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The Town of Wingham is in favor
of a county -wide assessment
prograin which would aim at fairer
trOtiticoik of taxes within Huron
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Town council, at its regular
January session, 10404; the
concept of:stich—a-program and
directed its representative on Huron -
County Council, Reeve Bruce
Machan to convey that message to
County council.
Ontario,, Ministry of Reveal*
representatives. -also attended the.
county council: meeting, -beld last
Thursday in Goderich, and
esented a detailed ;Outline of the
proposed program;..Following that -
Meeting Mr. Machan" Acid The
Advance-TiMes the -same represent-
atives will make a presentation to
municipal officials here at a Special
information me�ting scheduled for
Thtniday at 7:3,0
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NEW YEAR'S BABY --- Marie president of the hospital mod-
liaty, had the honor of holding Pawls Brian Jeffray, he 1988 New
baby at the Wingham aneMiSbict HosPilaff:while hit mother*,
Bo, opened agift froMthe auxiliary.- The baby was born Jan, 8 and
weighed seven pounds, .14,ounces. Mrs. Jeffrey and her husband
Brian reside on'a farm in Turnbeny Township and have two other
children, Lisa and -Gavin,
Poll of-nierchants shows
Sunday shopping opposition
.7.f;•• By Margaret Stapleton among those surveyed. One day of
A poli conducted late last week of rest is essential in the week, most
a number of Wingham merchants said, a time for people to spend with
indicates that most do not favor their families and to simPly relax.
*Sunday shopping. However, two of Mr. Snyder said he resents the
the 10, etatacted would open their "wishy-washy" stand taken by the
. dOotagn Sunday if town council were provincial government in the matter
, to path thenecessary bylaw. by g. 'pass ing the buck" to
Those who are opposed to Sunday municipalities to make the decision.
shopping include: -Greta Harris of The majority of stores,. in -
Harris Stationery; Bill and Phyllis Wingham are open six days per
• 7itf.Bain of the Wingham Fruit Market; week now, he added, and merchants
Jan Benninger of Bayer Family in town have done' their utmost to
Clothing; Harvey fleinmiller, . _cater to their ctstomers: ,
manager -of Zehrs; Charlie Hopper, . Mr.Lachance. agreed. In addition
Wingham X. Food store manager; to beingopen.14oig144,. a number of -
Brian Lachance of Stedmins; Jim .7 Wingham Stores also are open
.der Of &nyder- Shidio and Bertha Thursday and Friday evenings,
iefilindies' Wear. providing shoppers with more hours
tiJ.Ueto74 &Vie Heine Place 'of business. :
, manager of the "1 tielieve-40 thetoritaDay
day if retail workers need
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'o ensUre that similar tiles
nide idarl* value will
the same county and school'
xes, regai'dless 'it location within
t.tce one equalization
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slin grant calculations. -
Clerk-Tteastirer Byron Adams
told council that under -a county-
wide assessmint, Wingbam's
entire County, lima-
gener4'..4eyy WOO not
However, in Mostaffes, the e0OOPf,":,
alid-edtleational4eviel,fOrWl
TatOP4rerSiga4Ithet.1-00.134tOitth__
of two reassessment oPtiiiii*Offerect5-,
by the revenueluinistry: _
"It's a -balanclug, out,
zation,". MOOT Jack liolloq;APIO o
the proposal. "It's a fakplai type of:: -
thing where - solne will be paying.
:,-More and others be paying-
- less."
Machan ,cautiOnect that the .„
'Progro* faced -Card*. sOriOrtv by-
county,:'e eitneiti- "There's more to
this than meets the eye and it cad*
pardon the expression;', -wide to an
urban -Atm',
The °revenue ministry presen-
tation offers two options:
--SeOtion 63:reassessment(by
property class) Kograin. -
"Settion-70'ffifrIffairetvalue
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out -an average 9.54 per cent
decrease -(all classes) in taxes is
likely through the Section 63
program while the average
decrease(all classes)would-be 11,68
Per cent under Section 70. In the
impact Study, classes are divided
into residential. properties, multi -
residential properties (more than,:
seven units), comMexcial Privet'
ties, industrial prepertieSolarmsii-
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