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EXETER - Attcc pearl two
Tears of planning. tit:: South Huron
Rc2reauon board has taken its Itr'
-ink step towards bulla[ a warm-
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Al their utaugurai income to
1992, the board vicw�,I drawings
none by.Sou h il],ra t :.. High
School drafting suicicnSteve fee -
quhar and Scott Finlayson.
- "lin very impressed with whist
these young men liar,: corm; up
with. We have a viable diagram u
present to a contractor• said hot.u,:
Ski irman Mike' Solder.
• At Thursday s meeting, Soldan
was elected the new chain -win, re-
placing Dave Urirn.
The rcc board began titans tor Lk.
wannruorl winci. r, r.• 1,.. bunt
along•Uie-south end. of uw rink, two
years ago. but htgtt c oats ha\ r pro-
hibited thein (core hrrutg an archi-
tect
Soldan told the board that an esti-
mate in over S't0,00o was given. I;
wa : decided to approach iux:al sur
dents •w see rl the .could draw up
sonic plans, which will save the re:
board a considerable amount jf
mom,\
"Uope1ul1. Ove' this next year
we'll be able to fulfill WIN. l thud.
there will be a lot of support h'T
this
Tice next step for the rec board hs
to have a contractor look at the
drawings. It is not yet lulu when
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• •GOb$iti h - If you live in Exet-
-er, your property taxes are going up
on an average S122.
A mgrket • value assessment up-
-date has seen a shift of the county
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areas to its urban carnet.
--Bin -Wags lois worse, 'you
could own a 'home in Oodcrich
where taxes have been bumped
$294. This is only for the county
portion of the property tax hill and
does not include any education levy
ormunicipal taxes.
Commercial and industrial prop-
erties varied 'L. r ghout the county
with both 'increases and decreases.
Exeter's coma,. rcial will increase
less than one percent but the indus-
trial rate is up almost five percent.
Thursday afternoon, county coun-
cillors and clerk -treasurers were
told of the urban increases and the
decrease on all farm properties in
the 26 Huron municipalites.
Ha). Township, which has 599
farm properties, will have its .taxes
;,[,decreased by an average of S427.
[All -increases and decreases are
'-bated - o i ipe adapted full Market
e ent which began in
I ittrun-Co yin 1988.
Goderich's Bill Clifford -made. a
r.qttouon to lune a committee set up
-to-investigate the increases .and de-
creases and he .also requested the
Assessment:Commissioner to•delay-
::mailing out the 'ralutuion notices.
-His motion was defeated .and the
notices wilt be mailed out February
3 and will be :delivered to,the mu-
• enicipal clerks one mopth later.
New Lucan development alrly
piannez/ as .services expand
LL'CA,N : With compfeuon of the
expanded water and sewer systems
.in .the village of Lucan nearing
codnpleuon within a year, new dc-
velopment is on the horizon.
John Kendrick representing
Stonc Developments approached
council on January 7 with a propo-
sal to develop land at the southwest
side of the village below Nicotine
Avenue.
Hendricks satd'hisBrms' plans In-
clude 92 housing. units which
would likely accommodate up to
500 new residents.
The proposal calls • for 38 sunglc
taltul� dwellings, 92 townhouses
and live blocks of lour.plex audits.
When reeve Tom MCLaugltfut
said, "We are now in the midst of
getung more water this year and Uic
sewers won't be completed until
1993"aHendriciks replied, "I don't
think we will be impatient. We just
want to be ready to go when you
have the services available."
The developer's rep ,said die kits
would be 50 feet wide and front
110 to 120 feet- deep and added.
"We would try to-match.up to the
•existing- lots .and .housing now on
.Nicollnc. There, will be plenty of
green space and recreational arra.'.
Hendricks said • development
would be •in stages and not .all ar
once. The plan he .presented to
council was land use concept and
subdivision .pian and was not ur-
tended Lobe a formal site plan.
Council gave permission to Hui-
dricks to ,meet with Huroxt
Middlesex-Engmeerutg .and villygt
works superintendent Doug John
ston for preliminary discussions.
Johnston said he was concerned
with We number of dead ends pro
posed in the development saying.
"They are hard to service [or gar
bage and stow removal . "
At an earlier meeting of the nee
[992 'cbti�tCtt,
--teevt-lvfelatughlin
said he was canceling and .would
'welcome new development when
,.the expanded waterandsower sys-
terns were in place.
In other business, council decided
to leave the :rates for village dog
,jags as they arennow for another
year.
The rate will continue to be $10
for the first. dog and $20 for a sec-
ond animal in. the same residence.
• There is a maximum of two dogs
per household. -
In 1991, revenue from dog tags
amounted to $ 1,590 while experiaes
incurred were $4,385.13.
Clerk Reymer said. "Its sure a
losing.proposition and deputy reeve
Harry Wraith added. "But, it's a ser
vice.ibat people demand."
Ulundi agreed 'to declare- the
week of February 17 to 23 as Heri-
tage Week.
It was ,decided to complete .an
agreement with Laidlaw Disposal -
- W lake village garbage to their
-to
hate with C.H. Lewis Ltd. to
Change the weakly garbage collec-
.tion da4s to Fridays. .
"it's all systems -go unless the
mhnisltr Tof'reve}nue) sass s a iio-
go," said tax commissioner Gera tl
Morgan.
Thursday's tax structure ¶. a
slight turnaround from-the.1 8 as-
sessment which taw tial
property owner's receiving 'the tax
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"In 1988, we were hit damn hard
in Hay Township and there was nO
sympathy," said Hays Lionel -Wild-
er who owns several farm proper-
ties in that township.
Although the farmers in the
county will be benefitting as far as
taxes are 'concerned, through full
market value it clearly indicates the
value of agricultural properties is
not keeping pace with urban
homes.
"It's •1988 market value we're
looking at. We looked at all sales to
identify market trends," said Mor-
gan.
"Full market value is the fairest
you can get when dealing with as-
sessment and taxation." said Exeter
reeve. Bill Mickle.
Cathie Brown from the Mimstr\
of Municipal Affairs, told count)
council that the provincial govern-
ment has before them Bill 165
which would allow the phasing in
of tax increases.
However, Brown pointed out that
the legislature does not meet again
- until March and the countys notic-
es -would have already been mailed.
That is why Clifford asked for the
one month -delay.
Ahhough the county will not be
-able to phase in the new taxes, both
the Huron County Board of ..Eduoa-
�•lk n 1 ItiftVliih
Catholic Separate School Board
will have the option to do so When
they announce their tax itjereases.
"This will put the pressure on Om
boards of education to hold this
line," -a dd -GMM) Hallett[ or Nest
`Wawarroth wrtsttlp. - --
There was also some discussion
on whether 'or not the assessment
should be 'done every year instead
of every four years.
Huron County Clerk-
- Administrator Nigel Bellehamber
said he agreed with -full market val-
ue assessment but said it would he
better to have it every year so the
increase would not be as -much.
Morgan said it was impossible to
do it every year
"You must appreciate assess-
ments arc a mega project for us.
We're doing well to do it every four
years.
Wilder said he would like to sec
n every year in an attempt to help
eliminate what he called a rural
urban split.
There were also suggestions of
delaying the increases for a year
but Tom Tomes of Stephen Town-
ship said it would not be fair for
those who were. benefitting.
Mickle said nobody in the county
was going to benefit.
"1 really believe the net gainer is
not the people of Huron County but
the province of Ontario."
Open houses to appeal an tax in -
'creases will -be held on February.
1047 from 1.8 p.m. For, more in-
formation contact 534-7-326 -or 1-
800-265-5192.
"Envirvnmerrtal°'-eDrtcerm
Council agendas
will now cost
in Grand Bend
GRAND BEND - Access -to public information in Grand Bend
will now cost local taxpayers three dollars. At its regular meeung
Monday evening council -decided in a recorded vote to charge for
.council meeting agendas which, in the past, have been free for the
taking. -
Councillor Cam Ivey said a limited numii r lir li•.be'wade available
to the council'members and media and any additional copies will
have to be paid for by the public. If the public wish to view the
agenda and its contents, a copy will•be made available at the munici-
pal Office brut n. will cost three dollars if they want to keep the copy.
".It's not an audmpt to limit access. It's conservation in terms of ef-
[on and paper." said Ivey.
Clerk treasurer Paul Turnbull said it costs abbot nine cents to copy
each sheet.
Ivey first brought Mei ideal() t ouucil at the last meeting -and it was
decided die charging of the packages will be on an interim basis.
"If anyone wants additional copies, they can get them in Ude mu
nicipal office," said Ivey-
Couttcillurs at Fluter, Phil Maguue, art4vey voted in. favour of
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"1 think it's a nominal lee. 1 agree with a t ree,%dollar levy beyond
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What
do
you
think?
-The TA will beton'
the street to find
yomr.opiniion
_f,on varioms issues.
,JaAttae Pickering
•R:R. 2 Dawbwoed ,l
No I don't think I'll ever
be used to it. I don't think
the -government is using it
as wisely as they could. It.
is especially hard on
small businesses.
Kathy Hayter
Dswhwated
I don't have any choice! I
have to be used toit. I
'dont like it though. I feel'
we are taxed enough
.Phyllis Hum : ys
, Exeter
Yes L m used to it but I
don't like.it. It adds too
much more to the item.
There's already enough
tax.
..Alien Pfaff
Credito[
.No, I don't think I'll ever
get used to it. 1 don't
want to get used to it be-
cause I feel it is unneces-
sary. There.are lots of
other ways to be used.
Deana Glanville
Haven Rede
.Yes, t'm used to it. When
I purchase something, I
now anticipate the 15
percent taxes. It would
be nioe though to know
where the 7 percent G$T
tax is going.
Rose Made Rader
Dashwood
Yes I'm used to it be
cause you„sve it tidOOd 1+0
- all our purchases. k
makes me stop and think
If I really want to buy a
duct because it meke8
the final cost so much
, ea909iellythe high
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