HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1987-07-22, Page 54,1
fir:
Arbitrator appointed for police,town
"An arbitrator has been appointed for the
1987 contract bargaining between the
Seaforth Police Association and the Town
of Seaforth.
Peter G. Barton was designated as Ar-
bitrator by Solicitor General Ken Keyes.
He will hear and determine all matters in
dispute between the town of Seaforth and
its police.;
An exact date for. arbitration has not yet
been reached.
DENY GRANT
The Town of Seaforth has denied Ontario
_Midw.estern_RaiLServices a $600 grant to
fund a portion. of a feasibility study for a
short -line railway.
' The request for $613 from Project Rerail
was considered by the town's Finance and
General Government. committee. While
the committee supports the project in prin-
cipal it said it does not believe municipal
funds should be used to support a feasibili-
ty study of a private project. .
IMPROVEMENTS DEFERRED
Lighting improvements to the Seaforth
Library have been deferred to the 1988
budget.
Correspondence from Ontario Hydro
following a request from Seaforth for an • "
electrical inspection advised the library
was satisfactory with no visible deficien-
cies in evidence.
RECYCLING WEEK
The town of Seaforth has referred con=
respondence concerning Ontario's recycl-
ing week, November 16-22to its Landfill
committee. The committee will in-
vestigate the feasibility of starting a
recycling program following settlement of
the current landfill problem.
AUXILIARY POLICE
A request from the auxiliary police con-
stables for an hourly salary has been turn-
ed down by the town's Protection to. Per-
sons and Property committee.
The committee agreed the auxiliary con-
stables should be covered for $25,000 each
under Worker's Compensation, at an an-
nual cost of $63 per constables and advised
the constables are covered under the
Town's municipal liability insurance pro-
gram. But, it said, there was no provision
for other compensation in the 1987 budget.
There is a meal allowance of $5 for out -of-.
town meals.
Auxiliary police constables had logged a
total of 600 man hours to July 7.
SIDEWALKS QUESTIONNED
Seaforth's Transportation and Environ-
ment committee will consider installation
of a new sidewalk on Ord Street, following
resurfacing of the street.
Residents on the westerly side of the
street have expressed concern over the
removal of sidewalk in front of their homes
without a new one being constructed. They
are also, concerned with the amount of
gravel on lawns in the spring because of
the gravel shoulder as well as the
steepness of the approach to their
driveways.
While it is the policy for any street
scheduled for resurfacing to provide for qx,,
sidwalk on one sl elof the street only, th a,,.
committee said it would consider methods, .
if necessary, to correct the concerns of the
residents. It is expected the resurfacing
process may cut down on the steepness of
the driveway approaches, and could solve
other problems as well.
OTHER SIDEWALK
Seaforth's Transportation and Environ-
, ment committee has advised a Chalk
Street North resident of its intention to
look into sidewalking on that' street.
Vivienne Newnham has advised the
COUNCIL BRIEFS
committee that she feels an unsafe condi-
tion exists on Chalk Street North, as the,
sidewalk on the westerly side ends at their
driveway, leaving a distance of approx-
imately 200 feet to Duke Street with no pro-
vision for pedestrian traffic.
Because of the vehicular traffic•from the
community centres andhigh school, Mrs.
Newnham stated this is very unsafe as
people are using the road for their
walkway. •
LEGAL OPINION
A legal opinion as well as additional cost
information is being sought by the town
regarding the sewer connection for con-
struction of a new hoarse.
That decision was made 'following the
receipt of a letter from MacDonald listing
the costs incurred by himself in connecting
to the sanitary sewer because of the
lateral's elevation at the trunk sewer.
NEW MEMBER
Ann Adams has been appointed to the
Seaforth Recreation and Parks
Committee.
Mrs. Adams fills one of three positions
open on the committee. Anyone else who
would like to serve on the recreation com-
mittee should leave their name at the
'Down Hall.
DRAFT APPROVED
A draft copy of the Terms of Reference
for an update of the Recreation and Parks
committee masterplan has been approved
by Seaforth Council.
BUY NET
The Recreation and Parks committee
has been given permission to purchass a
volleyball net which will be hung on the.
outdoor volleyball standards at the high
school for the summer months.
NEW AIR CONDITIONER.
The town of Seaforth purchased a new -
6,000 BTU window unit air conditioner
from Frank Kling Ltd. at a cost of $470 plus
tax.
The unit will replace an old one in the
town hall's front office. It quit during the
recent hot spell, was then inspected and
labelled not worth fixing , as the com-
pressor was• gone, and the bottom and
sides were rusted through.
COMMEND FIREFIGHTERS
The Town of Seaforth will send a letter to
the local fire area board commending
Seaforth and area firefighters for their ex-
pertise in handling the recent fire at the
Topnotch Feed Mill.
"I'd like to publicly recognize the job
they do," said Mayor Alf Ross.
"We came close to a disaster and they
did a good job in avoiding it."
SLATE -LIKE ROOF
Seaforth council is ' investigating the
possibility of 50 per cent government fun-
ding for a slate type roof on the town hall
front porch.
Councijr s ep nizes the slate Ape roof
would be considerably more expensive
than asphalt shingles but said it would be
more in keeping with the period and the
main roof: Its life expectancy would also
be twice as long.
Council will not proceed with the slate
type roof unless it can get government fun-
ding. The government will not fund the
asphalt shingles because they are not in
keeping with the period and the main roof.
The cost of the slate type roof is
estimated to be $1,745 fess the credit for
•
asphalt shingles.
LIBRARY ROOF
Imperial Roofing Company has been
authorized to inspect the library slate roof
and repair as necessary. The company is
already coming to Seaforth to inspect and
repair the town hall roof.
Imperial Roofing was ' called in after
Gordon Dale inspected the police station
roof on each occasion it has rained and
resulted in a leak' He advised the problem
is not at the source of his roofing job but is
leaking because of broken slates on the
main' roof of the Town Ball where the
chimney meetsthe roof.
• JUNE PAY
Members of Seaforth Town Council were
paid a total of $2,590 for meetings they at-
tended in the month of June.
Mayor Alf Ross received $655 for one
council meeting, nine committee meetings
and a two-day seminar; .Councillor Garry
Osborn received $345 for one council and
six committee meetings; Reeve Bill Ben-
nett received $330 for one council meeting,
one all day meeting and four committee
meetings; Deputy -reeve -Hazel Hildebrand
and councillors Bob Dinsmore and Harry
Hak received $255 for one council meeting
and four committee meetings; Councillor
Carolanne Doig received $210 for one coun-
cil meeting and three ' committee
meetings; Councillor Peg Campbell
received $165 for one council meeting and
two committee meetings and Councillor
Bill McLaughlin received $120 for one
council meeting . and one committee
meeting.
DEFEAT RESOLUTION
The Town of Seaforth voted against en-
dorsing a resolution made by the Township
of South Crosby that states that township's
opposition to changes in the Canadian con-
stitution suggested .by the "Meech Lake
Accord".
Members of council said they were not
well enough educated on the terms of the
Meech Lake Accord to make a decision
either for or against it.,
SUPPORTS MOTION
The Town of Seaforth gave its, support to
a motion made by the town of Wingham in
regards to postal service.
The motion asks that the "Minister in
charge of Canada Post will now consider
legislation allowing a greater contribution
to postal services to be provided by
Private Industry and Institutions, as it has
been aptly demonstrated that no longer
should the citizens of Canada be held at
ransom by the irresponsible postal unions
and by the management of Canada Post
who have difficulty managing the mail
with or without a postal str'ike."
BY-LAWS PASSED
A by-law has• been passed authorizing
the resolution of an agreement between
the Minister of Citizenship and Culture for
the Province of Ontario and the Town of
Seaforth.
A second by-law was passed authorizing
the execution of an agreement between the
town and B.M. Ross and,Associates` Ltd. .
B.M. Ross and Associates have been
engaged as consulting engineer for the
purposes of preparing an envirnomental
study (sewage) for the town. The by-law
outlines the terms and conditions of the
engagement.
Also passed was a bylaw authorizing the
execution of a development agreemtn bet-
ween the Seafoarth manor and the town.
The by-law is to ensure suitable buffer-
ing is completed during ,planned
renovations.
$88 million committed to nursing care
The ministry will provide extra funding to
Ontario nursing homes to increase staff and
to improve the quality of food for residents.
HealthMinister Murray Elston announe-
ed.the ministry has reached agreement with
the Ontario Nursing home Association on
adjustments for inflation as well as substan-
tial incentives for better personal and nurs-
ing care. It has committed over $88 million a
year in increased funding for nursing homes
to enable them to deliver these services as
well as improving the quality of meals sup-
plied to residents.
Part of the additional funding Y- $30
million $— goes towards adjustments for in-
flatten — a 5.5 per cent increase of the cur-
rent per diem rates from $48.90 to $51.59 per
resident, This increase will be retroactive to
January 1987.
Nursing homes which are accredited will
also receive, retroactive to April 1, 1987, an
inflation adjustment to their accreditation
payment, bringing their daily rate to $51.87
per resident.
Another $49.1 million will enable each our -
sing home to provide more than two hours of
nursing arid personal care per day.
Although a person being admitted to a nurs-
ing home may need as little as 1-1/2 hours of
care per day, many residents need .more,
The increased funding will allow homes to
provide an improved level of Bare for in-
dividuals needing it.
Another $8.9 million will enable the homes
to provide more staff for food handling and
to improve meals and menus.
Each home will sign a contract with the
ministry to provide the additional service.
Performance will be monitored by ministry
inspectors and auditors tinder provisions in
Corporation ha
Paul Scholten has been appointed Cred't
Advisor at the Goderich office of the Farr 1
Credit Corporation.
Mr. Scholten will be serving the farmers
in the townships of Goderich, Hay,
OUR ELEVATORS ARE
READY TO RECEIVE
YOUR 1987
ONTA1110 WHITE and RED
WHEAT
CROP
2 Receiving Legs
8000 bu / hour
unloading capacity
the recent amendments to the Nursing
Homes Act to ensure that the extra funding
is applied to the intended purpose.
The ministry expects to complete the
signing of individual contracts in time to
start payments for the improved service
from October 1, 1987.
"We are committed to the principle that
Citizens who need nursing home care will
receive care Well enhances the quality of
their lives," Mr, Elston said. "We want to be
sure that nursing home residents will feel
secure, comfortable and cared for. With the
funds now available, Ontario's nursing
homes will be better able to meet that goal."
s new advisor
Stanley, Stepnen and Usborne in the toun-
ty of Huron and replaces Mike Rogers who
recently retired.
He may be contacted at 21 East Street,
Suite 203, Goderich, Ontario N7A 3Z2.
' 524-8381.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, $UL,Y 22 198.7
5
1
„a
•We supply several brands of Exhaust fans,'
Air Bag Mixing Fans, Powered Louvres for intakes
•Wealso stock a complete line of Sprinkler' System
Components such as T ee clocks, Solenoids,
Thermostats, Plastic Pipe and Nozzles to cool and
train hogs.
FREE ESTIMATES
Based on Ministry of Agriculture & Food Specifications
MILTON J. DI.ETZ LiMITED
PURINA CHOWS - HEALTH AIDS • VENTILATION EQUIPMENT
PESTICIDES - SPRAYING EQUIPMENT - AERIAL & GROUND APPLICATION
R.R. 4 SEAFORTH, NOK 1 W0 . 527-0608
Are, you tired
of throwing
square bales. around?
Custom Round Baling — Big arid Small
BOOK AHEAD FOR PROMPT SERVICE.
Now offering a NEW ACID APPLICATION
For baling damper hay. Call us for details.
527-0245
(at McGavin's Farm Equip.)
NEW in SEAF.ORTH
Larry McGrath announces the opening
of his new business — McGRATH
PLUMBING and HEATING. Larry
brings with him 11 years experience in
plumbing and heating in Seaforth and
area, and looks forward to maintaining
the service people have become ac-
customed :to. REPAIRS • NEW IN-
STALLATIONS • LICENCED GAS
FITTER.
527-0493
McGRATH
PLUMBING
and
HEATING
C�1 Ri,AI\lG LE
'► C C U N�''���.
3tisto:th
'alp""•��.
Johnson's Shower to Shower,
225 g. Deodorant
BABY POWDER
Noxzema 75 g.
STICK
DEODORANT
Curad Plastic 6O s
BANDAGES
Reach
TOOTHBRUSHES
150 Tabs or 100 Extra Strength
TUMS
Wampole Stress Formula 100's
VITAMINS
Ptilident Denture Cleaning 84's
TABLETS
WiIkinson's 350 g.
LICORICE ALLSORTS
ONLY 2 9•
9
2
19
ONLY
ONLY 2 f# 9
ONLY .89
ONLY 49
ONLY tl99
399
ONLY
39
ONLY