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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-12-25, Page 22PAGE TWENTY-TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS CHRISTMAS EDITION, 1970. Road Needs Study Presented to County The long awaited Road Needs Study for the County of Huron 1969-1979 was presented to Hur- on County Council Thursday afternoon in Goderich at the December session , County engineer Jim Britnell said it is understood that 75 per- cent of the cost of the study will be borne by the Ontario Depart- ment of Highways. He said that the implementation of the study will "mean a reduction for Huron County in total subsidy dollars but I don't think it will affect us that much." The impressive booklet contain ing a multitude of facts and fig- ures was studied only briefly by members of Huron County Coun- cil due to shortage of time in the lengthy session. Members were urged to do their homework and take plenty of time to study the report in detail. During the presentation of the regular road report, Britnell pred- icted a slight surplus in funds at the end of the year. Preliminary estimates for the 1971 program, he said, indicate that total by- law expenditures will be $1, 556, 000 or about $27, 000 more than 1970. Britnell advised council that the work week for all "out of Court House" employees will be reduced from 50 hours per week to 45 hours per week i.e. five 9 -hour days from 7:30 to 5:00 with a half hour for lunch. "This work week reduction coupled with the recommended increases in salary, " said Brint- nell, " will mean that the hourly I paid employees will receive only a slight increase in total pay for 1971 but they will work a shorter week. Pay increase for all hourly rated road employees was 23 cents per hour. Salaries now range from $2, 51 for a laborer to a maximum of $. 76 per hour for a maintenance sub -foreman. Salaried road employees also received raises from $650 per annum to $7, 350 for a shop fore- man to $1, 500 per annum to $20, 500 for county engineer Britnell. All Huron County hourly paid road employees below the rank of foreman will be paid for all hours worked beyond 55 hours in any week at one and one half times their hourly rate. "Since the Employment Stand- ards Act was passed several years ago, " said Britnell, "it became mandatory to pay em- ployees at one and one half their normal rate for any hours worked in excess of 110 in any two week period. The recommended policy will allow us to simplify our record keeping and to pay the employee for any overtime work in the same period as it is earn- ed. Our overtime hours are nom- inal and 99 percent of them occur during the snow plowing season." Farm Union Official's Give Report lOn Winnipeg Convention Held Last Week Seven members of the Zurich district local of the National Farmers' Union attended the first annual NFU meeting in Winnipeg last week. President John Laporte, secret- ary Maxine Miller and executive members Paul Steckle, Lloyd Willert, Richard Ayotte, Gerald Regier and Joseph Miller were in attendance to hear addresses from president Roy Atkinson and vice - Walter Miller. Delegates were unanimous in approving plans to implement withholding action to give farm- ers collective bargaining power in the sale of farm produce and decided milk should be used as a level in the event of any such action. President Roy Atkinson said the resolution gave a clear indication of the mood of the delegates, but', he would not speculate on when or if any such action would be in- stigated. The motion on the withholdin,,; action came as a surprise and was ruled out of order by the chaii but angry challenges from the convention floor soon reversed that decision. Earlier a policy paper was ap- prved calling for institution of collective bargaining to arrive at prices paid producers for grains and oil seeds consumed domestic- ally. The resolution said producer collective bargaining programs 30 THE SQUARE E 524-7811 DITIONED THE THEATRE WILL BE CLOSED DEC. 24-25 !Nerry Chri4tinae and ijapp y flew ?tear SAT., SUN., MON. DEC. 26, 27, 28 SATURDAY MATINEE 2 p.m. SATURDAY NIGHT Two Shows 7:30. and 9:30 p.m. Sun. & Mon. One Show Starting 8 p.m. ..NORSE Wilk MIR TECHNIRAMA' TECHNICOLOR' Ae A.1..\.I LA MIO YP51* DIS1P*UIIOM 50 iM0 1914 Or.11 134 ,er P.00uttium EGI Plus UMSBUCM... TUES., WED., THURS. DEC. 29, 30, 31 One Showing Commencing at 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY MATINEE — 2 p.m. 6 ACADEMY AWARDS! tt RDN MOCO A , OWER REED wM NARRtSECOMBE BA.twSHANIBN.LISf USNP• ..r'019 .... ..nro,anMl114509d "are viewed as the method by which the best price can be gained for domestically -consumed grain and oil seeds." All grains and oil seeds should be "committed" to the union, which would become "the sole negotiating agent" At the same time, however, the policy paper adopted calls for increased authority for the • Canadian wheat board for market- ing grains abroad. The paper says export of all grains including feed grains, flax rye and rapeseed should become the responsibility of the board r nd the board should also have the power to regulate the import of grains under its jurisdiction. The convention also called for continuation of the wheat board policy of announcing each year, in advance, the level of quotas which will be accepted from producers. However, elevators should accept only those deliveries need- ed to meet domestic and export sales, and if by the end of a crop year the announced quotas have not been reached, the balance should be accepted by the board, and kept in sealed bins. Delegates also approved a pol- icy paper on fruits and vegetables, calling for "more stringent and rapid research on the danger of chemicals" and a prohibition on the import of fruits and vegetables which have been subjected to pesticides prohibited in Canada. Speaking to the opening ses- sion, Mr. Atkinson said the next year will be crucial to the union and the future of farming in this country. He said forces inside and out- side the NFU are working to dest- roy the brotherhood and solidarity of the union. CHRISTMAS CHEER We would like to extend our warmest wishes to all our friends, patrons. 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