Times Advocate, 1989-02-22, Page 2Page 2 s Times -Advocate, February 22„1989
Town building permits hit
high. value during January
EXETER - 1f the first month of of $87;000, an -industrial addition
of S20,000 and a public works ad-.
dition of $4,000.
"To a question from Mayor Bruce
Shaw. about the prospects for Feb-
ruary building; Moyer said, ” It's
slow: so far, but there is lots of
1989 is any r dication of what is to
come in the building trade in Exeter
for the next 11 months, 1988
should be a banner year.
At Monday's regular meeting of
council, chief building official Da-.
vid Moyer reported issuing 13 build- talk. It was a high total for Janu-
ing- permits during the month of ary; but the weathgr had a lot to do_
January for -a total value, of with it." • •
$301,800.. Reeve -Bill Mioklc * questioned
The total for the first two months why the three mobile home per-
-of 1988 was `only $119,495 on the
way to a 12 month record of
$6,699,506.
• The $301,800 total for the month
of January was made up of three sin-
gle family dwellings totalling
$171,400 in Riverview Estates; a
single family dwelling addition of
$19,400; three commercial additions
Not everyone
back at EMAB
I,-iURON PARK -, About 70
percent of EMAB workers are
back at work on the chainsaw
assembly lines after signing a
contract two weeks ago. ,
"Wc haven't got all the people
back" ` yet," stated company
spokesman Matt Berg. He ex-
plained the difficulty was in get-
ting regular parts shipments
fromsuppliers back on sched-
ule.
"We feel good that it's all
over," he said, adding that once
everyone has returned to work,
the factory's capacity will be the
same as it was before the strike.
Workcrs ratified a two-year
contract offer on February 7,
giving a. 50¢ raise—to-the 90
EMAB members of Local 27 of
the CAW. A pension was"in-
cluded for the second year of the
contract, but it is not indexed.
Water rates
jump 10%
EXETER - Exeter residents will
pay l0.percent more for water this
year. PUC manager Hugh Davis
told a special meeting of the Com-
mission that the additional S27,000
gcincratcd by"the hike is necessary
because orunavoidable.large expen-
ditures this year, and decreased -reve-
nue last year.
The utility has been committed
byExeter council to replace water -
main on Huron $t. between Car-
. ling and the west side of`the CNR
tracks: This is expected to cost
$73,400; the PUC must finance
this, less a subsidy of $19,625.
Water main will also be replaced
on Main Street between George and
*Alexander before that stretch of
road is repaved. Estimated cost for
this project is S35,000.
Purchase of a new service truck
at a cost of $26,956 is also part of
the proposed 1989 capital water-
works budget. This will replace a
service truck bought in •1984. The
fibreglass body, which was sup-
posed to outlast two chassis, has
leaked since it was purchased, Davis
said. In addition, the pop rivets are
so loose they can be easily pulled
out.
Revenue in 1988 was down con-
siderably from the year before. One
reason was a greatly ,decreased de-
mand from the PUC's largest com-
mercial customer. The extra lawn
watering during the dry hot summer
meant increases in pumping costs
to the utility, but no compensating
increase in charges for water
useagc.
' In the last 11 years, Exeter PUC
water rates have gone up an average
-2.18 percent a year. The domestic
rate will go from • $1.14,24 to
$125.76 annually, and daily rates
• from 31.30 to 34.5¢.
The new rates becomeeffective
with the February 28 billing.
One accident
IZ--tavd_by
David Wolfe and Melanie
Amid, both of Exeter collided Tues-
day, February 14 on Main street.
The Wolfe vehicle was proceeding
northbound on Main street while
the MacDonald vehicle was revers-
ing from a private drive.
mits brought in only S21 in fees,
Moyer said they were under a sub-
division agreement. -
Micklc suggested mobile home
permits should be reviewed and
councillor Ben Hoogenboom ini-
tiated a motion to have the execu-
tive committee of council review
such agreements:
Make -over Jean Fleming gets a free -make-up from Big V cosmeti-
cian Donna Dawe as part of Valentine's Day at the drugstore.
Gregus granted refund on
severance applications
EXETER - A number of recom-
mendations made recently by the.
executive commits were accepted
by council Monday night.
Two weeks earlier, developer Gus
Gregus told council he would"termi-
nate plans for a seven -lot develop
mens in the Carling and Marlbo-
rough streets area if three severance
charges were not waived.
Council will now request Gregus._
to submit the required applications •
together with the appropriaate appli-
catiopfees. When the application
and is have been received, a refund
cheque in the amount Of $750 will
be issued to compensate for the fees
already paid on the first applica-
tions.' "•
A new policy was adopted by
council setting a charge of 20 cents
per sheet to any ratepayer who wish-
es 0 copy of any council docu-
meht.
Tjte rate of $70 per diem for
ctr'dfrcillor's attendance at seminars,
conventions, workshops and out-
of-town meetings shall remain the
same.
An allocation of $90,000 from -
the working capital reserve placed
in the. 1988 budget to reduce the
mill rate because•of the final in-
stalnient for the purchase of indus-
trial land has been rescinded as it
now appears that this .allocation
will not be. necessary because of a
surplus for the. year,.
Officials of"Ex-Con Cablevi-
sion Limited will be invited to a
future council meeting to explain
services available to the communi-
ty in respect to cable channel use.
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establishments in town.
An amendment motion by Hoo-
genboom to reduce the number of
guest rooms for bcd and breakfast
from four to three in residential are-
as did not get a seconder.
Hoogenboom said, " We have to
be concerned for neighbours with
4rv-- ;.latgc,p1tkjAg skgas in back yards:"
Building offieial;:0;; ,tc.
agreed with Hoogenboom that three
should be the Maximum number of
residential guest rooms , but felt
that number could be increased to
five in commercial areas.
A bed and breakfast establishment
means an existing detached single
family dwelling in which no more
than four guest rooms arc made
available by the residents of the
dwelling to travellers or vacationers
for temporary accommodations
with or without meals.
cane
Flooring and Window Fashions
467 Main Street Exeter, Ont. 235-0173