The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-12-06, Page 10PAGE 10 —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1979
ou cil
disputes
factors
Huron County Col»ncil
members indicated their
conflicting opinions
regarding tax
equalization factors,
when they supported a
resolution asking the
province to rescind
equalization factors at
Thursday's council
meeting.
A . resolution from
Woolwich township which
the council supported,
requests the province to
rescind the equalization
factors as published in
June and asks the
province to movequickly
to implement a full
program of the
assessment of
agricultural lands and
their relative values.
Five townships in the
county have appealed the
tax equalization factors
because they expect costs
to rural taxpayers will
increase more rapidly
than urban
municipalities. There is
concern' that rl;rarfactor s' -
have decreased to a
greater extent than in
urban municipalities,
since the price of land has
increased drastically
particularly in rural
areas. Tax equalization -�
factors have been frozen
since the early 1970s. •
The resolution sup-
ported by Huron County
Council 'criticizes the
implementation of
equalization factors
because the factors do not
i^esol`ve—fhe—problem s
created by the lack of"
property reform and the
proposed factors do not
relate to population or the
ability of municipalities
to pay.
Tlie resolution states
;:that the proposed phasAng,
•'of tax increases does not
resolve the problem, of
the • weighting of -
agricultural assessments
for levy purposes, but
only acts to slow . the
implementation of unfair
shifts of the tax burdens.
Deputy -reeve Bob
Allen of Goderich told
council he felt • those
township representatives
whose township councils
had already•approved the
equ.al'iliation factors,
would be contradicting
themselves, if they voted
to support a resolution
asking the province to
rescind the factors.
Bill Elston, reeve of
Morris, said his township
has appealed their
assessment based on the
new factors.
"The' factors are
already set," he said.
"What good is an ap-
peal?" •
"It is --unfortunate our
assessment is in such a
mess, and a mess it is,"
he observed.
Seaforth reeve John
Flannery said he was on
council when the
municipality did its own
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assessing. The province
thought they could do a
better job, said Flannery,
"but they are further out
on their assessment than
ever we were.
"The province set the
factors, let them contend
with them."
Deputy -reeve Allen told
council there is a
discrepancy in the way
we think because rural
and urban areas conflict.
"Some are paying
more than their share
and some are not paying
their share."
Allen commented it is
better to go ahead with
equalization until another
system is developed.
"Let the rural areas
lobby that education
taxes should not be based
on property taxes."
These girls were enrolled into the Third Goderich Brownie Pack
during a special ceremony in Knox Church hall on Monday. Back
row, left to right, are Annette Jones, Christine Straughan, Teresa
Meriam, Shannon Daniels, Christina Tyrovolas and Jayne
Farrish. Middle row, left to right, are Julie Campbell, Leslie
Meyers, Laurie Dawson, Susan Bell, Jenny Hayter, Deanna
MacDonald, Andrea Moore and Jackie Rau. Front, left to right,
are Annette MacNeil, Nadia Davidson, Paula Vanderburgh, and
Shannon Kelly. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
Stanleybacktwo way
ignoring the one way
status 'pointing out that
Stanley was the only one
way street in Goderich:
A recommendation to change adding some of homeowners on the street
council to move the One the problems could be
Way sign on Stanley solved if the one way sign Doherty conceded that
Street to avoid confusion was moved closer to the .many drivers were
resulted in council corner.
returning the short street Reeve Eileen Palmer
o two way traffic. suggested council
The town's traffic remove the° one., way
committee reported' to status on the street. She
council Monday night said the experiment was
that the decision to make designed to eliminate
Stanley a one way street problems created by
had not necessarily made parked cars on both sides
it a one way street. of the street.
Councillor John Palmer told couT,cii
Doherty, chairman of the', enough—,ti-e had- bc-en ---- --... .
committee, said many
drivers were unaware the
change had been made
and drove the wrong way
on the street. He said
much confusion exists in
the area as a result of the
allowed to -'see if the
experiment worked and it
appears it didn't. She said
restricting parking to one
side of the street seemed
to be all that was needed
to solve problems for
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