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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-07-21, Page 1LUCK Single Copy 35' Lucknow ENTINEL.boree Published in Luelmow, Ontario, Wednesday, July 21, 1982 ;u Page. • Three •etudents have been hired by the Lucknow Horticultural'Society to work on their Village's beautification program through the Summer Canada. Works Program funded. by the federal government.. Dianne Huffman of Lucknow, left, Tim Taylor of 1t. 4,, Kincardine . and Lori Jamieson of H. 2, Lueknow have provided the labour to develop One-quarter acre of • pro , .rty along iiickie's Creek inLucknoty as a picnic area, The three students have built a par lot, benches ant foot bridge and cleaned up the grounds. Other projects assisted throu a the pp. rr og am art the fiociety'd tree.plantlng project and the main street flower box' ea. hlenuue otafs otol H�rticulture society creates new picnic area in Lucknow Work is being completed. on the Lucknow Beautification m sponsored by the Lucknow and District Horticultural Society, A Summer Canada Works Program fund- ed by the federal government has been used to develop one quarter acre of property on Highway CIO within the village limits owned by. the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. The picnic area is along Pickle's Creek, . below the Lucknow Treleaven Feed Mill, Project manager, Tim Taylor of R, 4, Kin- cardine was hired to coordinate theproject and oonu�nenced duties May 14.On.J'une 14 two additional workers were hired, Lori Jamieson, It, 2 Lucknow and Dianne Huff- man of Lucknow,' Fifty trees wereplanted throughout tate village this spring, ring. The cost of the trees was .shared on a 50.50 basis between the Village and the Society, The Summer Canada pro- ject supplied the labour, Five planters were placed on Campbell Street donated by the Society and additional planters were placed at the Lucknow Medical Centre and the Lucknow Fire Mill, The flowerbed committee was also pleased with the maintenance help they have receiv- ed from the Summer Canada Works project which will .continue through the summer. Area residents are encouraged to use the picnic area alongthe creek where a foot bridge is currenty being built to add to the picnic facilities, Teachers want 21% increase The Bruce County Board of Education's Negotiating Committee and the Secondary School Teachers' Negotiating Committee have held ten negotiating sessions to date with each party making some changes to lis initial position, according to board chair- man Gerald 'Zettel. . On May 2lst the�Board increased its offer: to the teachers, The. Board's offer now pro- vides salary increases for teachers of 10.05 ereent (includingincrement) which will. bring the top teacher's salary to $20,175, and: the average teacher's salary to $24,006, a ', ras include additional responsibility allowances paid to approximately a third of the teaching staff, These allowances have been increased by the Board's offer to a range of $1,385, to $2,835. The Board's offer also con- tinues the Board's contribution ,to :Staff benefit plans '"(0.11,1,1''. Extended Health Benefits, Group Term Life Insurance, Long Term Disability Insuran . e) at 00 percent of the premium cost which costa the Board $816, per teacher, The offer also raises the maximum principal's salary to $52,027. The Board continues to ress for chanetwittigitivo. Lucknow council sends sewage by-laws to O Lucknow Village. Council . gave \first and second 'readingto by-laws authorizing the construction oa sewage works project in • the village establishing the sewer connec- tion rate • the,sewage service mill rate, the sewer null rate and the sewage. service rate° when they met July 13. Council did not give the by-laws third reading to pass them because, while council supports the project,. they do not approVe the cost of the project. Council" has sent the by-laws to the Ontario Munlcipal Board for approval and anticipate an OMB. hearing wi be held before the board makes their • decision. Council hopes the OMB wI11 recom mend the project is too costly for the village and the provincial government should pro- vide supplementary funding for. the project to proceed. In the event an OMB decision recom- mends supplementary funding is . not necessary,, council is still not obligated to. gide they -laves third and final reading, Ac- cording to the village'a solicitor, George Brophy who attended the, meeting,. it is to the council's discretion whether they give the by-laws final reading after the OMB decision: He pointed out however, it la possi- ole the Ministry of the..Environment .could then sue the village for breach of trust for • reneging ontthe project, • • Reeve George. Joynt and members of Lucknow council met with- the Minister of Environment, Keith Norton on June 10 to discuss'thefinanclal impact of the proposed sewage system on the taxpayers of Lucknow. In a brief prepared by council • and the • v111age's auditors, burst, Vodden and Bender, council requested • additional fun - din of $100,000 to reduce the fret cost of the project from $250,000.. to 050,000, Council pointed out ire the the brief if supplementary unding is not received.„ the Project will in- crease some taxpayers mill rates by as much as 54 per cent.. . The brief also shows that 32 per cent of the village's population is 05- years of age. or over and 45 per cent of the over -85 popula . tion are owners of privately owned proper- ties to be connected to the sewage system, • The brief intends to point out that halt` of the village's population is senior citizens and they would have to bear the increased costs of the system even though many live on fix- • • ed incotes. The brief also makes the observation that tax arrears in the village have risen alarm- ingly larm- in ly� since 1076, Tax. • arrears totalled $11,804, in 1918 and in 1081 they totalled $47,215. .. Reeve Joynt pointed out , at the July meeting of council that the environment minister told councll the OMB can recom- mend the ministry of environment find sup- . plerfnentary funding, but they cermet over- . ride the legislation which states the.'percen- tage the ministry must pay is 70 per cent. The ministry is not permitted to pay more than 75 per cent of the cost of the project, said Joynt, but this does not prevent the ministry from finding supplementary fun- ding un-din g from anotherovernment department. 'Villagge. solicitorGeorge Brophy observed the O1VM can recommend Lucknow receive supplementary funding but with the restric- tive budgeting,. government is into now, everyone will be screaming for money. "Mille the OMB can recommend it, you better not bank on it, said Brophy. The solicitor also explained that Lucknow isin a good financial ltion with only a small amount rema g on the Lucknow' Medical. Centre debenture as its only debt. If the OMB sees a 54 per cent increase in the mill rate but there is no debt load except for that debenture, they may approve the pro- ject without a hearing provided no objet-. ions come flying in, Brophy commented, Brophy advised that council ask village taxpayers opposed sed to the cost of the project, to'subr snit written objections to e OMB. at the same time the village sends .m the by- laws for consideration. Written objections should be received by the board at the same . time as the by-laws, so they do not approve the by-laws without a hearing because they think there is no . problem, suggested Brophy, tin to page 2* Lucknow refuses to pay local share for health centre Lucknow Council adamantly refused to pay the local share of $1,140 towards the new rey-Bruce Health Centre at their July 3 meeting, Lucknow will pay $10,000 over five years through the County„ of ' Bruce the new facility and was req to pay, an additional $1,140 as a local municipal share. Council discussed their opposition to a health centre in Owen Sound because any referrals out of Lucknow from Wingham or Goderich hospitals go to London. • "You never swine upstream to anything.", remarked councillor Ab Murrey referring to the fact that virtually nobody frotrr the village enters Owen Sound hospital for treatment. Taxes will be collected at Town offices Lueknow Village Council decided in future taxes will be collected by the village clerk - treasurer at the Lucknow Town Hall instead of the Bank of Montreal. Thii batik sent a notice to the council advising them that the fee to .collect taxes will rise to GO cents per customer. Council decided it would be Simpler and cheaper. to have the taxes collected at the Town Hall by the cleric -treasurer and her assistant, • dpp a ;municipal disarmament referee- • Lucknow Village Coiuncil unanimously oppose a referendum on general disar- mament being held in conjunction with the next municipal election in the fall, All councillors agreed whether the referendum was legal or not, they oppose disarmament and suggested the information regarding the referendum be plaeed "in file 13". Council received a fact sheet and draft resolution from Operation Dismantle, an organization attempting to have a general disarmament held in, con junction with each municipal election this year, Their goal is a• world referendunrt on general and comete disarmament, The Operation Dismantle information also incld"ded s list ofCanadian cities and towns which have. decided to conduct,disarmatnentreferenda iri conjunct' tion witli the municipal election this fall. Grader requiresmotor job Town works employee Gary. Austin ap- peered before council July 13 to say the village's grader requires a motor job after only 12001 tours, Champion Road Machinery did the last motor work on the grader and the reeve George Joynt and councillors Ab Murray and Eldon Mann were appointed to meet with Champion representatives to learn why the grader required another overhaul after only 1200 hours of work. Murray' commented ,he wouldn't let Champion touch: 'it this tune. After 1200 hours, who pays for this motor job? asked Murray, dntarlo Employment Incentive Program The village of Lucknow has received a grant for $2,125. -.through the Ontario Employment, Incentive Program which creates additional jobs for repair or rett- ovation to public property, Doug Clark, Lynn Murray and Michael Nhitcroft of Lucknow have been hired through the program to paint the lobby of the Lucknow Arens, the water works pumphouses and possibly the Lucknow Works Department, Shed, Endorse OPP! resolution Lynn Perk appeared before council to , request they endorse a resolution put forth by the Town of Seaforth' regarding cora- Tarn to page 2" •