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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1986-01-29, Page 3• Mews and featcures Fii.. tirne employees receive foul percent TUCKERSMITH-Township council has offered its 12 full time employees a four per cent salary increase for 1986, plus 100 per e9t of life insurance, with long term dh8.abihty and a drug plan as well as two extra statutory holidays, Easter Monday and Remembrance Day on November 11. The road employees' hours per week will be reduced from 50 to 45 hours, as well time and a halt will be paid for any time over 45 hourS per week. This will be done in either money or time off and a further 20 cents per hour allowance will be paid to compensate for the reduction in hours. James Knights of Egmondville, an employee of the roads department, has been reclassified as a grader operator, effective January 1. Reeve Robert Bell will represent the township on the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority for 1986. Darwin Bannerman of Egmondville will represent the township on the Seaforth Community Hospital Board for 1986. Council granted a maternity leave of absence to Mary Ann Drost, a teacher at the special day care centre at Vanastra. Douglas McGregor, of Kippen, will be paid at the rate of $20 per hour for sanding township roads during this snowplowing season. The township has advertised for a person to sell the 1986 dog tags. Tuckersmith Township members voted to indicate they are opposed to the establishment of a landfill site on the lagoon property, west of Seaforth, Part Lot 15, Concession One, Huron Road Survey, if any other alternative sites are available to the municipality. Council passed two bylaws, the first an agreement on the Seaforth and District Community Centres and the Seaforth- Tuckersmith Solid Waste Disposal (Landfill) site. Wayne Caldwell, of the Huron County Planning Department, attended the council session to discuss the zoning objection of William Brown to a section of the zoning bylaw. A satisfactory compromise has been reached and the planning department is to present the bylaw to the Ontario Municipal Board for its approval. Engineer Henry Centen of R.J. Burnside and Associates of Stratford attended the council meeting along with John Arts of Arts Farms Limited of Seaforth to discuss the Archibald Drainage Works. Harry Arts has assured the engineer he will notify him immediately if water should come out of the catch basin so that the engineer can inspect the problem. Richard Anderson of • B.M. Ross and Associates of Goderich was at the council meeting to discuss the Ontario Neighbourhood Improvement Program (ONIP) of Egmondville and all have agreed on a plan of action to be carried out over three years. A second public meeting with Egmondville residents will be held on January 27 at 8 p.m. at Egmondville United Church to discuss the plan. Council gets tough on snowmobiles By Wilma Oke TUCKERSMITH TWP. - Tuckersmith is planning to get tough on all snowmobile drivers in the ,harnlets in the township because of the few who roar around 'on their machines at any hour of the day or night. Council has already given first and second readings to a bylaw prohibiting snowmobilers being driven in urban areas on any roadway or sidewalk or within any park. Third and final reading was given at the January 28 meeting. Council will advertise plans to have an of- ficial plan amendment and a rezoning bylaw approved for the Boyes Farm Supply pro- '-'perty on the southwest edge of Egrnondville ;changing it from agriculture -industrial to commercial. A resolution was passed that a bylaw be prepared establishing the connection charge to Egmondville water system at $1,000 from $600 and the annual consumption charge be raised from $50 to $75 per year, ef- fective July 1, 1986. I Judy Miller of Vanastra has been hired to sell the municipal dog tags at the rate of $3 per tag. She was one of four applicants for the position. Clerk -treasurer Jack McLachlan has been reappointed as the administrator at the Vanastra Recreation Centre for another year: Judy Miller, a teacher at the special day care centre at Vanastra, is to be given a 17 - week maternity leave, also Janice Andrews, secretary at the Tuckersmith municipal of- fice, has been granted maternity leave. • Day Centre Council accepted the 1986 proposed budget for the special day centre at Vanastra for $66,100 for 11 months and 13 children, com- pared to last year's budget of $50,150 for 10 months and 10 children. The special day care centre is supported 100 percent – 87 per cent by the Provincial Ministry of Com- munity and Social Services and the Goderich and District Association for the Mentally Retarded pays the remaining 13 per cent. This budget will be presented to these for approval. The 1986 budget for the day care centre at Vanastra was accepted by council for $102,650. Of this, Tuckersmith Township will pay $6,855 and the remainder by other municipalities whose children attend the centre as well as the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services. Last year it cost Tuckersmith $6,200 and the budget was $89,850. The rates at the day care centre were in- creased ten per cent for 1986. A late penalty charge of $1 will be levied, for each five minutes a parent is late after 5:30 p.m. to pick up a child. Outstanding accounts, over 30 days, will be charged interest by the township. Council will establish , the policy that children attending from participating municipalities in the operating deficit of the day care centre will be given priority over children from non -participating municipalities. Liberal task force to hit Huron County The federal Liberal's agriculture task across Ontario that the task force will visit force will be in Huron County on. Thursday, the last week in January. The group will Jan. 30 for a morning session. start in Finch Monday morning and end up in Renfrew on Friday night. Headed .up by MP Maurice Foster ' "Our task force held a series of very suc- (Algoma), the, federal Liberal caucus cessful .meetings in the four western pro - spokesman for agriculture, the task force vinces during November. The presentations will hear presentations from the general made to the task force by approximately 100 liibli ioh IL CLINTON NEWS-RE=1D. WgDNE..SIYAYrJANUARY 29, 1986—Page 3 cess," said Foster. Persons or organizations wishing to make a presentation should contact Bruce McDonald of Mildmay. The members of the task force are MP Charles Caccia (Davenport) MP Raymond Garneau (Laval des R'apides), MP Don Boudria (Glengarry -Prescott -Russel), MP i9 ip:314 a.rp.. i�}1ti1 noon„ at, the , ,witnesses will help our cauous•rnembersm .-_Len._,_.I ,apki.,ns '( Renfrew-Nipissing- lin W%iighap1.. the House of Commons as well as -contribute –Pembroke) and Sen atok Dan Hays of Alber ingTia- mstop "id} one Of 1(f'Dikes ' valuable insight to our policy building pro- ta. Proposed drug legislation strengthened TORONTO -Proposed drug legislation, designed to protect all consumers of prescription drugs in the province, has been strengthened by amendments to the bills, Health Minister Murray Elston said. The proposed amendments were presented to a legislative standing committee on January 20. r. The Ontario Drug Benefit Act and the Prescription Drug Cost Regulation Act, in- troduced m November, will establish realistic drug prices for consumers., In order to ensure that the interests of all concerned, .were protected in drafting the legislation, the minister consulted exten- sively with groups representing phar- macists, drug manufacturers, drug wholesalers, consumer groups and senior citizens' organizations. "These consultations resulted in a strengthening of the legislation ensuring that high quality; low cost drugs are available to the people of Ontario," Mr. Have you taken advantage of our. REE INNER offer yet? Better hurry ONLY 4 DAYS DEFT IN OUR Gth ANNIVERSARY SALE (Ends Saturday, Feb. 1) 'Complete detail's at — O _ECORATING CENTRE 54King Street, Clinton topionlitethePestOfiiee) 4824528 Elston said. The minister said that the Ontario Drug Benefit Act will continue to provide senior citizens, those on provincial assistance pro- grams and other eligible people a wide range of drugs at no charge under the On- , tario Drug Benefit plan. The Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) plan cost taxpayers and consumers $350 -million last year, compared to $100 -million six years ago, and it has been projected that costs this year could total more than $400 -million. One of the major reasons .for these skyrocketing costs has been that manufac- turers have set artificially high prices for many drugs listed in the Ontario Drug Benefit Formulary. This legislation would reduce inflated prices by allowing the government, for the first time, to set realistic drug prices under the ODB plan. The Prescription Drug Cost Regulation Act will ensure that consumers are better informed because pharmacists will have to itemize'the price of the drug and the dispen- sing fee on the customer's, receipt or prescription label. ' A proposed change to the legislation would require a pharmacist to tell a customer - when prescriptions are either phoned in or brought into the store - whether lower cost drugs of equal quality are available. The legislation will also require phar- macists to post their dispensing fee for in- terchangeable drugs. "Concerns have been expressed that small .pharmacies would . be driven out of business because they ,can't compete with large drug store chains that receive dls counts on large volume purchasesfrom manufacturers. This will not occur because the government will reimburse each phar- macy their actual drug costs," Mr. Elston said. .. 1 We willmiss our customers but, as a last token of appreciation we offer the following items at REAL BARGAIN PRICES! #744444- ezet ...We thank -you for making our 40 years business in Clinton a very happy part of our lives. -Vat x acrd Vac OFF SUITS, SPORTCOATS, JACKETS and COATS SAVE UP TO 50% OFF Reg. Price PANTS, SWEATERS, SHIRTS, t SPORT SHIRTS * Priced as marked eamittea The Clinton Junior Farmers were big winners at the annual banquet and dance on January 11 when they were awarded the Vincent Trophy for the most participation at Junior Farmer events throughout the year. Accepting the trophy from 1986 County Presi- dent Diaime Oldfield is Clinton Junior Farmers' President Allan Lavis. (Alan Rivett photo) J ACTIVE WEAR by Osage, Nike, Adidas, Puna DOOR CRASHER SPECIALS — it jai