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Wingham Town Council has
decided to go ahead with the
proposed sale of a , portion of the
town -owned war memorial property
despite the formal objection of the
oyal Canadian Legion's Wingham
Anch„ imong others..
Zavrt,
The offerto purchase a part of Lot
9 had been made earlier this year by
Elmer and Gordon Squires who
appeared at the regular May council
Meeting. At that meeting, Elmer
Squires told conned that he and his
son proposeto renovate the
Diagonal React building formerly
occupied hY, Radio Shack and hoped
to purchase a portion of Lot 9 to
provide access to that building from
John Street. • •
Also at that meeting, but objecting
to the proposed•.sale were
representatives of the Wingham
Legion as well as a private citizen,
James A. Currie, In addition, the
Legion has also sent a formal ob-
jection which was read at the June
council meeting.
Up until the June meeting, dis-
cussions on the controversial piece
of property have been hamPered by
the absence of an official' surveY to
provide: accurate lot lines and in
faet.....determineivhether..or.no“he•--
parcel in question -Odd be con-
sidered a 'partof the 1 cenotaph
property. There had been: sdnie
suggestion at the May meeting that
the parcel was not a part ,irt the
memorial property, but simply land
which happened to be adjacent to it.
Ilewever, a surveyor's sketch
prepared by Archibald, Gray and
*Kay Limited of Goderich and
introduced at the June council
meeting, makes it clear that the
property in question is part of an
irregularly-shaped Lot 9. The sketch
points Out that the parcel just east of
the cedar trees behind the cenotaph
monument is actually a part of Lot 9
and not just adjacent to it.
"Based on this Sketch, we have no
choice but to refuse the sale of -that
land,""030.41110 VILMcGrath told
Ounteit. "It was rhy.iiaderstanding
-at--the-last couneil Meeting-that:1 it
were proven drat this is one piece of
property, There would be no sale,"
Deputy ttieve Bill Harrit4greed:
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TOP FEMALE ATHLETE — Leah Kulas, a graduating F. E. -Madill •ovo_jevej industrial or quasi -
student, was recognized as top female athlete for her sporting abili- 'borrinierdal designation for lands in
, . ties, especially in badminton, at the recent,banquet at the school. Lower 'Town currently zoned
\ Madill Vice Principal Ralph Wareham made the presentation. reSideidial.
Turnberry Township Council hai.. A public Meeting was held at the
asked the county planning depart..- first monthly meeting of council to•
menti to come up with a possiblediscuss a proposed plan amemlment
which -would change the designation
• of certain lands to industrial froM
• residential. Thoie aims. currently
designatednatUral environment and
flood fringe would remain as sue.h.
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M111 rate set, Wingham'sMAttendng the meeting were Patty
unkittrick of the county planning
tax bills now due July 31
Wingham ratepayers can expect
to receive their 1988 tax bills around
July 1 with payments due July 31.
At a special meeting last Thurs-
day, Wingham Town Council passed
a bylaw setting the general educa-
tion and county mill rates, later than
in past years since the recent
changeover to county -wide assess-
ment resulted in a delay in getting
assessment rolls to municipal
clerks.
The residential mill rate for
general (municipal) purposes is
14.8634 while the commercial mill
rate for general purposes this year is
17.4864. The residential rate for
county purposes is 2.6149, and the
county rate is 3.0764 for commercial,
industrial and business taxpayers.
For education, pUblic school sup-
porters will find thetesidential rates
this year to be 3.9042 for secondary
school purposes and 5.1556 for ele-
26.5431 while the total mill rate for
residential separate school sup-
porters is 26.7919.
The total mill rates for com-
mercial, industrial and business
ratepayers are 31.2272 (public) and
31.5200 (separate).
Using a residential assessment of
$40,000 as an example, a public
school supporter will pay a total of
$1,061.72 in taxes this year while a
separate school supporter will pay a
Closed session
hears fact -finder
on annexation
Members of Wingham Town Coun-
cil have been presented with a fact -
finder's update on the town's
proposal to annex portions of Turn -
berry township.
During a one-hour closed session
mentary school 'purposes. The N at the beginning of its regular June'
commercial, industrial and busineSs meeting, council heard an update
rates are 4.5990 for' secondary presented by fact -finder Don Taylor
schools, and 6.0654 for elementary of the Ontario Ministry of Municipal
schools. Affairs Municipal boundaries
For separate school supportem, braneh.
for r' a .statement made at the end of
r closed sessiOnt, Mayor Jack
'ria, Kopas id- the fact -finder had
es 'are presented c�undll with berryts
the residential, rates are
secondary schools and 5
mentary schools: : The 'CO
industrial and b,usihe8s
4.6831 for s!ondaiy•
6.2741 for elentefltar
Overall, res14eit.
slOottgrs,
total of $1,071.68.
For the public school supporters, a
breakdown of that total shows that
$594.54 is for general purposes,
$156.37 for secondary school, pur-
poses, $206.22 for elementary school
Purposes, and $104.60 for county
purposes.
The breakdown for separate
School supporters is: $594.54, for
general purposes, $159.22 for
.secondary schools, $213.32 for
elementary schools and $104.60 for
county purposes.
With county -wide assessment, this
is the first year that taxpayers are
charged the same rate for education
and county purposes, regardless of
where they live in the county. Huron
County Council adopted the full
market value assessment system
earlier this year.
FIyer operation
changes hands
'Gordon Squires has confirmed
that he hashanded over the opera-
tion the' advertising flyer,
Shopping In Wingham, to The Print
Shop, the Listowel firm which also
PUbliShes The hdpendent.
• •iAIthugh,fteie hasbeenne cash
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edition;
"e. • eleote;',‘ 4r4iT leo t.••:+ri; ree
department; John Doherty of the
county planning board and affected
landowners Alice Baker, Ron Rit-
chie, Bernie Bailey, Orville and
Millie Welsh,
Councillor Mery Baker, another
area resident, declared a conflict of
interest.
Mrs. Munkittrick said permitted
uses within an industrial zone in-
clude such "dry" industries as a
body shop, a garage, a storage area
and transport terminal, to name just
a few.
• She had received several pieces of
correspondence regarding the
proposed change and read them into
the record. Agencies voicing no
concerns or objections are: the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and
Food; the Ontario Ministry of
Transportation; the Wingham
Planning Advisory Committee and
CN Rail.
Neighboring landowners Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Dale sent a letter
stating their opposition to any
change, saying they would prefer to
see the area remain residential, said
Mrs. Munkittrick.
Phil Beard of the Maitland Valley
ConserVation Authority said
adequate flood -proofing measures
would have to be taken and pollution
controls placed on any industry
wlilch might locate in the area.,
Mrs. Baker and Mr. Ritchie took
issue with the flood -proofing
measures, as they said none of the
lots , are subject to flooding.
However, as Mrs. Munkittrick
rilay pointed out, they still are in what is
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