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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-05-26, Page 21ool Board meets municipality reps. ected members ho. uron County Board of on met with about 60 and appointed of - from around the to try to explain the ated reasons for the nt budget increase in Superintendent of Affairs Roy Dunlop explain the budget in s terms to the e largely consisting of officials and besides a few municipal seemed to cloud an muddy picture. p said he had tried to y the budget and d a set of comparison based on the 1976 o help explain things. ed out that the entire was a "horrendous" document sent to the that would com- escape everyone in if it was used for the ion. He said the requires a very ted procedure for ?ver reds, renting! lutes ter thei al sA rpar gad ler 01 lisrouq 2.441 spec et hoe ,thy! and AE ,osli setting- up the budget when calculating the grant structure and cost sharing adding that it required all of his department's expertise to handle the chore. The budget riled the majority of municipal of- ficials because of the increase their municipality faced due to the budget hikes. The board passed the budget in March after the budget committee explained that it faced an 18 per cent increase in expenses this year. Among those expenses was con- struction of a school in Exeter, re-establishing a reserve fund for more financial security, correcting an underlevy from 1975 and paying expenses for con- struction at Victoria School in Goderich. Dunlop said the increases could easily be broken into percentages. He said nine per cent ,of the increase wag in week late this year regular expenses, four per cent covered the use of $200,000 in reserve funds from last year, two per cent covered the Exeter school, one per cent the Victoria School ands two per cent covered the underlevy. He said the reason the board had to make up for the costs this year was to ensure that the budget wasn't ar- tificially decreased as it was last year. He said the use of the reserve funds and the underlevy kept the tax rate down but meant the board was basing its calculations on artificial base, a base that disappeared this year with the reserve funds. He added that the budget was bare bones explaining that if the Anti -Inflation Board went out of business and the teachers in the county sought more money than the AIB allows the board would be in dire strait's. He said the budget allowed for salary suggesting that farmers take increases to the. AIB what they can get for their maximum and with no cattle when they go to reserves couldn't ac- market. He said that possibly commodate more than -that the teachers should be amount. prepared to take what they Exeter deputy -reeve Cy, get when salaries are Simmons said he ' was negotiated either that or the discouraged by the board hoard say "that's it" to the budget pointing out that the teachers. entire audience was elected Board vice chairman officials and should be more Marian Zinn said she felt. no4 concerned with halting in- all the teachers could be flationary trends..He said the branded with the same stick. public blamed labour for She said 85 per cent of them inflation adding that he knew don't know what their of no labor settlement' for a 23 contract offers are until it's per cent increase. time to vote on them ex- plaining that only a few, most "If they're the cause of of whom are on the inflation where does that negotiating team, are aware leave us," he said. of the requests. She said the Howick - Reeve Harald committee this year would be Robinson suggested that looking closely at class size wages were the main reason and subject material when for the increase pointing out negotiating the contract and that the'board had to make a asked if the politicians and decision to stop the increase ratepayers would support the somewhere. He compared the board in a strike situation, -- 'salaries to a farmer's plight GORERICH SIGNAL -STAR, T1WR e»-ne•xt year better , . arige Walk set for Bayfield r regular meeting on ay, May 18, the rron County Orange ecided to ,hold the al walk in Bayfield day, July l6' meeting held in the Orange Hall, County Ivan McClymont the members of the celebration in of the 150th an - s busy.... d from page 2A) are trained and the roperly established. returning officer, I spend election day the. polling sub- s, talking to the Returning Officers I clerks, and an - questions on es. If everything is smoothly there's no by the returning on't get to bed at a le hour on election niversary of the founding of the town, and their parade, to be held on July 9th. ' Due to this, and to Orange Walks being held in other towns in Ontario on that date, it was decided to. hold the Bayfield walk one week later. Chairman of the parade 'committee, Alex Hamilton of Grand Bend, stated that the walk would leave Clan Gregor Square at ap- proximately 2:00 p.m. and proceed past the senibr citizens' home, and come back up the main street to the square. The speaker's platform will be set up in the square, and the speaking will precede the. walk, with the remainder of the program taking place afterwards. • A ball game, to be played in the fairgrounds after the parade, is 'being arranged by County Secretary Dou McAsh of Varna. Fewer man urning officer, after hours lost of voting, stands by trict returning office . e the ballot boxes • In quarter nofficial poll reports Ming brought in by Next day, or within ays, the returning and election clerk e "official count". then supplies these figures to .election s and to the Chief fficer. urning officer's job finished: there will ses and payments to oved, forms and is to be returned to tion Office, ballot be cleaned and for "storage in the Office in Toronto. the district g office will be the telephone ted, s the signal for ive quiet on the scene --until the ection when the g officer puts complex election y into operation in.- Robt. The .:number of man -days lost in Ontario through work stoppages declined from the first quarter of 1976 to the first quarter of 1977, the Ministry of Labour an- nounced today. During the January -March period of 1976, 811021 man - days were lost as a result of 82 work stoppages involving 32,136 workers. baring the comparable 1977 period, there were 67 work stoppages, involving 22,556 workers, which resulted in 149,852 man -days lost. The decline of 661,469 man -days represents a reduction of 81.5 percent. During all of 1976, there were 1,671,090 man -days lost through strikes or lockouts, a decrease of 1,504,188 or 47,4 percent from the 1975 level of 3,175,278. Man -days lost during the October 14 day of protest are excluded from the 1976 statistics. htubs Reglazed me r bathtub hard to clean? Your tub feel like sandpaper?' your tub have chips or cracks? ou changing the colour of, the fixtures in bathroom? e checked any of the above, we con help you. National Glazing lata your home and reglnze your tub without removal for a replacement cost. GUARANTEE NAL SERVICE LING FINISH OLOUR AFTER NATIONAL GLAZING / iol and commercial. 1 "I J no obligation. (1 ..�E` (S 19) 291-2411Out of town __`_`___ call collect __ a od for White tubs regularly$150.00 Colour charge 515.00 Mileage charged where applicable. Webster, the dance com- mittee chairman, announced that arrangements hadbeen made with therBayfield Lions Club to hold the dance in the Bayfield Arena in the evening. The Lions are also attempting to arrange for some rides to be set up in the fairgrounds for the children. The County • Master reported on proceedings at Provincial Lodge meetings held in St. Catharines. Plans were made for the Annual County Church Service, to be held in Varna United.. Church on Sunday, June 26, at 10:00 a.m. The Rev. Alex Taylor, pastor of the church and a former chaplain of the Orange Lodge of Scotland, will be in charge. Goderich Clerk Harold Walls said he was going through this exercise for the second time having ac- companied his council to a special .board meeting once before' to discuss the budget. He said' he was made aware of the problems facing the board when they drew up the budget adding that the in- creases to the municipalities can sometimes be deceiving. He said.he went back over the Goderich budgets over the last few years and discovered that while the board of education requisition goes up annually in dollars and cents the percentage increase does not change that much. He said the board requisition and they town, budgets can he compared using about 'four sets of figures and each comparison would have a different result. "There's no' one given answer." said Walls. "It's a very 'complicated procedure." Several officials conceded that the board could do nothing about this year's budget but said that it cer- tainly could do something about ne-t year's. The bglk;of the baadget - about 70 per cent is used, for wages and the bbard could give some serious thought to evaluating its administrative and in- structional staff with the intention of perhaps reducing the amount of staff. Board chairman Herb "1'ur'kheim said that salaries were a touchy thing at this time of year since the rw;gotiating teams were in the process of working out 1978's contract. }-Ie said the board could not divulge any in- formation on the proceedings now but shared the concern of taxpayer's and officials that education costs are going up annually. G�derich Twp.rec.bd. signs 48 ballplayers The Goderich Township recreation committee held its regular monthly. meeting on May 18 after committee members inspected the weigh scale property. Members attending we're" Grant Stirling, Joe Fr'itzley, Doug Yeo, Art Bell, Hazel McCreath, piana Brand, Gerry Bornath and a visitor Mary Brand. The first item of business was that of the township crests which were ordered by Doug.Yeoand should be here in July. Baseball news was highlighted at the meeting. Forty-eight potential players for this year's baseball season have sent in their names for registration. The baseball team from Huronview wishing to use the ball diamond at the Holmesville Public School will have to contact Art Bell as the matter was left in his hands. Art Bell listed the equipment which would be needed this year for baseball and he was given permission to buy the various articles. Our' committee decided to apply for a Wintario grant of $1,200 to help pay for this equipment. Doug Yeo was appointed by the committee to represent the Rec. Committee' on the Goderich Recreation Board. The committee made a recommendation that the townshi1l proceed with the levelling of the weigh scale property for the proposed new ball park, Our township picnic has been set for Thursday, July 14, so don't forget to mark this date on your calendars. The draw for the Goderich twp. quilt will also be made'at this time. The picnic will be barbecue style and will be held at the Lakeside Park on Blacks Pt. Road. Our next meeting will be held on June 15 at 8:30 p.m. by Diana Brand. SAvEs�Ts ON YOUR NEW * HOUSE * DRIVE-IN SHED * ADDITION * TRUSSES ROYAL HOMES HAS ADDED A NEW LINE,JO THEIR HOME PRODUCTS CALLED COMPONENTS This means prefabricating the entire building in sections; delivering these to your site; and all you do is nail it together. We can build anything - just bring in ydur plan or ideas, and we will quote you the price. t THE HOUSE everything is pre- engineered to help you build faster and better. 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GODERICH •My stereo and tapes were stolen from my car, The Police apprehended a suspect and I was asked to come and identify my belongings. I was told that my equipment couldn't be released until after the trial as it was needed for evidence. I still haven't heard from the Police and am wondering how long' I may have to wait. This is really your fault because you were not r • ' by registered mail to cot ind get your stereo and .aes. Since no one was home you were left a notice inforroing you that a registered letter awaited you at the Post Office. Subsequently since, another notice was delivered but still you failed to call! You can get your belongings from the Police at any time. EVERYDAY DOWN - TO - EARTH VALUES Furnrture IN THE SUNCOAST MALL OPEN: MON. SATURDAY-FRI.TILLS P.MTILL 5:3.0 It would be nice to see someone write into your column who has no complaints but rather, a compliment. Well a stranger did my Sister a favour and I just thought his kindness was worth writing about. ' She was driving on the main street of Orangeville and was stopped for a red light when her car suddenly stopped. She became very flustered, but the man in the car beside her, parked his car and came back to assist. He recruited' a few people from the street and they were able to push her car off the Main street and to diagnose the problem as, "being out of gas". This gentleman ob- tained a can of gas from a nearby service station and soon my sister was on her way home again, thanks to a perfect stranger. SCHUTZ 1.1 . •DODGE I'w 524. 414 HURON telgi. 8311 - , GORE tet i Your Fult line '111 • CHRYSLER. • PLYMOUTH V. • is