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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1981-01-08, Page 3• Tuckers 't11 council ap by Wilma Oke Tuckersmith Township Council Tuesday night approved inereases in salaries to township employees for 1981. Township Clerk Jack McLachlan had his salary increased to $24,080 from $23,000 and car allowance raised to $2,000. from $1,500. Road Superintendent Allan Nicholson's salary was : increased to $18,480 from $16,500 and wages for the grader operator was increas .: to. $7.39 from $6.50 per hour. The fnower operator's wage was set at $6.27 up from $5.60 and a laborer to $5.15 pert hour up from $4.60. Diane Durnin, recreation manager at the Vanastra Recreation Centre had her salary raised to $15.966.72 from $14,256. June Tomkins, assistant recreation manager will now receive $5,241.60 for this position and $3,696 as the Vanastra Day Care cook. Formerly she received $275 per month. Karen McEwing, director of the Vanstra Day Care Centre will receive $13,615.61 up from $12,156.8.0. Beatrice Fleming, assistant director will see her salary go to $11,092.48up from $9,504. Teacher Marilyn Kohler will receive $9,454.96. Council passed a borrowing bylaw of $1,250,000 to be borrowed as the needs of the township might require to carry on business, Re -appointed to the committee of ad- justment are, Jack Bell of Kippen, until January 1, 1982, Duncan Thompson of Kippen until January 1, 1983 and Cleave • roves salary cruses Coombs of Egmondville until January 1, 1984. Council has purchased a farm on lot 23, concession 4, London Road survey from Rick Le Beau for $300,000. The council will use the gravel pit on the farm for gravelling township roods. To cover casts, 20 year debentures witty? issued. Reeve Robert Bell suggested that the Vanastra Day Care Centre Baord should be cut from nine members to seven as it was unwieldy, but when be was unable to suggest what members should be dropped, he decided that perhaps they could con- tinue with the nine members. The mem- bers are Reeve Bell, Councillor John Brownridge of Vanastra, both of whom represent council; Rosemary Evans and Maureen Penn, both of Gorier; eh Central health services propos ed f :LtT0t1 -Pe; The Peat, Marwick consulting firm has come up with several recommendations regarding the long term patient care needs in Huron and Perth Counties. The firm presented 16 major recom- mendations at the December meeting of the Goderich Alexandra Marine and General Hospital board meeting. Out of these, three were particularly interesting to board members. Hired by hospitals in Huron and Perth, Peat, Marwick suggested that all hospitals in the two counties move towards a community health centre orientation. They should be encouraged to include day hospitals, day care facilities, doctors of- fices, dental care, hone care, public health off ices and other needed services. The report also suggested that a range of community based support programs and services should be provided wherever possible. These include Meals on Wheels, day care programs in health and non -health related facilities; community counselling and education clinics provided by public health muses, chronic home care, hone support programs and a volunteer or institution supported transportation system. Some board members were pleased to see a recommendation to establish assessment placement and •co-ordination services in the hospitals. and Goderich hospital administrator Elmer Taylor stuck in the middle noted that such co-ordination is "very informal now." "It would certainly help to have someone keeping inventory of what is available here for long term patients," he added. Presently, Mr. Taylor is attempting to get i information from Thunder Bay, Hamilton and Windsor where similar co- ordination services are operating. Other recommendations pertaining especially to Huron County in the report were: 1. In the future, long-term care facilities should not be located in rural areas. Rural areas are generally distant from the original home community of the resident and create transportation difficulties for friends and relatives. 2. Extended care beds should be provid- ed in small, economically viable units and not concentrated into large groups. 3. A method for supervising and monitor- ing the level of care required of residents in rest homes should be established as an immediate priority. 4. No additional chronic beds should be provided in Huron County -to 1990. The need for additional beds in Goderich is not clear and should receive ongoing monitoring. • - 5: The utilization of c-tieoruc care'beds at • Seaforth and Exeter should be strengthen- end and improved. "Sorry," I simply tell them all, "I plan to sing Christmas carols for another three weeks." They think I'm mighty strange as I go about my work huinming the tune to White Christmas and joyfully singing out the• words to Deck the Halls; but that's the way it's going to be. - , Somehow Christmas always passes by too quickly in this festive spirit's mind and just when I get around to standing under the ole' mistletoe,. I realize that again I've been left behind. But this year, I refuse to follow the norm. I'll keep on singing those tunes even if people warn me, "Christmas is over you know." • As far as I'm concerned it's not a sin to sing carols after January 1. In fact, if we all kept up the festive spirit a little longer, our lives mig,ht be a little brighter. But, traditional says that once the new year begins, we pack away our Christmas decorations. Unfortunately along with the tinsel and candy canes, much of the love and joy we felt for others on member 25 also ends up in the back of the closet. Instead, we 'resign' ourselves to the cold winter weather, the dreaded February blahs and all the dreariness that goes along with it. Thosepromises to. visit long lost cousins and friends gets left for another year. Those plans, to make Christmas cookies and to give a helping hand to some unfortunate soul get way -laid, not • to be remembered for another 358 days.. But why, does it have to end there? Sure Christmas is the most generous time of the year, but do we have to give up that extra effort we put forth for the next 50 weeks? Unfortunately, most, of us have short memories, we quickly forget about all that joy and love and instead con- centrate our efforts on paying those large heating bills land keeping the drive free from snow. There's no denying those realities of winter in Huron County, but maybe it would all be a little easier if we kept on singing. I'm going to give it a try it anyway! CLINTON GAS BAR HIGHWAY NO. 8 WEST, CLINTON Where we now serve you your gas! wSPECIAL ihla Every Gas Purchase... ULTRALUBE MOTOR OIL 10W30 par Ilfrs WATCH FOR OUR GRAND OPENING SPECIAL 6. An additional 22 =27 extended care beds should be provided in Huron County. Ap- proximately 12 of these beds should be located at the South Huron Hospital to pro- vide a psycho -geriatric program and be combined with the existing chronic beds to form one physical unit. Approximately 10- 15 general extended care beds should be located in Goderich. By 1990, an additional 25-30 extended care beds should be provid- ed in the towns of Wingham and Exeter. 7. All residential and extended care residents in homes for the aged should be classified for the care they require. Regular inspections should be introduced as in nursing homes. Minimum standards should be the same for" all extended care beds whether provided in homes for the ag- ed or in nursing homes. 8. Flexible beds to assist families for short periods of time should be established and homes for the aged and other residen- tial or health facilities. representing the Family and Children's Services; Margaret Rogerson, RR 5, Clinton; Doris Canteton, RR 4, Seaforth; Carol Dixon, Lois Evans and Betty McLean, all of Vanastra. Herman Van Wieren, building inspector, reported that in 1960 there had been 65 building and renovation permits issued for a total cost of about800,000 and 12 demolition permits. Mr. Van Wieren will d be paid in 1981 an increase in mileage costs when he is on township business, 20 cens per km, up from the 21 cents per mile paid last year. W.D. Wilson, Brucefield will again be paid $2 for each dog tag he issues in the township. Membership fees were paid to three associations: Association of Municipal Clerks and Treasurers, $60; Association of Municipalities of Ontario, $307.80 and Rural Ontario MuncipalAssociation, $125. Council will advertise for tenders for a new heavy duty half -ton truck for use by the road superintendent. It will replace the present 1977 truck. Mr. Nicholson asked that a notice be placed in the Clinton and Seaforth papers to remind people that overnight parking on township roads and -streets is prohibited and that police will be issuing tickets. A brief discussion was held on bridge work to be done in the township this year and Mr. Nicholson said that before too much planmening can be done, "We'll have to wait to see what the government is going to give the township this year." He said that bridge work is subsidized 80 per cent, while maintenance work is 50 per cent. Reeve Bell stated, "We have several - bridges that are not good" Mr. Nicholson spoke that the Egmon- dville storm sewer could be done at a cost of about $80,000 with the first phase to cost about $46,000. Passed for payment were the following accounts totalling $79;528.16, iuncluding: Vanastra • Day Care accounts, $4,875.38; Vanastra Recreation Centre, $9,284.55; road accounts, 1980, $39,809.13; road ac- counts, 1981, $2,616.87; general accounts, $22,942:18. No raise for tr�ustees..... • from page 1 remuneration increased at half the pace of inflation, .they_ would be earning_ $400 per... month. In consideration of the number of meetings attended by the board chairman, Mulvey suggested his allowance be in-, creased to $500 per month. Trustee Bert Morin also favored an allowance increase in view of the member of meetings attended by trustees. Some trustees, he maintained, were Underpaid. "For five years were set the example here with no increase. The last example was for the intent of the press to pick up and aid and abet but they buried it," he said. "The aim was not achieved. We are not overpaid and there are voices on this board and not rubber stampers." Vice-chairman Morin wanted the trustee's allowance raised to $350 monthly while the vice-chairman and chairman would recieve $400 and $525 respectively.._._ Trustee, Jean Adams told, the board it. could set a good example by' keeping the same allowance but Morin countered that nobody seems to care if the board sets a • good example. 'Dorothy Wallace told trustees they,were familiar with the pay scale when they made their decision to run. "If they didn't think the pay' was ..r adequate they didn'tneed to run," she said. "Where is -our sense of public ser -- vice? This is no time to raise salaries because frusteerdnit have to be .here -K they don't want tee" - Trustee Eugene Frayne said the bickering overallowances was not im- pressing anyone and that the public must he made aware that education costs will continue to rise. "Trustees mast change their attitude and tell the public it will cost more each year for education," he said, "We're talking pennies here and not nickels and dimes.' There are days when I' have to debate losing $3000 by going to the board meeting or $300 by not going. I knew that when i ran for the job but $350 is not out, of line." The motion to retain the allowance structure with the exception of the .chairman was passed in a recorded vote. Jean Adams, John Goddard, J. Jewitt, Clarence McDonald, Donald McDonald, Joan Van Den Broeck, Dorothy Wallace hnd Marion Zinn voted in favor of retaining the pay structure. Trustees Frank Falconer, Harry Hayter, Eugene Frayne, Bert . Morin, Murray Mulvey, R.K. Peck and Dennis Rau voted against the motion. • tock.... oes *slippers *purses OFF Find high style and comfort at a price you can afford at..., olland Shoes 28 ALBERT ST. CLINTON 482-9692 CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8 ,1981—PAGE 3 With the banks of snow getting higher and higher with each passing day, cleaning out one's laneway can become a full time chore, even with a snowblower. 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