liberally laced with pro-
fanity. However, after being told that
his $60 share was a one-time payment
and was not something he would face
each year for the next 20 years as he
suspected, he responded with, "that
ain't too bad".
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June 18, 1986 Page 3
Pick mediator
The Education Relations Commis-
sion has appointed Terry Mancini of
Oakville to act as Mediator in the
negotiations between the secondary
Teachers and the Trust -of-the..
Huron County.Board of Education.
Mancini is well-known in the labour
relations community of the province
as an expert in dispute resolution.
Froml970 until his retirement in 1983
he served as a senior mediator with
the Conciliation and Mediation
Branch of the Ministry of Labour.
His career began in 1940 in the steel
mills of Sault Ste. Marie. For the next
15 years he held a variety of positions
with the local union, and also served
a two-year term in management with
Algoma Steel.
In 1956 Mancini joined the Interna-
tional Staff of the Steelworkers Union.
Mancini's previous mediaton ap-
pointments include: Hamilton Secon-
dary, Kirkland Lake Secondary,
Metropolitan Toronto Elementary
and Simcoe ROSS.
This appointment is made under
the Section 13 of the School Boards
and Teachers Collective Negotiations
Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario. 1980
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Chapman also asked Tomes to keep
the ball rolling and her motion asking
the heads of council to continue
discussions was endorsed by the
board.
While Usborne representative Pat
Down opined that it may be too big a
thing to get settled for this year,
Tomes replied, "we have to get it in
place."
The letter from Exeter on the grant
subject indicated the town would be
contributing *95,000 to the board for
operating and capital expenses this
year, while Usborne's contribution
has been set at $11,000 by that coun-
cil. In additon, Usborne has set aside
$2,500 tO subsidize minor ice groups
in view of the sizeable increases they
are facing this year regarding the
new $50 per hour rates.
That rate was endorsed for all
groups by the board as they ratified
the revised budget calling for expen-
ditures of $342,425.
'General government committee
chairman Tomes explained that if the
board is going to move closer" to the
break even point, then the big jump
in rates is necessary at some point.
"There's no choice," commented
Chapman when Down asked if all the
members were happy with the $50 ice
rate.
However, facilities manager Cam
Stewardson said minor hockey of-
ficials had indicated they couldn't af-
ford those rates and Kathy Whiteford
explained that it could result in
hockey being only for the rich.
Tomes said that the groups would
have ample time to get their fund
raising in place, but both he and
Chapman indicated those groups
should not look solely to the municipal
councils for assistance.
"We can't keep going to the tax-
payers," Tomes commented, noting
that most of the arenas in the area
had adopted the *50 ice rate or a
figure close to that.
Chapman said that in the city, peo-
ple pay hundreds of dollars in
registration for ice groups and they
still have to go to the arena at 6:00
a.m. "It makes our program look
peachy," she said.
Down added that the municipalities
were still subsidizing alt the gruops
about one-third, based on the fact the
actual cost of ice time has been
estimated at around $75 per hour.
That prompted Workman to sug-
gest the board adopt a routine similar
to some hospitals, who present clients
with two bills; one detailing the cost
to be poi and the other detailing the
acutal cos the service provided.
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the club would be carrying on this
season.
Another request for financial
assistance was also made by Rick
Graham on behalf of the new Iluronia
Singers community choir. He also
asked for council's endorsement and
support of the group in their bid to get
assistance from Wintario lottery
funds.
Graham indicated members of the
choir paid *10 each to belong and
funds were needed for music. He said
the request would probably be a one-
time thing as the choir expected to be
self sustaining in the future.
Ile suggested a donation of $100 to
$150 from council would be helpful.
Council okayed the letter of support
for the Wintario grant and turned the
matter of a town donation over to the
general government committee for
recommendation.
One grant was approved by coun-
cil for recreation. That will result in
$250 being sent to the Vanastra rec
centre in Tuckersmith Township.
It had been planned to donate $500.
but that amount was halved when it
came before council this week.
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