The Brussels Post, 1978-02-15, Page 16added to the reserve for working
capital; $50,000 to the hospital
reserve fund; and $60,000 to the
capital works building reserve
fund,
Chairman Ken Campbell of
Stephen Township, the
committee intends this year to
"keep the surplus down and do a
little more work."
Family Paradise
DANCE HALL
R.R. 4 Walton
Due re.scheduling as of April 1, 1978 we are
now! available for Saturday night hall rentals for
Weddingsi Anniversaries and private parties, etc.
We also offer you personal catering.
Phone Seaforth 527-0629
Phone Brussels 887-9037'
Bonnie S . Men's 8 Ladies'
AIR STYLING
OPEN
Tuesday to Saturday Noon
and Wednesday Evenin g s
Turnberry Street next to Texan Grill
Phone 887-9237
THE SALON WILL BE CLOSED ON FEB. 11th
16,—THE BRUSSELS POST, FEBRUARY 15, MS
County 1)040 apportionment same as 77
BY SHIRLEY 3. KELLER
Warden Gerry Ginn called the
1978 budget for' Huron County a
"stand pat budget". Costs are up
the Warden told country
councillors at the February.
session of council in Goderich
Thursday, but the county
apportionment will not increase.
"That's good in these days
with the inflationary trend," he
added,
County administrator Bill
Hanly advised in his preamble to
the budget presentation that the
total expenditure in. Huron in
1978 will be an estimated
$8.822,650. That represents an
overall increase of $322,267 or
,3.79 per cent over *the 1977
budget.
But the county apportionment--
the amount of money raised in
Huron County-will remain the
same, $2,630.000.
This will be achieved by
bringing into the 1978 budget an
accumulated surplus of $407,579
from 1977, and by the strict watch
all county committees kept on
their 1978- budget requests.
All county , committees •
attempted. to, keep their budget
increases to within-four,,per cent
for this year. With increased...
assessmentin Huron, some
taxpayers in the county should
actually experience •.• a slight
decrease in taxes for county
purposes--approximately two per
cent on the average across Huron.
Reserve funding will not suffer,
either. A total of $150,000 was
Warden Ginn said in his
opinion, it was important to keep
the reserve funds healthy. He
explained that it might have been
pOssible to achieve an even lower
budget to ,a1 by deleting the
reserve funds for 1978, but said t
was not considered good business
to lower a county mill rate for one
year and then, perhaps, find in
the next year thUt a• sharp
increase is necessary.
Transportation services,
highways at $3,249,000 and the
Sky Harbor Airport at $16,000,
accounts for by far the largest
portion of the budget, a total of
$3,265,000. Neict is Huronview
where the 1978 budget is ". an
estimated $2,587,326 in total.
Health is 'third at $889,260
including $566,340 for the health
unit, $220,000 for Home Care,
$52,920 for family planning and
$50,000 Mr the hospital reserve
fUnd.
All these segments of the
budget, however, are heavily
supported by the. provincial
government. Home Care, and,
'family, planning arc subsidNed
100 per cent by .the, province. ---
ROAD BUDGET
A surplus of $252,558.55 or
about $62,000 higher than
expected, was:brought over from
the 1977 road budget into the
1978 road budget. According to
Also, the Huron allocation from
the Ministry of Transportation
and Communications was .$41,060
higher than expected in 1977.
Chairman Campbell'said in his
report these extra funds
($103,000 more than expected
totalling surplus, and MTC
'allocation) were distributed
throughout the road budget and
used, to reduce the county rate
increase from 9.8 per cent to 1734
per cent.
"The• additional funds., also
allowed us to budget for the
construction of a structural plate
corrugated steel culvert on Road
25 east of Walton one year ahead
of the road construction in 1979,"
said Reeve Campbell in his
report.
"The new machinery and salt
dome budget was also increased
to $15,000 which will permit the
salt dome at the Wroxeter Patrol
Yard to be completed prior to the
fall of 1978,- the Reeve noted.
The road chairman went on Co
explain that the road budget is
"highly dependent" on how
severe the rest of this winter and
:the start of .next winter will be as
regards snow removal costs, and
what prices come in as a result of
• paving and gravel- tenders for
1978. •
Reeve Campbell said if such
expenditures are higher than
estimated in the budget, the
committee will reduce the total
cost by reducing the length of
some of the county construction
programs or by dropping some
budgeted items for 1978.
The Family and Children's
SErvice (formerly Children's Aid
Society) budget was also
apprOved —hy council at this
sitting. It calls for a total
expenditure of '$587,250 with
$469,800 coming from the
province and $117,450 raised in.
Huron County.
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