Wingham Advance-Times, 1977-12-14, Page 2gham Advance -Times, December 14, 1977
�mers to be compensated
or stock injured by dogs
Two East Wawanosh farmers
_will receiye compensation for
livestock .recently . injured by
dogs. Township council, after
hearing the report of livestock
inspector Robert Charter at its
Dec. 6 meeting, approved pay-
ment of $368 to Clinton Wilson and
$250 to Herman Voelmle.
The payment to Mr. Wilson
consists of 8100 each 'for the two
sows injured and $150 for each of
their litters. One of the sows had
to be destroyed while the other
was shipped; the $132 received
for the shipped sow was deducted
from the total compensation.
Mr. Voelmle will get $100 for
each of the two sheep destroyed
and 425 for each lamb.
Money for livestock compensa-
tion comes from ,.the dog tax
levied in the township.
` Councillors also agreed to pay
the $150 surcharge to the Wing -
ham recreation departvent
covering use of the town's
recreational facilities by town-
ship residents. A bill of $52 for,
fire calls will be paid to the Blyth
fire department.
Tile drainage loans were ap-
proved for John . Gnay and
Thomas Hallahan. Mr. Gnay will
get $13,636.80 and Mr. Hallahan
will receive $3,669.60: A bylaw
was passed providing for special
annual drainage rates to be
levied against the properties for
repayment off the loans.
Fill Line Mapping
Council passed a motion ac-
cepting the fill line mapping pre-
pared by the Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority and ap-
proving it for registration with
the province. From now on a
permit from the MVCA is re-
quired for any construction in
areas identified as potentially
hazardous by fill lines.
Resources Manager Ian Des-
lauriers and water resources
technician Craig Piper from the
MVCA attended the meetig to
present the completed set of
maps to council and explain its
uses.
The set consists of a series of
aerial maps covering every
portion of the township, on which
fill lines have been drawn to
identify areas potentially hazard-
ous for construction. The hazards
are usually flooding or steep
slopes.
Mr. Deslauriers pointed out
that not all areas within the., fill
lines are bad for. construction but
that one .or more hazards exist
there. Before issuing a permit the
authority will do a site inspectipn
to make sure it is safe for the type
of construction planned.
"The'majority will be no prob-
lean," he assured council, adding
OId age security pension
payments rise in January
OTTAWA — Full increases in
the Old Age Security pension,
Guaranteed Income Supplement
and Spouse's Allowance effective
in January, 1978, were announced
by health and welfare Minister
Monique Begin.
Increases in Old Age Security
pension and Guaranteed Income
Supplement payments represent
the seventeenth quarterly escala-
tion based on the cost of living, as
provided for in the Old Age
Security Act.
The new monthly total at the
single rate for persons receiving
both the basic Old Age Security
pension and maximum Guaran-
teed Income Supplement will be
$261.06.
For a married . couple, -both
pensioners, the combination of
the basic pension and maximum
supplement will provide a pay-
ment of $498 for the couple
monthly.
The basic Old Age Security
pension will rise in January to
$153.44 from the present $150.43.
The Guaranteed Income
Supplement is paid to pensioners
whose income, apart from the
Old Age Security pension, as
limited. The amount of the
supplement varies in relation to
the amount of income.
The maximum Guaranteed In-
come Supplement for a single
person, or a, married person
whose spouse is not a pensioner
and is not receivg�ig a Spouse's
Allowance, wii o up in January.
to $107.62 from its current $105.51.
The maximum supplement for a
married couple, both pensioners;
will increase to $95.56 each from
$93.69. Added to the basic pen-
sion; this will give each married
pensioner $249 monthly, or a total
of $498 for the couple.
The Spouse's Allowance is paid
to persons between 60 and 65
years of age who are married to
OId Age Security pensioners and
meet residence requirements.
Entitlement to a Spouse's
Allowance, and amount paid, is
based on yearly income.
The maximum Spouse's Allow-
ance will increase to $249, from
$244.12. ,The maximum Spouse's
Allowance is made - up of an
amount equivalent to the basic
Old Age Security pension and the
maximum Guaranteed Income
Supplement at the married rate:
that in a lot of cases "it's just
common sense". Most farmers
already know what the hazards
are on their properties and
wouldn't build there, but a new
person entering the area might
not.
He said the authority will try to
keep the time involved in issuing
a permit down to two weeks from
the date it is notified of an ap-
plication. When council` receives
an application for a building
permit in an area identified as
potentially hazardous it'will now
make the permission of the
conservation authority one of the
'conditions. There is no charge for
the MVCA permit. Permission
must also be obtained for filling
in these areas or alteration to a
watercourse.
Council also discussed Huron
County council's proposal for a
one year countywide residency
rule on senior' citizens' housing.
The rule would mean that any
resident of the county meeting
the'usual conditions would be eli-
gible,to get into any of the senior
citizens' housing units in The
county. Currently residents of the
municipality in which the housing
is located are given preference.
The county would also pick up the
71;2 per cent operating deficit cur-
rently borne by the municipali-
ties.
Reeve Simon Hallahan said he
thinks the principle of the pro-
posal is all right and East Wawa -
nosh will likely go along with it.
He noted that under the present
system there is a problem keep-
ing the existing housing filled.
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the packer on the label.
The majority of apples in the
store will be Canada Fancy
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by color, maturity, shape„ and
absence of defects. Small -one
Grade may , also be available.
This grade is comparable to Can-
ada Extra Fancy in quality, but
the apples are smaller in size.
Canada Cee Grade is a good
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shape, and color are not impor-
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Advance --Times
MVCA GENERAL MEETING—Chairman Lorne Murray addresses
Maitland Valley Conservation Authority during the general meeting last
head table are Vice Chairman Vince Judge, Resources Manager Ian
Secretary -Treasurer Marlene Shiell.
members of the
week. Also at the
Deslauriers and
Listowel conduit, Gorrie dam
Continued from page 1
be reduced through engineering
works; 3) if a large amount of
floodplain remains even after the
remedial measures of if the study
shows nothing economical can be
done to reduce it•-thert the muni-
cipality qualifies for special
policy designation.
Presently only Listowel and
Harriston in this watershed meet
all the conditions he said, but
Lucknow is in the process of
having a floodplain and remedial
measures study done and a
number of villages such as Gorrie
and Wroxeter could also qualify.
The authority has received a
letter from Harriston requesting
the special policy designation and
is expecting one from Listowel. It
will refer the requests on to the
ministry of natural resources
where the final decision' is made.
Under . the special .r policy
designation a permit from the
authority is required.for develop-
ment in the floodplain; the
permit can be refused ° if flood
proofing conditions are not met,
although a developer can appeal
the refusal.
"In effect this gives the author-
ity complete control over (flood-
plain) development in a muni-
cipality?" member Bill Crump -of
Lucknow asked. Mr. Murray con-
firmed that this is true.
Prior to this no control what-
soever existed over development
in floodplain areas, Mr. Des-
lauriers said later. He said the
authority acts as a consumer
advocate in making sure the
necessary floodproofing condi-
tions are met before the go-ahead
is given on a project...
BUDGET OVERSPENT
In her interim financial report,
Secretary -Treasurer 'Marlene
Shiell noted the authority has
gone over budget in a -number of
areas. -The administration budget
has been overspent in all but the
first two sections, she said, and it
is anticipated, total spending in
this area will be somewhat over
estimates.
General maintenance costs
which are not eligible for grant
have also gone over estimates,
due mainly to increased opera-
tion costs at the Falls Reserve
Conservation Area, she said, but
hoted this has been offset by in-
creased revenue at the park.
The report also said large
capital expenditures for equip-
ment purchases and increased
maintenance.and operating costs
have substantially reduced the
reserve for future purchases.
It pointed out several projects
have been delayed and will be
carried over to next year, speci-
fically repairs to the Bluevale
and `Gorrie dams, the McGuffin
Gulley ,erosion control project,
and the downstreamchannel
improvements in Listowel.
On the other hand, the Turn -
berry floodplain acquisition
program has proceeded ahead of
schedule with the purchase of six
properties this year at a total cost
of almost $65,0110. More tl::in
$6,000 was spent in addition to .
demolish the houses and , land-
scape the area.
Mrs. Shiell also noted a new
grant structure is being impl6--
tnented in 1978, introducing a
"whole new bag of tricks" in
project funding,
On the, surface the new struc-
ture seems favorable to the
authority, she said. Using the
new grant structure its share of
the proposed nearly $1.14 million
budget is $236,496, substantially
less than it would be if calculated
on the current grant system.
However she noted the actual
dollars of provincial funding will
be no more plentiful • next year,
meaning some projects will pro-
bably not be funded while others
will be phased over a longer time.
SALARY STUDY
In other financial business,
members voted to accept the
salary administration program
prepared for the authority by a
Toronto consulting firm. The
report- compares salaries at the
MVCA with those paid by other
conservation authorities and
municipalities and sets out basic
guidelines for deciding salary•
levels, the members were told.
The salary study, which cost
about $5,000, compares 11 con-
servation authorities, six towns
and six counties as well as some
private businesses. It indicated
some salaries were too low while
others were a bit high but "I think
we've got things in line," execu-
tive member David Gower said.
It was announced employees at
the MVCA will be getting an
average 5112 per cent raise this
year.
Members also voted to raise
the chairman's honorarium to
$1,250 from its current level of
$1,000 and to put members' a al-
lowances up to $27.50 from $25.
Mileage allowances are un-
changed, remaining at 20 cents
per mile.
The chairman's honorarium
was last raised in 1975, when it
doubled from $500, while
members' allowances had pre-
viously been raised in 1973. The
allowances will not be paid on
either a per day or a per meeting
basis, making it possible -to
receive a• double allowance if a
member, attends two meetings
the 'same day. Previously it was
paid .on only a per day basis.
POLLUTION PROBLEMS
'After listening to a report from
Norman Alexander' 'authority.,
mernbers voted to have -the in •
-
formation and education. board
prepare an information program
on problems of soil erosion and
pollution that could be presented
to interested groups around the
area.
Mr., Alexander, a member of
the authority from Londesboro is
currently sitting on one of the
panels set up by PLUARG
(Pollution from Land Use Activi-
ties Reference group), to report
.on pollution problems in the
Great Lakes basin.
He said the areas tinder in-
vestigation are: sanitary landfill,
extraction operations, forestry,
recreation and non-sewered_resi-
dential areas, shoreline and
riverline erosion, shoreline land
filling, urban (road salt, heavy
metals and phosphates) and agri-
culture (phosphates from feed-
lots or fertilizer, pesticides and
1
sediment) .
PLUARG is a sub -group of the
International Joint Commission
which regulates the Great Lakes
and eventually Canada may be
asked to cut down on the amount
of material entering the lakes,
Mr. Alexander said. He predicted
that in ,coming years farmers
may need, a permit for applica-
tion of pesticides or fertilizers
and asked whether conservation
authorities are coping with pro-
blems of sedimentation and
erosion.
More education is needed, he
noted. "We all contribute to
pollution and we need to recog-
nize this is. a problem."
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