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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-09-23, Page 5A) 41/ Town •council 1" r>' ty Will study new byla Notes From The—Council Table s . un c pal and bylaw ad not been passed in Person may borrow against the School Tax Credit Assistance Goderich but ca ►neil did agree ry equity held in a home," Act of 1967 came under careful with her that the matter should Sanderson„said. scruitiny at last Thursday be studied to determine whether . A.-booklet+which explain:; the evening's meeting of Goder-ich the bylaw was needed here. tax assistance program in simple Town Council after 'the matter ' As the provincial legislation langn t„ge, , with cfuestions and had been brought to council's stands, council mused, the tax answers, is obtainable' free by attntion by Councillor Elsa credit assistance must be paid Haydon. • back • sometime andlerefore, writing to the Subsidies Branch, Haydon.Ontario Department of Mrs. Haydon was referring to the :province may,, register, a Tien Municipal Affairs,'8O1 Bary St., a Sound Off column 'in the .• - ° r, against tire p7operty for the ' Totonto, ^ London r -Press written byamount of the tax credit, The 44t`J hose senior, citizens who* G o.rd.00n-, _, Sanderson - entitled-- At cledi.►rsrrtes°ti t;h se 4t ,_ r ling tmrnieipal"� property.. become li�ns of ' "Elderly not using tax'` credit ---- --pian." It reviewed the Act which, "simply,,' -" provides, that, any homeowner 65 or older, may. apply for a tax credit equivalent to one -halt' his or her annual municipal and school tax bill, up to a $150 maximum". -Sanderson wrote, -"Those eligible for this assistance should enquire at their own municipal credits which b n 'taxes a particularly heavy not .have to 'be paid oft' unless burden would be well advised to and ^•, until the property in ' 'investigtte," writes Sanderson. question is$old. And -even then, "-cq'hose •liviijg in , municipalities if the property passes to a , wliich ^'haver not ye,t decided to brother or to a sister or' to a participate, may also wish. to spouse who ,is also 65 or older make' en-quiries of their •local and eligible, the lien will not be 'lark to 'find out why "+ called. Clerk Harold' Walls told council that. in the previous tax office, ;4•�'or application o n f u s i o n forms" ,� municipality he had served, The Mrs. Haydon told council it permitting tife legislation to be was her understanding that the enacted there, .Only one or two admitted municipality iiia to.pass a bylaw persons had taken adaatgc to permit rate payers to take it he said Some had enquire ge_ of this provincial., about it, but when they. heard'a a 'lew'1 e.re Goderich Town Council had ever considered such a bylaw. property, they were- not interested in it. She learned the necessary Sanderson, the tax `credit assistance is "like ail interest-free loan for the 'lifetime of the eligible_honleowner.'° • • "It is a way that an elderly Art program bylaw had been passel C advanta q red. legislation nd,f c�'r d d id lien would be placed against the Billiards requested on Sunday Billiards for the Town of for county • G-oderich on Sundays'? •r ...`sn t'1.+Txt3 s?!'. -1 .J'"I �a 1.', +.,xs '&LMwsa ...Azr 4AF4..i iy� � ,pr...- x2 r7.0*. arabIlir�R., •on Sundays,'f 5 C 01S' ► bars can be open on Sunday " stated Cr uncillor 1' on • town ...plan, In a 'letter to Goderich-Town- Council," oderich'TowmCouncil,' Dan Murphy • of the firm of Donnelly and Murphy', solicitors for the town, admitted some confusion, between the town' official plan and the town zoning bylaw. "The Goderich Area Planning Board did adopt an official plan," wrote Donnelly, "which ' was passed by. bylaw. by the p iCl t � 1 ' 10.41 ee k > U iett• Minister, and in' that connection Era•r►k Walkom at last hursday ' The Huron County Board of there were some public evening's meeting of Goderich Town Council, "I see no reason why the pool rooms shouldn't be extended . the same privileges." ' • Walkom was • speaking .to a letter from J. A. McConnell Of Craigie's which requested that' the 'billiard parlor be allowed -to operate on Sundays. The -town bylaw in conneetior' with the Lord's .Day Ontario Act states that those sports or games' which , May lawfully :be played on Sundays, in Goderich are ice hockey, ice skating, baseball, rug or football, soccer, lawn bowling, alley bowling, 'golf, tennis, 'duplicate bridge • tournaments, lacrosse, -trI'ck and ,-field events, curling and roller skating. The bylaw also.,states• that at any. time after 1:30 *in 'the afternoon, local time, on the Lord's Day any person may provide, engage or be.p.resent at any .exhibition of moving pictures or any' theatrical performance, any concert or any lecture which but for' this Act would beunlawful, The bylaw further states that no game or sport specified in.the - by-law ' {"shall be prQyided or engaged in unless the same is properly supervised• and is organized in such a manner that •o it shall not be f.fensive to the public, - , • That bylaw ,was passed • November 7,, 1968. Council seemed ready to ammend the bylaw to include' billiards on Sunday. However, it was Reeve Paul, Carroll who formerly ,suggested in council -'that the 1968 bylaw be "pulled out to -see if it needs some updating". 4 Education has b'een•" irit'ormed meetings. This is the plan that is • that a program entitled "Arts in registered at the County of the Schools Program" will be Huron Registry office,': carried out this fall in Huron "In addition, this plan sets out land •use provision c�tc 1, Councillor Frank Walkom told council 'last Thursday evening that, in his opinion, the situation involving the employees from (,oderiCli at Canadian Canners in Exeter, who are transported• by bus to and fronr Work, was "grossly exaggerated". Walkom was referring to a complaint he had• had from an unidentified woman who claimed that when, -tl b rs.: iet. t'ernale employees off in the very early hours' of the Morning in front of the' post office and expected them to find their own way home from there, the action was in-' contradiction to the Labor Act. She asked that the town council look into. the matter. It was Councillor Walkoni's committee who , did the investigating, He said it had,been learned that• the workers were dropped on the streets where , they lived and not in front or' the post office at all. - "'There is nothing serious here at alt;" reported Councillor '-Walkom: "-Nothing to worry about. -'The 'people are happy to get the jobs and everything is quite in order," Council learned that the Eric .Krohmer .subdivision between South Street and Gibbons Street south of Bennett Street is still being 'held up. At tonight's "in -committee"- , meeting, in-committee'+meeting, the Planning Board, the solicitor ,rind the engineer w ll meet . with ,council to' uvork affil Agreement. The ,Ii --biggest concern•,. according to • Councillor Ed, .(;iesbrecht, is the-poticy for cost dig inion, since services to the sdbdi-vision' will benefit established residences as well as elementary schools and perhaps, •--.W--___.__s-__-t ...... , P p those: planned by Krohmer, continued Donnely,•"and in tlfat- if interest is sufficient, in some - ;,: : high schools 'and • special • conhection ^ the '-plan is Council agreed that the completely until it i5 employees of the Parks education schools. employees . Two 'artists, Michael"` Bidner ' implemented ntc d by a Toning bylaw. 'and Alex Wyse will each spend nine days 'in •ekluron County' elementary schools. Bidner will be at HowickCentral'September 28, Octolber 5 and 12; at Robertson Memorial 'School, September 29,' October 6 and October 13; and at Exeter PS, September 30,• October 7 and, October 14. , • Wyse will conduct auditorium sessions in all other elementary schools from September' 28 to October 14. He will display some of • his paintings and demonstrate the• •equipment an artist uses. The principals in • all of the se1i'? nl " are to male these sessions known to the adults of the community and an invitation will be extended to them.' • Art Activity groups in the high„ "schools may either arrange to go to the elementary schools for the -•,•,i4tar:..or have the artists. visit their classes. The principals ,for. the school~ for the retarded were also invited •tp,• bring their students to pticipate. 4, • In an oral report, Director' of Education"•• J'crtrr"" Cocl►i-ane told the board that a Guyanese teacher, Morris Agrippa, is in the county for two weeks 'to study the school system. He comes through the federal and' provincial government aid to developing .countries and will return to Guyana to establish multi -lateral schools there, • • in other wards, the plan is no more than a plan outlining the boundaries `of the • 'Town of (;oderich" . Donnelly.' outlined the -procedure necessary to complete a zoning bylaw. Ile said that after the provisions of the bylaw have been decided by cou.►n-ci,1, the by-law , is passed and •adVertised in the newspaper. It is submitted to the Department of Municipal Affairs_ and a public Waring is held by the Municipal' Board in the Town of Goderich, The Municipal Board then decides. whether there shall be any amendments to the proposed bylaw. • When thcW bylaw is approved by the Municipal Board, 'it becomes law. "The official plan, that is 1•egistered • i t present in the" 'Registry Office. would then be - amended' to conform with the amended, zoning, bylaw," concluded Murphy. ' Councillor ' Deb Shewfeit thought that if there were no objections to the bylaw when, it is published$'''' in the • local newspaper, there would be no need fOr a public hearing.. tCouncil 'agreekd there is.some urgency for 'the eonlptetion of this work. Councillor Ed. Giesbreeht said the Planning Board was working on a bylaw and it was hoped this would be • ready for presentation to council soon. Home Dressed Select Meat SAVE 30c' Ib. ROUND STEAK&R TS COO'KEP -HAM.. MEATY - 'NO . BACKS CHICKEN LE.PS SPRING Ib. Ib. LAMB ---CHOPS' & :RoASTSibB LET Us FILL YOUR FREEZER WH'OLESALEPRICE We ' Buy C irert Frorn, Th'e Produ' err, — Save The Cost, 'Of M j r• Department»should erect a fence on the property` of Mrs. Mary Clairmont, Lighthouse Street. ': ,,,Mrs, Clairmont is providing the fencing 'and the posts for the job. ' The fence, council agreed, was • nee.: Bary, since pedestrians are cutting through the Clairmont property on,, their • way to. Waterloo Street. Cot:►ncil received a ' letter of ' 'appreciation froth R - Norbert Capocc•ia, Southfield, :\fl Iiigan, expressing • thanks' for the hospitality he was' extt'nded, while visiting in (,oderich during the past summer. in • his letter, 'Capoccia Stated he was especiajly grateful for the assistance of Constable Tom ,Fortner and' his rescue group at the harbor. Capoccia said the organization was of great help when his boat got into trouble just off shore at Goderich, A request from John D. Holmes, 111 North Street, -fern council's Public Works ' Department to cut down a dead' elm on his property has been denied.• Councillor Ed. Giesbrec•ht,, chairman of Public Works, said the town crew would not do work: • on, : 'private property because of the problems --whirl► arise, one. of ,them the -fact that workers are not covered by the Workmen's Compensation Act while working on private lands. He said the town would be happy to co-operate to the extent that it would supply homeowners, with the information concerning persons who ,would do that type of vc'ork for them. is ;i: :i: A • contest to deli i fountain to be built in front of the tovv,n,-,•,• offfices may ' be conducted during tiie \c inter months for tie residents of Goderich. "- —Cr ►nci o'r ! Prank rifFirm ' said that he had been looking into the matter of a fount'ain,to be constructed' in memory of the late Sherman' Blake, former . town clerk -treasurer. Ele said costs and designs vara and thought a municipal' contest would be' an ideal way to get people involved and interested. Reeve Paul Carroll was busily sketching a fountain ,-- as Councillpr„Wal,knm spoke "The Reeve ' would be excluded from this 'contest.," ''stated Councillor 1?d. (iiesbrech•t, " �`ounc,1l approved. 0 n } * The business of whet her or not -to -tare re a town building inspector i"s still hanging fire in Goderich. Clerk Harold Walls •has bee+'ir instructed to write Co municipalities of similar sirs and population to ' determine the terms of their bylaws governing building inspectors, `T,' �.�',dttictt�•�eeTit�ls:�>�r"�i.t•Ira�a+l��e..„ terms'oP reference' Cm' a i ' inspector to Goderich •would have to 'be• clearly defined to avoid a rash of problems,. The hew" island at the intersection of Montreal and Waterloo Streets and Elgin Avenue is to be Tit up. It is to have a' pole and two lights, approved by council --at last T'hursday's meeting. As well, residents 9f,the,town witl be pleases) to note that the island is nut Jo btu paced as was originally planned, but will become, another small 'park' with flowers and shrubs. - "We're trying' to live up to our motto," said Councillor Eck Giesbrecht, "anal keep Goderich '4f1'he Prettiest 1'own in• Canada"." GODERICH SIGN,. ,-STAI;t, THURSDAY, SJ!'g Bat HURON -BRUCE NEW DEM,OCRATic eARTY, 'b r. NQMINAU MEETING... 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UNTIL 3 P.M., DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVISING THE LIST. OF VOTERS,- AS''•DIRECTED BY THE CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER, ASSISTANT REVISING OFFICER JOHN STURDY. WILL SiT FOR REVISION OF VOTERS' LISTS FOR THE TOWN OF GODERICH, CLiNT©N, GODERICH TWP., 'AND HULLETT, 'AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES: GODERiCH AT HIS OFFIOE, 42 CHURCH 'STREET, ON 'FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, FROM 10 A.M. TO 12 N6ON. " • ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER '9, FROM 4 P.M. TO 8 P.M. CLINTON TOWN HALL - ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 12, FROM JO A.M. TO 12 NOON. ON WEDNESDAY, - OCTOBER 13, FROM 4 P.M." TO 8 P.M. µ N OF VOTERS' LISTS 'AT' THE FOLLOWING PLACES- RETURNING OFFICER. R. T. BOLTON WILL SIT' FOR REVISION EXETER TOWN 'WALL^- ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, FROM 10 A.M. TO 12 NOON. , ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, FROM 4 P.M, TO 8, P.M. SEAFOJTH - At the Office of McKillop Mutual Fire insurance Co., 10 Mein Street, Seaforth, ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, FROM 10 A.M. TO 12 NOON;., ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, FROM 10 A.M. TO 12 NOON ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER •13, FROM 4 P.M. TO 8 'P.M. ON MONDAY, OCTQBE'' 1.8, FROM 12 NOON TO 7 P.M. FOR FiNAL REVISION OFYOTERS' LISTS. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN _THAT iN CASE A POLL iS DEMANDED AND GRANTED IN .THE MANNER, BY LAW PRESCRIBED, SUCH POLL WiLL BE HELD, ' ON THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY 'OF' OCTOBER, 1971, FROM 9 A.M. UiNTEL. 8 P.M. DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME, .• 4 AND FURTHER, i SHALL OPEN THE BALLOT BOXES, ADD UP THE VOTES' GIVEN'' FOR THE CANDIDATES AND DECLARE TO BE ELECTED THE ONE HAVING THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTES-t'"-- AT OT7 "- A,T THE OFFICt "OF THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE 'COMPANY, SEAFO,RTH, ON WEDNESDAY, 'T,kiE 27th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1971, , AT THE HOUR ,OF-4-0-A.M. (DAYLIGHT a SAVING TIME) , "„ r # N 3r , p11*, r: RE -HEREBY., REQUIRED TO TAKE NOTICE AND GOVERN T-HiEMSELVEB ACCORDINGLY. '?Mt1I �, A3 st.1 ,+�i.•r6 t1',x ,JR. 4e4 4"$ r ' .'i+.n"�., .: 7.04 "" GWVEN' UNDER' MY HAND'" Ai' "^SEAFOR H; ' MIMI^ tialf'MAT' OP SEP1EViitER, 19 1. 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