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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-02-19, Page 11 f ° Members of. „the •Huron County, " l oard of Education 'agreed Monday evening to propose to the municipalitiesof the • county that the education levy for 1070 be collected on• a t trice -annual basis, at: the end of June :and on December •15, but that: in 1071 -and thereafter, tile- collections of .taX ' dollars for education , purposes' be made -quarterly • - according to the provision• of the Act. The action followed receipt. of a letter -from Duron County Council- which requested education taxes be collected on ,- a twice -annual basis. It was felt it would impose hardship on municipalities in: Huron -where - taxes are collected either once or twice a year if it would become necessary to forward education tax levies four times annually. The. board ' of education proposes to enter into an agreement *with. the municipalities • for 1970 and to do so, requires the consent of the majority at the municipalities representing two-thirds .: of the equalized' assessment in the county. If agreement is not reached, tax collections will be made according to the proirisions in the Aot,• ,on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 15. During the meeting, Roy B. Dunlop, business • administrator, reported a "fairly sizeable Areducti'on. from • the . budget" when he presented a financial statts° report fbr 1969 operations. The report showed the expenses abcording to the budget were expected to be $9,028,10.7 while ' actual •expenses were $8,844,117.32, a reduction .of $183,989.'68. More polio: was formed at the meeting, Inc1i�ing •one: on the ,•confidential - nature of tenders. ' The "Board believes that information submitted in tenders is confidential.; and that release ' of such information couldbe prejudicial to , the • Board's position in future tenders for the_ same goods and Service: In th'e case of goods and/or services,. the 'name .of the ' successful tenderer, the amount o.£ the accepted tender and ,the total number of tenders received • will be released. For construction and all of part of a building or facility, the °name of the successful tenderer, the amount of the accepted tender and' the amount of each unsuccessful tender shall be released. • • p Mrs. J. W. WiiI1aee wasthe only_board member wlao Was not in agreement with the policy • accepted with regardto hiring • non -teaching employees:* She Maintained that "This sort of . thing• is•too tithe -consuming.', She was referring to..tI e policy which states the' final resp:bnsibility fox', the hiring .of non-teaehing personnel lies vkit i,.. the. Boar d and that the recommendation` of the best candidate ,(in 'the opinion. of the Administrative Staff) -should be made in 'writing- to the Board, -indicating -:salary and effective date with the. Board to give final approval. Jahn 'Broadfoot felt---the- board should be informed before personnel is hired and he was assured by Director John Cochrane that anyone hired to .'Eleanor McMillan, 10 -year-old daughter of Mr'. and. Mrs. Don McMillan, 200 Widder St., won the 'junior division of the -Legion-sponsor-ed---public--..speakinq.r.contest_ for _ elementary_ schools and will compete, Saturday 'in Lucknow. Eleanor is in Grade 5 at Robertson Memorial School: Tom McGill, 12, Grade 7 student at Robertson Memorial School .obtained first in the senior public speaking contest sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion_ Branch_ 109. Tom_ son of Mr. and Mrs. Murray McGill, 146 Elgin Ave. W., goes on to the .Lucknow contest Saturday Karen Palmer, 16, Grade 12 student at GDCI won the Impromptu Public Speaking contest for Huron .County in __Winghan --and- moves -on to the ' zone finals in Glencoe Saturday. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Palmer, 269 Warren St. llllllllllllllllll IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1111111111111111111111111UpIt1111IIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltl11111111111111111UIIIIIII1111111111111111iIIII11111111111111111UItp11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111t1111111�11111111111111111111111111111— pJIII1111111111111111111111111111111111111W111111111111111111111111011111111111111111111111111111111Nllllllllllltll11111111111111111111111111 fill 'a position would be hired on' - 'a temporary basis only until the Board had dealt with the matter. '= • All positions for non -teaching staff must be advertised, a . percentage of all applicants must be interviewed, all non -teaching.' personnel are on a three-month . probationary period and. they should be advised we hiring that = 123 YEAR:8 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19,, 1970 SINGLE .COPY 15 they will be required to give a minimurriof tswowee weeks noi SF- �IticenIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItlllllllf11111111Illlllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllflllll IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII11tf111111if1 Illtllll1111111111 IIIIl11IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1111111111111111LIIIIIII111111111111111111111111111111111IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII111IIg11111I{IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1111111111111111111111 1111tl11III111111 .I IIIIIIIIIIIIP. 'writing,' before terminating tuna a ' employment. Policy was 'also approved . delegating through the Director of Education to - the - principals the responsibility and authority for ' interviewing and hiring. teachers provided that : the ,advertising' and . interviewing dates and the numbers of teachers hired are consistent with Board policy and/or Board gresglution and 'providing salaries offered are in accordance with existing salary .schedules of the Board. --� A request to establish a proficiency award of• $25 to the most generally proficient student from the village of ,' Bayfield, on completing grade 8 year at the Huron Centennial School, Brucefield, to be known as the Ruth Hayman Elliott Memorial •: F...und was approved, but the - donors' are to be encouraged to make the award available to the top Grade 8 student at the Huron Centennial School regardless ' of place of residence. • Mr. Cochrane said there are presently 10 Grade 9 students from• Bayfield at thhe school and noted he could foresee "all Ilinds of complications" • if the special award, greater than any other award presently given at the school, is reserved especially for Bayfield students. • tic� of m.tion Iicitor receives A notice of motion asking to%yn council to consider replacing town solicitor Ken Hunter. was withdrawnthis week and council has ' apologized to T Mr. Hunter for its action. , The notice was presented February • 5 by Gouns. Ed. Giesbrecht and Paul Carroll. They withdrew... the motion ,following.receipt of a letter from Mr. Hunter this week explaining his actions with regard to the Roberts' property. • It was reported at the January 15 meeting- of town council ` th► Mr:. Hunter had offered to • pay the Robarts family $2,250 for an easement across =their, property after council , had instructed Mr. Hunter to prepare the necessary bylaw and deed for the purchase .of the property -for $2,500. In his letter this week Mr. Hunter said he gathered from_. .press • reports the ,' action regarding the Robarts property was the reason for the notice of otion. .r ,Mr. Hunter said he ..had first__ entered : into the matter in December 1969 with. instructions to proceed' with expropriation. He stated he'had "advised Mr. Robarts • of the intention to expropriate and' had heard no . more until January 7 when he received a call from --Mr. Robarts to say he had agreed to grant the use ' of the area to the town :for $2,500 "for limited purposes only." Mr: 'Hunter said he was informed the agreement had been made between Mr. Robarts and Dr. G. F. Mills, mayor. He said he concluded the two had agreed upon a brant for the land for a specific purpose, rather -than just an easement. Mr. • Hunter explained Mr. _Roberts said he would rather have an easement and they discussed the possibility of `a permanent 25 foot easement' through the south sixty six feet .with _temporary easement 'on either 'side, Mr. Hunter said he contacted town engineer B. M. Ross and was informed this would be satisfactory. He proceeded to. • make the agreement with Mr. Robarts at .a figure of ,2,250. He --said; he subsequently was advised' -by Mr; Ross the easement as it was would not be satisfactory as a .permanent easement would be required on each side. Mr, blunter said he was • unable to mach Mr. Robarts to inform him o this and in view of the fact he was leaving on vacation January 9 he prepared a deed and bylaw for the January 8 meeting of council. - -The bylaw was subsequently passed _b council that night. It was after the 'deed reached' Mr. Illltllllll'I 11 III1111tllllllltlll11111 IIIIIIIII Ilfllllllll11111111111,11 luululnummuulollulumlluumnluu{illuuuownuululnululnnlnuuun11u11luuumuununultlnunlunlnululunnnlunuuulluluunulnnlunulunnnu11111uuuluulaluuminuuu1111ulHluuulllulllllll1unnnnu II I etty Moss crowned Qeen at GDCI Betty. Moss, 18 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Moss, Auburn, was crowned Jean tothers. Thelheme for this years bali was Cinderella and the affair that has - school Queen,B. ' GDCI last Frena evenin. She is become known in Goderich and area as one of the social highlights of the year was at annual At Homo Fall at y, g • .. h shown with tier rince� • '. fi Robbie Hodge*, Jennifer Linkiater and ., once again an utsta �di * success. Social Convenor for this'year was Jan•Palmer. #s+�r, , runt the left: n +�_ wthdrav�rn; apology town `Roberts for signature that he called Dr. Mills January 14 and council became aware of ''the easement,offer. Mr. Hunter said at the time he drew up the bylaw he had written to Mr. Robarts advising him the. agreement ` wa's inpractical in view • of town engineer's' opinion and he was reverting to the original agreement' between Mr. Robarts andDr. Mills. He said hereceived-no further communication on n the matter until January 27. 1 -le said he had made attempts after that date tb have the grant of easement altered and had attempted to contact Mr. Robarts on January 29 but was informed he was out of town for 8-10 days. -- In conclusion M'r. Hunter said he had received -no instructions from council other than • the original one to expropriate and verbal ones from the town clerk h to • do ' ..ie bestcould to expedite the matter. He said he felt the difficulty had been caused by lacks -of communication and suggested it was "very unfair" ofcouncil_to__ discuss, the matter at length without,ensuring the solicitor had full knowledge of all phases of negotiations. Commenting on the press report of the incident he -said he understood some matters had been reported that Wad not been discussed in council ar►d at other times remarks were made in --council which tended to -support his :actions which were not reported. He did not state ,how -- the matter had beenreported' nor did he specifyany particular incident. Mr. Hunter was supported by Goderich Solicitor James Donnelly who said he . was "deeply grieved" over the way in which .the 'matter had been handled and urged council to. reconsider. He_ said speaking, professionally and having some knowledge of the Robarts matter he_ could: see how such a situation could occur. He said council would be .better to take. a backward step in the. matter and suggested it would ''help "...to repair the hurt Mr. Hunter has suffered from the actions of Council • and particularly the reports inthe press." He did not specify. how the_ press reports had affected the issue. Cohn. Giesbrecht apologized to. Mr. Hunter for part of the notice of motion -and when asked by Mr. Hunter if he would^ -withdraw the notice he agreed.s' Coun. Paul Carroll who seconded the notice of motion asked what assurance he had, that he ..could get answers to dome "unanswered questions" in the matter if he agreed to withdraw the .motion.' Mr. Hunter said he would be:willing to meetwith council in coinrnittte of the whole at any time to discuss the .relationship between the: town and the solicitor. , He• asked council if it would 'be willing to support an apology and council agreed. Deputy Reeve Walter Sheardown stated that when the notice Of motion wasp presented February 5. the mayor had said there would be no discussion of tile' matter at that time ".:.and I'd have to say something about the press reporting op that. How, did he know what the reason for the notice was? I think • something should • be said to, them." Dr. Mills said :the discussion was not concerned with the press at that time but with the letter from Mr: Hunter. Coun. Deb Shewfelt • suggested if council had discussedthe matters in committee of the whole. "...probably -none of this would have happened," he said. "But if anyone had suggested it they would have -been criticized." Mr. Donnelly Also told council he was sorry the matter -had not been •discussed committee. , * 'Coun.. Giesbrecht had earlier Moved for a committee of the w h ole • • meeting because • a personality was involved but was opposed by the deputy reeve who -said he felt that "in view of the amount of publicity this has been given in ' the press we'A should have , an open meeting." Coun: Carroll supported the committee -meeting motion but the motion was lost. . p •. IIIIIIIIIII1111111111111111111f111111111tome awe II111inlemon mum 111111111anima 11{IIIIIIIIIImllllllmain • White Paper Alt persons Interested it the contents of the recent White Paper on taxation and who wish to voice their opposition are urged to tura' to the advertisement on page 10A, clip the co.tupon and mail it to Robert .McKinley, MP... No posta is necessary on 'the envelope • if addressed as shown. Captain Bill McCune and hrs wife Barbara.moved to Goderich recently from--Haliiburton and began work at the Salvation Army Citadel 'here. They take over from Captain and Mrs. Ralph Hewlett who have•been posted to London. Recreation board approves Winter Carnival plans The Goderich Recreation and Community Centre Board met Monday evening and gave final approval to ' plans for the first Winter Carnival 'to be held, this weekend. The two-day event, to be .run Saturday, February 21, and Sunday,, . February 22; will feature snowmobile races under lights Saturday, ' ice sculptures, powder puff events, infield novelty events staged by the students of GDCI and special' events throughout the carnival. the Goderich and Di,tcict Labour Council- has offered to donate prize money of $15 toward the event in addition to prizes from the recreation board and has also challenged the Goderlch Businessmen to a, tug of war, The Goderich StIowmobile Club -is supplying helpers and the official starters for the day, Satn Argyle and• Harold Leddy, are members of' heb. bet'cl u Recreation board members and . volunteers will ° handle registrations and organization;. students will act as marshalls and the Goderich Town Band will be on - hand • Sunday afterncion. during the judging of the scarf contest and ice sculpture contest to entertain. The refreshment stand at the grandstand will be open and, washrooms will be available at the arena. Saturday night the.. Goderich • Minor Hockey Supporters' Club will hell. a "Come as you are dance" -- with food provided 'and the ladies ' of the Legion Auxiliary , will be ready with wieners and beans Sunday evening ,,when the giant bonfire; will be touched off. Local merchants, the' PUC and . other businesses . have donated prizes for the events and 1 there . will b' something @ rrfe thereContin to" attract everyone. F r ( ued tin• � sig •