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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1999-06-23, Page 3Wednesday, June 23, 1999 $ 100,000 worth of water main work comm; By Crais Bradford TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER -- Portions of three Exeter streets will get new water mains this year worth $100,000. The Exeter Hydro Electric Commission's waterworks budget con- taining the water main work was approved by Exeter council at Monday night's meeting. New mains will be installed on Anne St. from Marlborough St. to the railway, on Simcoe St. from Main St. to Edward St. and on Riverside Blvd. from Main St. to 203 Riverside. The main work will coin- cide with town road recon- struction/repaving work planned for '99. The HEC plans on trans- ferring $50,000 from its $160,000 reserve fund to help pay for the water mains. In all, $167,948 worth of capital projects willbe done by the HEC this year. Included in that is the reg- ular scheduled replace- ment of three. water hydrants ($7,000 total) and meter work ($41,000). On the operation and maintenance side, the HEC ran a $28,278 deficit last year and forecasts a $38,888 surplus in '99 due mainly to decreased unplanned maintenance. Reeve Roy Triebner pointed out the budget doesn't include * line detailing how much Exeter was charged for water by the Ontario Clean Water Agency (or London who took over Lake Huron pipeline administration last year). HEC chairperson Chan Llvinstone, who was at the meeting, said that Infor- mation can be brought back to council in a future report. Other notes from the meeting: Permits down' May building permits were down last month compared with the same month last year. Chief building official Dave Moyer reported a total of seven permits worth $258,595 were approved Including a sin- gle family home in Riverview Estates worth Johns captures cabinet post By Katherine Harding TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF • EXETER — Huron -Bruce . MPP Helen Johns got a . big promotion last week. Johns was one of seven backbenchers called forward to head up a portfolio in' Premier Mike Harris's new 25 -member cabinet. Harris's Progressive Conservatives were returned to offce with a majority government on June 3. Johns' new job description is a mouthful. On Thursday she was sworn' In at Queen's Park as Ontario's new Minister of. Citizenship, Culture and Recreation. She will also have ministerial responsibility for Seniors' Issues and Women's Issues,,, "Helen has been an excellent representative other community; now 1 need her experience around the Cabinet table," Harris said. "I've asked her to handle several areas of responsibility because t am confident. she is up to the job." Overseeing a new ministry amalgamated from three previous portfolios, Johns has a challenging task ahead of her with such a diverse ministry. "I am looking forward to my new responsibilities and see this as a great opportunity to build on the founda- tions laid by the Mike Harris government in our first • mandate," Johns said. "Being a member of the Premier's Executive Council is an honour and privilege," said Johns. "It means that my time and efforts are shared between Huron -Bruce and the rest of the province. It provides me a unique opportuMty to represent my constituents' views at the cabinet table." "I will continue to work hard to meet both of those important mandates," she added. Johns is no stranger to extra responsibility. During Harris's last mandate Johns served as as Parliamentary Assistant in the Health and Energy, Science and Technology portfolios. In 1997 she was also appointed to the Policy Committee of Cabinet which reviews legislation prior to implementation. Former Exeter residents Janet Ecker and Elizabeth Witmer also did well in Harris's cabinet shuffle. Both veteran ministers maintained senior portfolios. Ecker, a MPP for •Pickering -Ajax -Uxbridge will take over the Education Ministry which will oversee primary- and secondary -school systems. Witmer will retain her posi- tion as Minister of Health and song -Term Care. Other notable appointments in Harris's new Executive Council is Oxford MPP Ernie Hardeman as the new Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the creation of two new new ministries: Training, . Colleges and Universities and the portfolio of Tourism. The new posts will be headed up by Dianne Cunningham and Cameron Jackson respectively. • $175,000, five home reno- vations (one at 177 Anne St. worth $70,000, the rest worth ween $1,000- 55,000) and one above ground pool worth $3,595. In May '98, 12 permits worth $380,900 were approved. In the bigger picture, Exeter is well ahead in year-to-date permits issued for '99 with 20 total permits issued up till May worth $2,542,395 com- pared with a total of 36 worth $1,004,300 in May '98. Library update Exeter moved a step closer to a new library when council approved the Library Re -Development Committee's recommenda- tion to hire Stratford archi- tect Terry Marklevitz as the consulting architect on the proposed $550,000- $600,000 project to replace the aging, deficient Carnegie library. Marklevitz will be paid 10 per cent of the total construction cost. Diamond dank Count approved a com- mittee of the whole recom- mendation to grant Exeter Minor Baseball permission to water the Alvin Willert Field infield at times that don't coincide with the recently passed watering bylaw. Minor ball can water the infield anytime during the day when volunteers are available as long as water- ing doesn't surpass the max four hours every other day limit. Do you hear music? Exeter Pentecostal Tabernacle was granted permission to use the MacNaughton Park island (the area with the two bridges beneath the dam) to hold a concert on Sept. 12 from 3-9 p.m. Meeting reset A special council meeting to look at the future of Exeter parks was resched- uled from June 28 to July 14. The meeting will be at Exeter council chambers at 7:30 p.m. Scouts denied The Exeter Scouts were turned down by the Ontario Lottery Corp. in their bid to secure $1,032.25 of the OLC's Advance Funding Program grant. Instead, the Huron Hurricanes Aquatic Club, The Alzheimer Society of Huron County, the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority and the Exeter Fair Board will equally split what the Exeter Scouts were going to get ($258.06 each). 3 Excellent chance to get the accessories you want W HARNCLIFFE AT SOUTHDALE LONDON, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 685-8045 General Motors recognizes Huron MotGr Products as one of the top 10 GM DEALERS in Canada Dick Contin, Vice Presides Marketing, Tim Hamnather, M€en Kempston Darkes, f and t �enel Manager GAl of Canada, Wayne Hamacher. ti Tim and Wayne }familia represented Huron Motor Products recently in Honda where they were presented with th6 Triple Crown award which places the local company in the top 10 category of all 889 OM across Canada. The Triple Crown award, one of the premier GM forms of recognition is based on:. • Purchase and delivery satisfaction • Sem satisfaction • Sales:. volume Both Tim and Wayne emphasized Huron MotorProducts wotdd not be in the top 10 without the hard work and dedication of all mems of the HMP team. The Hamather f amily would like to extend their sincerest appreciation and a heartfelt thank you to alt our customers and to our staff who combined haw produced spectacular results.