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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1988-03-16, Page 44— THE HURON EXPOSITOR, MARCH 16,1988 104 5 YEAR ANNUAL All rates eubiest to verification ALL DEPOSITS INSURED WITHIN LIMITS Serving Ontario since 1976 with 15 locations for your convenience MOMS of SEAFOTH Thank -you for your enthusiastic response to the questionnaire I sent regarding a children's clothing store. I have decided to go ahead with the plans without delay. I'm doing my best to make it the kind of store you want with the selection and prices you will like. Be Watching for a Mid -April opening of Kids Kloze 53 Main St. (Next to Kling's) Joanne Aubin SEAFORTH MEAT MARKET BLACK FOREST STYLE - 4.4 LB. BOX SMOKED BACON BOX 8 991 STORE SLICED BLACK FOREST HAM LB. 99 STORE MADE BACON PATTIES LB. 79 BLADE or SHORT RIB ROASTS LB. 1.79 527-1821 • Wide Variety of FROZEN FISH & SEAFOOD I Sash -Tilt Casomont Windows Showroom Hours: Weekdays 9-5 Sat. 9-12 Replace Those Old Drafty Windows Now with Energy Efficient Windows! • Maintenance Free •Clean them from inside your home • 40•year warranty on PVC • 101/2 year warranty on Swiggle Strip Sealed Units Winter Pricing in Effect till Apr. 1 /88 Visit the Window Shop • 58 Union St., Dublin W.J. Feeney. Construction Ltd. Phone 345-2405 MEMORIES Town to self insure weekly indemnity Seaforth Town Council approved a pro- posed 1f.t budget of $328,400 for the Seaforth and District Community Centres. The ital expenditure listed in the udget is the ggest ca$84,000 costo of the parking lot. The second largest expen- diture will be the $60,500 spent on full time wages. Other five digit expenditures include: utilities $37,000; special events $27,000; booth supplies $27,000;, part time wages $22,000; building maintenance $15,000; employee benefits $11,460 and hall supplies $11,000. Revenue will come from contributions from the townships of Hibbert ($3,071), Hulled ($1,271), Tuckersnnith ($7,148), McKillop ($13,238) and the town of Seaforth ($28,222); and a $30,000 transfer from the reserve fund as well ice rentals, the booth and vending machines, hall sup- plies, admissions, hall rentals, booster club, and sundry and miscellaneous items. ADOPT REPORT The Town of Seaforth will no longer pay the premiums for the weekly indemnity in- surance offered in its group insurance plan, but will use the money to fund its own weekly indemnity insurance program instead. According to Jim Crocker, Seaforth's Town Administrator, Seaforth is the only municip: ;ty in Huron County that pro- vides weekly indemnity insurance for its employees, and it is a costly venture. For example, the annual premiums for the weekly indemnity insurance would have cost the town of Seaforth $5,674, and the Seaforth and District Community Cen- tres $965 for 1988. Instead of putting that money into premiums for something that may or may not be used each year, the town of Seaforth intends to put it into a reserve fund. That reserve fund would be used to fund a week- ly indemnity program for municipal employees under the same terms and con- ditions as currently provided by the group insurance package. The SDCC will be given the option of self insuring their three employess or buying the insurance through the town's self insured program. To maintain the reserve fund the town would contribute $12.60 per year for every $10 of weekly benefit provided for municipal employees, until the fund equal- ed 12 per cent of the total possible liability for a year (approximately $14,000, or the total of two salaries multiplied by 66 per- cent and divided by two ). The fund would be maintained at 12 per cent of the current total liability plus any interest earned by the fund. In any year, funds may be transferred from the reserve fund to pay any approved weekly indemni- ty claims- If no claims are made the fund will begin paying for itself within two to three years. TAPE REQUESTED Seaforth Town Council gave Town Ad- ministrator Jim Crocker authority this week to request a year end tax tape from Business Computer Services for the pro- cessing of the 1988 tax bills. Cost of this tax tape is $200. The tax tape will allow the town to recon- cile the interim tax tape with the assess- ment role at a faster rate than in the past. In 1987 changes were done manually at the municipal office and according to Mr. Crocker, at a cost that exceeded $200. CALL FOR TENDERS The firm of B.M. Ross and Associates has been authorized to formally call for tenders on the remaining 1988 reconstruc- tion and paving of streets contract. Reconstruction is to be done on Duke Street from Main Street to Chalk Street and Huron Street from Main Street to High Street. Repaving will be done on Helen BRIEFS Street froth Goderich to James Street, Church Street from Goderich to James Street, Huron Street from High Street to Jarvis Street and West Street from Goderich Street to Center Street. Chalk Street from Side Street to Franklin Street, and Side Street from Chalk Street to Main Street, will not be paved this year because they require sanitary sewer repairs which will be undertaken in the next two years. These deletions will decrease the preliminary estimates for reconstruction and paving of streets in 1988 from $173,000 to $151,000. PAY INVOICE The Town of Seaforth will pay an invoice in the amount of $291.96 for sewer repairs on the property of Lulu Watson of Market Street. The sewer in question had become clogged by roots from a tree located on town property. CONTINUE SUPPORT Seaforth's Recreation and Parks Com- mittee will continue its financial support of the Ontario Senior Games with a $50 grant to the Tri -County (Huron -Perth - Middlesex) District. PAYMENT FOR MEETINGS Members of Seaforth Town Council received a total of $2,905 for meetings at- tended in the month of February. Mayor Alf Ross received $780 - $300 for attendance at the Good Roads convention, $100 for one council meeting and $45/meeting for eight committee meetings. Reeve Bill Bennett received $690 - $300 for attendance at the Good Roads conven- tion, $75 for one council meeting and $45/meeting for seven committee meetings. Councillors Peg Campbell, Bob Dinsmore and Harry Hak received $300 each for attendance at one councik meeting and five committee meetings. Councillor Garry Osborn received $210 for one council meeting and three commit- tee meetings, Councillor Bill McLaughlin received $135 for three committee meetings, Deputy -reeve Hazel Hildebrand received $120 for one council meeting and one committee meeting and Councillor Carolanne Doig received $90 for two com- mittee meetings" PURCHASE SWEEPER Seaforth•Town Council has given Public Works Superintendent John Forrest per- mission to purchase a used street sweeper at a maximum price of $16,000. The present sweeper, a 1974 Wayne Street Sweeper purchased for $6,000 in 1982, broke down March 7 - its first time out this year. The sweeper was scheduled for replacement this year, but not until after budget. Council gave the go ahead to purchase another sweeper after it learned new parts to repair the old one would cost approx- imately $6,700. Used parts would cost ap- proximately 60 per cent of the new price - or $4,020. Since the unit was not fully disassembled at the time the repair estimate was made, Mr. Forrest speculated there could be more parts needed. "We don't warrant a new sweeper by any means," said Mr. Forrest, adding the town only uses the sweeper on a steady basis for three or four weeks in the spring. After that it is used once a week until the leaves fall. "We don't put that many hours on it. But we do need one soon. If it starts raining the sand will be washed down into our catch basins and drains." The town got six years use out of the pre- sent sweeper, which only cost $6,000, and Mr. Forrest said $4,000 was an "outrageous price" to put into a sweeper that has already paid for itself. For comparison purposes leasing a sweeper would cost $262/month for 48 mon- ths and a new Johnston ;Sweeper costs $105,000. Used Wayne Sweepers are $8,000 to $16,000 in Guelph at K and R Power Sweeper. PURCHASE CRUISER The Seaforth Police Department will purchase a 1988 Chevrolet Caprice Police Cruiser from McLaughlin Chey-Olds at a total price of $16,946.74. Hart Ford Mercury had submitted a tender price of $17,630.39 for a 1988 Ford Crown Victoria Cruiser, but since Police Chief Hal Claus determined the two vehicles to be of equal quality, council ac- cepted the lowest tender. APPROVE ALLOCATION Seaforth Town Council has approved an allocation of $258,770 from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications for proposed road improvement expenditures in 1988. It has also authorized the clerk to apply for another $11,000 for additional road construction. Of the regular subsidy $161,570 will be allocated for construction of roads and $97,200 for maintenance. REPS APPOINTED • Seaforth Town Council approved the ap- pointment of Councillor Carolanne Doig to the Holmesville Landfill Site Committees Tom Schoonderwoerd to the Local Ar- chitectural Conservation Advisory Com- mittee, and Rod Lyons to the Economic Development Committee. POLICE SYSTEM Seaforth Town Council has approved the 1988 budget estimate for the Huron Municipal Police Communications System. The proposed budget is $133,611 based on an estimated total expenditure of $147,542 and a revenue of $13,931. Revenue will come from the Goderich Fire Department ($4,381), Goderich PUC ($2,922 - based on eight months estimated hook up), Goderich Based Alarms (2 - $1,000), Clin- ton Fire Department (three months opera- tion in 1987 - $1,247) and Clinton Fire Department (1988 - $4,381). Wingham will also pay three months costs ($5,229.22) reducing the cost of the communications systems for 1988 to $128,381.78. Of that amount Seaforth will pay 13.24 per cent or $16,997.75 ($1,416.48 per month), Clinton will pay 19.18 per cent or $24,623.62 ($2,051.97 per month), Exeter 22.79 per cent or $29,258.21 ($2,438.18 per month) and Goderich 44.79 per cent or $57,502.20. SELL FLOWERS Seaforth Town Council has given formal permission to the Canadian Cancer Society to sell daffodils on the streets of Seaforth on April 7 to 9. BY-LAWS PASSED Seaforth passed a by-law to designate an area within the town of Seaforth as a Com- munity Improvement area, and one to adopt a community improvement plan for that area. These by-laws had to be in place in order to bring the town closer to getting its PRIDE grant. The town passed a by-law to authorize the execution of an agreement between Seaforth and certain municipalities to develop and operate a waste disposal site in the Township of Goderich - the Homesville Landfill Site. A fourth by-law prescribed standards for the maintenance and occupancy of property within the town of Seaforth. Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority will be receiving $49,203 from the Federal Government to finance 10 employees. The conservation authority bought some new land about five years ago and this extra funding is needed to get the extra help to do the initial mapping, creating inventories, and development, as well as establishing forestry management for this land. Seven forestry laborers will be hired to help out with the conservation authority's N a�°p`KpG� 14\11 LU�� 11o��n �BFso h as. tlps p�oto9ta4 a 17 Full Colour Professional Quality Portraits $9.95EL 52 00 SITTING FEE PER PERSON PACKAGE OFFER 3 • 5x7• 2 • 3vix5• 12 - WALLET SIZE •APPROX MEASUREMENTS tree planting program for 11 weeks, and three specialists will be hired for 25 weeks for other programs the conservation authority is running. One specialist will be an outdoor educa- tion technician who will be spending 25 weeks at area schools, on authority proper- ty, and at Camp Sylvan where he or she will be helping with the outdoor education pro- gram. A Cartographer will also be hired, and a resource technician will be working on the watershed. All of the money will go towards paying Family Poultry Flock CHICK DAYS gets financing the wages of these 10 employees for a com- bined total of 154 work weeks. The funding was approved under the Canadian Job Strategy Program and the new employees have to qualify for U.I.C. "The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority has always been an excellent land conservation manager and I know this fun- ding will prove to be a valuable asset to their activities," stated Huron -Bruce Member of Parliament Murray Cardiff when he an- nounced the approval of the funding recent- ly. ®® SOMETHING EXTRA ON THE PURINA PROGRAM WALDEN PHOTOAPHY *Weddings;' *Portraits *Family Gatherings 523-9212 (located et Westfield 5 m, N E of Auburn) UN • ORDER CHICKS at BARGAIN PRICES (Mixed Meat Type Birds) Again this year we are having 2 pick-up dates ORDER BY APRIL 4 FOR PICK UP APRIL 29 ORDER BY MAY 9 FOR JUNE 3 PICK UP Poses Our Selection. Additional portraits at reasonable prices with complete package. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money cheerfully refunded. 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