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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1978-03-16, Page 119d lex to And ieir ped tm, rio on - Jr. 1th ing :he is ila ce m- ne )d, in nd n - he n- et rs re n- ld 1- 'e .e 1 - it it g d l FIRST FACE-OFF — The first annual Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority broomball tournament was held Saturday in Zurich with a total of six teams from other conservation authorities entered. Taking the faceoff in the game between the Essex conservation authority and the Ausable authority are Hendrik Hoyer and Susan McGregor. Staff photo Township,school to fund adventure playground At the last meeting of ticipate with the town of Concurred with a resolu- Stanley township council, Clinton in a ministry of tion from the township of the township entered into an housing sponsored senior Otonabee that called for ac - agreement with Huron citizens survey with regards tion to be taken on the Centennial school to aid in to the possibility of a geared spiralling costs of home the funding of an adventure to income housing project. heating fuels. playground near the school. Mel Gr aham. clerk - Endorsed a resolution The township which is in- treasurer said that previous from the county of Grey that volved in the project surveys had elicited few called for a restructuring,of through the recreation com- responses from t h e county boards to make there mittee, will apply for a com- residents of Stanley. more receptive to public munity centre's granttoaid Council also announced concerns. in the funding of the project. - tenders for the supply of 16. - According to Huron 000 cubic yards crushed Centennial principal Arnold gravel will be issued. Mathers, the actual makeup 'Tenders for the supply of 130 of the playground is con- tons of calcium chloride will tingent on funds from the also be issued. community centres grant. A In other business, council: Wintario grant and the Ex- Authorized roads p e r i e n c e 78 summer superintendent Bill Taylor employment program. to attend the C.S. Anderson Approximately $1.800 has Road Supply from May 7-10. been raised by the teachers Learned that building in - and students at the school •spector Herman Van Wieren and by citizens of Stanley. attended a building inspec- A committee of Huron tor's course held last week county council has approved in Kingston. the project with county Authorized the payment of council yet to give its okay grants to: Huron Plowmen's to the project. Association - $50, Huron If the funds are forthcom- Central Agricultural Society ing. the project could be — $35, Zurich Agricultural started in June with comple- Society — $35 and the South tion at the end of the Huron Agricultural Associa- summer. tion—$35, A dance has been schedtil- Authorized Norma ed for the middle of May to McGregor and Nora Keys to raise funds for the project. undertake a dog count for The township will par- the township. ROLLER SKATING STRATFORD FAIR GROUNDS Telephone 271-5130 Easter Break — Skating Every Night 8 - 10.30 P.M. from Thursday March 16 to Sunday March 26 (except Fridays) Also Sunday afternoons 2 to 4 p.m. SKATE RENTALS NEW & USED SKATES Citizens News, March 16, 1978 Page 11 Municipalitieswill study Council discussed the annexation of Hay Township dealing with the Reid sub- division proposal. The sub- dividers are to do an impact study regarding services and a study of social impact. Clerk -treasurer Betty Oke and Joan Ducharme, clerk - treasurer of Hay Township will work on a financial im- pact study. Reeve Harold Knight told council that he had received a letter from the Ministry of Housing advising him that as of the end of March, Hen - sail's grant for plans which go through Huron County would be cut off, Roman Dzus, senior planner with Huron County-, has asked for an extension of the grant till the end of the year. Hensall was allocated $21,800. in subsidy monies for their 1978 road expen- diture, Gary Maxwell, road superintendent, said in order for them to receive that amount they would have to spend $43,600. He said they had worked out a maintenance budget and construction budget to meet that allocation subsidy. - He said he thought they could use some of the con- struction money they have to open up a portion of Ox- ford Street. He told council they could use about $8,000 of the money to get the road dug out, get the sanitary sewers put in and to get a good road bed put in. He said that the cost of the sanitary sewers and the 250 feet of road involved would be in the neighbourhood of $8,100 if they did it themselves. The possibility of es- tablishing a vehicle license Zurich council Continued from Page 1 said that the municipality will bill the insurance com- pany for his services. In another matter, Clausius asked that the fee for demolition permits be raised from $10 to $15. This fell on deaf ears from council with McKinnon say- ing that the fee charged was not meant to be a deterrent. Council was informed that I.B.M. Canada plans to raise its rates charged for the processing of the village's taxes. Mrs. Baker said that this is the second such in- crease in less than a year. Prior to October of 1977, the village was charged $353. After the price hike in October, the cost went up to $386 while the increase that is effective this June will raise the price to $425. Mrs. Baker said that she learned from Betty Oke, clerk -treasurer of Hensall that amother company would do. the same job for one-half of the I.B.M. price. Council felt that it would be a good idea to make in- quiries about alternate corn: pouter services but expressed concern about the costs of setting up a new system. In other business. council: Learned from streets, sidewalks. and drain com- mittee chairman Isidore Laporte that no complaints had been received since the snow was removed. Heard that the new dress- ing roonis are complete aside from some painting and cleaning up. Discussed the possibility of purchasing a rotary sweeper for use on the 3/4 ton truck. Received a letter from the anti-inflation board infor- ming council that they ap- proved the wage increase granted to village employees back in December. Filed a resolution from the township of Otonabee asking that action be taken on the rising cost of home heating fuels. Filed a resolution from the town of Markham that called for treasury, economics and in- tergovernmental affairs to give municipalities the right to charge license fees to cover administrative and enforcement costs of all licensing programs. Were informed that applications for funds for the Ontario Home Renewal Program should be In early since funds are distributed on a first come. first serve basis. It was felt that the village would have little chance to receiving funds since they presently have . $25,000 from the previous year's allotment. Dog tags must be purchas- ed by June 15 with the rates doubling after that date. Dr. Charles Wallace was appointed to act on behalf of the village at the Blue Water Rest Home's annual meeting. . Turned over a request from the Huron Country Playhouse for funds to the budget committee. Will send a letter to Ex- Cen Cablevision of Clinton inquiring about the possibili- ty of obtaining cable-TVser- vice for the village. 'The company which services Ex- eter, has its antenna located six miles south of Zurich. Appointed the Huron coun- ty weed inspector to act as the village's weed inspector. bureau in Hensall as well as a liquor outlet was discussed and will be investigated. Heusdll council learned Monday night that the loca- tion of the Black Creek- Mousseau Drain had been approved under the Lakes and Rivers Act. Clerk -treasurer, Elizabeth Oke told council that engineer Burns Ross had created an impact at the hearing held in Toronto. The hearing in Toronto was an inquiry into a refusal of Hay Township's applica- tion for a realignment of part of the Black Creek- Mousseau Drain. Regarding the drain, Reeve Harold Knight said he thought council should let the people know that a storm sewer project is being started in Hensall because it is going to affect their taxes. "It's definitely going to be a debenture issue." he said and added that it would be debentured over quite a few years. "It's going to be about a 10 mill increase in our taxes," he told the councillors. The remuneration for the reeve and councillors and salaries of the works superintendent were set. The reeve will receive $53. and councillors $42.40 per regular meeting and $20 for a special meeting, $45 for each full day attended and $30 for each half day attend- ed. The works superintend- ent's salary was set at $448.46 bi-weekly. Council also set remuneration for the P.U.C. commissioners at $508 per annum. 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