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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1998-01-28, Page 3INITHENF.W_S Will Lucan start plowing parking lots? Council is looking at snow plowing a municipal parking lot that in the past has been plowed by private contrators, a development that could set a precendent and become a money-maker for the village By Craig Bradford T -A Reporter LUCAN - Lucan may soon" gel into the snow plowing. business. At last week's council meeting, public works superintendent Doug Johnston was asked to look into plowing village -owned parking lots after councillors discussed a letter from Lucan Scouts Group Committee's Sue Pike: In her letter, Pike asks council if the village can plow their lot on top of the existing sanding and sidewalk clearing it already does. Pike said the committee has paid a private contractor to do the service in the past and are willing 10 pay the village for it as well. Johnston said he contacted nine surrounding communities to s find out their policies. Five of them, in - eluding Exeter and Zurich, plow their municipal parking lots while. four tenderout the service. Johnston was instructed to look into how much the village could charge and whether his staff could. shoulder the extra burden then re- port back to council. "We may want the work'," John- ston said, and -the increased rev- enues. "ft could he incorporated into (normal) plowing. 1 don't think it's a big problem doing it.", in another letter to council, Jean Hodgins wants the village u► move the no parking sign on Main St. by the • -Lucan Community Memorial Centre two :spaces farther away from the arcna due • to poor vis- ibility when turning lefi onto Main from Chestnut St. She said when vans are parked -on Main near the '• arena it is almost impossible to 'see "We wan w around them for traffic coming from the south. She added. on Dec. 21 she was al- most hit by a'driver coming from the south as she was inching her way out to see if she could turn left onto Main from Chestnut. She said the problem is especially bad on Wednesday nights ' when there are Lucan Jr. D Irish home hockey games, when bingo is run- ning and during major events at the arena like the annual Christmas craft Johnston was instructed to look into what can be done to ease the problem and report back to council Other council notes: Getting their dough Council approved paying the en- tire $8,168 levy 16 the Ausablc Bayfield Conservation Authority. By law, the village was only on the hook for $2,216, but Reeve Robert Benner, a former ARCA chairper- son, lobbied for council to pay the entire amount . asked. • for. He said the ABCA staff have always been helpful when council or staff have had a -problem or inquiry. Ad- ministrator Ron'Reymer added the ABCA does many services Lu- canites don't usually see in man- aging the watershed system. The ABCA have kept the levy lev- el the same since '92 though its as: sessntent of each municipality -in' the watershed has gone up by an average of 25 per cent since then. The total levy is $314,340, With Lu - can picking up about 2.3 per cern of that total or about $4.43 per res-: ident. . We want it in writing While comfortable with much of- may - t the ork." Stedmans B&E nets thieves $5,000 EXETER - Thieves walked off with over $5,000 in cash, Nevada and Iotto.tickets after breaking into the Stedman's store -at 311 Main St. ' Huron CountyOPP Const. -Jahn Marshall'said the break-in was ' discovered by store staff on Monday morning. Thieves forced a small delivery door at the rear of the store to gain entry. They then used a power drill to break into the store's office safe. ; Five deer -car crashes so far HURON COUNTY - Huron County OPP report 12 vehicles have hit deer so far this year, five in the Times -Advocate coverage arca. Huron County OPP are releasing a car -deer accident report twice a month from now on to underline the frequence of the crashes and to alert motorists, Const. John Marshall said. The most serious crash in the Exeter arca happened on Jan. 1 S at about 6:45 p.m. on Hwy. 21 just north of Huron Rd. 83.causing moderate damage to the vehicle and injuries to passengers..Othcr accidents caused modcratc or Tight damage to vehicles but no injuries on Jan. 14 at .thea► 1 15 in. on Huron Rd. 84 just cast of Babylon Line (Hay Twr. (• c. /9). on Jan. I I -at about 6:20 p.m. cin Huron Rd. 83 just east of Morns,n Line,`on Jan. 11 at about, 1:35 a.nr. on Huron Rd. 83 at ilk.. bridge and, on Jan. 3 at about 5:30 p.rn. on Huron Rd. 31 just north of Huron Rd. 3. $3,000 in tools stolen . AILSA CRAIG - One Ailsa Craig homeowner wasn't happy when they woke up and checked their garage Friday morning. The James St. resident found thieves had broken into their garage and stole $3,000 worth of assorted tools, London OPP Const. Donna Shulist sai Come and get It. Mavis Atthill, left, and Grace Drum- mond were serving up soup and sandwiches at the Pride of Huron Rebekah Lodge Poor Boy Lunch on Friday at the lodge. More than 140 people enjoyed the lunch which also included cake and refreshments. London's proposed management - ownership -debt - allocation agree- ment for the Lake Huron water pipeline, Benner is concerned about 'the lack of a guarantee on water supply to ensure Lucan can grow. "We want to see the supply in writing," Benner said. The draft document was 'created after the- Dec. 1.1 .meeting at. the East Williams municipal office of users of the water system. A brief outline of the draft agreement: Lu can will have one representative on the 13 -member hoard and one vote; London gets five members and 10 votes since Londoners account for over 95 per. cent of the water used; London will assume all of the ex- isting $57,546,000 debt and any fu- ture debt to be paid over the next 20 years. . Municipalities on the system were asked to either comment and/or ap- prove the draft plan. Lucan council chose simply to relay their concern about water supply assurances. The next meeting rof the system users is Feb. 5. Getting, the nod • ' • • The Friends of the Lucan Library got council's nod of approval: to go ahead with' its ambitious Resource , Lucan • .pilot pnoiect. Council will send a letter of support to.Hu- nian Resource Develop- ment .Canada as re, - quested. :but did ' not appoint -a councillor to sit on the Friends -hoard . because. council• members traditionally don't sit on similar hoards like the Heritage Committee or the Booster Club and because councillors already have as, many, obligations they can handle on coinmi(tcesthey now. sit Oi►: . • "We to se supp Resource Lucan will help ease the cramped conditions at the library by opening a satellite office across the street at 170 Main St. The of- fice will contain the library's ad- ministration.and.a plethora of new services for the community in- cluding a tourist centre, an art gal- lery and performance centre. con- tinuing education and more, all funded by HRDC, Middlesex County and Friends fundraising. _Tapping in? Council is looking to partner with community groups to get a chunk of the $30 million Rural Job Strat- egy Fund administered by the On- tario Ministry of Agriculture, -Food and Rural Affairs. The village. can receive up. to 70 per cent of the cost of a less than $50.000 project that will.develop community based ec- onomic. strategics; improve global n informatioresources by rural husi- ncsses and assist them in retaining/ expanding their market share. The program will fund up to 50 per cent of projects costing .over $50,000. A panel will review all proposals and make recommendations to the agriculture• minister who will.,ap- prove. projects meeting the criteria by March 21, 2000. Applicants must submit a "pre -proposal" and then complete the ap- plication, submit a busi- ness plan and pay the • $100 application tee. Council will seek partnerships with the Lucan and Area Business Association, the Lucan Arca Her- itage Club and the Friends of Lucan Library., Rcynier is trying to organize a meeting with representatives from those organizations for March 17. • want e the. ply in ng. Have (Thews tip? Call the Times -Advocate 235-1331 Times -Advocate, January 28, 1998 Page 3 Municipal restructuring committee on hold ZURICH The committee ex- Huron municipalities which asks amining restructuring for Zurich. the county to coordinate a study Hensall, Bayfield. Stanley, Hay to decide on the best course of ac - and Tuckersmith met behind tion for municipal restructuring. closed doors last week to decide The topic will he on the February its next step.• agenda of county council. Janisse Zimmerman, the com- An all -councils meeting will mittee's secretary said the com- take place near the end of March mittee decided to wait and see to review the proposal to_bring'aII what Huron County will do be- the councillors up to speed. fore proceeding. - "That way we'll know' what the Several municipalities. have county is doing and tie it in with supported a request from central . what we can do," she said. Legion gets a break on Break Open Tickets GRAND BEND - As in the past, the Village of Grand Bend has of- fered relief to the Grand Bend Le- gion and Firemen's Association for the license fee of Break Open Tick- ets: Because the legion and Firemen's Association -use the money raised for- services to the community,• council decided to charge them less for -the tickets. The boxes contain 4,200 tickets. The regular licensing fee is $42.90 - per box but the legion and Fire-. men's Association will only be charged $17. 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