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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-05-07, Page 20PAGE TWENTY ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS County Council Debate Plan to Send Seven Men to Good Roads Convention (by Shirley J. Keller) It looks as though the county road department will be spending about $1, 656, 000 on roads and bridges in Huron County this year, but since the Ontario Department of Highways has not yet indicated the amount it is prepared to subsidize the prog- ram, it was impossible for the road committee to prepare a detailed budget in time for Thursday's meeting of Huron County Council. County funds required to fin- ance this proposed budget how- ever, have been estimated at $726, 700. Ten mills on equal- ized assessment will raise $726, 765.92. The major bone of contention in the road report was a recom- mendation that the warden, the 1970 road committee and the engineer Jim Brintnell be auth- orized to attend the Canadian Good Roads Association annual convention in Montreal, Octo- ber 5 to 8. Stephen Reeve James Hayter questioned the necessity for seven persons to attend the con- vention. He predicted a "chair - reaction" in other committees of county council which might also wish to send an entire com- mittee to a convention at the expense of the county. Exeter Reeve Derry Boyle said Reeve Hayter had "stolen my thunder" but that he was very pleased that he had done so. Boyle, known in council for his distaste for conventions and other social affairs at the ex= pense of the county taxpayers, said that one or two represent- atives to the convention could bring back an adequate report. Harry Morsell, the reeve of Goderich, spoke in favor of the entire committee attending the convention. He said a firm in Goderich, Dominion Roads and Machinery, which would be bolstered by aood represent- ation from Huron County govern- ment. Hensall Reeve Oliver Jaques reminded Worsell that Dominion Roads and Machinerywould very likely be spendng a con- siderable sum to promote their own interests and that the county raxpayers should have no oblig- ation in that regard. He suggest- ed that if the Canadian Good Roads convention was such a good thing, perhaps all of the county council should attend. The Reeve of Zurich, Gordon Hess, learned that the road committee attends the Ontario Good Roads Convention and that the reason such large rep- resentation was proposed to the Canadian Good Roads convent- ion was because the World Good Roads Convention was being held in conjunction with the Montreal event. It is the first time that a World Good Roads convention was being held in Canada (last year it was staged in Spain) and since it was so close to Huron County, decision had been reached to send as many delegates as county coun- cil would permit. Chairman of the road commit-+, tee, Elgin Thompson, reeve of Tuckersmith, said he was not in favor of sending seven rep- resentatives from Huron and declined to speak on the matter. He indicated his opinion had been discussed fully in commit- tee but that the committee had not seen fit to agree with him in this instance. Present county policy dict - Suggestions :For Boat Owners While boaters are preparing to "take to the water' this spring, marine thieves are mak- ing their own preparations - to take the boaters' equipment. Despite increased vigilance on the part of law enforcement agencies, larceny of all kinds of marine equipment continues to grow at an alarming rate. Authorities are agreed that the most effective weapon for thwarting boating thieves is the boat owner himself. With this thought in mind the Mercury outboard people pass along the following suggestions for prot- ecting your rig: 1. Leave your name and phone number in your boat. This helps police and the Coast Guard readily locate you in the event your boat is taken for a "joy ride" and abandoned. 2. Don't leave valuable prop- erty in an unattended boat, and don't leave your key in the ig- nition. 3. Carve or burn your initials or some other identifying mark in an inconspicuous place. This will aid you in making a posit- ive and quick identification of your stolen rig when authorities locate it. 4. Don't moor or store your rig in a lonely, unguarded, or poorly lighted area. 5. Keep a complete list of serial numbers of all your equip- ment on your person. If your boat is stolen you can quickly pass this vital information along to police. 6. Put a lock and chain on your outboard motor when you have to leave your rig unattend- ed. 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Another proposal that drew much attention was a bid to con- cur with the resolution from the County of Oxford requesting the minister of transport encourage the ban of the manufacture and eventually the use of studded tires. Although council voted to agree with the Oxford resolution, eight councillors voted against the move. One of the dissenters was reeve Jack Alexander, Wingham, who stated that he used studded tires, considered them to be a safety measure and added that the cost of repairing damage to roads allegedly caused by stud- ded tires was small in compar- ison to the number of lives that could be saved by permitting studded tires to be used. County engineer Jim Brintnell, however, reported that in three P years of use in Ontario, it has been estimated that studded tires have caused about $8, 000, 000 worth of damage to road sur- faces. As well, since the stud- ded tires wereblarrcd for remov- ing the white lines which mark the lanes in the highways, stud- ded tires could be considered a hazard to safe driving. County council also agreed to support in principal a resol- ution from the town of Goder- ich petitioning the provincial government to immediately consider the feasibility of prov- iding adequate four -lane high- way linkage in the Huron -Perth area to Highway 401, but to reserve full concurrence until the Georgian Bay -Lake Huron Area Study Report has been made public and is studied. Huron will also support a res- olution from the county of Lamb - ton recommending amendments to the Expropriation Act 1968-69. It was also learned that the county road committee is now in the process of inspecting the 340 mile county road system along with the road and bridge priorities contained in the 1969 Needs Study. The committee proposes to submit a Long Range Construction Plan just as soon as possible. It is hoped the Needs Study will be available to county council at the June session. THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1970 Discuss Auditor's Report of County (continued from page 15 ) student's meals. More were convinced that the board should not subsidise meals for the teachers. Decision was made to launch a study of school cafeterias in the county. There is a wide variety of meals, menus and cafeteria management through- out the county and the study will be designed to discover what methods are the most profitable. A $3, 300 item in the auditor's report for elementary school cafeterias was questioned by the board in view of the fact there are no cafeterias at the elementary school level. It was agreed, however, that this was probably an account for milk which is provided in some county schools. 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