Times Advocate, 1993-04-21, Page 28be upgraded, and baffles installed
in the tank for about $12,000. A
new tank for'the truck would have
cost about $25,000.
The baffles prevent water in the
_ ;tank from.upsetting the truck's cen-
ere of ;gravity during cornering.
UnbultietUenks have caused rollo-
vers`of fire erucks in Ontario one
such tragedy occurred with a
Brucefield Rire Department tanker.
The tank-will•be a'bit smaller af-
ter the .baffles installed "but they
still claim 1,600 -gallons," said pep-
per.
There will be a two-week tuma-
r+eoand on the upgrade, during which
[time, the department will make sure
ithasmade arrangements for tanker
.coverage from other fire depart-
ment areas.
The savings on the tanker up-
.zgrade will :betaefit the 1993 depart-
ment :budget, which had been sit-
maiugatgast3over $50,000.
down -+Mahe two and tried to act
St�1�er. t
'DONti ► is in a hurry they want
`to get this thing underway," said
Ivey. "We've *et two individuals
set in their ways."
Recently an Ontario Municipal
Board hearing was heldlieeause of
Southcott's objection to the zero lot
line set back. According to itevey,
the chairman of the hearing was not
against the set back.
Ann Marie Howard of the Lamb -
ton County Planning Department
does the planning for the village
and she was not certain the chair-
man totally agreed with the set
back.
"As I recall, he was looking at it
-as ea -meatns -so gave -liaises closer
taffallal! ale iNigitave trees
ort04//ierNiliditifdiedid.
The 4.67 acre ieleitterty was re-
zoned in 1989 to provide for the
building of six high rise apartment
buildings and 12 cluster homes. He-
vey is attempting to have the re-
zoned to have 19 single-family
dwellings built.
"I don't have any personal inter-
est in having a zero set back lot
tine," said Hevey.
What the zero set back does is al-
low for the construction of a home
right ep to the lot line. Tuesday,
one neighbouring property cypher
Young offenders
wv/th theft
of car from Exeter
41iIIICETER - Last Wednesday,
clown police received a report of
ea stolen car from in front of the
thliurkley Restaurant on Main
area. The car was recovered
'hby•London City Police in the
mealy morning hours of Thurs-
day and three male young of-
fenders from the Exeter area
were charged with possession of
a stolen auto.
Police report that these youths
also face other crimiaa; charges
for offenses committed in the
London area.
The car was recovered without
damages.
Town police also investigated
a mischief complaint of a broken
front window at Greeting Card
World, wilful damages to the
White Squirrel Restaurant from
paint splashed on the window,
and also charged two driver with
use of radar detectors.
Police were called to a Sand-
ers St. E. address.three times on
the weekend for a complaint of a
trespasser, and two noise com-
plaints.
said the only objection she had was
that a -helm tl t butt -up .b
hers.
within the eraelopthent for alb
preservation, Glenda James.
There were several people at
Tuesday's meeting and many were
concerned with tree preservation.
Hevey said he would consider a
zero lot line just on one side and
also indicated to those in atten-
darite'that he has a schedule and
chat cotnditions On -tree -removal
in the subdivision.
"Tis -is a viliair and it has a #ftlt:
*Kuban character. Ifs not LondOn Or
'Ilowtilown Toronto," said -WA -Ord.
Council has agreed that the vil-
lage is in desperate need of a Tree
Preservation Nan and figure once
that is in place, negotiations be-
tween themselves, Hevey and
Southcott will become easier.
"Who is going to administer that
plan that the `trees don't . emne
down?" asked Ivey.
Averages lest than two percent
USborne employees get
fiat -rate pay increase
EXETER - Usborne Township
employees are all getting a raise
this year, but under an unusual plan
introduced by township council, all
will be receiving the same pay in-
crease.
"We gave everyone a flat amount
of money," explained township
reeve Pat Down, who would not
specify what that amount was, but
said it was based on two percent of
the salary of the lowest wage in the
township road works department.
"It meant the higher salaried peo-
ple didn't get two percent," said
Down, noting the increase works
out to more than two percent for
only one employee.
The annual salaries and wages
bylaw generated some discussion at
township council 'in 'past weeks,
and the council concluded a set per-
centage increase constituted a much
higher increase for the higher paid
employees.
"It was that principle we were
working on," said Down.
She said council's main emphasis
is to keep the 1993 township bud-
itet as low as possible, with no mill
state increase the ultimate goal.
With no large capital projects on
the books, Down said that goal may
be attainable as council was begin-
ning budget deliberations Tuesday
evening.
One costly project under consid-
eration is the paving of the north
boundary road between Usbornc
and Tuckersmith Townships. In-
creased traffic on the road to and
from the Hensel! Composting Facil-
ity has prompted the need for a bet-
ter road surface, but Down said the
+townships are hoping for a provin-
cial supplementary grant to help
with costs.
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GRAND BEND -141111litateal of - 1 t-agmee with Hevey and
etlartoem is rising overpreserva- 41111101litleitrees will be destroyed.
tufbn oftrees in a proposed subdivi- An architect said a development
short in Orend'Bend. there would take out every single
Last Tuesday night, developer tree," said Don Southcott who sold
Jim Havey of the Devlon Group, the property to Devlon Group of
tt forth a request to have a which Hevey represents.
t line set back in a new sub- Monday morning, in an attempt
division on Lake Road. to settle the obvious stalemate be -
He said a zero lot line would en- [ween Hevey end Southcou, Grand
sure -that many of the trees in the Bend councillor Cam Ivey sat
Safety considerations
Hensall fire tanker upgrade
proves cheaper than new
HENSALL - Recognizing that
the Hensel! Fire Deparunent's tank-
er truck was potentially a safety
hazard, the village fire board has
decided to upgrade the tanker rath-
er than replace it entirely.
With new tanker trucks costing
up to $100,000, the fire department
-speed that an upgrade to the exist -
:lug truck's .tank was a more eco-
nomical route.
"It was discovered the best way
-htogo was to actually repair the tank
move have now," said councillor Jeff
'3teaburn at last Monday's council
meeting.
Reeve Cecil -Pepper noted the
.utak on the ttsuck was originally
forma niillceruck.
'This talc is stainless steel and
it's still tatter .than the new tanks
you would buy," commented Pep-
per.
A Sc. Marys company nes 'esti-
mated the 1976 truck's cradle ran
Jet ski
nice
to
oto !t n
GRAND BEND - One . of the. fa-
vourite.activities itseems.in Grand
Bend. is jet skiing. While it -maybe
a hobby for some, ,for -others its a
way torace.
Monday bight, the village was
posed with two requests to have the
races run off of the main beach.
"It seems to be a supportive and
constructive activity," said council-
lor Ed Fluter.
However, it was noted that a
group which had races in Grand
Bend last year were.not completely
prepared according to Clerk
Administrator Paul Turnbull.
Turnbull . also said some groups
which come to the village during
the summer and put on such special
events are not too happy about
Grand Bend's bylaw .to regulate
them.
'There was some ,grumbling
about the fee. it's $1.000. They say
they out go on some beaches for
free," said Turnbull: He added the
village also.asks for a damage and
cleanup deposit.
Council did support the idea of
the races and will now work with
the -groups .to sec when and where
they will setup.
ion ,
beach road
to be paved
in Hay Twp.
A
ZURICH - Local .motorists may
be pleased Ito fend out that the pot-
holed surface of Hay Township
Concession 2-3 is scheduled to get
a new surface of asphalt, but unfor-
tunately budget limitations only al-
low for work on about four kilome-
tres of the road north of Highway
83.
"That's used by more people out-
side the township than in," noted
clerk Janissc Zimmerman. "It sees
a lot'tnf heavy traffic."
At their last meeting, township
council approved a tender to repave
the stretch of the concession two
sideroads north of the highway,
plus new pavement on the public
access road to the St. Joseph beach.
The lowest tender came from Le-
vis Contracting at $217,835.50.
Zimmerman noted that the con-
tract accounts for neorly half of'
Hay's 1993 road works budget.
With no grants available to help
with the work, the project is biiato>r,
the township's overall road upgrade
plan. The ,. ,n road .101.4
been upgraded in' '� ' t• weeks with
improved . ' ' ' the beach
road was •- year with
piling to support the paving project
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