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ary 17:- actop,•r,O,iitfwlii, be paid by
eveloper upi*, the , signing of an
• ment for '001idivision. or -Oevelop-
within the ' town --"--, or when
twee is. kniltpS1,7 and the remaining
r cent Will betild,by the builder at ..
me of Waling e building permit.
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r the isseseirtent 1 , .
cover,,xPenses incurred '0* to be in" understood that
cnrred,by Corporation as A les,* cif been levied list `fittar4.
additional development and !On,would already have• y'en4
strue9tIn within the liinita el the Toivnpl ometking like so;090:4)04ke.,0
OOderich.Jt•
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.1 The charges ,will be .collectecl by the To set the date tit'4, PriaLp,
huildAnf 4!SpettOr end the hindwill,be :something like elesi.aft-'tlie4af
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O'ditito strAtock by, tho. 4d, „after, the .horse elaitne
AniniThe strator Harold Wall. "- Hayden. "It wis ould give builder
finance bylaw was brought in by ...the. d• evelopers an " opportunity ID
get
committee of town council,. uritmer's Worth of7.-perMitkbetote..- '-
chaired: by Reeve Bill Clifford The
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- Plit., 0440 -Eileen Pnliner also isaiii
:,.lelt the date to. begin collecting
:.!$,Lit:. charge ShOuld. immediate.
pitlsaeptidie'.the tow n:,,Lto develoWp7rs- offerfng t
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ainained at APrl1,1,. 1' , i
. '..3itet .$1,000 high?" asked ouncillar
ten. Profit.'
, lie, • was : told . that impost charges
Ot1 the province ranged
anywhere from $500 for a single family
dwelling in the town of Perth near
Ottawa to' an estimated $8,000 s. in
ilVaterloo. Mayor Deb Shewfelt pointed
Operipairj 20
xandra Marine and.
ral Hospital
trator J.W. Banks thia
announced on behalf of
hospital's Board of
nors that the official
ng of the new am-
ry care facilities will be
t 2:00 pan. en january :
impost charge could collected:?, ":
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Ontario Minister of Health
Frank, -Miller is to be on hand
to officially open the new
wing which is to baknown as.
the E -,A. Elliott 'Wing.
The opening ceremonies
• will be followed by a brief
tour of the new area involved
and refrealunents in the
hoSpitarcafeteria.
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ug meNAH40 ir,,TOwnshiji-Aleeva-sinttaCelainied Warden Of takes
oath Or.aftlielia ittaniptral ceremonies held': at :the County
uncal McNeil iVilanopposed for the position after Allen,Cain-
ell declined ihnift40010nr personal reasons. (staff photo)
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impo00;tiniticoharniefpeasiilion410u44.(twitteeriit,i,of
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-etc-4. AN compared IktnnitY
'reSpects te4he impost charges approvedIkqederigh. '
Sample invest bylaws from Perth;
Kincardine, ifergus, Strathrey and
Kitchener were examined -by the
Committee prior_to drawing up the local
bylaw. The impost charge in Kincardine,
Reeve Clifford noted, was $1,500, 1:
In a new isegment of the -
cow
• session at Wich local citizens who at-
tend the meeting are invited to ask
questions of cpuncii, Rick Robertson
inquired .whether council had given
' thought to the fact that lot prices in
$12,000 to $15, 00 - and that an additional
Goderich are already something like
$1,000 impost charge for the building
permit would put undue , hardship on
prospective new home owners,
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1977
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ys lie plansto
present ye
Mayor
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charge:
down to*
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pertnitstip'in xne'
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tl,:vuunileldethinaegs. oincouattn.nayiftili:Woypner,64:ti, moving
town into the, rural. arena- ' .
bring the price of lots down mi,uoiench
and drive the price of building permits
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"If you drive.PeUpte Out of town, you
are TOSitig tax dollars," Mr. Robertson
reminded council.
'It
up in the country."
otsteps
elected from Colborn
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Douglas A. McNeil, Reeve ,,:cetincillors,- "especially the of the Huron County Soil and
•of Colborne. Township, writ- ,ateltnembers" to speak their Crop . Im pro ve ment
County of Huron for the 197
term on Monday aftermion.
when the only other cadidata
nominated, MeKillor!
Reeve -
Allan Campbell, withdrew
from the election before a
vote Was -called. ;
Rising to speak after his
name was placed forward for.
the top county council
Mr. , Cainpbell told
acclaimed Warden of' thj. ininds during
Council members must wor
r job or they
tt :•debates. council Association and' was At -veould nothold their seats.
, - present ch ir
hard at thei '
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k that is good. We are working
together to improve the
couynthye.
n asked why I wanted
to be Warden," he told the
meeting, "I said it was
because I was not in the habit
of looking back. We, must
always go ahead and that is
what I -am asking of the
• County Council for 1977,"
After administering the
oath of office Judge F. G.
Carter told the councillors
crowcied.,..eenncit. cho.!
"dim' as-surprike. 'by -
the nomination al was
everyone else. -Then 'he ad-
ded, "You don't have to sweat
anymore, Doug, I am with-
drawing my name from the
nomination,",
The McKillop reeve ' ex-
plained that he had a standing
promise to take his wife to
Florida this winter and had
decided that his family would
have to come first.
"There is no law saying I
cannot try a third time," he
• added , alluding to an earlier
, attempt at winning election
-as warden when he • ran
against Brussels Reeve John
L. McCutcheon last term.
"If I and re-elected to
township council, and if my
health remains good, I may
try again," he said. •
Mr, Campbell-ealled.on.,all
"Cotmcitlors should speak
he said. "good debate is
an asset to •the county
The new warden was
:nominated, by Goderich.
'Township, Reeve GerrY Ginn.
He described Mr. McNeil aka
nan *ith the assets of
erehin endoxparienee".
ke -pointed' ditt' Ihtle-the
Colborne Reeve had served
'on -..County Council now for
soma six years, the past. -two
as chairman of the exep`utive.
committee, and had just been
acclaimed as Reeve of /
Colborne for another two'
a man of the "I consider I have worked
Board of Directors at reasonably hard on this
Alexandra Marine and council to stay in office," he
General Hospital in Goderich. said.
In his remarks after the He explained that the
swearing in ceremonies, Mr. decision to seek the warden's
McNeil noted that he had chair had been made last
never supposed he would be June. "I approached mem-
elected Warden of Huron bers of council to see if any
County whenhe let his name others would be running," he
stand for the first time in 1965 said"and none were so
, here
for a pton C,e,I,Patae today.' ,
Township Couticih "We wolik'on the e.oiriinittee
He observed that County system here " he noted " d
years.
years, onf
Mr. Ginn explahrid that Doug
McNeil had vvorked for six
Outlining his background ;Gee Issue to .council
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„.:that..4.--14‘04Ar-St--,Wardett., V
Huron was Tiger Dunlop and
• inued on page 18)
lanning board returns
Tanker. 14e had served in the If the town of Goderich has offer
Royal Canadian Air Force
between 1942 and 1946 and
"like so many married
following the war and bought
a farm."
Mr. McNeil,- he told the
councillors, was an elder of
Nile United Church, had been
president of the Huron County.
Federation of Agriculture in
1956-57, was a past president"
any intention of prosecuting
McGee Motors Limited for
apparent misuse of the
Hamilton Street property that
• formerly housed the Colborne
Hotel then the prosecution
will come from council not
the planning board.
The board decided at the
last meeting to refer the
matter back to council with a
Stipulation that no further
action be taken by planniiig
be too aire for Borg-Warner but
. •• board.
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from the firm. members but advised them
succeeded :in putting- notify Ahe'` Company of the Wastes so - that only clear Mr. Wigle told council that
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that the ministry prefers to
er a package favorable . results of the tneeting. She
town of Goderich and Said Mr. Cummings also water . reached the sewer •the, choice was ' up to the (continued on page 10)
Warner Ltd„ Ulibiliing ' represented the county and . ....- ,
rm to locate here But; the Ilidtiatrial., Commission
ding . to. - 60.4 and since • theineeting was
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ings they Maybe too -, from three parties it couldn't • ',
. - •be successfutwith only two.
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he Town Of Goderich Willi..,ib.:,eplyinginterin'taXbiisrresenting 60,milis on Marff5
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Ville town needs funds'' for :Working capital,"ithicl•
Ve Rill Clifford; chairman of the finance committee: '.
is either this or we borrow tharonney.” - ,.,„.:i.'• .,
therreaioni-necording t&ikeeve Clifford, is that by
04:11t140. first tax hillin March, the Worklead. at .:-.ilte --.
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The decision was made
after the board heard a letter
from their attorney Dan
Murphy. Mr. Murphy told the
board that he had assumed
from their request for an
opinion on the matter, that
they wanted to know the
probable success of
prosecuting McGees.
He added he did not want to
an opinion without the town and council referred
knowing the feelings of the the matter to planning board.
Huron County Planning Elsa Haydon, a member of
Department on the matter. planning booed in 1976,
Newly 'elected board questioned the decision
chairman Tom Jasper said he sending the matter to the
board claiming it IS council's
answer" adding he was not bylaw and it was up to council
certain the matter was within to enforce it if it chose to du
"our frame of reference". He so. She said the board's only
said he could see no reasen involvement would be if there
• planning board was involved' was a request to change the
with the matter since there
was no zoning change or and suggested then that the
felt the board "still had no
zoning, which there wasn't
request for zoning change. matter be sent back to
The board's involvement council. -
came about in November Planning board chairman
when town eouncil heard aDave Gower said he felt there
report from building in- was an over -reaction to the
• spector Roy •Breckenridge, issue pointing out that council
who is also planning -board wanted the opinion of the
secretary. Mr. Breckenridge board and a legal opinion and
- submitted a reporto council instructed the board
November 8 _claiming the secretary to ask Mr. Murphy
current use of the property (continued on,,,,page 18)
defied the zoning bylaw for
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