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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-05-10, Page 3p Maw MAYKO ryas IVLOrris will face tax hike The public school supporters of Morris Township will face a 6.73 per cent overall mill rate increase for 1995. The education mill rate increase alone is 9.7 per cent for public schools supporters. However, the overall increase is due mainly to the purchase of two fire trucks, a large increase in the education mil rate, and an in- crease in recreation costs'. Reeve Bert Elliott said that council may have been pinching too closely the past couple of years. He added that there are a few small jobs around the town- ship that have been put off in the past, but they should be done. Deputy reeve Keith Johnston said that there has been a big in- crease in the cost of education. Coun. Kevin Pletch added that the township has to pay its portion of two fire trucks, one for Wing - ham and one for Blyth. Deputy reeve Johnston added that there has also been an in- crease in the number of fire calls. He added that the general town- ship mill rate is "not out of line" when compared with other munic- ipalities in the area, Coun. John Duskocy said that if it wasn't for the fact that the town- ship has to pay for two fire trucks, the increase would not be as high' as it is. The first installment of the 1995 taxes is due June, 15, the socond installment on Sept. 15, and the third installment is due Nov. 15. Wayne Tessier Tessier appointed principal Acting principal at 'F.E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham, Wayne Tessier, has been appoint- ed as principal of the Wingham high school for 1995-96. Tessier was appointed acting principal of Madill shortly after the 1994-95 school year began. The permanent appointment of Tessier was just one of 12 appoint ments announced by the Huron County Board of Education last week. At the secondary level, Michael Ash has, been appointed acting principal at Bluewater Secondary School and Goderich District Col- legiate Institute. Brookside Public School princi- pal Rick Whiteley has been ap- pointed principal at Howick, Cen- tral Public School. Lois Tebbutt has been appointed acting princi- pal at Brookside Public School. Howick Central Public $chool teacher Jim Binns has been ap- pointed vice-principal at Wingham Public School. Walton Public School vice- principal Helen Crocker has been appointed principal of the school. Vice-principal at Seaforth Pub- lic School Tom Lyon has been ap- pointed vice-principal at Exeter Public School. Principal at Stephen Central Public School Niall Straw has been appointed vice-principal at Huron Centennial Public School._ Vice-principal at Huron Centenni- al Larry Black has been appointed vice-principal at McCurdy Public School..,. Vice-principal at McCur- dy Public School Lorne Rideout has been appointed principal at Seaforth Public School. Acting principal at Stephen Central Public School Rob Snell has been appointed principal at the school. Dave Higgins has been appoint- ed actinv vicee-principal at Clin- ton Public School. • Generation Day...Turnberry Central School held its annual Generation Day last Thursday. Here, Mark Willits, a Kindergarten pupil, shows off some of his handiwork to his grandmother, Jean Willits. urnberry sells old shed Turnberry council has sold the old township works shed to Wrox- eter Rigging and Fabrication for $44,000, including a full tank of fuel oil upon purchase. Council called for tenders on the shed for the first May meeting, held last Tuesday evening. Three were received, of. which Wroxeter Rig- ging was the highest at $42,500. Bouwers at provincials Kim Bouwers of Wingham was not successful at the Lions Club effective speaking competition held Saturday in Peterborough. The OAC student at F.E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham was one of 11 speakers.,inthe sen- ior secondary school competition The top three in each division were named and asked to come back and speak in the finals. Bouwers was unable to place in the top three, although she did speak well. None of the speakers from Li- ofr$; Club District A; p were,abWq. . cidalify among thetop three inaany of the divisions. Morris council seat to be filled by May 16 The vacant, seat on Morris Township council should be filled by the regular meeting of council on May 16. Council has called a special meeting for 7 p.m. next Tuesday to deal with the vacant council seal Reeve Bert Elliott said he has talked with a number of people in the township and thefeeling is fairly evenly split. Some say the vacant seat should be filled by an election, others feel that the seat should be filled by appointment Coun. Kevin Pletch said that someone should be appointed to the position, but Coun. John Dus- kocy said he had talked to some residents who were upset with the way the seat was being filled. "They felt we should be follow- ing proper election procedures," he said. Deputy reeve Keith Johnston said he felt the next person in line in the council etection race should be appointed to fill the vacancy. "The people (of the township) are the ones who should have a say in who fills the vacancy," he said. He added that he was appointed deputy reeve because he had the most votes in last year's election. It should just proceed the same way for the vacant council seat. "I'm just trying to save some money," said deputy reeve John- ston. "Appoint the next person in line to fill the seat, and let the peo- ple decide again in three years (in the next municipal election)." Council passed a motion to ap- point Melody White to the vacant council seat. She finished fourth in the election for council, with 320+ votes. However, she will have to accept the appointment before be- ing sworn in on May 16. If White does not accept the ap- pointment, then council will have to fill the position with another ap- pointment at the special meeting. • Earlier in closed session at the meeting, council received a letter of opinion that estimating the value of the shed at $39,500. However,. council put a reserve bid on the old works garage of $50,000. When the bids were opened, Mark Breckenridge of Wroxeter Rigging & Fabrication was sum- moned to negotiate the price sub- ject to the' reserve bid. Brecken- bridge agreed to increase his bid to $44,000, providing he received a full tank of fuel oil upon purchase. Council agreed to his terms. The township will rezone the property to suit the intended use of Wroxeter Rigging' & fabrication. 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