The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-03-31, Page 2«.
PAGE 2-GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 31,1977
budget cuts coming....
(continued from page 1)
and road construction and maintenance
will eat up thousands of dollars if the
budget is approved as presented.
The item for Bayfield Road is $143,820
and at Monday evening's session, some
councillors expressed grave reser-
vations about budgeting that kind of
money when the project may not get off
the ground this year due to Ministry of
Transportation and Communication
financial restrictions.
"I think we should think long and hard
before we tax people and then not even
spend the money this year," said
Councillor Stan Profit.
"Do you want to pay for, this out of the
general fund or by debentures?" asked
Reeve Bill Clifford.
Deputy -clerk Larry McCabe warned
against debentures, reviewing the
situation with debentures already in
effect and explaining that issuing more
debentures now would bring Goderich to
the maximum borrowing permitted by
the Ontario Municipal Board.
"The project definitely has to go
whether this year or next," said Public
Works Chairman Dave Gower.
Another major item was for Suncoast
Drive - $144,500 - which will be eligible
for supplemental grants. Other road
work planned for 1977 totals $214,000. In
total last year, only $46,958 was spent of
$69,985 budgeted.
But there are other large items in the
budget - $17,000 for tree trimming and
removal; $14,800 for catch basins, curbs
and gutters; $11,000 for litter pickup;
$25,000 for patching and spray pitching;
$8,000 for sweeping, flushing and
cleaning; $10,000 for resurfacing; $10,000
for grading and scarifying; $7,000 for
dust layer; $25,000 for gravel resur-
facing; $63,800 for snow removal and
plowing; $6,000 for sanding and salting;
and $10,000 for szfety devices and signs. t
And that's not all!
A'separate public works budget totals
$151,711 and contains such items as s
$7,383 for licenses and insurance; $10,270
to pay for the new street sweeper; a
$18,000 for •equipment maintenance;
$14,000 for fuel; $14,000 for newequip- up
ment and small tools. There is also a
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$20,000 item in this budget labelled "new
building" which is a public works g
garage. p
Other related budgets which are eix-
elusive of the public_. works budget are w
traffic:.' control (crossing patrols)
$11,152; signal lights, $2,790; pavement th
marking, $2,000; guide posts, guard rails th
and barricades (no fixed figure yet);
parking, $20,530; and drainage, $26,625. P
AIRPORT COST
SKY HIGH
The airport budget calls for a 8113,699
budget, up more than 100 per cent from
last year's budgeted amount, 852,604. A
capital expenditure of $31,500 is an-
ticipated and gasoline purchases will be
up from $200 budgeted in 1976 to $43,053
in 1977. However, much of this cost is
recoverable through gasoline sales to
aircraft.
Environmental services are budgeted
at $4,020; garbage collection at $77,450;
land fill site at 858,600; pollution control
plant, $173,103; health services,
(hospital debenture etc.) $57,726; social
and family services (day nursery much
of which is recoverable through student
fees) $15,830.
The parks budget is actually down
from last gear's budgeted amount -
$51,061 this year as opposed to $52,689
last year. In actual fact, however, parks
only spent $50,815 last year so this year's
budget is up by something like $200 over
last year.
Parks Chairman Elsa Haydon told
council while presenting the budget that
it represents only 1.3 per cent of the total
budge t...and that it costs "three times as
much to dispose of our garbage which
must say something about the kind of
people we are".
Two new parks proposed by the Parks
Committee - Jubilee Park at the easterly
entrance to Goderich on Highway 8 by
the "slaughter house" and Dawnrose
Park in the Delbar subdivision just east
of Highway 21 - were separate budget
items at $5,000 each.
The parks chairman said she'd
brought the budgets in separately in
order to allow council a clearer°picture
of the parks situation. She said that if
$10,000 could not be budgeted for the two
parks, then possibly a portion of that
amount could be divided between the
wo parks providing council approved
their establishment.
The resident -in the Dawnrose area had
pecifically requested the park in the
elbar subdivision, for which land is
vailable.
Councillor Stan Profit told council the
riority for parks should be decided on a
ser basis, and said he thought the
awnrose Park would probably be of
reater benefit to a greater number of
eople.
Mrs. Haydon did not dispute his
rgument, but said that the Jubilee Park
ould provide a beautiful focal point at
e easterly -approach to Goderich which
ould "take away from the ugliness" of
e area as it now is.
"We always talk about- being the
rettiest Town in Canada," she
remarked. "Jubilee Park would make
this entrance much more suitable to that
slogan."
She promised to bring plans for
Jubilee Park to the next budget session.
She also explained that 85,000 item for
the Dawnrose Park was for fencing,
particularly requested by the residents
of the area. The park furnishings will be
supplied through the recreation budget.
Where the recreation budget is con-
cerned, recreation director Mike
Dymond and the chairman of the rec
board will be invited to the next budget
session to explain the budget.
This budget has been reworked and
items reclassified into different -
headings. This budget will be explained
further following the next budget
session.
Under this budget comes such items as
the arena, recreation board grant, ball
lights, pool costs, library expenses,
MacKay Hall accounts, grants and other
"unclassified" entries like the court
house washroom; the court house clock
maintenance; street name signs, rescue
boats and Hallowe'en, and some random
expenses like Ontario Housing Cor-
poration, Housing Action Commitee and
109 Homes.
HARBOR COSTS STEADY
Harbor costs remain steady at $18,500
and include such things as beach
maintenance, leases, washroom sup-
plies, hydro, water and sewage and
salaries. Marina costs are down from
$31,980 budgeted in 1976 to $23,360
requested in 1977. All marina costs are
recovered, with Snug Harbor being self-
supporting for several seasons now.
Community Planning and Develop-
ment is $21,850 before cuts; Industrial
Development, $17,650 much of this to
install services; tourist 'committee,
$20,000.
The total education package, all fixed
costs, is $1,041,969. Th'e levy to the
County of Huron, also fixed cost is
$378,815.
NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY
The next budget meeting will be
Wednesday, April 6. It begins at 4 p.m.
and runs to 6 p.m. when there will be a
break for dinner. Councillors will return
to the session at 7:30 and the
deliberations will continue until the
budget is settled.
This meeting like the first budget
meeting, is open to the public. It' is
strongly advised - that interested
ratepayers in Goderich be in attendance
to hear first hand how tax dollars will be
spent in Goderich in 1977 . and why.
c:�Ivui'y. Baptist Church
new addition underway
The Rev. Reuben
Brubacher* pastor at Calvary
Baptist Chu,rph„....n Goderich,
announced plans for ex-
pansion of _ church facilties
this week which have been
dictated by the continuing
growth of the congregation.
Mr. Brubacher explains
that Calvary has reached a
membership of 125 and is still
glowing. At one January
service there were 160 per-
sons in attendance although
the pastor stresses this is not
the case every Sunday but
indicative of the growth
experienced by the local
congregation.
In order to accommodate
the increasing number of
adherents the church has
undertaken an expansion -
program which will see 55
feet added to the east end of
the present sanctuary. This
added space will make room
for more pews as well as a
new choir loft.
The new addition is also to
contain a full basement which
will provide a number of
additional rooms for Sunday
School classes, an auditorium
and enlarged kitchen
facilities.
Because the newly
designed facilities call for a
much steeper roof pitch the
sanctuary walls' will also be
replaced to a standard
capable of supporting It.
The present foyer, which
measures 13 feet in width, is
to be expanded to 36 feet and
will contain a new set of two
double doors facing Bennett
Street with a matching steep
pitch roof.
The outside of the church is
to be veneered with angel
brick and the front of the new
foyer will be finished in ail)gel
stone.
When completed the
renovations and expansion
will approximately double the
present seating capacity.
The attached house; which
contains the church office and
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Sunday School rooms will not
be altered at this time, Rev.
Brubacher explains.
Contractor Stgfrido Schultz
of Nile is expected to get the
project underway this week
and •as . a result the
congregation of Calvary
Baptist Church will begin
holding services this Sunday,
April 3, in the auditorium at
Victoria Street Public School.
Rev. Brubacher explained
that many of the
congregation are expected to
volunteer labor on the project
and that the target date for
completion has been set at
August 1.
Leisure is the time we spend
on jobs we don't get paid for.
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Sharon Brubacher
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Sharon Brubacher of
Goderich, recently presented
her senior piano recital at
Tennessee Temple Schools in
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
She is the daughter of the
Rev. and Mrs. Reuben
Brubacher of Goderich, and
is a former member of the
Calvary Baptist Church. As a
1973 graduate of Goderich
District Collegiate Institute,
she was awarded valedic-
torian of her class.
Consisting of eight piano
Sharon Brubacher
Senior Citizens
hear report
The Golden Gate Senior
Citizen's of Goderich met in
MacKay Hall on March 2.
This was a business meeting
conducted by the President
Mrsjsther Rivett.
Mrs. Mary Gregg Clinton's
President 9f Zone 8 gave an
interesting report of the
U.S.C.O. convention held in
St. Catharines last fall. Then
all took part in card bingo.
On March 16 the Golden
Gate Senior Citizens met in
MacKay Hall. All enjoyed 500
and euchre.
The first meeting in April
will be April 6 in MacKay
Hall. This will be a business
meeting. The Spring rally of
Zone 8 will be held in Dash-
wood on April 14.
Registration will' be at 9
o'clock in the morning.
The next meeting will be
April 20 in MacKay Hall.
pieces, her recital included "I
Walked Today Where Jesus
Walked," "French Suite No.
6" by Bach, the "Moonlight"
Sonata by Beethoven,
"Prelude in G. Minor" by
Rachmaninoff, and the
famous piano duo by Saint-
Saens, "Danse Macabre."
In addition to her studies at
the college, Miss Brubacher
served .as pianist for the
International Club, College
Student Body, the Senior
Class, and various
organizations of the Highland
Park Baptist Church. She has
also served as a candidate for
the college Sweetheart.
Upon graduation she feels,
that she will be entering full-
time Christian service in
music education.
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Meirchants Association (President). They made the
Monthly "Baby Bonus Maw" Saturday, March 26, to
determine the winner of the 5160.
Congratulations to thewinnerswith the compliments of
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• Sandy's
• Furniture'World
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Glen Mark Horne Centre
• Irene Hill Ladies Wear
• Ormandy's
• Pet Shop
• Cantoo Hair Styling
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THE WINNERS
MR.& MRS,G. BARRACLOUGH
and Daughter KERRI
of 1S11 BAYF!ELD RD., 6ODERICH
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