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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-12-07, Page 224 PAGRA 4.,GODERICH SIGNAL,STAR, THURSDAY, DECEIVII3ER 7 , 1978 It Ci-vrity'staff.giv..„eni. • atch up increase in -1979, BY JEFF SlEDDON Huron County council didn't stop with depar- tment heads when it awarded catch up wage 0.1 increases to county staff at its final session Thursday. Council ac- cepted recommendations from several committees giving non-union per- sonnel in county offices increases ranging from five percent to 21.5 percent. The increases will be given the em- ployees January 1. The theory used for the increases was the same as the one a special committee of council used in granting in- creases to department heads in county offices. Warden Gerry Ginn told council union employees had been awarded hefty increases three years ago (about 35 percent) and before the county finished negotiations with supervisory staff the Anti Inflation Board was established and its guidelines prevented the county from giving- a similar increase to non- union staff. Ginn said the AIB guidelines vic- timized the staff for three years and now that they had been lifted the county was giving increases permitting non-union' personnel to catchup. The smallest increase among non supervisory • staff was given the ti0; ,•• • 14147 Dana and Erin remember others Members of the Godirich Kinette Club presented a. cheque for $240 to the Family' and Children's Services. annual. Christmas Fund. Dana Armstrong and Erin Purser made the cheque presentation to supervisor Richard Boonstra on behalf of Kinette members Gayle Purser and Dianne Armstrong. Dorothy Scott, left, is in charge of the Salvation Army Christmas gift depot, a project which the Kinettes are also involved with. (photo by Dave Sykes) • • Riddell wants farmland • surveyed by province Liberal agriculture critic Jack Riddell (Huron -Middlesex) is concerned about the amount of farmland falling Under foreign control, particularly in the counties of Huron, Bruce, Lambton and Kent. He called Tuesday in the legislature for a provincial survey of the New committees of town c ncil The striking committee composed of Reeve Eileen Palmer, Deputy -Reeve Bob Allen, the two councillors who polled first and second in the recent election, Stan Profit and Jim Searls, along with Mayor Worsell recommended the following committees: Works and Engineering; Chairman Bob Allen, co-chairman Jim McGee; finance, Reeve Eileen Palmer, Councillor Brian Knights; property, Councillor Jim McGee, Reeve Eileen Palmer; traffic, Councillor pini Searls, Councillor John .Doherty; fire, Coun- cillor Brian Knights, Deputy -Reeve Bob Allen; harbor, Councillor Elsa Haydon, Councillor Stan Profit; parks: Councillor John Doherty, Councillor Elsa Haydon; environment, Councillor Stan Profit, Councillor Jim Searls. 11111.11111111111111111111M111111.1 Don't get caught without the most important piece of equipment for winter THE SHOVEL ViCTOMA 1401011 GOORRICH 824411 111111.1.11110MINIIMMift amount of farmland under foreign ownership. Ontario Agriculture Minister William Newman told Riddell it would be too expensive to do a survey of the whole province but said a special concern in one area could perhaps be surveyed. Newman said that statistics show that less than one per cent of the province's farmland is owned by interests from outside Canada. He said that many people from other countries who have bought Ontario farmland have come here to farm themselves and have become "excellent citizens". Others have leased their land to • neighbouring farmers, he said. A 20 per per cent land transfer tax in Ontario, which applies to foreign interests buying far- mland, serves as a safeguard against too much land going to non - Canadians, Newman continued. But Riddell suggested • that foreign buyers could circumvent the land transfer tax by forming an Ontario corporation to buy the land. He went on to say, "no one knows how much •agricultural land has passed into the hands of foreign owners," But he said, "we do know there is German money in Bruce, Belgian and German money in Huron and Italian money in Kent." Im many cases the farms are bought through realtors "sight unseen", said Riddell, and then rented out to other far- mers. "We • also feel that processors are renting this land leading to vertical integration (of the food industry) which makes it very difficult for our farm family units to compete,"ihe said. Purchases by foreign buyers has also put land values up often "beyond the reach of our own potential farmers," Riddell went on. Outside the legislAire, Newman said that his °ministry is "always keeping an eye" on the situation but he doesn't see the need for a special province -wide in- vestigation. Riddell said in the legislature that the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) at its recent annual meeting asked for a provincial survey of foreign ownership and a monitoring of all new land transfers to foreign ownership. He said the OFA is tackling the issue itself and it "shouldn't have to" do its own survey. director of nursing and the director of public health inspection. Both thqse posts were in- creased five percent from $18,642 to $19,578. Field workers in. the social services depart- ment were given raises of 10.9 percent and 16 percent. One worker's wage was brought from $13,286 to $14,742 with a 10 percent hike and another, who was just recently made a full time county employee, was given a 16 percent raise from $11,154 to $12,948. Staff at Huronview, the county home for the aged, had increases ranging from six percent to 11 percent. The assistant administrator of Huronview had his wage brought from $16,458 to $17,498 with a six percent increase. The nursing director received 10.5 percent bringing that wage. to $17,368. The food supervisor received 11 percent bringing that salary from $13,962 to $15,522. The- chief -- engineer at Huronview got a 13 percent hike and that wage moved from $14,196 to $16,042. Housekeeping and laundry was recently amalgamated with social services and the supervisor in that area given an increase When the amalgamation took place. The job will pay $14,742 on January 1. The stockkeepier is paid $11,856 and will be paid $13,234 when the 11.6 percent hike takes effect at the beginning of the year. A planning technician in the county planning department had the biggest increase of any county employee. The technician's wage was brought from $12,558 to $15,262 with a whopping 21.5 percent increase. A seniorplanner was awarded a 12.3 percent hike bringing that wage from $19,318 to $21 ,710. County highway em- ployees were given a 6.5 percent increase across the board. The highway department has 0 em- ployees in the field and three office Staff in 13 categories. With the new increase labour will be paid $5.54 an hour while skilled labour will be paid $5,78 an hour. A truck driver receives $5.71 an hour and -a grader operator $5.78. -The Goderich Rangers gave out candy canes, apples and oranges at Santa's Court held in the Park Theatre after the town's annual Christmas parade on Saturday. Here, Gail Pinkney (left) and Sandy Banks offer a treat to Ben- jamin Crane, 2, who gets encouragement from grandpa, David Goddard. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • • • FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS DINNER • • • • • • • • VW 000000.000•000.000004).0000 • •••••••••••••••••22V00000 Mk CHASE & SANBQRN • SUPREME LIGHT •• FANCY • • : JELL() I GROUND • COFFEE FRUIT CAKE • TOMATO - • • rSEIrr • e.• •JUICE '4,3 OZ. PKth 1 LB. *1.19 , • JEL, OIRIAIDER 41 BA $ 8 8• 2 LB. $9 •3 5• 48 FL. 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