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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-01-10, Page 18' 4 . 7; • - • 4- - ,••• --As" • , . siiperirisor ROO Paid $8 per In Venal , Goll hotir pluiholidak Pa Is other eaveutiga and $6t, per day for "attending con - Attended on t°167116hini inZbfy°114:12ZwIltillhip17:191**: • - :Ventions on behalf of the township. Poundkeepers, Harvey Edgar, Jim Bowman, Ronald Gordon, The reeve also will redeye $20for George make. every attendance at the clerk's FenceVtewers, John Nixon, John office to sign., cheques. Cardiff, - Cardiff, William. Soilek, Ken MOITLS Clelt-Treasurer 'Nancy mem:maid hie wil receive $27,000 in salary Livestock Valuers, Carmen Craig, this r and $3,000 from the road south side; Glen Casernore,, north accouflts for clerical 'assistance, side, separated by County Rd. 16. Plus $60 for each night meeting she Livestock valuers and fenceviewers, atterifIP. OrtisTavakstsiPsetitS198wf'are paid at a rate o $9 per hour and salaries at last week's council , 25 cents per kilometre. meeting. Drainage Superintendent Gary 4- Road Superintendent Lloyd Nicholson receives $9.50 per hour ichie receives 0240 per hour plus and 25 cents per kalometre. Chief ienefts, with mileage of 25 cents per Building Officiaj ea Sanders il°metre for travelling expenses. receives $12,50, adet operator John Smith per lam* :111: 26 cents on Plus TOWN CONTRIBUTES — Mayor AFinItfoisfand,left-,presents cheque to Murray Hunter, Winghamikiihor Hockey president during the opening ceremonlesftit:Thfarsday night's game between Herlevt Denmark and Wingham Kinsmen Bantams. The Town of Wingham cheque -will -be used to help defray some of the costs related to the international event. 1 • over government delay Ily-1111i Henry f- While the Ontario government fer- ments, Huron County Council fumes. An Ontario Community and Social Services Ministry policy revision is delaying plans to rebuild Huron- view,- the county's home for the /tied: - At the regular January council - • meeting, some councillors said that the delay is likely to extend beyond the county budget process, ef- fectively scuttling the $i0 million redevelopment for at least another year. "The, province his ptit us -on hold -... for a period of time because of a corporate policy decision that they want to make," Huronview Admini- strator Wayne Lester told council. "They are in a period of fer- mentation ---- whatever that is they tell us to get our act together and make a proposal and then they put us on hold." County council agreed in July to Council agrees to sell proper rebuild Huronview in three separate phases, beginning with a replace- ment of part _ of the 90 -year- old complex ' near Clinton. Later, the project calls for northern and southern satellite centres. The proposal followed two ex- tensive studies. Thellittdetemined that it wiitild be too costly to ren- ovate the existing facility. The second gathered information from around the county in determining the type of seniors° facility best suited for the area. "I am 'certainly disappointed," said Exeter Deputy. Reeve Lossy Fuller, who chaired the Seniors Fa- cility Review Committee, "They (MCSS) gave us many deadlines to meet and we had to work hard to meet them." Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle said the stalling is an example of the Ontario government's increasing reluctance to fund municipal projects. "I think we should let them know quite eniphatically that we would like an answer e er they are prepared to go in '89; or where it sits." Mr. Mickle later said municipal • representatives on such groups as the Association of Municipalities of Ontario fear a decline in provincial funding after aDecember melt conditional grants to mtiniciPa ,.011 he held without OW m police inveeti ate and other. crimes Assault, theft and breaking and entering were among the, criines Vestigated by the Wingham Police Department during December. The.statistica were included in the monthly report of Police Chief Bob Wittig presented (hiring -the regular January 'ineeting of the 'Winghani Board of Police Commissioners. hi December the department m- rOated one jealt."Pn4Lti cr.,„litto casei a mischief causing property damage:- of under $1,006, one pos- session ;Of cannabis, one offence under ttt6 provincial Liquor Act, one case of common assault. Charges laid during the month include: theft under $1,000, four - one adult three young offenders; possession of cannabis, one adult; reported thefts o• under $1,000; one . an IneressOi't19119,/,'.03'he uncondi- •• your 4d -dieting -ft He. also said thatasa group, • municipalities which ave little debt the being punished by the govern- ment for having good management, since Ontario argues that municipal- ities should be paying a larger share than the protrince because the senior. government is deeper in debt. In other business at the meeting, council spent most of the morning hearing reports from the planning and development, Huron County Pioneer Museum, social services, and engineering .departments. Spokesmen for each department reviewed their operations,lor the benefit of new councillors elected in November. The remaining four impaired driving, one. The• police department also was catid on to investigate six offences under.,;:.various provincial traffic statutes as well as a total of 12 traffic accidents,. There were 59 parking violatiOnSIssued during the ntonth. Police responded to 261 calla for service in addition to 746 calls received in dispatch • Wiring causes $300 damage An electrical fire last Wednesday evening caused about $300 damage to a Gorrie village home. Fire fighters were called to the home of Lionel Johnson of Gorrie at 10.55 p.m. nship discusses funtvet ire board agreement departments -lire to th reportate Wingham Town Council will ac- cept an offer from local ki G,ORRIt - Suggestions for an ainendment procedure for the Wing - ham Area Fire Board agreement were debated by Howick Township Council dining the Jan. 3 meeting. In February of 1984, the munici- palities, of Wingham, Turnberry, Howick, Morris, and East Wawa - nosh entered into an agreement to provide fire protection to their residents. Since the accord there have been no changes made to the agreement but it has become obviousamend- ments to the agreement will be necessary from time to time. It is therefore critical that an orderly procedure for amendment be instituted and followed February m4ting.• It is equally important any attempt to amend the agreement does not jeopardizelt. Howick council discussed a variety of motions that could initiate consideration of an amendment to the original agreement. The first being that any board member may instigate a discussion on change at a board meeting. All discussion would remain informal until such time as a formal motion is received from one or more municipalities requesting an amendment to the agreement. This motion must include a general outline of the change the munici- pality wishes, and a reason for the change. After an official motion has been filed the board will attempt to reach a consensus for the change. The re- sult would be forwarded to other members for discussion and approval. Secondly, any member munici- pality may initiate the process by sending a motion requesting change to all other member municipalities and to the board. Discussion and approval will be handled in the same way as in the first example. Council adopted a motion limiting the number of times a proposal for change can be brought before the board, and also decided that change may take place only in the second or third year of a council'sterm; the former works department prop- ommission sets policy nessman Jack Hodgins to purchase erty. - Following a coriimittee-of-the- whole session at its regular January Meeting, council adopted a Motion to sell the property to Mr. Hodgins,et a price of $35,800. • Under the terins of the -agreement, the purchaser is to pay the real es- tate fees while the'to.yuti - will Pay legal feeti. • The Water Street property has been vacant since the. Werra department molted 414 ear to its PteSerAt.10004,040* t, The Wingham Board of Police Commissioners has approved a new Witigham Police Department policy for disposing of found property Which has been turned over to the department.' At its regular tlabuary meeting, the board approVed the new policy as recommended by Pollee Chief Bob Wittig in his rnontii***rt. Under the new plicy,allproperty turned in to the police'deprtment i11 e04,00,0:0t.141; . steps: -Every effort will be made to locate the owner or any person having legal interest in the property. --After three months, every effort will then be made to contact the finder of the property and the pro-. petty returned to,the finder. -Any remaining property held by •the department will then be sold by public auetion as stipulated in Sec- tion 18(1) of the Police Act of 01:20); "Basically, this will relate to the number of bicycles and other ar- ticles that have until now been put away and stored for two or three years and then put on auction." He told the board that the Police Act of Ontario allows for all stolen or found property to be sold by auction after three months. `4tfter checking with some of the other police departments, it looks as if We are keeping too much for way tog jong,i17,Chig MO% added:. • •