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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1999-10-20, Page 3Vednesday, October 20, 1999' Exeter Timm -Advocate 3 town to collect interest on Nabisco sewngeproject l a motion by Seaforth council that those provid- ing ambulance service now keep their jobs after the province downloads the service to Huron County. A prior vote to simply file the letter by Coun. Robert Drummond and seconded by Urlin was defeated. Proclaimed Council proclaimed the week of Remembrance Day Veteran's Week and encourage everyone to observe two minutes of silence on Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. By Craig Bradford TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF EXETER — It sounds ke a sweet deal. Town council approved . bylaw at Monday night's neeting that seals an Lgreement with Nabisco ►n sewage services for he next 20 years. In arguably the most mportant clause of the ;ontract, Nabisco agrees :.o pay $383,150 of the ;ost of the $4.8 million .own sewage lagoon mprovement/expansion ?roject over 20 years. The town will pick up $1.6 million of the project while the Ministry of the Environment has granted the project $1.8 million (see related story else- where in this week's T -A). Nabisco will pay $37,584.02 each Sept. 1 starting retroactively this year till 2018. Exeter will loan the entire sum to Nabisco at 7.5 per cent interest per year, meaning Nabisco will pay the town $368,530.47 in interest over the 20 years. Though it sounds like a good deal for Exeter, town chief administrative officer Rick Hundey said the town might have to take out a small loan in turn to loan Nabisco the money. Other notes from the meeting: Lighting up the holidays Council approved giving the Exeter Business Improvement Association $5,000 generated from the interest of the $240,000 provincial Special Circumstances grant to help pay for new Christmas decorationsdights. Deputy Reeve Dave Urlin pushed the issue saying council should support the BIA when it can because the BIA does a lot to beautify the town. Two of the potential new decorative lights are already on display near town hall. Coun. Peter Armstrong said the BIA hopes to buy 30 of the lights at $500 each. Urlin said the town grant will help the BIA make up its about $5,000 shortfall for the project. Exeter's existing holiday lights are up to 25 years old and are starting to wear out. Halloween time Council decided not to designate an alternative day for Halloween trick or treating this year. All Hallow's Eve falls on a Sunday this year and many Ontario municipali- ties have discussed hav- ing trick or treating on either the Saturday or Friday before. Armstrong suggested those homeowners who don't want to give up their Sunday night to handing out candy to 'lil ghosts and goblins to leave your lights off." Fail meeting? All council members as well as the full Exeter Hydro Commission will meet with BDO Dunwoody to discuss how much the town could get if it sells its hydro infra- structure to the former Ontario Hydro or another power provider. The meeting is set for Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m., at Exeter town hall. The meeting will be behind closed doors (not open to the public or media). OCWA gets the nod Council approved a bylaw paving the way for the Ontario Clean Water Agency to operate the town sewage treatment system. OCWA has. been doing the work for the past year and clerk -trea- surer Liz Bell pointed out not much has been billed to the town. OCWA workers bill per hour of work that includes monitoring and testing. Way to go rec An Exeter recreational facility and a program performed better finan- cially than expected this year. The Exeter and District Swimming pool reported a net loss of $9,986, down from the budgeted $11,435. The better than expected per- formance was due to more revenue than expected and less expen- ditures. The Summer Playground program (day camp for kids) lost $180 compared with the bud- geted $400. Again, rev- enue was higher than ext acted and expendi- tures lower. We permit you Building permits issued in September were down from the same month last year. Five permits worth $185,180 were issued last month compared with eight permits worth $877,400 in September '98. Notable work last month included a single family home worth $135,000 at 33 Abbey Lane, three home addi- tions (two worth $1,000 each, one for $28,000) and a pool worth $20,180. Total permits issued to date in '99 total 36 or $3,663,8" ompared with 68 up ! 4 r September '98 worth $2,505,400. Public meeting A public meeting will be held in Exeter council chambers on Nov. 1 start- ing at 7:30 p.m. on a pro- posed rezoning of 103 Marlborough St. applied for by property owner Ruth Haines. 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