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
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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.
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To understand the crisis 'brewing. in
South .Afric
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the Afrikaner„,A race of people caught in-
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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.
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`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
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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':