The Citizen, 1987-06-03, Page 1Brussels passes dog by-law, hires officer
Brussels village council passed a
by-law Monday night that may not
quietdogsbut, forthe time being at
least, seems to have quieted the
contentious subject at council
VOL. 3 NO. 22
Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel,
Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1987.
The ‘ ‘Blue City Slammers” huddle before the camera while director Peter Shatelow
(background right] studies the scene during the shooting of the movie Blue City
Slammers at Blyth Ball park on Saturday. Local members of the team include Patti
Rean [third from right] of Goderich, Darlene Gulutzen, Blyth [to her right] and
Tracey Wilson, Goderich [right]. Shooting continues this week in the Blyth area.
meetings.
The by-law not only forbids the
running-at-large of dogs but pro
hibits the persistent barking,
whining and growling of dogs that
is “clearly audible’’ from any
premises other than the owners.
The by-law backs up a motion of
council passed at a special session
on May 6 to hire Greg Smith of
Arteeka Canine Control to police
dogs in the village.
John Pennington who had been
pushing council for action to stop
the barking of a neighbour’s dog
40 CENTS
for more than a year said he was
pleased the by-law was finally in
place but doubted it would have
happened if he hadn’t been
present at nearly every council
meeting in the last year to keep
pushing the issue.
He wondered, however, why
after all the complaints he had
made, the first visit of the new
canine control officer was on the
complaint of a homeowner at the
other end of town. Reeve Hank
TenPas said until the by-law was
passed the canine control officer
really had no authority to enforce
thelaw. Mr. Pennington said he
was laying an official complaint
immediately.
Clerk-Treasurer Hugh Hanly
said he understood that the canine
control officer would, after receiv
ing a complaint, issue one warning
to the dog owner then if the dog was
caught barking too loud a second
time, would lay a charge against
the owner. A fine of up to $50 is
applicable on conviction.
Brussels to borrow money for sewer construction
Brussels village council decided
to cover itself two ways against the
expense of new sewer construction
Board, teachers
reach agreement
The Huron County Board of
Education and its secondary school
teachers, represented by the Ont
ario Secondary School Teachers’
Federation, District 45, have
reached a tentative agreement in
the 1987-88 contract talks.
In making the announcement on
Monday, Gino Giannandrea, the
Board’s personnel relations ad
ministrator, said that details of the
agreement will be released once
the agreement is ratified by both
parties.
“This is the earliest (the Board)
has ever ratified an agreement.
Now we have to wait for the
teachers to do the same,’’ Mr.
Giannandrea said.
to service the Brussels, Morris and
Grey Community Centre Monday
night by taking the first step in two
different financing paths.
Council first passed a by-law
authorizing the borrowing of
$62,000 in short-term financing
from the Canadian Imperial Bank
of Commerce. It then also approv
ed Clerk-Treasurer Hugh Hanly’s
seeking of permission from the
Ontario Municipal Board for the
issuing of debentures on the
project. Council will recover
$31,000 of the amount under the
Ontario Neighbourhood Improve
ment Program.
Council can borrow from the
bank if it has all the money paid
back by the end of its term in
November, 1988. If the money has
to be borrowed for a longer period
than that, it would have to be
debentured.
Councillor Malcolm Jacobs urg
ed taking the debenture route
noting, if any unexpected large
expenses arose inthenextyear,
the village would have trouble
paying off the extra money.
Considerable, often heated, dis
cussions took place over just how
much work would be done under
the sewer expansion. Approval to
tender is being requested from
provincial authorities for the main
line that would link the BMG
Centre, through a new subdivision
totheeastto Maple St. with council
to recover part of the cost from each
lot sold in the subdivision. Also in
the tender are amounts to extend
the sewer down McDonald Drive
into the new subdivision and west
of the arena to John St. These can
be included or deleted from the
final plans according to how high
the tenders are and how much
financing the council has.
The $62,000 approval, however,
is only for the estimated amount of
the main line. Councillor Gordon
Workman said he would only
approve the borrowing by-law if it
was in the motion that council
would go ahead with the other part
of the construction “at the earliest
possible time" . That motion even
tually came to a vote with council in
the unusual position of having only
two members who could vote.
Councillors Elizabeth Graber,
Malcolm Jacobs and Neil McDon
ald all declare conflict of interest.
Councillors Graber and Jacobs
own property that would be served
by the John St. route and McDon
ald Drive serves the McDonald
subdivision. The motion was pass
ed with some doubt about its
legality on the part of some
councillors.
Tempers flared when Councillor
Workman suggested that if the
extensionsweren’t completed now
they wouldn’t likely go ahead. The
developers of the subdivision
would be able to sell lots but
councillor Jacobs wouldn’t be able
to sell any of his lots on John St. He
said he couldn’t see spending the
amount of money being spent to
hook up the community centre
without hooking up more lots to the
system. “Once somebody gets
what they want the rest is shot.”
The borrowing by-law's passage
was postponed from early in the
meeting to the end of the meeting
when feelings heated up. When
cooler heads prevailed the two-
route start on financing was
approved.
Cash stolen
from Blyth
business
Close to $350 in cash was stolen
from the office of Manning’s
Building Supplies Ltd. in Blyth
sometime between Saturday night
and Sunday morning, according to
a spokesman from the Wingham
Detachment of the Ontario Provin
cial Police.
The intruder gained entrance
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