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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-07-14, Page 3Huron MPP Paul Klopp (left) chats with members of?he ' Huron County Housing Authority, chairman Betty Oke, manager Linda Pizzari, maintenance supervisor Elmer Sanderson, .and board representative Corlene Roche, at the announcement of a grant to upgradethe heating system at the Helen Jermyn apartments in Exeter. Alert the Media! Call the Times Advocate 24 hours a day (Answering machine lifter business' hoe) 235-1331 Mutual Premier investment Funds 1O0°/o No -Load & Full Service • Mutual Premier Mortgage Fund • Mutual Premier Bond Fund • Mutual Premier Blue Chip Fund • Mutual Premier American Fund • Mutual Premier Intemational Fund • Mutual Premier Growth Fund The choice is yours. Call and get the Premier Advantage. i.1 The Mutual Group -Gorge Godbott CLU 496 Mein St. Exeter, 235-2740 Licensed with Mutual Life of Canada/Mutual Investco Inc., two companies of The Mutual .Group. 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Cutbaefr amounting to, 31655,800mnst beimplemented by -March 31, 1994. . By. shutting .downSt.Marys foro neday, withal! employees • -takipgattalnpaid holiday, 57,050 will Lba:aaved .it' was -reported in .the Journal Anus. However,tthis would -mean an imseiteduled.day off for.those employees making less .than $30,000:peryear. ..Even.though.the:town would not he paying.these employees .themoney saved would not be eligible.to be put towards the Contract. Dog owners face licence increases MITCHELL - Dog owners in the Town of Mitchell will be facing a 300.per cent.increase in theirannuallicence feesthis year, councilagreed last Mon- day night. Licence fees were increased to $12 for both male and female dogs,. tip from_theprevious $4 for males and $8 for females. _Dogs spayed or neutered are also.affected with an increase from $4 to $6, it was reported in the Mitchell Advocate: Councillor Ruth Fiebig and Botmoilla:ine.Sikv in at- tempted.toamend Melees: but were outvoted by four to two. Other changes to the 1981 by- law include: the requirement that.dogs be on a leash when on Indic property. someone .in pos- session of a dog must remove excrement from public or pri- vate property.andthe restriction of the maximum number 6f non - purebred dogs to two in any one household. Town told not to seek DPP contract GODERICH - Town Council should not ask for an OPP, cost - Mg or ohange.the current system of 24-hour police patrols it was decided last Friday. Both matters were discussed in closed committee during a special thaw -hour meeting of the Goderich Police Service Board. "We've reviewed information from Kincardine and Exeter and we feel there's no need to go for .an OPP costing," said board member Eric Kirk. Kirk said he is concerned that under an OPP contract the police service board would loses uch of its impact, it was reported in the .Signal -Scar. The motion to reject an OPP coating passed unanimously. School reunion 4, successful CLINTON - 1 he long and hard work of many came to a successful conclusion last week- end when almost 3,00(1 people gathered for the Clinton School Reunion "93. The get together began last Friday night at Central. Huron Secondary School were former Clinton students and staff over the past 70 years registered. The weekend ended with a grand finale held on the steps of the portiorf of the school built in 1927, it was reported in the Clinton Nawaltecord. TI►nes-Acdvocate, July 14,1993 Page 3 1149.700 goyemment grant Exeter apartment building to get energy-efficient rein' EXETER - The province is spending some money in an effort to eventutilly save money. The Helen Jermyn allotments will be converted to natural gas heating, and other energy-saving projects m - eluded, at a cost of $149,700. MPP Paul Klopp •made the an- atouncement of the jobsOntasio Capital grant Friday morning at the 32•unit building which is operated '4 y she=lriuron County Housingalut- thority-to'house seniors and smuts with disabilities. IUoppsaid•he was pleased to see the pmvinee's:cn y policy reflect .the needs for -mm e:energy efficien- cy in publicly -owned -building. He said he was approached more than two years:ago by a l ions Club that was fnuaraoed• iire:dteir .plans ..> i s stall gas -heating anewseniors com- plex elsewhere in she county, but were forced to use .electric base - .board heating. Because .electric was she cheapest.to'.install, it was part :ofshe ministry.specifications xtespite a.higher.costtto run it. The expense:of refitting the Hel- en Jermyn .apartments, built in 1975, is worthwhile, said Klopp. "The .numbers. are there to show tstdtectsialy.down the road we will wive lots of dollars," he told, add- ing that the refit specifies eltbsnse of Ontario teohnologss ladsgstepment - which ii1L .. seappett1lteuse of Ontarieidevwlapsd new eth- nology in thisuprivatesector. "It's sthasellale -xesaladens ° that sddvia a1ot,"-slid K1opp. 'Ate =ooatract to biotin the gas isheating.stasstryersand other equip- • mcnt will -bee-itendled by • Bxeter's 1MR Electric. " Betty Oke, -chairman of the -Hu- son County Housing Authority, said sheloeked forwaidscf the ben- e tsYhestew system willtoipgtthe building•and its reeidents. "The: fi- nancial . savings . ware Asa a bonus, she said. Elmer Sanderson, maintenance supervisor for the Authority, prom- ised residents present at _ Friday's annotmcernant that the gas water heaters would work almost .identi- cally to the present electric base- boards, but would provide a more even heat. The installation should be completed by September with- out too much disruption of the building's routine. Cim Exeter town e EXETER - The fact Exeter has its own police force might be a problem for "social contract" cuts, or it might be abonus. Town coun- cil were considering their .options last week as more information on the province's plan so claw back funds from the town became availa- ble. Reeve Bill Mickle, .also a vice- president of the Association of Mu- nicipalities of Ontario, pointed out to council the social contract may affect Exeter differently from other municipalities because town still .bas its own police force, if onlyfor a few more months. Mickle said Exeter is facing a X562.000 claw back under the social contract, money .that is expected .to come from reductions in municipal salwiessinchiding .those ,of, the po- lice department. He said other towns, such as Brighton and Blenheim have nopo- lice forces, receive free OPP cover- age,.are.being hit less by the social contract. However, the budget savings made possible by disbanding the town force by. the September.tataet .date and switching to .an OPP con- tract, may allow the town to meet the province's mandated cuts with less of an .impact pn staff salaries. Although negotiations. between Queen's Park and Ontario's 841 mu- nicipalities were on shaky ground earlier this week, Mickle said tome • small battles had been won to try to lessen the province's bite on cities, towns. and townships. "The social contract for munici- palilies...was going to cost munici- palities 3285 million in Ontario," said Mickle, but saki negotiations resulted in some changes. The af- fected •salary range was raised to 330,000, the PUC portion of the contract may be removed from the total and a9cssed to them directly, and the fiscal year may be'adjusied to be more .Lair on municipal .bud- gets. •If no social contract .avaement is reached by August 1, it may cost the town an additional 312.000. •Mayor Bruce Shaw pointed out that only the town sniff are being -affectedby ihe contract, but if the town.can find the money the prov- ince wants through other budget cuts, such :as OPP contract savings, they might be spared some loss of salary. "There may -be other strategies open to us that won't cost them any- thing," said Shaw. •Mickle said Exeter might want to try to negotiate with the province separately to qualify for the "dis- count" by meeting the August 1 deadline, but he acknowledged Queen's Park will not likely wel- come making deals with every town and city separately. "They want the whole umbrella," said Mickle. •Shaw noted the public probably .isn't aware that the cuts don't affect The municipality's budgetat.all. :;'e'sno aaving,to the,tazpay- er," said Shaw, stating that the province only wants to cut munici- pal transfer payments. Any reduc- tion in salaries will be matched in grant cuts. The tow will save nothing. "I thought Jesse James died years ago," said councillor Robert Drum- mond. "No, they all got elected to parlia- ment," said Shaw. •Mickle noted that unconditional grants will not return to original levels after the three year freeze. "It's gone, and it's gone forever," said Mickle. •The Exeter PUC portion of the contract has been assessed at $5,400, which is annoying some WWII staff because they claim there are more employees in the over 330,000 bracket at the PUC than at .the town. A "If I were an employee [of the town] I wouldn't want the PVC out ,of this package," said Shaw, who said the province's breakdown might only cut two percent off PUC salaries, but more from town em- ployees. •Shaw said the b4tire social con- tract concept is siunething beyond .even wliat right-wing govertunents would attempt, let alone a left-wing pro -labour government. "This government...Uuese guys have offended just about every- body," said Shaw. SoCiaI contract Will cost county X2.50,000 GODERICH - The provincial government's new social contract kis quickly filtered down to Huron County and as a result, it will mean tlic county will have to cone up with $250,0(1(1 in reductions per year. Thursday in Goderich, Huron County Warden "Torn Tunics said the county has already begun to cut and it will be tough because six months Wave already passed and the county still has to slash the $20,000. lorries said there will be no more lunches for county council during their monthly meetings which is a savings of about $5(X). Also, any meet- ing although going past a half a day in duration, councillors will only re- ceive half a day's p, On Thursday, Huron County saved $1,000 as council hurried through its regular business and was ovet by noon. • Tom Cunningham of Bullet Township agreed with county councillors working longer and not being paid if it's necessary. "Our gaff is going to suffer and we should suffer to, it's Daly pee day," mid Cunningham. To cut even further, aunty offices will be closed 12 days per year. "We already shut down on Friday. July 2 as a no pay day ora Rae day or what ever you want to call it," said Tomes. "The office was closed all day . and there will be more of them," He added those employees who have a salary over 330,00(1 will be treat- ed the same as those under 330,000. Tomes &aid if the county has their own savings plan in place by August 1, it will mewl a 20 percent savings to the county. 4 1