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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-11-22, Page 18PAGE 18—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1979 Council not anxious to pay committee secretaries BY JEFF SEDDON Goderich town council had no problem Monday night deciding how much to pay itself but did have difficulty .deciding what to pay board and committee secretaries. Council was voting on a bylaw setting the 1980 remuneration for the mayor, members of council and members of boards and com- mittees set up by council with its members appointed by council. The 1980 fee schedule is merely a repeat of this year's rates. Council gave no indication it considered giving itself raises in the new year and offered no committee members any in- crease. Reeve Eileen Palmer opened up lengthy discussion on the rates to be paid board and committee secretaries when she suggested council include a $500 salary in the bylaw for the secretary of the police commission. Palmer told council the secretary of that body has a considerable workload and, after Ashfield... • from page 1 in the year since the first public meeting no landowner has made any attempt to comment on the official plan either to the township councilor the county planning department. The planner said the changes in the plan with respect to Port Albert basically opened the village up to residential development. He said the original plan recommended half acre lots in the village and in the area between the village and Highway 21. He said the proposal was designed to concentrate the development to use as little agricultural land as possible. That recommendation now suggests one acre lots. Davidson said an attempt was made in the first draft to distinguish between permanent residences and seasonal residences along the lakeshore. He said owners were concerned about the designation of residential use and wanted it all considered permanent. Davidson conceded it was difficult to separate the two types of housing' adding the plan now considers it all permanent residential use. He said the secondary plan follows the county official plan very closely. He said the Ashfield plan may tighten severance policy"" in the township ruling out many small severances now being granted. He said the new policy will eliminate the severance of small parcels of .land to allow for the retirement of farmers or for farmer's to —sever a -few acres -off the farm to provide -a lot — for a son or daughter. He said the main thrust of the plan is to protect the diminishing land resources in the township, especially agricultural land. What's cooking SPICY CHEESE BALL 1 8 -oz, pkg. Philly cream cheese 2 tbsp. Accent seasoning or Lawry's seasoned salt 1 pkg chipped beef, crumbled. 2-3 chopped green onions parsley Combine mixture, roll in parsley flakes, chill. Serve with crackers. By Noreen McPhee Goderich WATERMELON BOAT 1 watermelon 1/2 lb. green seedless grapes 1/2 lb. purple grapes 2 apples peeled, cored and chopped 2 pears, peeled, cored and chopped 1 melon or cantaloupe 2 peaches chopped Strawberries, raspberries and -or cherries to add colour r/2 c. sugar. Cut lid out of watermelon leaving a plain rim if you wish or make a scalloped edge for eye ap- peal. Remove inside o watermelon with large spoon or melon ball cutter. Remove seeds. Sprinkle the fresh fruit with 1/4 c. lemon juice to help retain colour. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate. By Barbara Desjardlns for Women's Day Out, Goderich OME STOP FOR fiLLYOCIR NOME IMPROVEMEMT1 NEEDS $ ow; jl 'Nnd 1 -\. I / 111I4(�, i' ' i'l(47 T Ill y r ,.if L I1=li\ 1'r, iI ,,pi.„., ION Ai , 1 • ELECT . IC A; ,, oG��'�aJ9, Electrical Wire • Fuse Boxes Junction Boxes Recepticles Switches & Plugs Fuses of all types Heaters & Fans Your "Oo•If.Y'oursolf" etoro for "De.19.YoureoIf" people SERVICE DOMINION NAIIDWAIIE, 3e Vittorio St., Gadorleh, 3244111 consulting with the town's finance committee, she suggested that work be paid for. Clerk Larry McCabe serves as secretary of that commission. Councillor Elsa Haydon agreed with the recommendation but suggested council expand the idea to include the secretaries of all com- mittees. She suggested secretarial wages be set by each committee provided the wage did not exceed the annual sum received by a member of the board or committee. Deputy -reeve Bob Allen took the subject one step further suggesting wages earned by town employees serving as secretaries on com- mittees or boards be included in that person's salary from the town. He said council adopted that practice several years ago to streamline payments for secretarial duties and to establish a standard pay. 1 Tax char e g • • • from page l whose are down all I want to know is is it fair." said Allen. "There will be some hardship but we have that now." Reeve Eileen Palmer told council there was little Goderich could do about inequities in the provincial tax system. She said market value assessment was a "back door approach" to provincial tax reform that will remove some inequities at the local level. Councillor Jim Magee, himself a retired homeowner, told council there were some distinct advantages and disadvantages to senior citizens through market value assessment. He said the pros and cons tended to leave him "sitting on the fence". But he added that he thought the new tax system was fair and he was "all for it". Council's decision to accepte reassessment to market values was coupled with a request to Lorne Maeck, minister of revenue for Ontario, to provide the town with a new tax roll. That new roll will probably be returned early. in January and tax notices will be sent out in the first week of 1980. The tax notices will be delayed until the Christmas rush at the post office passes to avoid them getting bogged down or lost amongst Christmas mail. • Ken Fagan of the Huron -Perth Assessment office said once the notices are sent out the assessment office will be holding open house to .explain the tax changes. He said assessment office staff will be available for homeowners to come in and have the tax change explained, Fagan said assessment office staff is eager to get started on the reassessment since'it has to be done in Goderich 'and possibly 17 or 18 other municipalities. He said 20 municipalities in �-ur-on reque-sted- reassessment and to date nine, including Goderich, have decided in favor of market value assessment. Nestle official... • from page 4 company' in Switzerland was proud to have par- ticipated in the Geneva meeting, which brought together all interested parties in a constructive spirit to reach agreement on ways to improve the health and nutrition of infants and children throughout the world. "Our company associates itself com- pletely with the .position taken by ICIFI on behalf of all members and siipports wholeheartedly the final statement issued by WHO -UNICEF. Current Nestle policies are totally consistent with these recom- mendations. • "Where there may be a need for futher clarification, the com- pany intends to adopt the most stringent measures to avoid any practice that could be interpreted as inconsistent. "The Geneva meeting and the e agreement reached as a result of it are seen as the most important and most positive developments to date on the complex issue of infant nutrition. In the spirit of the WHO - UNICEF meeting, Nestle intends to move forward in every possible Way to continue to play a con- structive role in the battle against infant Trapping. • • from page 2 due to the fact that the actual costs exceeded the estimates. Council passed a motion "That the Clerk - Treasurer is hereby authorized to apply for an Interim Grant and make an interim billing on the Reid Drain, of 90 percent of costs incurred to date." A resolution from the Regional Municipality of Waterloo that the Minister of Natural Resources be requested to delay the second reading of the Bill to revise the Pits and Quarries Act, was en- dorsed by West Wawanosh Township Council. • malnutrition world - w ide: I feel you will agree that the major developments that have taken place since your article appeared represent a constructive and positive turning point that will be of interest to ,your readers. In this regard, I would be pleased to discuss the subject with you at your convenience. Yours truly, NESTLE (CANADA) LTD. R.H. Peterson Director Public Affairs Police... • from page :t tacted, the fire put out and the vehicle towed away. On November 18 at 1:45 p.m., a man reported to police that a medium sized dog on Bennett Street had been nipping at his heels an.d foaming at AA' mouth. Police made a search for this dog but were unable to find it. They would ap- preciate hearing from anyone else who may. have seen it. There were four minor accidents in town during the week as well. On November 13, a driver lost control of her_ vehicle in wet, slippery weather on -Britannia Road East. There were no injuries and slight damage. On November 15, a car proceeding north on -Victoria Street in the center lane was struck on the left side by a truck pulling away from a stop sign at St. David Street. There was a'total of"$2,500 damage and no injuries. On November 17, a man driving a truck and making a delivery at 106 Cambria Road backed into a parked car causing $350 damage. There were no injuries. Also on November 17, two cars going north on South Street collided when the vehicle in the left lane tried to make a right hand turn at the same time as the vehicle in the right lane. There was minimal damage and no iniuries. 32 FL. OZ. • K®LBASSA LB. 52.49 • STEMS 8, PIECES • • TOWELS $1.09••••••••,•••e••••••••I. 10 FL. OZ. 794 • • The decision by council to roll all the payments into one affected the town clerk who serves as secretary for the economic development committee, the police com- mission, the Maitland Cemetery Board and the Land Fill Site committee, and commissioner of works Ken Hunter who is secretary for plan- ning board and the airport committee. Other committees appoint their own mem- bers to serve as secretary and recognize the extra workload with a wage. Haydon reminded council that without in- cluding secretarial wages in , the town's remuneration bylaw committees had no authority to pay for the job. She said few, if any, committee members would do the work for nothing and committees would probably then turn the job over to town employees. Haydon added that council, on occasion, criticises committee secretaries for not providing council with minutes of committee meetings. She said that criticism would probably now have to be aimed at town em- ployees since they would be doing the work. McCabe told council Haydon was correct. He said if the payer'ferr secretaries was not included in the bylaw it could not be awarded by com- mittees. He said most committees pay secretaries the same amount the town pays committee members. He explained if a com- mittee member gets $150 a year from the town to sit on the committee the committee usually gives its secretaries the same. Reeve Palmer said she was not aware the secretaries were getting anything. She saild members of council act as their own secretaries when they sit on special corn- mittees and don't get paid anent. Haydon argued that most council members avail themselves of the clerk, deputy -clerk, commissioner of works or some other town employee to handle secretarial type duties. She said the committee members would do the •••• • • • • • • • same thing if they had no secretary of their own to go to. Palmer felt council should set salaries for committee members or secretaries. She said if it was left up to the committees "all hell would break loose". Haydon pointed out that the town has used the policy of permitting committees to appoint secretaries and set wages in the past and t11 town has not suffered. According to the bylaw -the mayor will receive $5,735 annually and members of council $2,867. Any committees the mayor sits on as ex officio will pay him $150 a year and all people appointed by council to a particular committee will receive $150 a year. The police commission members receive $750 a year and its chairman $850. The chairman of the Maitland Cemetery board receives $300 and member $150 each. Members of the land fill site committee are paid $50 per meeting. THE WINNING COMBINATION When you shop the Signal Classifieds, it's like having an ace up your sleeve! You can save money...and en- joy the convenience of shopping from your easy chair. You can't beat that! Tf Goderich SIGNAL -STAR a • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 40 ONTAL10 c r11QEET cSTQATl{,OQD 271-2960 •••••••••••••••••••••4 TOUCHDOWN WITH THESE FOOD VALUES • • • • • • • • • • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• CUT FROM CANADA GRADE A BEEF 6. 2 CANADA DRY 3 FOR " ROUND STEAK FCUT LB. 49 99'SIRLOIN:TIP ROASTS LB. $2.79 AEGER RUMP ROASTS LB. $ 2.69 • • PEPSI • COLA • 750 ML.;,., PLUS -DEPOSIT • E.D. S)VIITH • • GARDEN 28 FL. 0 • COCKTAIL 694 • LAURA SECORD 1 MINI PUDDINGS 5 OZ. • PKG. OF 4 TINS • ROMAR 90 $1.19 • 15 OZ, TIN SWEET PICKLED MAPLE LEAF COTTAGE ROLLS LB. $1 5-9 LB.1.19 Le. $1 . 99 PICNIC STYLE SMOKED PORK SHOULDER MEDIUM GROUND BEEF SWEET PICKLED PORK LOIN ROLLS LB. $ 1 8 9 750 ML. 3 FOR 99c PLUS DEPOSIT • • • • • FLAKED WHITE CLOVERLEAF. TUNA 6Y, OZ. LYSOL SPRAY 12 OZ. • 1.39• • •• $1.89• S.ELMONTE FANCY • DOG F6OD AP94 ••••.••••••••••••••••TOMATO • • CLARK • BEANS • WITH PORK • • MCLARENS • FOR YOUR GREY CUP PARTY • JUICE 48 FL. OZ. 14 FL. OZ. • ORDER YOUR GREY CUP 4 • • CHEESE TRAYS EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT • STEWS 39, • WESTON'S RYE BREADS 694 1 680 GRAM • CORDON BLEU • SHOPSY POTATO SALAD 24 OZ. 99c • MAXWELL HOUSE • DILL PICKLES •SHOPS PKGS. *INSTANT • • Y CORNED BEEF "PKG. OF 2Oz 1 99 :9:2F. FEE4•.32 FL. Oz. 9• SCHNEIDER'S SANDWICH SPREAD ROLLS a oz. 559c • RED ROSE PAPER • ROYALE ORANGE PEKOE 60's • SC.HNEIDER'S DILL PICKLES. 894 BATHROOM • • • •TEA BAGS 51 ,79 • PLANTER'S PEANUTS " 24 OZ. BAG $1.79 • TISSUE „4ROLL s1.19• /� 4111 ROYALE 2 ROLL PKG. • PICKLED EGGS 8 SERVINGS $ 1•49 DIXIE CANADIAN •9 � • PAPER • MUSHROOMS • • • 6941 • • 9941 • • 5.991 'CHUCK.BLADE BONE REMOVED • • COCA COLA BLADE` ROASTS LI3. 1.49 PURINA S • 7SOML. 3 FOR 99C DOG CHOW • CHUCK $5.99 1 • GLAD PLUS DEPOSIT CROSS CUT RIB ROAST OR 8 KG. BONELESS SHOULDER ROASTS LB. 1.79 MITCHELL 19 FL. OZ. :GARBAGE BAGS APPLE SAUCE • 1.29 • PRODUCE OF U.S.A • NO. 1 GRADE • HEAD • LETTUCE 5 9 4• • • EACH • • FISH IN BATTER $2.99• 32 0Z. HIGHLINER CITRUS SALE NOW ARRIVING NEW CROP NAVEL ORANGES SUNKIST NAVEL ORANGES DOZ. $1.49 FLORIDA SWEE}-N-JUICY • • 594 1 TANGELLOS. DOZ. 994 FLORIDA NEW CROP LARGE SIZE 5 LB. BAG JUICE ORANGES . ' 1.39 6FOR 994 FLORIDA NEW CR IP PINK OR WHITE GRAPEFRUIT PRODUCE OF ONTARIO NO. 1 GRADE COOKING ONIONS 5 LB. BAG 594 ' . PRODUCE OF ONTARIO • FANCY GRADE RED • DELICIOUS . •' APPLES • 3L.„ BA• McCAIN'S •• SUPER FRIES • 794 • • • ••••_••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••• • 2 LB. BAG ,I! M. CUTT L All prices in ®tact from Mon- • • day,. Nov.N19th untilelotl,lag • • time, 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. • - 24 1979 of while quantities • RED & WHITE FOOD MASTER lost. • • + 91 VICTORIA ST. GODERICH "" • • oOPENA.M.P M• clod D WE RESERVE THE RIGHT • • DAILY 8 A. O 10. . SUNDAYS TO LIMIT QUANTITIES • I •••• -••••••••••••••••••••i••••••••••••••i•