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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-11-13, Page 18. Page 18-Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, November 13, 1985 Council discusses drains. At 7.30 p.m. on Nov. 5, 1985, West -Wawanosh Township council convened to consider the report of Engineer A. W. Clark of Maitland Engineering Services Limited, on the Miller-Raynard Municipal Drain. All member-. were inattendance with Reeve Jim Aitchison presiding. The engineer explained that this drain had already been constructed; and to properly distribute the costs of the work and to' provide for the apportioning of future maintenance costs, the owners petitioned the council to have an engineer prepare a report. Councillor Bruce Raynard was the only drain owner present. A motion from Councillors Joe Dickey and Kathy Todd, That • West Wawanosh Township hereby adopts the Engineer's report for the Miller- Raynard Municipal Drain, and hereby, -gives first and second reading to bylaw 1114-85 was. carried. .(Councillor Raynard abstained from voting on this§ motion.) Court of Revision on the assessments in, this provisional bylaw #14-85, The Miller- Raynard Municipal Drain, was set for 10:00 a.m. on Dec. 3, 1985. One tender received for the timber at the Inglis Pit, as marked by the road super- intendent, was' examined by council. Councillors Todd and Harry Brindley moved that That West Wawanosh Town- ship hereby accepts the tender. of Thomas Dooley, of Arthur, for the trees within the area marked by the road superintendent at the Inglis Pit, for the sum of $1,500.00. An invoice from Huron .and Kinloss Municipal Telephone system for damage to telephonecable on sideroad 15-16 conces- sion 2, during road , construction, was discussed. The road superintendent indi- cated one item on the invoice with which he disagreed. Council concurred. The clerk reported that the matter was now, in the hands of Frank Cowan Insurance Com- pany, and that the item in contention had , been pointed out to. them. Road accounts in the sum of $32,801.43 were authorized for payment on a motion by Councillors Brindley and Raynard. . At the request of the reeve, Lenard Kerr attended the council meeting and indicated that he would be interested in picking up scrap metal from the dump. After consid- 'erable discussion about separation of. • combustible materials from scrap metal, also the state of the market for scrap, the matter was again deferred, to the December meeting. .• The building inspector presented -'three applications for building permits to coun- cil. A motion from councillors Brindley and Todd, That West Wawanosh .Township hereby authorizes the building inspector to issue .building permits to- 1) S. Harman (cottage); 2) G. de- Graaf (mobile home) and 3) R. H. Ellison (steel granary), was carried. Council approved a motion to approve a , . tile drainage loan application from Alex Nivins. Council members discussed, briefly, resolutions received from three sources: The first from the Huron County Federa- tion of Agriculture requested support for the Federation's resolution imposing a moratorium in, Huron County on all farm foreclosures until fair and equitable legis- • lation is in place. •. Council concurred. { • Council also concurred with the resolution from the town of Durham that the Province of Ontario be requested to amend the School Boards and Teachers' Collective Negotiations Act to provide that where an agreementcannot be nogotiated between a bargaining unit . of a teachers' federation and a school board, that the matter shall be resolved by binding arbitration, and that it shall be an offence for teachers to strike or walk out, or for a school board to lock them out. The third resolution from the township • of Puslincjl to• require gravel pit operators to pay a levy of 4c per tonne to the municipality in which it is situated on all extractions, was not endorsedby council. Bylaw #13-85,'the rating bylaw imposing. a special rate on part of lot 24, concession 1, to cover repayment of a tile drain loan was given.third reading and finally passed 'on motion of councillors Todd and Hickey. Council dealt with the possibility of substantial surpluses with the motion that the . council of the Township of West, Wawanosh . hereby, directs that, upon completion of the financial statements for 1985 by auditors Monteith, Monteith ar'd Company, should a surplus be evident, any amount in excess of $10,000.00 rounded to the nearest $100, be placed in the reserve fund for the replacement of capital equip- ment. They also made provisions for a reserve fund moving that the council of the Township of • West Wawanosh hereby directs that the amount of $25,000.00 included in 'the 1985 budget for capital expense be placed in reserve for capital' expense. carried. Councillor Todd, gave a brief report on the last joint recreation board meeting -in October. General accounts of $23,440.49 were authorized to . be paid AZTEC KINCA ItDINE 396.32.50 BETTER OFF DEAD Friday 8. Saturday, Nov.15 8 16 7.& 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday 8:00 p.m. Remo Williams ends Thurs. 8:00 p.m. P.G )14( ANIACt SHOP EARLY FOR BEST SELECTIONS... BEST BUYS! ALL...PURCHASES.' // (Excluding all T.V.'s, VCR's and Microwave Ovens) hursday, Nov. 1 4t 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. soaer...xo LAYAWAYS PEOPLES DEPARTMENT STORE Sutton Park Moll Kincardine or - AV A-V = r + s VA;V AV sC+ AV* A-+ s�,�VAW N