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The Brussels Post, 1978-07-05, Page 10Hit the Road any road, with this rugged, superb A-1 used Ford truck Super Special 1976 CLUB CAB FORD PICKUP - Only 21,000 miles - Like new Gerald s MAD BY NISSAN d Datsun Lt 527-1010 Seaforth DATSUN Brussels, Ont. Phone 887-6461 GAS BAR=13-QUES from $ 7 79 and up OLDFIELD • HARDWARE Brqssels Open Friday Nights Until 9 887-6851 WEEKLY SALE BRUSSELS STOCKYARDS LTD. EVERY FRIDAY At 12 Noon Beauti-Tone Paints. For Interior & Exterior LATEX & ENAMEL ALKYD Floor & Porch Paint Walnut Cedar Redwood 10-4fai l'HE.BRussEtS POST, JULY 5, 1978 Building code explained at Council 01, Huron County councillors were told at ,last Friday's council meeting that they could tailor a proposed bylaw to enforce the Ontario Building Code to suit their own areas. The bylaw sets minimum building standards across the province. , Turnberry and other townships have been objecting to the bylaw saying that it Would be extremely difficult and expensive to enforce with many , portions of it being unnecessary or inappropriate for their areas. They also felt that the bylaw was overly restrictive for use in an agriculturally oriented municipality. • Gary Davidson, Huron County [by Alice Gibbj Declining enrolment, the sword hanging over the heads of many school board, was a major factor in the decision to terminate noon bour busing for separate school pupils in Goderich, St. Mary's and Stratford. The Huron-Perth Rom an Catholic Separate School Board, on a close vote at Monday's meeting, agreed to terminate the noon hour service for urban pupils due to declining loadings on school buses. The board will save $12,000 annually by cutting out the service. The decision will affect 65 pupils in the town of 50 pupil in St.Marys and 205 pupils in Stratford. In Stratford, the per pupil cost of busing is $207 per year, but this will drop to $171 per year per pupil. if only morning and afternoon services arc offered - a saving of $36 per pupil. Ronald Marcy, a .Stratford trustee, said publieschools in the city now offer noon hour busing during the winter months and we must remain competitive." He said he felt the separate schools would lose students if they stopped providing the noon hour busing service for their urban pupils. David Teahen, another Strafford trustee, also spoke against the motion to terminate the service, saying there was quite a problem in the city over busing, in the past and the separate schools lost a number of students, some of whom. still haven't returned to the separate school system: He said he felt the recommen- dation to terminate the service in Strafford hadn't had a proper study. Ronald Marcy put forward a motion to delete the town of Stratford from the original motion but this was defeated. Another trustee said he felt each town should have been dealt with separately. Trustee Michael Connolly said he could see no reason for offering the noon hour busing service since it wasn't available in other centres such as Seaforth. Mr: Marcy said when the busing costs for Stratford students Were lOOked at on a daily basis; it was costing. the board about 15 cents per pupil per day to send students home for lunch, which was less than students would pay on the public tratt§por, tation system. HO said the. board must remember the public schools had started noon hour busing two' years. ago, William kinahati; the vice- tit it man, said he wondered what kind dr a can of worms the board planning director, expiained however that the municipalities could modify the bylaw to make it less restrictive.. For example, he said, the bylaw allows municipalities to inspect home improvements but they need not carry out the inspection unless they feel it is necessary. But he cautioned ()aunty councillors to have their lawyers check any changes they make to the bylaw to ensure it still meets all the minimum require- ments laid out by the building code. A request asking that county planner George Penfold be granted a leave of absence to would be opening. up with. St. Mary's and Goderich if Stratford was exempted from having service terminated. IN a' recorded vote, board members Ronald Marcy, David Treehan „John O'Drowsky, M. Vere, A. Haid and V. Young - opposed the motion . to end the noon hour service. Trustee Ted Geoffrey. asked to abstain from the vote, which meant chairman Donald Crowley. had to cast the tie-breaking vote. Mr. Crowley voted to terminate the service. - Ronald Marcy then requested a check of the board's bylaws to • ascertain if it was legal to, allow 'a trustee to abstain from voting when he didn't have a conflict.of interest or hadn't been _excused from voting on a vote of the board. The . trustees then passed a motion supporting chairman Crowley's decision to let Mr. • Geoffrey abstain. The board members also approved a recommendation to reduce the number of buses which transport students to Mount Carmel School from five to upgrade his education, met with some opposition at Friday's, county council meeting. Several councillors expressed concern over how Mr. Penfold's work on „several county plans, would be completed in his, absence. Hullett Township Reeve John Jewitt said, "In my opinion it is rot a good time for him to go." Stephen Township Reeve, Cecil Desjardine agreed. "It is not a good time for him to leave to complete his education. That would be like me leaving home in the haying season." However, Mr. Penfold was granted an education leave with a salary continuance of• $6,500 lbur. In the past, the county of Lamhton has paid the Huron- Perth board a tuition fee for Bosanquet town ship students wlio attend Mount Carmel, the separate school closest to Grand Bend. Lambton Conty then contracted for their own busing service for the students. Starting in September, Lambton County will pay the Huron-Perth board both transpor- tation and tuition costs. This means the Bosanquet township students will ride the same bus which is picking up Huron County students in the Mount. Carmel area. Jack Lane, superintendent of business and finance, said 'reducing the number of buses will reduce the costs of transporting students and improve the loading ratio on the buses. Board members also agreed to advertise for sale a 1970 66- passenger school bus which was used to transport students to the Zurich school. The bus has been replaced with a 1977 model. including comprehensive benefits based on that salary. His tuition and related fee totalling $863 will also be paid by the county. Mr. Penfold has agreed to return to the county for a minimum of two years and to pay back to the County of Huron the total expended on a prorated basis if employment terminates within the two-year period. Planning director Gary Davidson explained that Mr. Penfold's upgraded education will allow him to become a, professional member of the Canadian Institute of Planners, He will also receive more training indevelopment control. and will be able to give testimony in front of the Ontario Municipal Board, Mr. Penfold will continue to attend evening meetings and will. complete the county plans he has started with Mr., 'Davidson's assistance. Stop noon bussing