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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-11-17, Page 1Lowest of five members of the Goderich senior Football team were escorted around owing their 18-0 victory over the Exeter Panthers to win the Huron -Perth senior football championship. The win capped a perfect season for the Vikings who won nine straight games , oderich while giving up only seven points to the op- position. Story and pictures on page 8. (staff photo) SIGNAL -STAR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1977 30 CENTS PER COPY k first NIP fun ion for the funds to support the second the Neighborhood Improvement NIP) will be made by town council on the municipality. A copy of the ap- or approval and contributions will be to the Ministry of Housing including a legal description of the NIP area in st corner of Goderich. _ uest is for $32,000 from the federal t representing 50 percent of the total cost of carrying out the second stage am and $16,000 or 25 percent from the government. The remaining $16,000 om municipal coffers: ey includes $49,280 for planning' and tion of the work to be undertaken in ated area and $14,720 for resident n, an important aspect of the o of the NIP program is expected to five months. The final submission of a atement of neighborhood planning to be completed by May 14, 1978. The is implementation and it is at this he municipality will have to decide to what extent it will become com- Dave Barber, a representative of Municipal Planning Consultants, told council that in the event decision was reached not to implement the program developed in the second stage of NIP, the funds from federal and provincial sources already received by the town would not have to be returned. Barber also said that if the full $64,000 was not used up during the second stage, it was his un- derstanding the remainder of the money could be applied to the third stage, implementation. According to the Community Renewal Branch of the Ministry of Housing, Barber added, the town would not have to make the first stage application which is the selection of the neigh- borhood. However, Deputy Clerk Larry MacCabe said he'd forwarded the necessary first stage forms to the Ministry of Housing. "There's certainly no harm in that," agreed Barber. Although Barber also presented a flow chart for the work program to be undertaken during stage two, town council made it clear that Barber's firm, Municipal Planning Consultants had not yet been retained by the municipality to do the planning portion of the work. Barber estimated his company would charge between -$10,000 and $15,000,for• its services to Goderich during stage two. I -1e said he could not be more specific about the price since it would not be known until the work was actually begun just what would be necessary. "But previous experiences have shown that it will be between $10,000 and $15,000," said Bar- ber. Later in the meeting, council learned that Sally Hannon of the Ministry of Housing will be in Goderich today(Thursday) to discuss the NIP project with members of town council. Coun- cillors also agreed to meet with Jean Monteith of Jean Monteith and Associates Limited (plan- ners) regarding the cost of her firm's services during stage two of the NIP project. The NIP area, according to the submission to be made to the Ministry, contains 416 homes on 135 acres and 1,460 people. The average income in the area is $6,400 per annum. It shows that while water hydro and gas services are adequate, sewage, street lighting, roads and boulevards are inadequate. niors' housing more possible town promises financial aid recorded vote - 5 to 4 - Goderich town agreed to co-operate with Goderich d Colborne Township to raise $25,000 pita basis to subsidize the cost of a d at the corner of West Street and reet to facilitate the construction of izens' housing complex. was born in the Housing Action where representatives from oderich Township and Colborne ve been working for two years establishment of a senior citizen ilding in the core area of Goderich. r such a facility had been clearly ed long ago and has been dbythe Ontario government. sistent problem has been land said Roman Dzus, chairman of the on Committee who appeared before 'ay evening. He said a core area oderich was favored by the senior the committee. Limited land lus the high cost of real estate e committee's efforts to acquire ble for the project. referred by the committee is the P property and some adjoining >st of the land is $205,000, in excess of Housing "bench marks It has that the tri -municipal councils and the cost of buying the land, ng the actual dollar cost to the more acceptable $180,000. While Grantee that the Ministry will rid purchase even in the lesser nistry has pledged its support to oderich and area senior citizens' Dzus said the project has ith the Ministry of Housing. the fixed financial contribution the three municipal councils, uncal has agreed to waive the impost fees which would have been applicable to the project, and to approve the necessary rezoning to permit the construction of a four - storey 70 -unit complex. 70 UNITS Dzus said the provision of specifically 70 units is consistent with the known'demands for senior citizen housing in Goderich and area. As well, Dzus pointed out, more units had to be provided in the complex to offset the higher land acquisition costs. He said the design of the building would still be compatible with the area. The four -storey design, Dzus continued, could he approved without further surveys and studies. It would prevent further unnecessary delays, he stated. Dzus told council the Ministry would assume the costs for the demolition of the present buildings on the land, and would pay the total cost of construction for the new facility. Once the senior citizens' complex is built, the tri - municipal councils wil assume their share of any losses incurred up to 71/2 per cent. Councillor Dave Gower spoke in opposition to waiving the impost charges. He felt the financial loss to the town of Goderich would be high, especially when it was considered that Goderich would also provide other services for the facility - policing, fire protection, recreation facilities etc. "We're subsidizing the total project," argued Gower. TAXES "We'll be collecting the taxes for 50 years," Councillor Bob Allen observed in rebuttal. "1 can't believe the wrangling we're going through for minimal amounts of money." Allen said it was time the community provided adequate and accessible housing for settlor citizens. He asked council to remember that the senior citizens themselves had requested a location in the core area. "A project like this will revitalize the core area," Allen added. Deputy -reeve .Eileen Palmer also advised that the senior citizens' complex will likely come under the county housing scheme soon. "Then the rural municipalities will subsidize this to 71/2 -per cent as the urban municipalities do," said Palmer. Councillor Elsa Haydon asked if the motion before council was lost, would the entire project be lost. She said she was in favor of senior citizens' housing in the core area and would support whatever action was absolutely necessary to see it accomplished. But she too, was reluctant to waive the impost fees and suggested that perhaps these fees could also be shared by the three municipalities on a per capita basis. Haydon was told that on a per capita basis, Goderich would be paying too much toward the impost fees and that such a proposal would he more costly than waiving the costs. Haydon asked to see figures as proof, but none were produced and her suggestion was disregarded. Councillor Don Wheeler said council had set a precedent when it agreed to waive the impost �$ 'Turn to page 20 • Index Rockhounding Page 1A Township crest Page 3 PUC Page 2 Sports Pages 8-11 Classified Pages 15-19 ingna: to collect gar For the first time since 1969, the contract for garbage collection in Goderich has been ten- dered and a new contractor, Don Carter of Wingham, has been hired as of the first of January, 1978. The new three-year contract calls for payment 15y the town of 77 cents per capita per month in 1978; 83 cents per capita per month in 1979; and 89 cents per capita per month in 1980. The Carter bid was the lowest of five received representing $68,237.40 in 1978; $73,559.60 in 1979; anti„ $78,871.80 in 1980 for a total value in three years of $220,663.80. The highest bid was submitted by the current contractors, C&W Sanitation of Goderich. Their bid was for $1.07 per capita . per month or $94,823.40 in 1978; $1.18 per capita per month or $104,571.60 in 1979; and $1.30 per capita per month or $115,206 in 1980. The total value in three years to C & W Sanitation would be $314,601 or $93,937.20 more than the accepted bid for the same three-year period. Other bids were received from McLellan Disposals Services Limited of Mount Forest for $225,006.18 over three years; C.A. Pergel and Bob Lortie of Goderich for $243,582.84 over three years and Wilson Enterprises for $263,201.40 over three years. Council also agreed that the population figures for the town should be revised annually ac- cording to the municipal census report at the Huron -Perth Regional Assessment Office. • WINTER Councillor John Doherty asked if the out-of- town .firm would have difficulty getting to Goderich during the winter months. According to Councillor Dave Gower, chairman of the works and Engineering Committee which put together the comprehensive report, getting to Goderich in all kinds of weather will be the responsibility of Carter. "He's been made aware of the situation here," said Gower who also indicated that if the service was found inadequate, the contract could be hrDken. Council was also advised that while Carter intends to do the work in Goderich himself for a while 'to get the feel of things here", there are indications that once the service is operating smoothly sanitation staff may be located in town. This is not part of the contract, however. Don Carter presently supplies sanitation services for Wingham and Brussels, Gower told council. An added feature of the garbage service in Goderich at the beginning of the year will he that householders will be able to send anything ex- cept building materials with the garbage pickup each week. Furniture, appliances, garden refuse etc. all will be removed anytime, Councillor Gower said. The semi-annual garden refuse pickup by the municipality will be discontinued. The contract with C & W expired on July 31, 1977 but the firm has agreed to supply sanitation Turn to page 20 • Board, teachers talk but don't listen The Huron County secondary school teachers and the county board of education agreed recently to appoint a mediator to attempt to settle the 1977-78 teacher -hoard collective agreement.,, The county secondary school teachers have been working without a contract since September and negotiations for the new pact have been fruitless. A fact finder's report on the board -teacher negotiations was released recently by the Education Relations Commission of the province and suggested that the main reason the parties have not settled on an agreement was due to poor communications. Professor J.W. Samuels of the faculty of law of the University of Western Ontario was appointed by the commission to investigate the Huron negotiations. The com- mission oversees all teacher -board agreements in the province and usually demands a fact finder report when negotiations bog down. Samuels said in the report that he was con- vinced that both parties are equally to blame for the poor communications. He said it was the "overall spirit" which was at fault, claiming the board has not heard what the teachers are sure they have said and the teachers have not heard what the hoard is sure it has said. "In my view each party is sincerely convinced that it has explained its argument to the other and that it is willing to negotiate in good faith if only the other side would agree to do likewise," Samuels reported. He added that the negotiations have been a "dialogue of the deaf". Samuels recommended that both parties should sit down with a third party chairman to discuss their positions; For their part the teachers asked that a mediator be appointed on September 23 but claim that the board refused the suggestion. The board didn't endorse the use of a mediator until November 7. The fact finder's report was submitted to both parties October 19. STUMBLING BLOCK The chairman of the teachers' negotiating team, Ron Lane, said Tuesday that in the teachers' opinion the fact finder will do nothing to help negotiations and in fact might act as a stumbling block. He said the report used con- flicting arguments and ignored virtually all teacher data regarding supportive material for their proposals. Samuels also admits in the report that he failed to check key figures, ac- cording to Mr. Lane. Lane said the teachers were disappointed with the fact finder report but did agree with Samuels' suggestion that a mediator be ap- pointed. He said the actions of the school hoard during negotiations make it difficult for teachers to "resist the conclusion that they are a target of a campaign designed to tear up their previous Contract and to substitute in its place one that includes not one single request of the Huron teachers." Herb Turkheim, who is chairman of the hoard Turn to page 20 • Silver cross mother Mrs. Lillian Summers receives some assistance from Legion members Bob Chapman and Roy Mugford in laying the first wreath at the Remembrance Day services held at the cenotaph. (staff photo)