The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-12-23, Page 2PAGE 2
ODERICH SIGNAL -STAR; THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1976
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Underhanded method
Goderich Township Reeve
Gerry Ginn vigorously voiced
his disapproval of the so-
., called rebate system of
returning money to urban
municipalities from thk,
County Roads budget of 45
per cent of their contribution.
Ginn told council at its Friday
meeting that he objected to
the "underhanded method
under which the rebates are
handled".
"The system," he said,
"makes the county- ap-
portionnlent by-law a
shambles."
Reeve Ginn said he would
not opposethe rebates 'at this
time but that he wanted
everyone to know who gets
them. He said Goderich was
veryvocal in pointing out that
it paid 14.4 per cent of the
apportionment but..- they
forgot to mention that after
the rebates that contribution
was actually dropped to 11.8
per cent.
Goderich Reeve Stan Profit
Ginn objects to road rebates
told Mr. Ginn that the town
last year paid $149,555 toward
the County goad budget and
only got back $67,299.
"I cannot see any objection
to the towns getting this
rebate,"Mr. Profit said. "In
.the end ' the urban
municipalities still pay, too
• much toward roads in the
County."
Rising to respond Mr. Ginn
said he had "expected an
answer like thatw'.
" Goderich Township does
Goderich
girl wins.':.
contest
A SNAKE HAS A LITTLE WILL
Down in the valley
Far below
Where white trilliums grow
There lives a snake.
For goodness sake
Why do we try to kill?
A snake has a little will.
A horrible sight to see would be
A man in a yellow raincoat and hat
With buckles made of metal
To trample on the snake
And then to see it dead
Beside a Trillium petal,
Nine year old Ann Marie Shanahan of 171 Essex Street in Goderich, a student at Robertson
Memorial Public School; was honored recently by the Dorothy Shoemaker Literary
Contest. The Awards were presented at the Kitchener public library on December.3 by
famous Canadian poet Earle Birney and Richard Taylor, Director of Information and
Special Events at Wilfrid Laurier University. Atin Marie received a cash award of $30.00
for placing first in the Junior Poetry division of the competition with her poem "A Snake
Has a Little Will"..
not get a rebate from the
Library budget because we
have ,no library in the
township," Ginn pointed out
asking why Goderich should
get a. rebate just because
there were no county roads
inside that municipality. The
Goderich Township Reeve
also charged that the County
-Development budget
provides no rebate to the
township even though most of
the promotions it handles
benefited the Town of
Goderich.
Welfare budgetup. a. little bit
Huron County, Council on
Friday. approved a proposed
budget from the Social
Services Committee for 1977,
sitbiect to review by the new
council and the approval of
the Ministry of Community
and Social Services.
The budget totals $337,400
of•w•hich the County's share is
$107,930.
In 1977 $268,900 will be set
aside for general assistance
as compared to . 8276,900 last
year, homemakers and
nurses services nextyear
will • be • up froin $8,000 to
88,500, supplementary aid in
1976 was $9,600 and will he
$12,100 in 1977..
Special assistance will be
increased by $300 from the
1976 total of $11,400 to $11,700,
and administration costs in
1977 are expected to total
$76,100 as compared to $72,200
. in 1976;
The Social Services
Committee caseload as of
December 1 this year stood at
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1.17 compared with 109 ' on plained, is due to various lay
December 1, 1975. This offs in the area. One bright
number; of cases is in the spothowever is that
range experienced for the Dominion Roads in Goderich
period of January to March has started to recallsome of
1976, the committee reported,
which is considered normal.
The highest months are
the 75 men -which they laid off
in November.
Three of thedepartment
usually November to March, employable clients have been
as job opportunities are fewer placed on the County Winter
during the winter" months in Works Program which is
the local area. funded by the Federal
Part ..of the increase in Government under the Local
November, the report ex -
Initiatives Program grant.
"Why do we provide
rebates ' on road budgets
alone?", he asked. "Why is it
any different than any other
committee?"
County Engineer Jim
Britnell told the meeting that
the system under wtich
rebates are granted i- c-
tually set out as a Provincial
statute in the; highways
Improvement Act. That Act
states that the County must
retu,rn to the urban
municipalities a minimum of
25. per cent and up to a
maximum of 50 per cent.but
not exceeding the amount any
urban municipality actually
spent on roads within its
boundaries in a given year.
The agreement in Huron
happens to have been set at 45
per cent at some time in the
past he said:
Mr. Britnell explained that
in some Counties this
problem was avoided (or the
act was circumvented) by the
urban areas not bothering to
actually apply for the rebate.
Stanley Township Reeve
Anson McKinley said the
"idea of a separate road rate
is archaic, but it is in the
provincial statutes". The act,
he said, should be amended.
"I hope councils will work
in future toward the
elimination of this system,"
he added. --
The question of rebates
came up when council was
asked to pass an estimated
roadbudget for, 1977.
Following the debate, . the
motion was passed with only.'
Mr. Ginn voting in opposition.
. The Road Committee had
recommended approval of a
road budget totalling
$2,832,000, up. about 12.7 per'
cent from last year's total
budget- of $2,513,000. Fixed
costs for such items as
roadside maintenance, hard
surface main,tenance, gravel
surface maintenance.
winter control, safety devices
and culvert :maintenance
totalled $1,014,000 as com-
pared to $949,000 last year.
A total of $880,000 has been
set aside in the 1977 budget
for road constructionand
paving as compared to last
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year's expenditures of
$813,000. Road Number 30
westward for 2.5 miles from
the village of Clifford will be
paved at a cost iof $150,000.
Road number one from
Carlow south for 4.0 miles will
be paved at a cost of $250,000.
Road number eight' from
Cl nton to Summerhill at
cost of $120,000 and Road
number six from Highway
four for 9.3 miles will be
paved at a cost of $280,00.0.
Another $40,000 will be
spent on miscellaneous
construction and $10,000 for
the clean up of projects left
over from 1976. Pre -
engineering and the purchase
of land in 1977 is estimated to
cost $20,000 and $10,000 has
been set aside for an update
on the needs study.
Another $85,000 has been
set aside as Huron's share of
cost of construction of
boundary bridges,.$40,000 for
drainage assessments and
$20,000 to cover stock balance
;and machinery debit.
In the repo>*t submitted
Road Committee chairman
Joe Kerr said that it "must be
emphasized that some of the
amounts shown for "Sources
of Funds" for 1977 are
estimates only."
"The Ministry do not
normally advise us of our
regular subsidy allocation
until early in January. The
actual amount of the 1976
surplus (estimated at $71,000)
will not be krpwn until the
County audit is completed in
mid-January."
In other business arising
out of the Road, Committee
report, Huron County Council
voted to .support a resolution
submitted .-by the County of
Lambton calling on the
Attorney General of Ontario
to encourage heavier court
penalties for the stealing or
damaging of road signs.
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