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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1978-05-18, Page 1i NO 20/ Big tax reduction for Hay township FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS - Taxpayers of Hay township will be receiving a break on their taxes for the upcoming year with reduc- tions ranging from ten to 15 mills approved by council. . This year's mill rate for residential public school supporters decreases from 162.60 mills to 149,73 mills, a lowering of over 12 mills. . The mill rate for residen- Report minor injuries in multiple crash Only four accidents were investigated this week by officers of the Exeter detachment of ' the Ontario Provincial Police. The first of this weeks' mishaps occurred Tuesday on Highway 23 about one kilometer south of Con- cession road 6-7 in Blanshard township. The vehicles involved were driven by Bruno Pedrech, Komoka and Margaret Taziar, RR 1 Granton. Minor injuries were sustained by both drivers and a passenger Christine Taziar. Constable Jim Rogers set damages at $4,500. Four vehicles were in- volved in Saturday's first accident which took place in the late morning on Highway 4 near the Kirkton road. Drivers of the vehicles were Patricia Jones, Cen- tralia ; Gregory Fleming; RR 2, Crediton; Maria Fevery, RR 2, Lucan and Alphons Moyer. Suffering minor injuries were Fleming, Fevery and a passenger Ella Moyer. Damages were listed at $1,700 by Constable Jim Rogers. The second accident on Saturday took place in Huron Park when a vehicle driven by Paul Theander struck a tree on Columbia drive. Constable Rogers estimated damages at $1000. A two vehicle accident on Sunday caused damage estimated at $1550. Drivers of the two vehicles, Glenn Grover of Strathroy and Russell Macrae of Arva collided on Highway 84, 18.2 meters east of St. Joseph. The accident was in- vestigated by Constable Larry Christiaen. PAYS TO ADVERTISE Howard Datars, the chairman of the Huron Plowman's Association committee for the 1978 International Plowing Match is doing a little extra in advertising the special event being held in Huron this year. His car licence plate reads IPM 078. The International Plowing match is being held from September 26 to 30 on the farm of Jim Armstrong, a short distance east of Wingham. tial supporters of the separate school system will be 152.37 mills as compared to 162.22 mills for 1977. The commercial public support rate dives from 185.65 mills in 1977 to 170.22 mills for this year. Separate school sup- porters in the commercial sector don't receive quite as large a break, as their mill rate falls from 185.23 to 173.14. In a breakdown of the mill rate, education continues to take the largest chunk with close to two thirds of the mill rate being for educa- tion. In the residential public category, the township's general levy takes 27.60 mills, fire -4.74, recreation - 2.03, elementary schools - 48.43, secondary schools - 42.09 and county of Huron - 24.84 mills. The rates for residential separate school supporters are the same with the excep- tion of elementary schools - 51.07 and secondary s'chools- 42.09. The commercial levy sees Hay general taking 32.46 mills, fire -5.58, recreation - 2.39, public elementary -53.81 or separate elementary - 56.73, secondary schools - 46.76 and the county levy 29.22 mills. Clerk -treasurer Joan Ducharme said that the reductions resulted from a lowering of the township's levy. She said no major capital expenditures have been budgeted for the up- coming year and that the sale of a piece of township property aided in the mill reduction. Last year the township purchased a road grader and a large truck, she said. - The township's 1978 budget has been set at $452,927 of which $133,602 must be raised through local taxes. The remaining $319,325 will be made up of provincial grants and township revenues. In addition, $163,383 must be raised in the township for education and county purposes. Of the township's general levy, $2,574 will come from residential sector of Dash- wood that is situated in Hay and $1,629 from , the com- mercial section. THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1978 Price Per Copy 20 Cents TEACHERS CELEBRATE - The South Unit of the Federation of Women Teachers' Association of Ontario celebrated their 60th jubilee at the Exeter Public School, Thursday. Above, Unit vice-president Margaret Deichert welcomes retired teachers from the Zurich area, Olive O'Brien, Dora Koehler and Ruby Neeb. Staff photo Budget of $345,009 Little change in taxes Taxpayers of Zurich should breath a little easier with the announcement that taxes in the village have remained almost identical to last year's and- in a few cases, have dropped. Council passed their budget Thursday evening and approved a residential public mill rate of 164.69, down 2.74 mills from last year's figure. While the village's mill rate will remain at 64.74, the county mill rate has dropped almost four mills. Public school support rates went down . slightly from 39.74 mills to 39.57 mills. The secondary school story was just the opposite with the mill rate increasing from 34.85 to 33.99 mills. Residential separate school supporters will notice a slight jump in their taxes with the mill rate increasing to 167.53 as compared to 167.23 a year ago. Along with the increase in the secondary school rate, the mill rate for separate schools jumped almost three mills from 39.54 to 42.41 mills. Operators of commercial establishments see their tax rate fall or rise slightly, depending on the schools they support. The county commercial assessment falls from 34.39 to 30.35 while secondary and village rates remain constant although the separate secon- dary rate did increase one mill. The village continues to take 75.85 mills. Commercial public falls to 43.97 from 44.16 but separate commercials goes to 47.12 as compared to 43.93 a year ago. The total mill rate for commercial public is 188.89 as compared to last year's 192.17 while their separate school counterparts will pay 192.04 mills up from 191.94. Translated to dollar figures, a residential public supporter with property assessed at $2500 will pay $7 NEW WATER LINE - Communities are continually upgrading existing operations and the Zurich PUC is no exception. On Friday, workmen installed a new water 'line across Victoria street. - Staff photo less in 1978. A commercial separate supporter with property assessed at $2000 will pay $.22 more this year. At the meeting, a budget of $345,009 was approved. The town expects to have a surplus of a little over $14,- 000 as revenues have been estimated at $359,259. A . breakdown of the village's budget is as follows: general govern- ment, $69,616; protection to persons and property, $8,- 229; transportation services, $47,595; environmental ser- vices, $79,500; social and family services, $150; recreation and cultural ser- vices, $48,350; planning and development, $200; county purposes, $34,570 and school board purposes, $56,799. On the revenue side of the ledger, $246,725 is expected from -village taxes, payments in lieu of taxes, Ontario grants, other grants and other revenue. Taxes for county purposes should amount to $35,365 while tax- es for school boards should be $58,713. As stated previously, a surplus of $14,250 will 'be carried over from last year's budget. Festival committee to receive relief Zurich council told two members of the bean festival committee Thurs- day that some form of ad- justment on the sewer and water rates for the festival building will be made. Bean festival committee members Jack Hamilton and Jack Eckel inquired about the possibility of an adjustment in cost of the sewer charges and the sewer hook-up fee. Hamilton said since the bean festival was donating most of the money back to the town, he wondered if the festival could not receive a break on the water and sewer charges. Council told Hamilton that the town did not have any control over the hookup fee for the sewer that was charged but did have control over the user fee. Streets, sidewalks and drains committee chairman Isidore Laporte reported that the trees on the Goshen in the downtown sector would have to be removed. He said the trees were in very poor condition and that new trees will be planted next year. In other business council: Approved grants of $125 to the Zurich Agricultural Society and $50 to the Huron Country Playhouse. Filed a resolution from the town of Lindsay wich called for the complete ban of non -reusable beverage containers. Filed a resolution from the township of Turnberry that called for a review of certain materials that are being taught in Huron's secondary schools. Approved the filling of one of the vacancies in the Zurich Senior's apartments by Mr. and Mrs. Murray Craig of the Bayfield area. Authorized the payment of $140 to Percy Bedard Jr. as a rebate due to a sewer sur- charge error. Paid a membership fee of $25 to the Huron County Road Superintendents' Association.