The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-02-21, Page 1ta
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The Town of Wingham is being
asked to consider accepting a grant
in lieu of tankage fees as a com-
promise to its request to have the
Wingham Area Fire Board assume
the operating costs of the town's
hydrants. •
At its regular February meeting,
the board endorsed a proposal to pay
Winghami-the grant-ln liett- of
tankage feesfor those hydrants
likely to be used for drawing water
to& fires in portions of Turnberry,
East Wawanosh and Morris
Townships.
Undervvood suggested the grant in
TurnberrY rePresentative Ndson Listowel-Wingham iine
response to the towns request to
have the hydrants included in the The decision was eight months in has determined that while the
This is not the first time the
hydrant issue has been tossed about,
but ;gr. uncfrrwopers proposalis the
fit* serious attempt at compromise
and could be a solution to thejobg-
standing gotn.betweeri:tlii:P3arcl
and the- municilialitY tlief Pairs. 36.2
per cent of its operating budget
At its regular February meeting,
Wingham Town Council decided to
make its request formal and direct
ed its representatives to present that
stand atthe board meeting.
Accept the hydrants or Wingham
will longer cou_tribute to the capi-
tal Or operating costs tankers,
was the thrustof therequest as read
by Wingham „representative Bill
McGrath.
"I wish that had been done along
with the (proposed) budget," Morris
representative Bert Elliott said of
-the request to haveThe board take on
the estimated $20,000 hydrant
charges. "It would have been easier
for us to deal with it."
Mr. McGrath, however, reminded
Mr. Elliott that he had merely
followed the board's direction. It
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CN ordered to • continue
fire board budget as part of the
department's firefighting equip- National Transportation Agency has ic, there is a reasonable probability
ordered Canadian National to con- that it will be in the foreseeable
coming, but a welcome one as the branch line is at present uneconom-
ment.
The town had been reasoning that tmue operating its Kincardine Sub- future.
even though the hydrants were of far division for another 18 months. To allow for an increase in traffic
NTA decision was announced which was suggested at the hearlaila
more benefit telVinghem than the laSt week, the fhst froin the 4 • • ,
other four mUniCipalities, they...,,m.vgaterdwit, tniarogronle,-
in June, the agency has ordered CN
to continue .operating the line, with
• the application to be reconsidered in
18 months.
In its announcement, the NTA
noted that CIST's losses on ,the line
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which likely are almost never to be
needed in the town.
The National Transportation Act million tt get for '89 --‘
1988.
HCBE, teachers sets out procedures for the NTA to •Maitland Valley Conservation Att,
review proposed rail abandonments dimity direetori have approved a
reach 'settlement and under tills act, the agency must $2367,927 btidgetfor 1989.
decide :whether or not the line is Th budget was apProved at the
The:-:Thfran County Board of Ed- econoiniC.etif hor,'Wheffier there is authority'SannUal, meeting Thus-
ucation and its elementary teachers a reasOnatole. probability • that the day at MVCA headquarters in
have reached a tentative settlement line will become economic 'lixthe Wroxeter.
in their contract negotiations. foreseeable future. Provincial grants will provide
Announcement of the tentative 0 the line is! uneconomic and is $1,657,818 of„ 1989 revenue while the
agreement was made last week. likely to remain so, the NTA, must $710,109 remainder will be raised
In a joint statement last week, the approve itsabandonment. ' through ,municipal levies, general
HBCE and the teachers' associa- ff,bo-wev-er, it is found that the line revenue and donations.
tions said settlement was reached is .economic or might become so in A breakdown' of costs shows that
with the help of mediator David the. foreseeable future, then the overall administration costs have
Whitehead c4ing, a meeting m tiggi.0...4.AW-00...ter Cilije:**lietheritis- been 1)1141W:4'4*f. .while
Lonn Pat- 14.- - in thepubIle1nterst 91Erlatig: • P.004} f& water anatelated
Details Of the contract *ill be In 'the case of the Listowel -to- progrmusWebeendeKaI$141-89,81.6
available after ratification by both Wingham Rincirdine Subdivislon, and another $34e,511 has been set
parties, the announcement said, the agency aside for adininjstzattig the same
programs.
Administration costs for con-
servation and recreation programs
will cost $62,400, while capital costs'
are estimated at $42,400.
Operations and maintenance ac-
counts for $232,700 of the budget and
-special programs will cost $152,000.
Included in the water and related
land; management capital projects
are:: $938,148 for the Listowef Con-
duit, Phase 7 construction; $44,500
for the Wingham• Howson Dam,
design engineering and update of
hydrelogy calculations; $60,000 for
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Wood
ets record in -
he pole vault
Wingham native Doug Wood set a
new Canadian indoor record in the
senior men's pole vault at a com-
petition last weekend in Edmonton.
His father, Ken Wood of Wingham,
reports that his son set the new
record, 5.50 metres, at the Canadian
Indoor Track and Field Champion-
ships.
Wood broke the previous record of
5.38 metres set by his coach, Bruce
Simpson, in 1976.
• Last weekend's vault qualifies_
Wood to represent Canada on the
national team at the World Indoor
Tr 4 and Field Championships in
t next month. He leaves
1 for a one-week stay.
bier this month, Wood won the
men's pole vault champion-.
shipat a meet in Windsor.
Wit. Wood Sr. reports that his son
has been working extremely hard
or the past two or three years,
faicikrillneigo bOtveoftrtndliaitet waoTtkoinrognatot
two orthree part-time jobs.
Recent seandalo, in the world of
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MARGARET JARVIS 01 Brussels, took first ptaoe in.,,theitkibii de . ' of:4644oki.:ty t theHoyal f
CanadiattLegiOn public speaking contest at ahoh 140 Sattirtfavi . went* tO Hes* hallithin
of Wingiukti white ifolirl)itiphin of liftkeseliwaithli4 Above are, from left Braflch 180 Prealtlent Don t
Farnoilt" MIS Dauphin, Mkt' HaI/afian,'1.. Ai Ito klarvi, senior secomfaty -win etZlainitt, Pennington: of
reeswaterk..pranon 1.80 Atnelliary#01' president Carol Parnell; and:the tire11 first vice-president Jim
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