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Trish Ohm of Dungannon and her dog Brandy; a Pomeranian, were at the Dungannon Fair,
. held August 16 - 17, and having a good time in Friday .night's "Kid's Pet Parade
competitions. The. diminutive pooch came away with best dressed dog.
(Photo by James Friel.)
Planning grant for village:
of $6 085 rest to be sent provided the bylaw is
adopted by.November 1986. ,
Community planning grants are design=
ed to encourage municipalities to resolve
land use planning . issues to . reflect
municipal and economic, priorities.
The grants may also be used for special,
studies to develop community improve-
ment policies; to determine the feasibility
of using data processing technology in the
local planning process; and to assist in
implementing the Planning Act.
A community planning grant ,
has . been awarded to the Village of ,)
L;uclmow, Murray Elston MPP Huron
Bruce, announced today.
Seaking on behalf of Municipal Affairs,
M' ter Bernard Grandmaitre, Mr.. Elston
said't h e grant will be used by the Village to
prepare their first comprehensive zoning
bylaw. -
Lucknow reeve. George Joynt. said the
1VIinistry of Municipal. Affairs has forward-
ed $5,.172 as an initial payment with the
Village rates the. same
The .Village of iucknow has adopted its
1985 budget and . mill rates for village
purposes have remained the same as those
for.1984 at 14.952 for residential and
17.90 for commercial. The only increases
in this year's budget have been the result
of Bruce County and .board of education,
demands. Even those demands',have
boosted the mill rate only an. averagof 3.2
per cent for public school taxpayers and 2.4
per cent for. separate school supporters.
Based on a $3,000 assessment for
example, the residential public school
supporter will face an increase of 1.321
mills, from 41.257 to 42.578 mills ora $3.94
increase from $123..77 to $127.73. A resid-
ential separate schObl supporter will see an
increase from 41.266 mills to 42.276, or a
1.01 increase, andwould pay, based on
the example assessment an increment of
$3.03; from $123.80 to $126.83.
Commercial public school supporters go
from 48,537 mills in 1984 to 50.092', a 1.544.
mill rate upswing and from. $145.61 io
$150.28 'for a $4,67 increase in ' dollars.
Commercial separate school supporters are
looking at an, increase of 1.189 mills up
from 48.548 to 49.737. Translated into
dollars that means a hike of $3.57, from
$145.64 to $149.21. •
Mill rate increases 'by category' follow,
with corresponding dollar increases based
on . the $3,000 assessment example in
brackets: '
county needs are up .318 mills ($1.12)
from 4.58 ($13.74) to 41898 $tills ($14.69)
for residential taxpayers and have risen
.375 mills ($1.13) from 5.388 ($16.16) to
5.763 ($17.29) fora 6.9 per cent increase.
• Residential public elementary school
demands have gone up from 12.523
($37.57) to 12.999 ($39) for a .476 ($1.43)
rise and commercial requirements have
increased from 14.733 ($44.20) to 15.293
($45.88) for a .56 ($1.68) increase and a tot-
al of 3.8 per cent.
• Residential separate elementary school
demands are now at 12.697 ($38.09) from
12.532 ($$.60), a .165 ($.50) increase and
commercial taxpayers are now submitting
14.938• ($44.81), up from 14.744• ($44.23),
an increase of .194 ($.58) and an overall 1.3.
per cent addition,. and
• Residential secondary school supporters
must face a percentage increase of 5.7 and
a mill rate increase of .527 ($1,58) from
9.202 ($27.61) to 9.729 ($29.19), while their
commercial counterparts must deal with a
rise of .62 ($1.86) from 10.826 ($32.48) to
11.446 ($34.34).
The major expenditures for the year are
to a great extent covered by provincial
grants. The road work almost completed in
the village was estimated at $101,500 with
Ministry of Transportation and Communi-
cations (MTC) grants assisting and engin-
eering and land acquisition costs for the
.proposed sewage ;treatment plant were
estimated at $78,500 for this year with a •
$9,700 hold over from last year's costs,
covered by the $87,500 grant the, munici-
pality expects from the Ministry of the
Environment (MOE).
buse concerns bar owners
By Stephanie Levesque
Editor's Note: This is the second in a three
part series on alcohol.
Alcohol provides lots of jobsi. Along with
the employees of the LOBO and Brewer's
Retail, there are those employed in the
hotel and taverns across the province.
Thousands of people in Ontario undoubt-
edly haye their jobs tied directly to the
drinking of alcohol.
However that doesn't mean they aren't
aware or concerned about the abuse of
alcohol
Themanager of the Queen's Hotel in
Seaforth says the waiters and waitresses
have taken part in a London seminar called
"serving alcohol with care".
"We have to be aware of how to handle,
our customers," says Greg O'Reilly.
The customers at the tavern located at
the main intersection in Seaforthrange in
age from 19 to 30, roughly the same age
range of customers in other hotels and bars
in the area.
An unusual feature at the Queen's is a
breathalyzer that sits next to the exit.door.
O'Reilly. says it's there for customers to use
as they leave. '
"We do have some people trying it," he
says.
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Zoning approval delayed
The village's lack of a zoning bylaw
presented a problem for councillors at
the regular meeting August 13 follow-
ing a request for zoning approval for a
planned daycare centre on Campbell
Street next to .the Iucknow Sentinel:
In a written submission, Connie
Vander W erf asked council. to concur
with her request, stating that licencing
by the .province is in the process of
being granted, as is approval from the
Bruce County Health Unit. She hopes to
establish the centre for September 3.
Councillor Ab Murray summed upthe
situation saying, "She doesn't have to
ask us to change the zoning because we
don't have a bylaw. She's just being
polite."
Councillors were also unsure of the
zoning category for the facility; wonder-
ing whether an institutional designation
is more appropriate than a commercial
designation, That matter was referred
to Bob Aggerholm of the Bruce County
planning' department. •
The proposeddaycare Centre also
prompted Reeve George Joynt to`,ues;,
tion its affect on the county's social and
family services program. Daycare cent-
res can apply for subsidized spaces,
with government pidking up part or all
of the tab for families deemed • needy
enough to require assistance. •
Reeve George Joynt had reservations
about the facility because of the subsid-
iea paid by Bruce County under: its
social and family services program,
collected' by daycare centres, for lower
income parents requiring the service. ,
The hatter. was left for the next
meeting while the reeve investigates
its potential affect on the county's
subsidy program.