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P11►Ca E 4 ODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 1,1975
Separate school supporters face
average 3.4 1 mills tax increase
Separate school supporters in
Huron and Perth counties face
an ' average increase of 3.41
mills• on their 1975 tax bills
following the approval of the
Huron Perth Roman Catholic
Separate . School's budget for
this year Thursday night.
The HPRCSS board approved
a budget of $3,432,258, tip 18.4
percent from 1974. Of' this
amount, less than 14 percent or
$451,753 has to be raised locally.
$2,236.40 comes from provincial
grants, . while revenue from
other sources and -from other
boards will conitribute $94,000.
Tax jump
in Tuckersmith
unexpected
There was one unexpected
change in . the. -;--.mill' rates
presented to the Huron Perth
Roman Catholic Separate
School Board for approval
Thursday night at . a special
meeting in Seaforth.
Trustees were all set to pass
the 1975 rates' that levy an
average increase of 3.41 mills
on the various municipalities,
when trustee Michael Connolly
of Kippen told them he had
already received his tax notice
from Tuckersmith Township. ,
"And they are billing at .about
1.5 mills over what 'we had
required."
Mr. Connolly's tax notice
from Tuckersmith--set
The average mill ' rate
collected last year from sup-
porters in the two counties was
24.05. This year the average
will be 27.46. Some
municipalities will be higher
than this and some lower but
none will pay more than 3.5
mills that they did in 1974, Ron
Marcy of Stratford, the board's
finance committee chairman
said.
Senior management and
teacher salaries and in-
structional supplies are
budgeted at $2,053,000 up
$355,752 from last year,, Plant
operation. expenses - chiefly
salaries for custodians - have
increased to $184;020, up
$14,729. Administratiop ex-
penses are ' calculated .,at
$189,655, an increase of $33,808
from 1974.
Transportation expenses for
board owned buses are up . a
relatively slight $16,799 to
$341,500 for 1975.
Plant maintenance expenses,
including $30,000 for
renovations to the board office,
amount to $70,000, up $33,288
from 1974 expenditures.
Other services, which include
debt charges, capital from
current funds and $700 in
municipal taxes, will cost the
board $377,483, up $53,088 from
last year.
In 1974 the board had' an
overlevy of $21,700. . About
$9,000 of this amount will be
applied to the.1975 tax yield so
that no municipality will face a
-rate-increase-of over 1:5 -mills.
ls.
The board went over the 1975
apportionment schedule, listing
the mill rate required from
each municipality in order to
break even on the 1975 budget,
before they accepted the
budget, on the suggestion of
Dublin trustee Joe Looby.
"I don't know why We -should
accept the budget before I know..
what my mill rate is," Mr.
Looby said..
Trustees were also given"
figures on the mill rates for
each municipality over the past
8 years.
Finance chairman Roy
Marcy said that the assessment
equilization factor, a per-.
tentage which is, set by the
Ministry of Education; has a lot
of bearing on the mill rate as
well as' the actual assessment
figures: "The lower ,the
equalization factor, the• higher.
the mill rates are going to be."
Board 1 business ad-
ministrator Jack Lane said the
equalization factor is set by the
Ministry for their use .:. "it's
untouchable."
Zurich area trustee Ted
Geoffrey commented "one ,
minister told me they grabbed
a figure out of the air to arrive
at this equalized assessment
percentage." ---
Mr. Geoffrey said he
suspected that the ' low
equalization percentage in Hay
Township was the result of an
effort to 'attract tourism to the
township which he thought was
lowering the overall
assessment there. Hay sup-
porters will pays the 3.5 mill
maximum increase.
Vince Young of Goderich
wondered how much cutting the
amount the board spends per
child would affect the mill rate.
Not much, finance chairman
Marcy replied, because the
board only has to raise about 14
percent of the total budget. The
finance committee had worked
out that- removing an ex-
penditure of $20,000 from the
budget would only reduce taxes
by 1 -7th of a mill.
About 25 of the municipalities
"are getting hit with" close to
the maximum, Mr. Young
estimated.
The new mill rates will "raise
what's required, taking into
account the 1974 overlevies and
still leave some surplus," Mr.
Lane said.
The budget increase this year
isnot out of line, "considering
the teacher's strike, raises and
our raises," trustee Looby
commented. '
The- m 1l rates, with the
1974 figures in. brackets ar
Clinton 29.92 (27.66), Uxeter,
), Seaforth, 26.1,4 (23.13),
Goderich, 33.57, (30.18),
.95 (29.2-9);
(31.45), Hensall
, Zurich, 31.29,
31.47 (28.50),
Colborne, 30.92 (28.21),
Goderich Twp. 2.8.50 Grey 25.36
(24.72), Howick 25.55, (22.0),
Hullett, 25.18 (24.22), Morris,
22.99 (20.10), Stanley, 21;.12
(22.62), Stephen 31.19(31.19).
Tuckersmith . 29.0 (25.42),
Hay,' 34.41 (3.0.91), McKillop,.
26.32 (23.88), Turnberry, 25.63
(25,20), East Wawanosh, 27.34
(24.47), West Wawanosh 23.21
(23.21), Biddulph, 27.75 (24.25),
McGillivray, 33.45 (33.45),
Culross, 5.40 (5.40), Kinloss 5.36,
(5.36) (both townships,have
been reassessed by the
province to bring property
assessment more in line with
market value)
Eat Nissouri, 28.50 -(25.0)
West. Zorra, , 30.10 (26.60)
Stratford, 30:75 (27.75), -Mit-
chell 22.75 (19.96) , St. Marys,
6.67 (6.05) (assessment here
ha's also been equalized by the
province) Bl,;�nshard, 32.50
• (29.0), Downie 31.94 (28.44),
North Easthope 35.54 (32.04),
South Easthope 28.25 (24.75),
Ellice, 27.46 (24.54), Hibbert,
25.48 (23.50) Logan, 27.95
(25.83) Mornington 31.80,
(28.39), Wellesley, 32.11 (28.61),
Maryborough, 28.05 (24.62),
Peel, 24,42 (21.37) Usborne,
24.88 (21.38), Wallace 26.21
(22.71), Blyth, 27,20 (24,20).
Fullarton 25.20 (21.70).
BRIDGE till NEWS ,
Mary Donnelly and Eleanor.
Erskine captured first place
with.a total of 971%2 points at the
NEW AT HURONVIEW
•
The Goderich Township
Women's Institute volunteers
assisted . with Monday ' ac-
tivities. Molly Cox, Norman
Speir and Jerry Collins
provided the old tyme music for
the dancing and sing song.
Members of the Corrie and
.Wroxeter Women't Institute
were hosts for the April bir-
thday party. Mrs. Alex Graham
was emcee for the program
which included piano and violin
duets by Ethel McMichael and
Florence Dickison, reading by
Wilma Clegg and a sing -a -long
led„ by the In§titute 'members.
Twenty-nine residents having
April. birthdays received gifts.
The eldest celebrant was
Mrs. Mosack, 99, . and the
youngest, Margaret Kehn, who
thanked the ladies on behalf of
the residents.
"The Calvinettes" „ an
'organization of 36 teenage girls
and their counsellors from the
Christian ' Reformed Church
provided a variety program for
"Family Night".
' The • program consisted of.
several musical numbers by
the group, skits ..and dances.
Counsellors for the girls are
Dianne .and Joanne Verhoef,
Francis Jongejan, Sandy
Maaskant, Hilda Gilders;
Nellie Dykstra and Chris
Bylsma. Miss Bertha Deihl
expressed the appreciation of
the residents. ,
Members of the . Clinton
Kinette Club visited" their
adopted grandmothers on
Thursday morning and served
lunch. in the north diningroom.
Lewis coming here
Stephen Lewis, leader of the
Ontario New Democrats, will
host the members of- the Huron
NDP Riding Association and
friends at a social evening
Saturday, May 3, at the Sunset
Golf and Sports Centre, North
of Goderich.
Members of the Provincial
'Executive • and Provincial
Office staff from .Toronto will
be in attendance. The dinner
and dance have been arranged
by the Huron NDP as an op-
portunity for Lewis to meet the
voters of Huron and the
surrounding Ridings.
The occasion will be, used by
the Ontario New Democratic
Party as the provincial cam-
paign kick-off for the' 1975 pre-
election activities throughout
the Province. The' tickets are
available to the general public.
Although the evening, is
primarily a social event, Lewis
will speak briefly at the dinner
and is' expected to . issue a
statement to the press during,
the evening regarding the
upcoming Provincial blection.
We seek trouble
wherever it occurs.
Wherever people
need us. Down
in Skid Row. In the
prisons. Amongst
the elderly, the
destitute and the
downtrodden.
Wherever we can
offer our
Christian help.
Sometimes, it
isn't pleasant. But it
must be done. And
we need your help ,<t
to do it. Money.
Donations to the
Red Shield Appeal.
Your gifts get
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And they help get a
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GODERICH AREA-' �w
BLITZ MAY 5TH.
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-Apt= '22 _meeting ' of tfii "--:--
( Goderich Bridge Club. There.'
were seven tables in play.
Kay' Duncan and Verna
Wo.rth_y ,to pk second- place With.
931/2 points while Lee Ryan and'
Joanne Duckworth settled for
third spot with 92% points.
rate for separate school pur-
poses at 29 mills. The board's
finance committee had planned
to set the rate at 27.46 mills.
HPRCSS board chairman
David Teahen of Stratford said
the township had -in -effect billed
for the board. ' Business ad-
ministrator Jack Lane ,said the
township had every right to do
that. He said he had had
discussions with the Tucker -
smith clerk last week and had,
told him the board 'expected to
set mill rates at Thursday
night's meeting. • .
Mr. Lane said he had been
under the impression then that
Tuckersmith would wait to
send the notices until the
separate board had set its
rates,. He said the township was
ahead of the deadline set by the
province for tax notices to go
out by about a week.
"I don't want to aggravate
anything," Mr. Connolly said.
"The clerk is just trying to do
his job." He said he was just
concerned to make sure that
the, taxpayers of Tuckersmith
• are. credited ` with the money
o(the difference between the 29
mills and the board's planned
levy .of 27,.46 mills) for next
year.
"How can he set this mill
rate. Why are we meeting here
tonight?" Dublin trustee Joe
Looby wanted to know.
"'So the rest can't do the same
thing," board finance com-
mittee chairman Ron Marcy of
Stratford suggested.
If , " the board set the;
Tuckersmith levy - at the
'estimated 46 mills, the town-
ship could hold the almost 1.5
mills for this year, Mr. Lane
explained. The township will
only give the board what it asks
for, he said.
Mr. Connolly and Mr. Lane
attempted ' to phone the
Tuckersmith clerk to make
sure they understood the
situation correctly, but
• reported to,, the meeting that
there was no answer at his
house.
Trustees decided , to' „accept
• the mill rate of 29 as set by,
Tuckersmith, instead of the
27.46 set by the board and to
apply the , over levy as -a
reduction on the 1976 mill rate
for Tuckersmith separate
supporters.
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