The Wingham Advance-Times, 1988-06-07, Page 19•
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budget 33 'petite':
Ample funds for building projects
are included in a budget passed
recently at a special meeting of the
Huron -Perth Roman Catholic
Separate School Board.
The board will be spending $17.6
million in 19 — about $13.9 million
for elementary education and $3.7
million for secondary schools,
according to. Ron. Murray, chairman
of the HPHCSSB's finance
committee.
The total amount budgeted has
increased by 33 per cent or
approximately $4 million over last
year. However, superintendent of
finance Jack Lane pointed out that
the figure is severely inflated due to
a $2.5 million entry for capital
projects, 85 per cent of which is
government -funded. He added that
without the capital 'projects figure,
the increase would be closer to 13
per cent.
The building projects in the budget
include $400,000 for portable
classrooms and $100,000 for fire
marshal requirements throughout
the system.
Reassessment in Huron County —
to 1984 market values — had delayed
the completion and adoption of the
.1988 budget.
"It's been a difficult -time for
budgeting because of the Huron
County reassessment," Mr. Lane
said. "We Would have normally had
the budget adopted six weeks ago."
Huron County has been the first in i
this area to set a common mill rate- t
for the county. 0 Instead of t
equalization assessment factors and i
separate mill rates, the county now t
has one mill rate for secondary
school supporters and one for i
elementary, Mr. Lane said.
Although Huron County was
delayed, the board was required to
set its mill rates in Perth County to
assist the municipalities there in
establishing their budgets.
Perth County elementary
separate school supporters will pay
an eight Percent increase on the mill
rate. Its secondary school
supporters will pay, five per cent
more on the -mill rate.
As an example, a taxpayer in the
City of Stratford with an assessment
of $35,000 will pay $608 in educational
taxes for both elementary and
secondary schools in 1988, an
increase of $38 over that paid last
year. Because of a change in the
equalization factors introduced by
the ministry of education, the rate of
increase varies dramatically from
one municipality to another, from a
low of 1.6 per cent to a high of about
20 per cent.
On the other hand, Huron County
wittrits uniform -mill -rate —Via
have substantial reductions to the
amount otherwise required from
certain municipalities while
ratepayers in other municipalities
will face quite substantial increases.
The overall assessmentretiset44i
market value across the county is 20
times greater than it was Under the
old system. A taxpayer- With-krag'
assessment of $65,000 will pay -$608 in,
educational takes for both
elementary and secondary schools
n 1988. Since this amount is subjecto some provincial subsidy directly
o the municipality, it is possible to
ndicate the extent of. the education
ax increase over that paid in 1987:
Other contributing factors to the
ncreases in this year's budget are
ue to the extension of Catholic
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education to Grade 11 and French. building repairs, and $1,630,200 for
immersion to Grade 5. Enrolment school bus transportation.
will increase this September by The budget also includes an
about 160 students. There wihe an expenditure of $153,000 for
increase in teaching staff of 10 additional educational computers,
teachers at the elementarylevel and - making a total investment in this
eight at the'- - 12 ary level. area of approximately $1.2 million.
The mijor eat for the this Also included is a minor deficit of
year is salaries and benefits at MVO 1he,board started out the
$9,048400,- an. increase of $42914300 year with a $31000-defielt.
over last year. Other major "Wye reduced it substantially
expendituresinclude $1,147,500 for throughout the year and -were gel
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plantoperation and maintenance, to whittle away at it again this
$2,582,000 fol'capital additions and year," Mr. Lanesaid.
The Closelharmony of barbershop
singing on such songs as:"
Strutters' Bair,. "The Saints'
Marching In", "In the Shade
Old Apple Tree", and "I
Evening by the Moonlight" will !rip
the performers in their celebration.
"We sing that they shall speak".-is
the SPEBSQSA motto and in that
vein, the net proceeds from Friday'scencert will he directed toward' a
special facility in Toronto for
Children with speech and hearing
impairments.
MVCA continues study
of water this year - •
The Maitland Valley Conservation handling systems including . response of the farm operators to the
Authority is continuing alongiterm. :1E1SCX.PAP__-2.. the Ontario -Spit -survey' Vas considered very
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study: Of manure•ManageMent gvCortserAy,anm and Environmental favorable by MVCA staff. '
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practices and the em ,of rural ro ed ton — Program, Water samples taken during the
sources of pollution in the MVCA offered - lo Ministry- of 1987 study ' indicated that farm
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watershed. Agricultith and Food. ' witORS-Vire. causing a . significant
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As part of this study, mArcAstaff in ammo! :to the arm. tors water quality problem.
will visit farm, operators in the Study survey, ,.ft r: A 860 water samples t
Area which includes theTownships watersampling prOgrai466**n-0d-cent Met MOE standards -
of Morris, East and West to detorUuti#the- impact of various centration of fecal conform bacteria
Wawanosb„ Goderich, Colborne, , p011Utidn sources and the, general for;z0reational- Use of surface
Iltdiett and McKillop during thenext- ' water quality conditions in area waters;
few . Months. Only farmers with streams and rivers. The Water quality problem can be
livestock Operations in close The objectives of the study, funded attributed to a variety of factors
proximity to watercourses will be by, the Ontario Ministry of related to manure management,
contacted. Environment, are to determine the including runoff frorwsolid manure
These operators will be asked to effect of various livestock and storages, direct tilingof milkhouse
complete a questionnaire surveying manure management practices on wastes to a stream or field tile, the
manure storage and management water quality. Additional effort will application of manure on saturated
practices. Visiting MVCA staff will be directed toward reducing water ground or near streambanks, and
also make farmers aware of the pollution by assisting' landowners allowing cattle access to streams
various grant programs available interested in improving manure and drains.
▪ for funding improvements to waste handling and storage systems. ' Since 1987, a number of farm
i I During 1987, a similar program operators have begun im-
was carried out in Elm,
, Grey, provements to their waste
Wallace and parts of Howick and management systems and MVCA
Turnberry Townships. About 170 staff expect to receive m
landowners were contacted and the requests for assistance in 1988.
Developer confirms
doughnut shop coming
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SuecEsspup*n4q The spooestftil tonbluslen of thA MadalteeOndaty School to#op6ra-
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dents' and their enikletYers, are,' frOnt left: :FrOnt, Mirg SOX0h and Colleen Flobeitson, both of Wingharn
Public School; student' Cindy Steckley and Brian' Mulvey. tack, Greg King; Ontario Provincial Polka,.
Mike Mulvey; Ken Schlestel and Masts Jortitsma, both of floytd
live Eroloyrneni Pregtan) was marked last week with a dosing dinner at the SOhOot Spore of the stu-
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A spokesman for the consortium and a high business volume. "People
which will build a r- -0 mall want to leave the city and we might
development in the n t town as well have them here."
has cenfirmed that Swiss Pantry He praised the business
Doughnuts is coming to town, association for its innovative "Lake
Andrew Beninger was the guest Wingham" concept, adding that he
speaker at last Wednesday's feels the proposal could be beneficial
meeting of the Wingham Business to the town and the community.
Association. He_ spoke on behalf of There is a strong industrial base
the 20 -member - consortium which here, but there is room for more. He
has bought the former McGee Auto encouraged the town in its en -
Electric building and the houses deavors to expand that base, even if
behind and next to it for a mall it is through annexation.
development. "There are lots of things hap -
Mr. Beninger also represents the pening here -and you could play a
company which bought the former major role," Mr. Beninger told
Currie Block for retail and com- association members.
mercial development.
In addition to the doughnut shop, iinique program
the mall will provide two other retail Agricrew is an unique summer ex -
spaces, he said. While he said he is perience providing interested youth
not certain what else might locate with employment in the agricultural
there, negotiations are underway sector while exposing them to a
and there has been interest Shown. variety of work settings, tasks,
Mr. Beninger is enthusiastic about peers, and &rill families. Those be -
the business potential of small tween the ages of 15 and 25 years are
towns, saying, "The sky's the limit." eligible for the program.
Small towns are becoming at- The four -member crews will be
tractive to developers because of available from approximately June
kwer !fixes,1 f -t: rea estate Kteet3. ,20 to August 19
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