Zurich Citizens News, 1975-09-11, Page 20• Page 20 - Zurich Citizens News, September 11, 1975
Tuckersmith rejects
lower family rate
During a session which
lasted almost six hours,
Tuckersmith council last
Tuesday night rejected a
request from the Vanastra
Day Care Centre to lower the
rate for a second member
of it family registering for
the srvice.
Council was unanimous 111
its decision that an across-
the-board rate of $5,00 per
day be charged for•each child
attending. The centre is to
open September 29 and will
provide service from 6:30
a.nl. to 5:30 p.nl.
Robin Gates of Vanastra,
who was spokesman for the
quarrel seeking the. lower
-ate, upset the cuncil memb-
ers when he informed them
die Day Care Centre would
,operate at a deficit.
Reeve Elgin Thompson said
alar when the Vanastra group
tpproaehed council in the firs(
place requesting the Centre,
all agreed with council that it
'+.'uld pay its nwn way and
tiould not he a baby sitting
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"We went into this on the
basis it would not cost us a
cent," said the reeve.
Mr. Gates said that the
government did not expect
Day Care Centres to break
even. " I don't think 20 per-
cent (of the deficit of the cost
of running the Day Care
at Vanastra) is a lot for
council to pick up," he said.
The reeve said Tuckersmith
had refused to go in with
Seaforth on a Day Care in
the town because the township
refused to pay the deficit
incurred by children from the
township. Mr. Thompson
said costs should be met by
people using the service.
Mr. Gates said that even
with 34 full time children, the
capacity number approved by
the Ministry of Social Serv-
ices for Yanastra at $5.00
per child there would be a dif-
icit. He said it would be
difficult to estimate how
many would register for the
opening as the survey had
been made a year and a half
ago and "you know the turn-
o\c'r in population at Van-
astra,"
Deputy Reeve Ervin Sillcry
asked if a chid from outside
the township could attend the
,'entre and was assured by
Mr. Gates that outside child-
ren tvould he able 10 register.
"And •f'uckersnlith Mould
pay the deficit on outsiders."
exclaimed Re'\ e Thompson.
11, etas told that the municip-
.:i;,‘ trot', which the child
a: sonnets mild have to pick
hi the lab.
Carol McFwing, the newly
hired director for (he centre.
iuiornled council that at
ti;.110 per child, Vanastra
Ila, the highest fee charged
in the area.
Reeve 'Thompson said.
"the fur will fly. This is anoth-
er case where we have been
sold down the drain. We were
1014•'. there would he no def-
icit and 1 promised • the rate-
payers (here would be none."
At this point Robin Gates
said he hclived he had not
leen legally appointed to the
Day Care Board. Tuckersmith
council appoints the members
to the seven -members board,
including two representatives
from council.
While council was consid-
ering • appointing two mem-
bers to fill the vacancies on
the board due to resignat-
ions. Mr. Gales had self-
appointed himself to the board
The two cuncil represent-
atives, Bert Brandcrhorst and
Cleave Coombs, complained
that they were not informed
of' some meetings of the bond
and in fact learned that Miss
Radial tires
Radial tires for agricult-
ural use are not presently
available in Ontario. and
according to the secretary -
manager of the Farm Machin-
ery Board, their future .is
uncertain.
Mr. J. Kessler says the init-
ial purchase price of radials
is.much greater than that of
conventional tires, and
although American tests have
shown that using radials can
save two to five percent on
the fuel bill, in order to
justify the higher prices of
the tires as compared 'to the
fuel savings you would have
to operate the tractor or
implement for 2500, to 4000
hours just 10 break even.
McEwing, had been appoint»
ed as director from reading
the paper. They said they had
no opportunity to vote on the
hiring and, in fact, still did
not know what salary she
was paid.
The reeve suggested it
would be a good idea to have
Gates appointed and this was
done. Mrs. Margaret Roger-
son of R.R.5 Clintn, was
named to fill the other vac-
ancy an the board, which
includes the two councillors
and Carol Munroe, Barbara
Hodgins and Arthur Forler,
all' of Vanastra.
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