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Times-Advocate, 1984-03-07, Page 2Times -Advocate, March 7, 1984 PRECIOUS BLOOD SPEAKING WINNERS — Winners have been named in at Precious Blood Separate School sponsored by the Exeter Legion. Above, the awards to Patty O'Toole, Denise Kints, Bernadette Verberne, Chrissy was Lisa Birmingham. To recommend salaries the recent public speaking contest Clay Murray of the Legion presents O'Toole and Fred Gregus. Missing T -A photo Name empIo ee relati n relations committee Exeter's 23 fulltime town employees and five part-time staffers will all be eligibile for at least a 4.9 percent raise in 1984. Monday night, council ap- proved a series of recommen- dations that creates an employee relations commit- tee, sets car allowance reim- bursements and guarantees Five mishaps in town area Fi/e accidents were in- vestigated this week by of- ficers of the Exeter town police department with damages totalling more than $5,300. Thursday, vehicles driven by , Cornelis Bax, RR 2, Parkhill and John Stephens, Exeter collided at the in- tersection of Main Street and Thames Road. Constable Dan Kierstead listed damages at $3,500. Wednesday evening, Cal Wein, Huron Street, Exeter reported his vehicle was struck by a pickup truck at the corner of Main and Huron Streets. The other vehicle left the scene of the accident. Con- stable George Robertson is investigating. The first of three Friday ac- cidents all investigated by Constable Robertson occur- red on the parking lot of Ex- eter Precision Machine Welding and involved vehicles driven by David MacDonald, RR 3,.,Lucknow and Dale Stephenson, RR 1, Varna. Damages were estimated at $600. In the second mishap vehicles involved were driven by Carmen Drost. RR 2, Granton and Helen West. Grand Bend. They collided on Main Street near the Shell Station. Similarly damages were $600. Vehicles driven by Thomas Cunningham; Exeter and Carleen Desjardine, Huron Park were in collision oh the Exeter Legion parking lot and damages were set at $620. Best Interest 1 13/4% Guaranteed Investment Certificates *subject to change Gaiser.Kneale Insurance Brokers Inc. EXETER 235- 24 20 GRAND BEND 238-8484 CLINTON GODERICH 482.9747 524-2H8 staff an annual inflationary supervisor, and then the increase in pay. board or committee he works Councillors Gaylan _ under, before the merit raise Josephson and Bill Rose application goes before the recommended that the new employees relation committee be composed of committee. two employees, selected by Morley Hall questioned the the town staff and by two five percent inflationary in - councillors. creased, and said in all cons - This committee's respon- cience, he couldn't vote yes to siblities will include recom- the annual increase. mending salary and benefit However, Josephson said changes, acting as a liaison the town police association committee between council had already been granted a and the town employees and five percent increase, and he acting as a grievance com- asked Hall if he wasn't being mittee when the need arises. "discriminatory" in denying In future, town employees that raise to other town will be graded on a grid employees. system, consisting of 12 Rose also defended the in - grades, deleting Grade 10 flationary increase, adding which will refer only to the that in the current society, town police department. "we are all faced with infla- When fulltime town tionary cost increases." • employees are incorporated However, council members into this sytem, the coun- did agree to reduce the car cillors noted, it will guarantee allowance reimbursements equality between employees. - originally recommended by Josephson reported that Josephson and Rose. under this new system, Ex- The councillors had recom- eter will spend no more than mended a rate of 25 cents/km. $379,440 in 1984 on employees' for the first 6,000 kilometers salaries. The cost in 1983 was and 20 cents/km. for over the $361,372, and the 1984 figure 6,000 km. allows for a five percent infla- Mayor Bruce Shaw said tiondry increase over the 1983 that at the higher rate, coun- salary dollars. cil members attending a However, individual meeting in Toronto, for exam - employees could receive pie, would be paid $100 in more than five percent in- mileage expenses for the creases in a year if they also qualified for merit increases. Josephson noted that 12 town employees are eligible for the merit raises in 1984. Council approved an amendment that merit in- creases be granted, where ap- plicable, after first being ap- proved by the employee's Council Continued from front page open -type storage building for lumber on their property. The bylaw currently re- quiresthat the company store goods and materials within a wholly -enclosed building. Council also approved a bylaw to change property owned by Stoneyridge Developments from a developmental to residential zoning, which will permit detached single family residential uses on part of the land, and quadraplex residences on the remainder of the property, which is just off Iluron Street on Exeter's eastern town limits. Before adjourning, council also authorized the planning advisory subcommittee to hire a student to work on the commercial retail study this summer under the Ex- perience '84 program. Two pay $500 fines Douglas Keith Volland, Hensall was fined $200 on a charge of possession of a narcotic. An Exeter man was fined $2,800 or 280 days in jail in Provincial Court in Exeter Tuesday when he pleaded guilty to making false statements to the Unemploy- ment Insurance Commission. Judge John Seneshen levied the fine against Paul Waddell of 252 Carling street. He made false statements between September 1981 and February 1983 involving overpayments of $3,200. Waddell has made repayments of $1,680 and Mill owes UIC $1,520. He was fin- ed $100 on each of 28 charges. Two area men were fined $500 each for operating a vehi- cle with an alcohol level in ex- cess of 80 mgs. They are Ran- dy Finkbeiner, RR 2 Crediton and Rupert H. Foley, RR 2 Kirkton. Patrick O'Donnell, Huron Park was fined $300 on rn assault charge and Joyce Beemer was sentenced to one day in jail and ordered to pay a fine of $500 on an assault charge arising from a fight at Under the program, ad- the Exeter Inn. ministered by the Ontario Judge Seneshen levied a Ministry of Municipal Affairs fine of $300 against Joseph and Housing, the province Vandorsselaer, Dashwood for would pay 70 percent of the theft of under $200 from the student's salary, with the Exeter Canadian Tire store. town paying the remainder, Vandorsselaer pleaded guilty which is $600. to taking a fishing lure and eylets valued at $5.48. William Bruce Rose, Gad - shill pleaded guilty to damag- ing a washroom at the Stephen township arena. He was ordered by .the judge to make restitution of $20 and reappear March 27 for sentencing. Something New G.G. Goettler of Dublin Fine Furniture has just received a complete shipment of beautiful pictures tastefully matted and framed. We are enthused! Our new selection includes hand -colour- ed, oriental and traditional prints of the Old Masters, also the Pc ter Etril-Snyder collection. All pictures are now on sale. ft is our pleasure to offer our customers personal assistance to help them choose the right picture to compliment their lifestyle and home decor. GC1 CT ET -1- LER OfiWin Fine Furniture 3162450 ON THE MAIN STREET OF DUBLIN 1 Junior Farmers Continued from front page Dramafest April 17 in Port Dover. Anyone interested in join- ing,the South Huron Junior Farmers or needing further information should call Rob Essery 228-6228, Maurice Ryan 237-3369 or Catherine Johns 229-6184. Maurice Ryan is the South Huron president and Cliff Hicks is the contact person for the committee to put more agriculture back into Junior Farmers. round trip and "that's too much." Councillors decided to amend the rate to 20 cents/km. for in -town travel and 16 cents/km. for out-of- town trips. Works supervisor Glen Kells reminded council members that tenders for the new pumping station are due by March 26. Council members decided to hold a special meeting that afternoon with Burns Ross and Associates to hear the tenders and let the contract for the station. Reeve Bill Mickle also made the motion that council develop a policy regarding sewage lagoon gallonage allotments to assure there is an adequate reserve for future development in the town. Closed meetings to Despite an impassioned plea for change from one of tt members, Hugon County Coonan decided in a 24 to 3 recorded vote to keep its com- =Mee meetings closed to the public, a Exeter peeve Bill Mickle reminded county council at its March 1 session that they are "representatives of the "don't like to see any type of governmen closing itself off," said reeve Mickle. Council's executive com- mittee.recommended that the present policy of closed com- mittee meetings remain after a request to review that policy was made last November by Elsa Haydon of Goderich. At that time, besides the review, Mrs. Haydon sug- gested open committee meetings be tried for a six- month trial period. The Goderich woman served for 12 years on town council and takes an avid interest in municipal politics. Reeve Mickle was the only vocal supporter of Mrs. Haydon's suggestion. "We've got to be open for the people," he commented. He referred to closed meetings as a "very dangerous practise." Brussels reeve Calvin Kreuter commented that committee meetings are where councillors "sit down and argue back and forth." The long-time reeve said councillors know they can talk in committee meetings and added "the language isn't always couth." Commenting on the possibility of having many members of the public in at- tendance at committee meetings, reeve Krauter said, "if the whole works are here, what do they need us for. We are only trying to do the very best for the whole county." East Wawanosh reeve Neil Vincent said a person would feel "handcuffed" if commit- tee meetings were open. One county councillor ad- mitted he had a tough time making a decision on the matter. Colborne reeve Russel Ker- nlghan said he was wit .-I- ll In favor of open meeting., because he believes in freedom of the press. But he changes his mind because he also believes in the secret ballot and closed committee meetings allow councillors "to make decisions without coerslon." Those voting in favor of closed meetings were West Wawanosh reeve J.R. Ait- chison, Grey reeve Leona Armstrong, Ashfield reeve J.F. Austin, Hay deputy - reeve Tony Bedard, Tuckersmith reeve Bob Bell, Clinton reeve Ernest Brown, Seaforth reeve W.G. Camp - continue bell, Blyth reeve Tom Corrin, warden Tom Cunningham, f ' ^.r,Q reeve Bill Elston, Mch,,—, reeve Marie Hicknell, Bayfield reeve Dave Johnston, • reeve Kernighan, Hensel' reeve Harry Klungel, reeve Krauter, Zurich reeve Isadore LaPorte, Turnberry reeve Brian .McBurney, Usborne reeve Gerry Prout, Howic, reeve Jack Stafford, Stanley reeve Paul Steckle, Goderich township reeve Grant Stirling, reeve Vincent, Stephen deputy reeve Ralph Weber, and Hay reeve Lionel Wilder. Those voting against closed meetings were Exeter deputy -reeve Lossy Fuller, reeve Mickle and Stephen reeve Alan Walper. Plan more concerts Grand Bend Concert Association met Monday to discuss details of financing and ideas for another season of concerts next season. The last concert in the regular Youth • and Music Series will be a solo piano con- cert by Marc Widner. The concert will be held at Grand Bend United Church March 28 at 8 p.m. Widner is an inter- national award winner and was the first Canadian to play a solo recital at Toronto's new Roy Thompson Hall. Wednesday April 18, the association will present a se- cond bonus concert, at Grand Bend Public School, featuring the Forest Excelsior Band. Several Grand Bend area residents are members of this band. Celebrating its one- hundredth anniversary, the Forest band will be touring this year to mark Ontario's Bicentennial celebration. No move on reduction The Ausable Bayfield Con- servation Authority has taken no formal position on the province -wide move to reduce the number of people on con- servation authorities. The move to reduce the number of members on an authority started by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) was discussed briefly at ABCA's annual meeting on February 28. The authority presently has 35 members, one from each of the member municipalities and three people from the watershed appointed by the province. ABCA general -manager Tom Prout said the authority is reluctant to make any move on AMO's suggestion to reduce authority members. A 1983 report by AMO con- tends that the executive com- mittee of authorities is mak- ing all decisions and municipalities have little input. AUTHORITY MEMBERS CONFER — Following Tuesday's annual meeting of the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority, a number of members are shown discussing the day's business. From the left are Bill Mickle, Exeter; Doug Gilpin, Port Franks; Keith Westlake, Zurich; Charles Coibett, Lucan and Wilson Hodgins, Biddtlph Township. At McGillivray No change in council salaries Salaries for the reeve and council of the township of McGillivray for 1984 will re- main the same. At a recent meeting council agreed to leave the reeve's stipend at $60 per meeting and an annual honorarium of $250. Councillors will receive $50 per meeting. Increases were approved for clerk -treasurer Shirley Scott from 116,500 to 118,000, the works manager to 125,400 from 124,360 and livestock valuators, building inspector and fence viewers will get an additional 15 to $25 per call. The dump custodian's salary of $45 per day remains unchanged. During the past few months council have been reviewing the existing Northwest Mid- dlesex Official plan of 1973 as. it applies to McGillivray township with the township planner Ted Halena. A proposed new Official Plan for McGillivray township is to be considered at a public meeting to be held March 14, at 7:00 pm. at the council chambers, West McGillivray. All residents of the township are urged to at- tend to express their concerns. Since the appointment of a dog control officer several calls have been received for dogs running at large. In order to avoid any further confusion or misunderstan- ding with any of these calls, council feels that in future all calls should be placed direct- ly to the dog control officer Jim McLeod of Huron Park at 228-6559 and not to the township office. All residents should be aware that their dog or dogs must be wearing its tag at all times. Leona Hughes and Dick Parkinson presented council with proposed plans for the 25th anniversary and Bi- centennialcelebrations at McGillivray Central School. Council was asked for their co-operation and possible 1 WATER PUMPS, SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS, WET & DRY • VACUUMS, DRAIN CLEANERS, HIGH PRESSURE WASHER, RUG CLEANERS, FLOOR SCRUBBERS, PAINT ,REMOVERS, SANDBLASTERS, PORTABLE ARC WELDER, POST HOLE DIGGERS, PRUNING SAW, CHAINSAWS, LOGSPLITTER, SCAFFOLDING, AIRLESS PAINT GUNS, I WALLPAPER STEAMER, STUCCO MACHINES, BACK PAC BLOWER & SPRAYER, BUSH SAWS, CEMENT SAWS, CE- 'MENT MIXER, CONCRETE BREAKERS, HAMMER DRILLS, SCREW GUN COMPACTORS, TROWELLERS, GENERATORS, FLOOR SANDERS' & EDGERS, ROTOTILLERS, WEED EATERS, TRANSITS, PROPANE HEATERS & TORCHES, FLOOR JACKS, CARBUFFER, 3 I WHEELERS HOME FARM INDUSTRIAL 1 1 C.C. RENTALS 8 SERVICE IN 237-3456 MT. CARMEL In r financial support. Jacob Lagerwerf was appointed to the committee as council representative. Reports have been received on the Glendenning, Lynn- Rollings, and Stouffle-Enned municipal drains for consideration. .C(I DISCOUNT 433 MAIN ST. S. 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