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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-03-19, Page 2PAGE 2 -GODERICH SIGNAL. STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1986 Fishin' f ra Goo 1986 Escort Pony 2 -Door ,Hatchback, vinyl Beige low back seats, rear window defroster. A must to seel $1707 MONTH Plus Sales Tax IN EVERYTHING WE SELL AND SERVICE. rice 1986 Taurus L Station Wag*n 6 cylinder engine, sir, conditioning, power steering, front wheel drive, AM radio wldual speakers, two-way Ilftgate, tinted glass and much- More. uchmore. $319;°MONTH Plus Sales Tax Not exactly .. Illustrated 1986 Mercury Topaz GS 2300 HSC engine, front wheel drive, 4 wheel in- dependent suspension, rear window defroster, power steering, AM radio. $22413 MONTH Plus Sales Tax v / MERCURY i GDDER'ICH 6 News PREVIEW 8.e SSA L s' California Dream Cotton & Fleece Separates We've got your size in Bright, Fresh Spring Colours; Hot Pink, Targalizing Turquoise and Wonderful White Stirrup Pants Fashion 'Plus' in the newest spring shades; Hot Pink, Regal Royal and Wonder- 99 iuI White. Reg.$49.99 i• New Balance 470 Men's & Ladies' Jogger Reg. $72.00 K -Way Separates The famous Win proof/Waterproof Jackets and Pants. Great looks for the great outdoors Brooks Majestic Hi Hi -Cut Leather Reg. $59.99 Power Riser II Hi -Cut Leather Reg. 559.99 0/O OFF Nike Lady Meadow Supreme Ladies Court Shoe Reg. $49.99 4?9 $3999 $3999 $2 OPEN DAILY 9 AM =6 PM FRIDAYS 9 AM - 9 PM We Honour VISA and ' MASTERCARD 4THE SQUARE GODE RICH PHONE 524-2822 SALES & SERVICE e5 auertrude Kaitting of ColborneTownship. talks with Alexandra Marine and General Hospital X-ray department headEd Giesbrecht about the new MR -50 high -detail screeens she bought recently for the hospital. Mrs. Kaitting said she had received $146 in donations from friends and neighbours after the death of her husband and added to the amount to purchase the $334 screens. Giesbrecht said the screens will be well utilized for fine fractures and arthritic surveys. (photo by Dave Sykes) PUC arranges repayment • from page 1 $1,558.32. The commissioners also passed a motion to increase the per diem for a com- missioner from $34.32 a day to.$50. a day. Commission manager Evert Middel reported that the new water reservoir is operational and that town water is passing through the reservoir as it makes its way through the system. The new reservoir was built to even out the water supply and water pressure by maintaining a large reserveof water so that more water will be available during peak supply periods. Middel confirmed there will be no more valleys of low pressure but that restric- tions on the use of water during the•sum- n'fer months will not be lifted until the water supply is monitored this summer. The commission decided to hire four students for summer help this year and in another motion decided to seek approval from the Town of Goderich to create a capital reserve fund. The commission has account which raised money to a reserve �u.,......... pay for two new substations. The money being collected for this reserve will now be deposited in a reserve fluid to be held in the event of a major capital requirembnt. Young Canada Week was another success dor Lions • from page 1 While the AA final was a blowout, the A chamiliOnship between Tillsonburg and Simc6 was probably the most exciting game of the tournament. Tillsonburg won the game 2-1 to win the Town of Goderich trophy. The Goderich Lions Peewees fared well in the tournament winning three straight games before losing the B championship game to Petrolia 7-1 Saturday. Mount Forest defeated Listowel 5-3 Saturday to win the B Division Consolation champion- ship. The C Division championship game. ment lu arid xth�is�ayear's the. game- between Seaforth and Harriston provided a fitting finale to the event. Harriston scored with six seconds left to force overtime but Seaforth scored in overtime to win the C ti- tle this year. They took home the Elston Cardiff trophy. Forest handily defeated Durham 7-1 to win the C consolation title. In D action, a tough little Belmont team edged Ripley 4-2 to win the Lioness Trophy while Paisley defeated Hensall to win the consolation game. The Stan Stokes Trophy, awarded an- nually by the Lions Club to the team deem- ed to be the most sportsmanlike, was given to Mitchell this year. • The Lions also held two draws during the week with Eleanor Scott, R.R. 1, Bayfield winning.a YCR atld Ches1e. 's,G eg Clarke and, Mt;, •,li crest's Epgene Kelly winning free tuition to the Shamrock 1-1oekey School in Lucan. The 37th edition of YCW is history but. . the Lions Club will soon be working on preparing for the next one. . Criticize county librarian from page 1 "The question is we warned the librarian • books are on order. Bayfield Reeve Dave in October'to not take any more books. He Johnson suggested that perhaps the chief didn't inform the board he was taking librarian shouldn't be ordering books. $42,000 worth of books," said Reeve Stirling. "Maybe it should be someone else who has County council learned the 1985 library better control over county taxpayers' budget was actually $51,000 over spent. The dollars," said Reeve Johnson. other $9,000 came from county dollars. Last Goderich Deputy Reeve John Doherty . year the library : hada total budget of was the only county councillor to speak in $796,519 and of that $598,217 was to have defence of the chief librarian. come from the county. Actually the county "The only wrong this man (librarian) did, paid $607,497. ib ,,,,.a.�. has a budget of was to accept books," said the deputy reeve. For 1986, the i, He said the Town of Goderich has ac- $816,784. The county is to pay $622,146 and cepted purchases and been invoiced for the the province is to pay $182,638. The rest is to following year and that has been acceptable be picked up in fines and other to the town's auditing firm. miscellaneous fees. "I' guess it depends on who you get.to do The largest expenditure is salaries which the auditing," said Deputy Reeve Doherty. totals $387,804. Reeve Cunningham agreed one mistake The next largest expense is books, was to accept the books, but another has records, magazines and processing of these. been the over ordering of books. Since 1983, This portion of the budget totals $214,235. the library board budget has been overs- The purchase of books alone is budgeted at pent, specifically in the area of book pur- $178,227 of which $42,000. (the carry over chases. Also, for the past two years, county from 1985) has already been spent. .council has sent back the board's original The represents at four share thebudget per cent increase. ll budgets to make cuts. Past chairman Stirling said the board was budgets are subject to final approval from not kept informed of book purchases. county council on March 27. Reserve fund could reach $540,000 tions to the Home for the Aged south.' of Clinton. Last fall, the former county council voted 15 to 14 in favor of recommending the pro- ject to thecurrent council. The proposal calls for the county to 'pay $716,000 over three years as its shake of the $1.4 million project. The province is ex- pected to pay the rest of the bill. At the end of 1985, the county had a balance of $2.1 million in reserves. Broken down, there is a $1 million reserve for work- ing funds, almost $100,000 in resolves , for planning, a $241,807 hospital reserve fund, a $287,083 employee benefit reserve.$ lid, a $38,29315 highway `deserve fund and reserve the amount capital w already stated for the museum. . By Stephanie Levesque Over half a million could be placed in Huron County's reserve fund this year for the pioneer museum and renovations to Huronview. . lA total of $540,000 could be set aside for the two projects if they are approved at the Mar. 27 session of Huron County council.o The council is expected to give approval its 1986 budget at that time. The, proposalols' to put $300,000 in the Huron County Pioneer Museum building reserve fund for renovations to that struc- ture. There is'already $238,865 in a reserve for the museum. The remaining amount of $240,000 is to go to a reserve fund for Huronview. Council still has to ghte the go-ahead. for the renova- Approve increase for planning staff pp range of $28,444 to $37,986 in 1986. That will increase to $29,5+ to $39, 494 in 1987 and in 1988, the salary range will be $30,758 to $41, 080. The junior planner position will range from $22,100 to $28,106 this year. Next year, the range will increase to $22,984 to $29,224 and from $23,894 to $30,394 by 19 t -I . The planning technician position will receive a salary range of $21,112 to $27,014 forthis year. In 1987, the salary range will be $21,944 to $28,106 and the following year it Will be $22,828 to $29,224. A contract planner is not ona salary grid. The yearly salary for this position. is $20,046 in 1986, $20,852 in 1987 and for the third year of the contract, $21,684. By Stephanie Levesque A three-year contract for Huron County's planning department staff was approved with a six per cent increase in the first year and four per cent increases in each of the two subsequent years. The four positions are all on salary grids (a range of salaries for those positions) which were approved at the February ses- sion of Huron Cbunty council. The director of planning, a department head, received a 7.4 per cent increase for this year, 6,9 per cent for 1987 and 6.4 per cent in 1988. By the end of the three-year contract, the planning director will be mak .ing $55,224. The planner position will have a salary •