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IHRESTUDENT Seaforth Police Chief Hal Claus has been given authorization to hire a person under the Experience '89 Project 1901 Youth and the Law Program. The program allows suitable candidates between the ages of 15 and 24 (and up to 29 if disabled) work in law enforcement between June 26 to 'September 1, 1989. Pay rates are $3.50 if under 18 years of age, and $4.75 if over 18. CLOSE STREETS Portions of Gouinlock Street will 'be dos- ed on Saturday, July 1, 1989, between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., to allow for a Legion Drumhead Service parade in celebration of its 60th anniversary. Also on Canada Day, to facilitate for col- lection at the Fireworks Display, blockades/toll gates will be set up at the corner of Side and Chalk streets, the cor- ner of Franklin and Chalk streets, the cor- ner of Duke and East William streets and Centennial Drive. POLICE REPORT The Seaforth Police Department record- ed 39 occurrences during the month of May. Many of these were reports of miss- ing, lost or stolen bicycles. Domestic com- plaints also continue to take up many of the occurrences handled by police. This month parking violations totalled 18, and six of these were in the handicap- ped zone. Many notices were issued to motorists driving vehicles showing a lack of maintenance for Safety Lanes in June. Only one accident, resulting in property damage, was investigated. TAKE COURSE Seaforth Public Works Superintendent John Forrest and Foreman Doug Anstett have been authorized to take the ,Land 1 erbicide and Land 3 Insecticide cor- respondence courses sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment at a cost of $30 each per course, and held at the Clinton OMAF office in June. This came following notification from the Ministry of the Environment that it does not have any licenced employees to spray for flies etc. at the lagoon sites. Paul Vandermolen of the Lawnmaster has been hired to supervise the spraying at this time. SUPPLEMENTARY SUBSIDY The Ministry of Transportation has denied the Town of Seaforth's request for a supplementary subsidy for 1989 road construction. Prelimin ryi esth3atees,zfof.. rppp�';d en- structiori owed that wipiolit'"Ute Peup- plementary subsidy, one or more streets may have to be removed from the 1989 con- tract. Included in these estimates was one of $8,169.63 from the Public Utilities Com- mission to relocate the "hydro poles necessary for the reconstruction of Chalk Street South. Seaforth's Transportation and Environ- ment committee has indicated it feels this figure is quite high, and has instructed the Clerk to obtain an itemized breakdown from the PUC before any decision is made. CONTRACTED SERVICES ' A deputation made by Paul Vander- molen of the Lawnmaster at the May meeting of council, on the use of municipal employees and equipment vs. contracted services, has been reviewed once by the town's transportation and environment committee, but will be reviewed again in more .detail, before a report is made to council. The committee identified the concerns of Mr. Vandermolen and intends to answer the questions: 1. Should the Town of Seaforth tender against local business for non municipal work? 2. Should the Town of Seaforth use its own employees and equip- ment or contract services for municipal work? and, 3. Should the Town of Seaforth hire additional staff for municipal work or contract services?. POWER WASHER Public Works Superintendent John For- rest has been granted permission to pur- chase .a power washer at a price not to ex- ceed,$2,500, as per the 1989 capital budget. He has also been authorized to lease a used chipper from MarMac from June to December 1989 at a price of $800, and to purchase it in January 1990 at a cost of $4,200. The public works department has been looking for a usedchipper for the past few years, and notes they are hard to come by. They are used during the spring and fall cleanups in town. The Public Works department has also been authorized to give the old streetsweeper to the Town of Glencoe for uae as spare .parts, provided it bears the cost of transporting it to there. LANDFILL Frank Kling Limited has bulldozed the existing landfill site to the grade and slope of final cover. It has been inspected by Steve Bruns of B.M. Ross and lias been found in order to apply final •cover. Final cover will hopefully be installed around the first part of July. CIVIC COURT 'The Streetscape Committee has been authorized to proceed with the purchase of the street furnishings necessary to-com- ,plete the Town Hall Civic Court project, and the Public Works De,,Aarbment ;}las been:authorized.to,assisthl calm etkm ,of the streetserme project tlnrouOh the: ►- .stallation of the -followtrig street fur- nishings: two sisrfoot east iron .bene es with `Downtown Seaforth' logo ,,on ;ends ($1.1509); one .trash seeeplacie with owntewn Seaforth' logo ;on ;£o{u' ;sides ($800); `three alutninumilag ile8)' tlt,{;nn- terior ;hblya> d .option ($ ;91,;,. �_ '`o t Oen �'at c Ave.' bolls 8UU)J f' Dur 75mm per .f unb IIIey " a trees ($ii09o); four cis aro, rwoodi; tii►g)boltes twlth 'Dow 'tow r eofot ($4;000); ra eeilin„g-;eetonolopp n 14004Pent.li 40 00) mid n nit bs ler reconstruction BRIEFS planting beds ($750). The PUC will be contracted to install the proposed streetlighting (two twin -head luminaires with Asymetric Distribution ($5,500) and two lamp standards ($3,700)) and electrical system for the project. Road and sidewalk reconstruction of the project is expected to cost $13,100; a cast iron sculpture of D.D. Wilson, $15,000; and a cast bronze historic plaque, $1,500, to make the total project estimate $50,450. A government grant will cover half of this amount. Editor's note - The Town of Seaforth is trying to locate the family of the late D.D. Wilson. Anyone with any information should contact the town hall at 527-1160. TENDER AWARDED Subject to approval from the Ministry of Transportation, the Town of Seaforth has awarded the tender for the Chalk Street, and Town Hall Civic Court reconstruction to Birnam Excavating Ltd. of Forest. Birnam submitted a tender $78,685.83, well below its competitors and well below the town's estimate of $89,000. Levis Con- tracting Co. Ltd. of Clinton, submitted a price of $93,753 for the work, and R. Nicholson Construction of Sebringville a price of $101,469.30. "It's below the estimate, and although we've never worked with Birnam, we are aware of him," commented Bruce Potter, Professional Engineer with B.M. Ross and Associates. "I suggest award would be appropriate." PAY EQUITY PLAN The Town of Seaforth hasestablished a committee to develop and post a pay equi- ty plan before January '1, 1990. The com- mittee, which will be comprised of a cross- section of town employees and two representatives of council, will be respon- sible for designing the job evaluation system and for carrying out the actual evaluation of jobs. On the committee will be: Deputy -reeve Peg Campbell, Reeve Bill Bennett, Deputy Clerk -Treasurer Michelle Huard, and Recreation Director Marty Bedard. Still to be appointed are representatives from the public works department and the municipal office staff. HALL WINDOWS Because the Town of Seaforth received no response to its advertisment for repair and replacement of the Town Hall's third floor windows Hoffmeyer's Mill has been asked to inspect the windows - including sash, sills and transoms - and to submit a quote for the mill work. Den Chapman has agreed to submit a quote for removal of the old windows and installation of the new. CNR BRIDGE REPLA,CEMENT The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority has advised the Town of tSeaforth thattthe:tender for ;the,aSeafprth Culvert replacement under the CNH bridge was awarded to Birnam Excava- tion of Forest, subject to the engineer's ap- proval, in the amount of $117,287.90. Other tender amounts received ranged from $149,723 to $209,745. The tender came in $48,000 under budget. OiDB IMPACT It will cost the Town of Seaforth 19 per cent more to provide Ontario Health In- surance Premium (01IIP) benefits for its employees, after the proposal by the pro- vincial government to replace 0111PP with a 1.95 per cent levy on employers. Based on this levy 011IP. premiums will cost the town $10,420 rather than the $8,782 budgeted this year. The town currently pays 10 premiums at the family rate, two at the single rate, one at 80 per cent of the married rate and one at the married rate with a 50 per cent rebate. As an added note, 0111P premiums have been fairly stable in the past, but will now have an inflationary factor built in each time salaries increase. DISABILITY PREMIUMS Seaforth Clerk Jim Crocker has been given authorization by town council to pro- vide short term and long term disability premium deductions to all municipal employees, by adding the monthly bonus and deducting the premium amount from the same pay period. This came after a re- quest from the Seaforth Police Association that the premiums be taxed to enable any benefits received to be non-taxable. The town was advised by Touche Ross that it is not:sufficient to treat the premiums just as a taxable benefit but that the premium amount Should be deducted from the employee's pay. The town will accomplish this by adding an amount equal to the monthly premium to the employee's pay as a monthly bonus then deducting the same amount for the henefit,premium. This -program will be optional for all employees, but those choosing not to take advantage at this time may only do so in the future during the first pay period of a new year. CANARIA DAY The Town of Seaforth's Municipal Office will be closed Friday, June 30, 1989 in lieu of the Canada Dayholiday,-whieh this year falls on a Saturday. All paynients required June 30 will be accepted Monday, July 3 without penalty. LOCATION OF OFFICE The new co-ordinator's office will re- main on the second floor of the town's municipal building, but consideration will be,given to renovating it to make it more suitable. Discussion 'lad ,taken place ,on finding alterlilite,acco1nniof(a ons for the office, prefo t ly :a 71 treat loea ion, but ie,t: bu et coat no (provision for ,ventlag:ar►,o ce, and°the o101,y-ui , cipally ownGdproperty onAtainaStreettateouid be ,,considered as the,old Police Station, ,wldeh ds pawn*;used as la> room. 'There ivbs,80J1ge4olt�C±Bi dist iep4i ,en;us- k g . troOrn tortillP4tehre CIM WOO gen o 0 r ijlaceAgo011er,1 SPA I1s1 lga ofilbejaat7ai ,ot ...t Xi, ,1004.0VD mark '89 Minor Hockey Team travelling to Herlev, Denmark next Christmas, and one to a Lions' Club student exchange travell- ing to Italy. It also approved the Seaforth/Denmark '89 committee parking and displaying the car being offered as a major prize in a draw to help fund the trip. ATTEND CONFERENCE Permission has been given for Deputy Clerk -Treasurer Michelle Huard, and Clerk Jim Crocker, to attend the 1989 Finance Conference in London September 27 to 29, as per the 1989 budget. SUNDAY SHOPPING At the request of its Business Improve- ment Area Seaforth Town Council has agreed to convene a public meeting to ad- dress the issues of Sunday and other holi- day shopping ha Seaforth. The date of that meeting is Thursday, July 6. Some merchants would like the town to permit shopping on Canada Day when it is not a Sunday, and on Labor Day and December 26. At this point the BIA has not taken a position on holiday shopping but does agree some type of public forum should be held before any decisions are made. COORDINATOR'S POSITION Huron County Council has agreed to fund 20 per cent of the cost of employing a Com- mercial/Heritage Economic Development Coordinator (who will take up where the Mainstreet Coordinator leaves off). In return the coordinator will work one day a week to organize and develop a 'Central Huron Economic Develoment Body'. The Town will also be receiving a $20,000 Internship grant for the coordinator's posi- tion. The rest of the cost it will pay itself. The Coordinator's position is being advertised in a number of daily newspapers, as well as being circulated to the Ministry of Industy, Technology and Trade, and the Planner's Institute. PAY FOR MEETINGS Members of Seeforth Town Council received a total of $2,845 for meetings at- tended in the month bf May. Mayor Hazel Hildebrand received $460 for one council and eight committee meetings; Councillor Bill Pinder received $375 for one council, one all day and five committee meetings; Reeve Bill Bennett and Councillors Bill Teall and Garry Osborn each received $345 for one council and six committee meetings; Councillor Pat Malone received $300 for one all day and five committee meetings; Councillor Irwin Johnston received $255 for one coun- cil and four committee meetings; and Councillor Marjorie Claus and Deputy - Reeve Peg Campbell each received $210 for one council and three committee meetings. SUPPORT RESOLUTION The Town of Seaforth has endorsed a resolution adopted by the City of Guelph. It requests that Bell Canada Enterprises in- itiate a program to develop telephone directories which can be.readily recycled; and that such initiative be developed in. conjunction a.Re Pr . . tatives of provincial and municipal re ing programs and of those industries directly involved in the processing and marketing of used paper fibre. "Since the disposal of telephone direc- tories impacts on each and every municipality in Ontario it is vital that Bell Canada take immediate steps to initiate a program to develop telephone directories which can be readily recycled," Guelph Council stated. TRAFFIC COUNT The Ministry of Transportation is in the process of a province -wide updating of road inventories and included in this pro- ject is the Highway Connecting Link System. As part of its updating procedure the MTO will be conducting traffic counts on the Coonnecting Link System (highway 8) in Seaforth. The traffic counts will be con- ducted by the Ministry's Regional traffic office at no expense to the town. PASS MOTION The Town of Seaforth has approved a Designated Property Grant Application from Mike and Lesley Ash for im- provements to the 'Hildebrands' building. Those improvements include painting of all exterior woodwork with heritage col- ors, re -hanging of the original shutters, and painting, puttying and replacement of windows. Estimated cost of these im- provements is $1,030. A property grant application was also approved for Paul Carroll. Mr. Carroll in- tends to make improvements to the Coach House on his property, including, removal of existing roofing asphalt and the under layer. of cedar shingles to repair all damaged roof boards; replacement of wooden cedar shingles to heritage specifications over roofing felt; replace- ment of all valleys; and replacement of the main chimney and building corners as re- quired. The estimated cost of this project over two years is $12-$13,000. ' The town itself is also applying for grants for repairs to its slate root and for replacement andrepairs to 10 wooden win- dows on the third floor of the town hall. TV TIMES The Town of Seaforth has decided to pass on an offer from the television net- work which produces "Sketches of Our Town", to do an expose on :Seaforth this summer for air' ag later this year. Although it would be great publicity for the town, council agreed Seaforth could not: at this time meet the requirements of the network,- namely auarantee of $10,000towards thetotal $45450,000 cost of production, and .absorption of the costs of accommodatiop,an(liineala for the approa- imately,40people who would be required to Ao�e,proodduccttiion uneli 41e0,61ed It would pass,au ,lt for this wear,'but•svouldeuggest that Worth Abe epnsidered for 1900, whop perhaps it would have something more .,concrete in the rpayof.athe a pe,teahow. 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