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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-12-20, Page 12PAGE 12--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1979 8 % increase Hike county salaries BY JEFF SEDDON Huron county council ,-awarded its ad- ministrative employees and county officers an eight percent " pay in- crease at Wednesday. Council accepted a recommendation from a special negotiating committee for increases for top administrative staff and adopted several committee reports detailing pay hikes for employees in various county departments. Hay township reeve John Tinney, warden of Huron in 1979, told council the pay increase for administrative staff was a little more than Spend less... • from page 7 six counties in Ontario that was only receiving 50 percent provincial fun- ding for health compared to 75 percent given the rest of the counties. She said a committee had convinced the ministry that Huron was being unfairly funded and persuaded the govern- ment to up its ante by 10 percent. She added that the province had also agreed to give Huron a 7.6 percent increase, about $23,000, for the county's 1979 budget. Huron's share of the health budget in 1979 was $307,678 and next year will be about $273,000 in 1980. In other business the board of health recom- mended to council that the county offer its office space in Clinton -Public Hospital to the Clinton hospital board----in-----the . event it is needed for a doctor coming to that town. Palmer told council Clinton is in dire need of a doctor and is actively recruiting one to come to town. She said the hospital board, asked if the county health unit space could be used for a doctor's office in the event one decided to locate there. Council signed a lease with the hospital board renting the floor space it now occupies with the understanding that if it is needed for a doctor the health unit would vacate. council wanted to pay but said the committee "bargained in good faith". Questioned as to why the committee offered an across the board eight percent hike rather than a variety of increases Tinney said the special committee felt it would be in good faith to "budge a bit". When the committee was formed to negotiate increases council suggested that a dollar increase be awarded`, every wage level rather than a cross the board percentage. Council felt that would reduce in- creases to higher paid employees and give •the county a chance to offer employees in lower wage brackets heftier raises. But the committee felt it was unfair to penalize employees with long service records or higher qualifications to offer lower paid employees a bigger chunk of the pie. Hay township reeve John ,Tinney explained to council that the decision to give everyone the same increase would not maked a great deal of difference. He said the increase "doesn't mean a whole lot of money to the county, it means some, but not a whole lot". Under the new wage schedule the clerk - treasurer and ad- ministrator � makes $33,254, the deputy clerk - treasurer makes $27,976, the county engineer is paid $30,654, the medical officer of health $40,196, the county librarian $21,762, the planning director $28,496, the social service ad- ministrator $22,100, the Huronview administrator $26,676, and the development officer and museum curator $18,902 each. The board of health recommended eight percent increases to its staff bringing the wage of the director of .public health inspecition to $22,100, the director of nursing $22,100 and the county nutritionist to $10.50 per hour. The planning board recommended eight percent increases to its two planners and one planning technician. The hike brings one planner to $21,866 and the other to $24,414 while the technician makes $17,264. Staff at Huronview also settled on an eight per- cent raise bringing the salary of the assistant - administrator to $18,200, the nursing director $18,746, the food super- visor $17,316, the chief engineer $17,888, the housekeeping, laundry and social services supervisor $16,484, the stockkeeper $14,846 and registered nurses wages from a starting wage of $15,652 to a maximum of $17,888. Board gets bigger room for Christmas BY SHIRLEY J.KELLER Board members at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital have voted to proceed with renovations in the ad- ministrator's office that will produce a bigger board room ... with facilities for the press. Plans a -re to remove the partition between the administrator's office and the present office of his secretary. The ad- ministrator's secretary would move to an office next door which has been vacated as a result of recent changes at the hospital, and an existing door which has been blocked off _off .___will ._ be reopened from the ad- ministrator's office into the new office. This would produce a very slightly L-shaped room which would be the board room as well as the administrator's office. Currently, the board room is. located in the . administrator's office .... or the administrator's office is located in the board room, however you like to look at it. But at the present time, it is a very definite L- shaped room with the secretary's office causing the L. When that office is removed, the room will Turn to page 13 • Via.(Yea.�.�.�a>�.�.s7�a.siia.i�ea.sa�+�aa �a sie�•c�•�4ra�ea.s��a-��l�ia p�a.aeo�reaAep �ass��a.� The grades 7 and 8 classes of St. Josephs School Kingsbridge presented several skits reflecting an international Christmas at the School's annual concert, Tuesday. Here they portray, one of the traditions of a Mexican Christmas. (photo by Dave Sykes) l e Lhrtstmas `Cate_mcCodious _Suq;rtet 6r. ugs. tidings of comfort aad' joy to ouc aud' aCC. lu tuuc roc caroC our riaufts ro dear friends for rt.ctr Covft ' aud'trust. AT:7 7- W.G. Thompson- & SONS LTD. MITCHELL 348- HENSALL 262-2527 433 GRAN�ON 225-2360 e� 3 o From all of us at Wiseway:.. BERT EVANS ANN LEBEAU LYDIA SCHUUPMAN DON COLQUHOUN JOHN HOOGENDORN CHRIS DANN IVAN HOGGART NANCY DEARING 0 DONNA STIRLING DOUG BLYSMA LES TURNER SPECIAL HOLIDAY HOURS Mon., Dec. 24 Tues., Wed., Dec. 25-26 Thurs., Fri., Dec. 27-28 Sat., Dec. 29 Mon., Dec. 31 Tues., Jan. 1 Wed., Jan. 2 Regular Hours CLOSED Regular Hours Closing at 3 p.m. CLOSED n CLOSED Regular Hours HOME d BUILDING CENTRE' WISEWAY Home & Building Centre FRED J. HUDIE LIMITED BAYFIELD RD., 'CLINTON 482-3441 OPEN: Monday -Friday 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 'THE WISEST CHOICE IN TOWN' AM & G budget black BY SHIRLEY J.KELLER G Things are looking better financially at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital; at this point, the hospital is $6,000 under budget. If you want to discount the $32,000 paid to the management con- sultants, finance chairman Bill Alcock points out, the hospital is actually $38,000 under budget. That's quite an ac- complishment con- sidering that at the end of October, the hosptial was cR47 non near hod get. Word has been received that another $28,500 will be allocated to the hospital budget from the Ontario Ministry of Health. This is in addition to the $56,000 which was granted to the hospital last month. This represents $84,500 of the $91,000 in;additional funding requested from the Ministry. Administrator Elmer Taylor said two-thirds of the $56,000 already received by, the hospital, has been put into the budget, spread over several ar„eas. The remainder of this money will come into the budget "at its ap- propriate time” says board chairman Gordon Crabb. Taylor also pointed out that some of the money saving suggestions made by Woods, Gordon con- sultants and already implemented at _ AIM are beginning to pay off. Records also show the ' hospital has 2,045 more patient days than budgeted•. However, patient days now seem to be levelling off, although it is exepcted the hospital will end the current year well over budget in patient days. HOME FURNISHINGS „ FLOOR COVERCARPEITINGNGS Ball & Mutch Ltd. Home Furnishings 71 Albert St. �.. Clinton, Ontario Dear Friends:. 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