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Home My WebLink AboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-05-07, Page 2gham Advance -Times, May R, 1980 ucation taxes rise Cotltinued from Front Page Mr. Elliott also objected strongly to the. proposal that board members take a cut in pay, and he was supported by several other trustees including Herb Turkheim and'Eugene Frayne. Mr. Elliott claimed that during the past two years he attended more than 100 meetings a year, and said that for the time spent, he was paid less than a janitor. He also told the budget pommittee members they are dreaming if they think this symbolic gesture will have any effect on future salary negotiations. with teachers and staff. "The budget is designed, not to suit the students, but to suit the taxpayers of this county," he declared. However Mr. Henderson and other members of his committee. stood by their recommendation to cut a trustee's honorarium to $3,000 a year from $3,600; a saving to the board of $9,600. "Look down the road two, three, five years," Mr. Henderson urged. "What have you got? If we're not willing to take a bit of a cut how are we going to talk to anyone else about the cost of education? We're pricing ourselves right out of the country." THE FIRST STEP Mr. Gower added that trimming the honorariais just one step in the program of cutting costs. "This board, in the balance of 1980, has got to look at school closings to reduce,ats expenditures," he told trustees. Shirley Hazlitt said the budget will finally force the board to look at some of the areas it has been setting aside. "It's hard medicine, but we have to take it." 'Dorothy Wallace also supported the cut in honoraria, commenting, "None of us is going to suffer from the loss of $600." After the subject had been thrown around for an hour, Murray Mulvey finally suggested the board had spent enough time on•a $9,600 item and should go on to discuss the rest of the $25 million budget. When the motion to adopt the budget was made Mr. Elliott and Mr. Frayne in- serted an amendment to add an additional $200,000 to the bufiget, to be spent on sup- plies and services at the discretion of the board staff and to keep the trustees honoraria at their old level, with any extra to go into reserves. This was defeated 10-6 in a recorded vote, and the budget was then adopted by a 9-7 margin. Voting in favor of the amendment were Mr. Elliott, Mr. Frayne and Mr. Turkheim, together with Board Chairman Donald McDonald, Charles Rau and Dorothy Wallace. Opposed were Mr. Henderson, Mr. Gower, Mrs. Hazlitt, B. P. Morin, Murray Mulvey, Robert Peck, Marion Zinn, Harry Hayter, Clarence McDonald and Dorothy • Williams. For the vote on the budget the lines were just reversed, with the exception of Mr. Mulvey who voted against the budget. He explained other Take cher out to dinner - this is her day! *Surf St Turf ... 1475 *Roast PrimeRibs .........696 of Beef . . . • * Roast Turkey .. 520 * Steaks. ........ 500 Above meals include souk or juice, salad, dessert and beverage. Seaf od also available . . and of course our regular menu will be in effect. • Free Flowers for the Mothers Fully Licensed for your enjoyment.., am ova i-Haifd fltaig and Tavern Wingham For Reservations Phone 357-3341 • after the meeting that he feels the budget is still too high Councillors and clerks from a number of municipalities attended the budget meeting they had a number of questions and comments for the board. ' "Is this going to get worse?" Brian McBurney, the new reeve of Turnberry Township wanted to know, asking if the board would be coming back for even more money next year. He said he can't under- stand how the problem off dropping enrolment caught everyone so much by sur- prise, pointing out that at the time all the building and hiring was going on the students of today were already born and it should have been possible to see the coming decline. He suggested that as a result of a lack of forward planning by those involved in education taxpayers are now stuck with paying for facilities to educate students who aren't there. Mr. Dunlop couldn't give too much encouragement. The trend looks pretty bad, he said. Earlier in the meeting he had reminded the trustees that the board is sitting on a $2 million liability in the form of the retirement gratuity written into the teachers' contracts and doesn't have a penny put aside to cover it.. "If (the eligible teachers) elected to leave in one mass, we would have to pay them," he said, noting the problem is one which exists not just for this board but probably every one in Ontario. He also noted that the board, with a $25 million budget, has total reserves of only $150,000, . "which is really a drop in the bucket". Jack Stafford of Howick Township commented that the board's budget will require an increase in the cost of education to. Howick of nearly 127 per cent over the past six_ years. "When will the board of education take over collecting its own taxes?" he iiiqlilted, ;`hotitig the township has been able' to hold the line dlt its own mill rate this year and the county rate is up only one Mill, but councillors still get flak because they must collect the education taxes. "We get criticism, but it's not our fault." At, the end of the meeting trustees -discussed going to a quarterly billing for the board levy from the current twice -yearly billing, which . would save the board some interest but would cost most townships extra since they would have to • make the paymentsbefore their taxes were collected. • . ' Mr. Dunlop agreed the total cost in interest to Huron ratepayers` "proliably won t change a dime", but hesaid the change would put the responsibility for borrowing where it belongs, on the municipalities. Eventually the board decided to refer the question to' its June meeting. OPP crocks on drinking A pilot project testing roadside alcohol screening devices has achieved such significant results, it is being expanded to cover the entire province, - H. H. Graham, commissioner of the Ontario Plovincial Police, an- nounced recently. Almost 45 per cent of the 3.200 people tested during the first seven months of the experimental project were charged with alcohol-related offences More than 1.400 charges were laid. The four OPP districts where the program was con- ducted. Downsview, Mount Forest. Barrie and Peter- borough. reported that ac- cidents decreased by an average of eight per cent. While we can't credit the aaaraaafain accidents in thit, area:, in the nrn- gram we believe it con- tnbuted to a substantial part' of the reduction," said Cnmmiccinnpr Graham Solicitor General Roy McMurtry. in supporting the program, said that any . initiative designed to get drinking drivers off the road' and save lives deserves the es .new at ,Iroflview?'i' �Inu ` Baptist Young Pie from Exeter held a 'day afternoon at lte1(}�:'Three cars from I tt>ton iew attended the Blyth tirade on Sunday evening,..' We hadwa good time wheel- chair square dancing on Monday Afternoon when Marie Flynn was at Huron - view for Old Tyme Music. Under, the leadership of Betty'Faw ett, the residents wonted ori'their ceramics on Tuesday 'afternoon. At noon on Wednesday all residents who enjoy Chinese food ate it in the main diningrgo .-or on their own floors as-. hey preferred. In the a£teruoon, we were for- tunate to` ihave Jean Hoff- meyer from Mitchell show slidesof her trip* China. Les Fort44 thanked Mrs. Hoffineyer on behalf of the residents and presented her with a potted plant in appre- ciation. Taking advantage of the. nice weather, the van took Frank Bissett, Florence Flood, Florence Doak, Luella Noir s, Frank Crich, and Gertrude Cornell for a ride to Seaforth. Mrs. • Pro1"ity held Bible Study in the chapel on Thurs- day afternoon. A special treat was in store for Huronview residents on Friday morning when Colborne Public School entertained us by acting out `Oliver'. The children arrived with their teachers, bringing with themprdps and costumes to provide us with 11a hours of excellent entertainment. Special thanks to the children and teachers responsible for providing us with the chance of viewing, 'Oliver'. Sympathy is expressed to the families . of Cameron Wein, Norman Lediet, and Wilfred Coleman. Huronview would like to welcome Howard Clark, who is front Londsborough and in on vacation care. Relatives and friends are reminded that on ,.May 11, from' 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the afternoon, we will be serving tea and cookies in the auditorium on the occasion of Mother's Day. Grant for Bluevale seniors. A group of about 50'senior citizens from Bluevale have been granted $6,542 by the federal government. This New Horizons grant will be devoted partially to renovation c is for the Bluevale Hallome money might be usedlto purchase equipment for the senior citizens' group. New • Horizons offers .contributions to groups of retired people tb create pro- jects of their own choosing. This year 154 projects throughout,.,.C'ana.da. receive contributions from Ottawa under this program.. According to Murray Car- diff, MP for FIuron-Bruce, almost 21,000 senior citizens., will be directly involved across the country, and a total of $856,094 in federal funds will be spent.' down drive'r's .tull support of Ontario's citizens. Mr. McMurtry reported that more than 1,500 people were killed . on Ontario's roads and highways last year and up to half of the fatal accidents involved' drinking drivers. "The death ' 'toll is simply unacceptable" he said Assistant ' Commissioner , Jack Kay of the OPP traffic division, who is in charge of the program, said that ad- ditional machines will be distributed to OPP detach-. ments during the next month "Public response to this program has been very positive and with contiiii'ed support, incidents involving the drinking driver should be further reduced," Mr. -Kay said - ALEkj'..imachines Will ne in the hands of OPP officers -J. in the districts of London, (That harn. Burlington, Peter- borough, Belleville, Perth, Long Sault, North Bay, Sud- bury, Sault Ste. Marie, South Porcupine. 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