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
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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 -
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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.
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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.
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Naturally however, a for-
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•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.
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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.
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