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The Citizen, 1986-09-10, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1986. Morris gives $500 to BMG Industrial Committee BY DOROTHY FOXTON Morris township council decided at its Sept. 2 meeting to give $500 toward the Brussels, Morris and Grey industrial committee. The grant will be forwarded to the Village of Brussels which will administer the committee’s work. In other business, work is to be completed by Oct. 3 on repairs to the Richmond Bridge on sideroad 5-6, Concession 9, just east of Blyth. At its August 14 meeting, council had received six tenders for repairs to the bridge and had accepted the tender of Owen King Construction of Walkerton. The tender price is $27,140. Council passed a vote that the landowners assessed into munici­ pal drains may have the option of distributing their assessment equ­ ally over afive-year period. The landowner would be billed at a prime rate of interest plus one per cent and would be billed one fifth of his assessmentfor five years on his tax billing plus annual interest charges. A grant of $150 was given to the Brussels Agricultural Society for 1986. Dave Johnsonof Johnson Engin­ eering Consultants Stratford pre­ sented the report for the McArther Municipal drain. Hestatedthatthe County of Huron Road Culvert mustbe lowered and the county had agreed to lower the culvert and pay the costs. Wilfred Shortreed who was in attendance did not feel that his assessment was fair since his land was assessed at $29 per hectare and Allan Searle at $2 per hectare. Mr. Johnson checked the calculation and found an error. Mr. Shortreed also felt that his assessment was too high since his land was only bush land that was going into the McArthur Drain. Mr. Johnson is to revise the assessment schedule and it will be mailed to the landowners for review. Council provisionally adopted the drain report subject to revision of the Assessment schedule. The court of revision will be held September 16 at 7 p.m. The report of the Parker Munici­ pal drain was also presented and provisionally adopted. The court of revision for the Parker Drain will be held on September 16 at 7:30 p.m. A grant of $2,350 was given to the Morris Recreation Committee for 1986. The recreation committee made the following grants: $50 to the Belgrave Girl Guides; $2,000 to the Brussels, Morris and Grey Recreation Committee; $150 to the Belgrave, Blyth and Brussels School Fair; $150 to the Brussels Agricultural Society. Clerk-Treasurer Nancy Michie read council a letter from Linda Museum sells engine BY BILL BRAGG Huron County Council has a- agreed to sell an antique traction engine to the Lamb ton Heritage Museum south of Grand Bend for $3,000. The decision was made at a County Council meeting Thursday on the recommendation of the Huron County Pioneer Museum. Project Director Claus Breede told Council that the Goodison 22 horsepower engine might have brought more than $3,000 on the private market but that it was preferable to have it go intoa public collection. It was an appropriate artifact for the Lambton Museum, he said, because the engine was made in Sarnia, capital of Lambton County, and not in Huron County. The engine, he said, was acquired by the Huron museum in 1955 “for a sum considerably less than $3,000.” The money from the sale will be used to buy artifacts for the Huron museum. Burry of RR 5, Brussels (Lot 26, Cone. 5) in Morris Township. Mrs. Burry claims that the roadside spray affected her garden. She submitted a bill for $633.22 for damages. This claim is to be forwarded to the townships insur­ ance company. Road superintendent Lloyd Michie told council that he has checked prices for a one-way plow - $3,600 from Champion and $3,520 from Viking. The council was advised of an Appreciation night for the Warden of Huron County on September 26. Stephen Webster of RR 2, Blyth was in attendance to present an objection to the severance applica­ tion of Helmut Sieber, Lot 42, Concession 3 in the Township of East Wawanosh. Mr. Sieber in­ tends to have the severed land go to Canadian Agra to operate the grain elevators that are now on it. A letter will be forwarded to the County of Huron Planning Department ad­ vising them of the objection. Neighbouring farmers are object­ ing to the severance due to noise, dust, commercial operation limits to neighbouring farms, health hazards and the amount of farm dryers already located in the area. Howie Morton advised the council that Don Edgar, the Morris Township representative on the Wingham Recreation Board wish­ es to resign. A copy of the Waste Disposal cost for the Morris Township Waste Disposal Site was presented tocouncil for their review. The next meeting of council will be Septem­ ber 16 at 7 p.m. Morris council met Saturday, Sept. 6 for a short meeting to discuss tenders on the Nicholson Municipal Drain. Three tenders were received. The tender of Robert Schmidtof Mildmay was accepted at $11,797.20. Work will commence immediately since all appeals against the drain have been, dropped.