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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-10-14, Page 1The recent move by the Huron County Health Unit to ensure that the sewage systems. --in Meyers Mobile • Villa Trailer Park are kept up -to Health Act Standards has led to misunderstandings between the owner and. tenants in the park and to. chargesfrpm the Huron ,County Health Unit. Huron- County medical officer of health h Dr. Frank e t Mills asked Goderich Town Council last week to pump out the septic tank at • one of the park sites for . , a two month period to ensure health safety y and advised council that the park, owner, Mr. "Harold Meyers .of Kitchener, was going -to be charged under the Health Act: When the situationarose at council it was met with nixed feelings but the town advised the health unit: it would pump out the tank weeklyfor a two month period as requested.. • Councillor Bob Allen told, council that. the situation -at the trailer park was serious claiming that the welfare of the children in the small enclave Was at stake. He emphasized his point by saying that, the tenant in one of the offending\railers had • been given a two week notice by the landlord to 'vacate the park `,because their septic tank was full..; - Robert. Bechard said he had been told by .Mr. Meyera to leave the park,"adding that he had received nothing in writing. r iVI . Bechard said he • was concerned about the notice since he had a wife and two children and couldn't afford to move right away. He explained that the septic tank to which his trailer' is con- nected is overflowing and that- every -time the toilet is flushed or water is drained. from the bath the tank overflows and sewage bub - a bles onto the ground near the area where his children play, OWNER ANNOYED Mr, Meyers $a,- he was annoyed •at the move by council ,adding that the whole situation got .`tiff ••to"tea rpa.r}n start'' -without an one'in'g the pertinent y Ptw facts. He saidhe was aware of the `•i with the sep t c tank problem wr and had been 'talking to Mr. Bechard about it. He said the °tenant said he was looking into buying someproperty in and a d that he would know within .two weeks whether he could buy itor nat. The landlord said that he told Mr. Bechard that if .the deal went through, Mr. Bechard could move im- mediately in two ;weeks without giving due notice to the landlord: "I was going to let barn move without giving proper notice," said Mr. Meyers, "I felt he was helping me and I was helping hrtn 3', ' . • Other. tenants in the park: said they were concerned about the sewage problern.but said they had never been given any, notice of eviction. . Most. said that the problem depended on the number of peopleliving in.the ,trailer and on the amount of water bein bythe eo le. Theuys ed said that p several of the trailers had serious. problems with raw - sewage laying on the ground in what • was termed a "stinking, .king, green mess". • The tenants,complained - that no actiowas =being. taken to remedy the•situation that had been a problem for a considerable length of time. Some refused to comment qn the matter clairning an'ytlbn, from frustration to -fear xa,ad them not want to gest-- in volved. W., 0 Judy Grown said she and her family had lived in the park for' six years and had encountered a .sewage problem. She said the tank was : full and that a main feeder pipe to the system was.. , plugged. When the landlord aw,as asked ,to fix the problem.. he wouldn't discuss the - matter. "She Said her husband finally fixed the problem a a,nd thatthe system himself y has. been working .fine , ever since, $;EVERAL WARNINGS - county .'inspector Jack MacKinnon sa' 1 that the health unit had warned' Mr. Meyers several 'times to correct the sewage problem and had,finally charged him on the matter; He said nobody really knew the history of the systems but explained that twg trailers were hooked to a commrnunal septic tank and' es that the tank was about half asrbig as it should be. Mr. MacKinnon said that he understood that - the septic systems had originally been installed to operate a travel trailer park where people with camper trailers and house trailers hook up to the system for a two day .ot two • week stay 'while.on,vgcation, He . said it had •-never been intended e d d for the use it is getting now and that it was about half as big as it should be. He added that if the tanks we - p kept pumped on a regalar basis, thee P roblee • could be alleviated. • - ' Mr. Meyers refuse& to comment "on the sewage: systems in a telephone in- terview Tuesday" night and also refused to comment on any plans he has to. meet Health Unit demands. He said -- he felt that the Health Unit's (continued'on page 22 WEEK AF1� See Page S Are you"afraid your -new ; dream home .1, could turn -into. a nightmare? If you put off, thatpurchase until after i?ecernber-, 31 this year you stand to have some protection against defect's. +++ The persecution of DrBenry 'Morgentaler continues. Recently acquitted for the ' third . time of per- been i an 1a liortion he has f a forming a g order,d•to appear in court November 2 to face eight more similar -charges. + + + To understand the crisis 'brewing. in South .Afric a, -.we must first underst a nd the Afrikaner„,A race of people caught in- a''-iculture of the straitjacket."' b +=f According to the fail edition of • the Huron Tract the Hullett Wildlife Management Area can provide op- '. portunity for many hours of outdoor recreation this fall. ode 12 9.Y E A R,-42. `rHURSDAY, ®CT.p,131 R 14, 1.976 GLE COPY 25c inant. • ' $Ili .' di' f811 said: F'` i{lay 'h `e'ning.T.that he elretitied the:present Goderich Town Counpi, • had "an obligation" to "at least bring' in a report''.on the financial standing of the municii`ty and' itt possible .' fiscal \ection for the future., 'r- •C;lifford made the comment in an interview with ''the . Signal -Staff. on . the . •que.stion of Goderich's ',financial position in relation expenditures which may be, necessary to meet the terms, of an agreement with Borg? Warner Ltd. It became public earlier this month that the town was negotiating -with the industrial firm over an offer to purchase property inthe local industrial park: ' •At this time Goderich has an . outstandingdebt of $1•,500,429. Annual'. interest payments alone ' come . to $107,511.83 with principle payments of $141,5-19.77- for .an p. -'its Cons ering the population 'of n•• •erich to . e: 7,000, for Purposes -gf simplified mathematics, this means that every mari, woman and child in . this cotrimnunity . owes $214.33 in municipal debts In, addition, each of those people pays outmore than $15. per year in interest payments. Ina letter last April,. the Ontarrod N1unicipal Board indicated "to'• the community that it would authorize the raising tiof,,another $800,000 through .a' debentureissue pr' vi"ded the -town used the funds for essential services. The town. had '.named the $$.00,000 figure but the Signal- Star has learned that the O.M.B. would be unlikely to approve future Kinc raising in excess of. $1,000,000. unless- the financial picture for Goderich improved. Under terms of a proposed • agreementwithBorg -Warner • 49,031.60 in. :;.,the. Town of Goderich would • have to construct an ex- tension. of Suncoast ` Drive:... through the 'Industrial Park, install ; watermains . and'""a ' sewer. The dost of this un- dertaking hasbeen estimated atapprox•iinately $250,000. • in -addition to :expenditures ,-.741 .ii will be •.necessary to bring Borg-Warner to Goderich. the municipality is at present faced -with a wide variety ` of other • projects ,which must be considered., r acidities at the Sewage TreatmentPlant are strained and an expansion .program will have to be•undertaken it the not too distant future. • :Cost: of • that expansion is estimated at $1,000,0.00. AIthough at least part of the project 'would become • a • duplication' of the• work needed for -the Borg-Warner'. program, a.system of- sewers, is badly needed at the Industrial Park: lhg price tag on ' thatjob• would, ,be around $700,000. • • -The program to re-route Highway 21will )pa paid•for, in the mostpart, by tike Ministry of - Transport and Com-. .inunica.tionS. • Th•e Municipality's share yvifll be $200,000, however. Part of t?at sum has already' been invested in 'some of.. the property needed for the work, but a large portion will still have to be raised. A proposed:Bennett Street. sewer, draining to the south storm sewer, is also"looming in the near future:. No ° estimated costs are available and a good portion of that work would be a duplication •af what is needed for the. Borg-Warner arrangenierrt . . but not all. ` Discussion ,has been going on for some: tirne about .the, need Co construct a'second water. tower for the _town. New communications twice as fast, half as expensive Goderich Police Chief Pat King reported`to.the Goderich Police -Commission. Friday that. the .new Bell Telephone. communications system the 'police have is twice as ef- fective and half as costly as. the old answe a report to ' the thief outlined the costs of the . •� two systems :eight-month • at the-compa According • costs" of. th an- swering s• Reeve Stan Profit hal sr councillor Loray Harrison start from scratch" January 1 to August 3.1 in 1975 was $8,726.66. The chief added that some police constables. were ..paid overtime . when they acted as despatchers when the part-time ern- ployees were unavailable due ring service. In to. sickness.' The overtime the: commission paid was $481.13 which brings the total' eight month cost of a, the" answering ,l -service to. perio $9,207.79. riso v ,'The Bell„Telephone system tot exepbr• ,the` was not installed until late in e part-time •January and the chief did not service from calculate :the costs of the an to a rive system until February 1. From that date until August 31 the Bell Telephone'system cost $4,000.56, about 47 per cent cheaper than the an antes n^. • Cort of that , undertaking le -a ome a.. degree, • fro r'etiinated at $1,000,000. sources ). other The municipality and the tie aalso etttPained 'that the downtown businessmen are to . tciiin is now in the process co-operate .on a• program. of •.gathering information. for a improvements' around The "needs 'Study' ' . Square.- The. town's -share of ''We will be studying the that .project, will be at least situation," he said, 'and that $70.000' (for sidewalks) and would include not only the • ••possibly more. Finance: CominitttF�e but All of.these;,projects. could. Works_ and ineering • as be regarded as being of .a well.') pressing nature. Total cost; if "'I believeit is the they `mould ail, be im- obl,igation of this council to at: plemented, • wouldcome to least bring in a report." almost $3,000,000: Add to that He said he did not believe. a possible $250,000. for im- that simply because the provements • under the present council was coming. proposed Borg-Warner' near the end of its term it did • agreement and the grand riot,. have : a responsibility to ,a total is, $3;25.0,000 a con- • "make some recom- siderable sum when the mendation O.M.B. feels the town's credit With regard to: floating - is • only good for another another debenture issue Mr. $1-,000,000•r • ' Cli-fford said -filet by present Mr. Clifford did pointe out market standards <•the town that some ' funds are inwould be paying about 103,4- . reserve•for-the sewage plant. •percent. Existing debentures• .. expansion, and other projects range from three to 10?/ • could expect' subsidization to . percent. • swering service. The difference in the, two systems on a monthly basis is $520, the: Bell system being - cheaper. ' Along • with the dollar savings, the chief reported that the new system. -was much . more. effective , •, than, the old cutting doWn on . :the tirn.e .between the call to (continued on page 22 ociericharea ma ies in farm mish A• ,Goderich area man was killel.last week after being pinned by a tractor he was attempting to,, 'load- op a flatbed trailer. Gerald Edward Brindley., 22, RR 6 Goderich was • pronounced dead on arrival at Alexandra Marine and General hospital following the accident at the :Brindley residence. The OPP reported that he was attempting ' to load the trtor on a flatbed trailer when the left "whept,of the tractor slipped off th'h trailer and the tractor rolled off pinning hint to the.g'round.• . Gerald • Brindley was born • in. Goderich Jan. 10, 1.1154 seri of Gordon K. Brindley and the'• former Donelda Salisbury'. Ile attended Colborne Central School and Goderich .District Collegiate Institute and following graduation in: 1973 he was associated with the family faems and " was clerk of Lakeview Sales and Service. Consignment Auc- tion. He was a member of the Junior Farmers Association and . an ' adherent of North Streeg United Church. Gerald is survived ,by, six '.sisters; Donelda Sean' Mrs. George Anson .11o1yrood; Rubena Brindley, Langside; Helen , 14lot:Irmo, Nancy and Marie, allat home; and six brothers,. William, .Robert, Gordon Henry, Ross and Bruce, all at home, and Kenneth, Sarnia.. He is also survived by his "parents, Gordonand Donelda Brindley of Goderich and Colborne Township. I -le was predeceased by one' ,»brother, Albert Keith in 1972. Puneral services were conducted Saturday, October 9 at Stiles Funeral Home by Rev. Ralph King. Interment followed in- . Colborne Cemetery. Pallbearers were John Stoll, Gerry McPhee, Ian Mabon, Doug Stoll, Ray Kolinert and Bill Sproul. • 1)orlritar Evaporator plant manager Jack Brady presented a cheque to the town p'"rWayta assist in the arena roof fund. The cheque was for $1,700' and Was given to the fond. on ":t? of Domtar and the 330 erinployees they have in Goderich. Here finance ch•atr, ('lifford accepts, the donation- and explains hew the fund raising is proceed':