The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-01-24, Page 1DN SD4 Y Januat7 24, .1996.
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by Pat
The Village of Lucknow
is looking at a 14.7 percent
reduction in funding from
the provincial government,
now that the single . block '° '
transfer system is in place.
Reeve Stuart Reavie says
the percentage . includes
maintenance on the con-
necting link which used to
be 10Q per cent funded by
MTO. All maintenance
(snow removal, sweeping,
cleaning catch basins) on
the connecting link will
now come out of the village
coffers. •
The village will receive
7 218 less -on MTO's
1995/96 portion towards
link
last year's connecting
construction work. After the
Ontario Progressive''
Conservative' government
pruned provincial spending.
in July 1905, changes 'were
made to the payment sched
ule of MTO's share . of.
$550,000. The village' was
- to receive. $2200,000 in.each
.of 95/96 and 96/97 and the
balance' in the future. Now
that ... first payment, of
$220,000 has been reduced
by the equivalent of 3.3 per
cent.
There was also a small
reduction to. be applied
towards social contract
deferral.
"I think it's workable,"
said Reavie. "We didn't get
hit ,as bad as some of the
larger municipalities."
R.eavie, says that although
it doesn't appear that, the vil-
lage was hit too hard by the
provincial governmrent, the
Omnibus Bll 26, if passed,
could :have another impact.
Rein an, urb munici
e :
Ali we pay into the
titroad. 'system," ,said
Reavie. In, that Bill, county
ties are relieved of paying
back alrebate on county,.
road systems in . an urban
area. ' `In I.ucknow's case;
that could mean another
$6,300 reduction in funds.
by Pat Livingston
e ti ' s;
Two representatives ve of
the. Municipal Electrical
AsAssociation"presented r
Lucknow village counc
i
With an information,
ack-
a e at the Jan. 9 meeting.
Reeve Stuart Reavie says
l; v y
the municipality pays this
association $3500 annually
and believed it was time to
y what the
exactly find out t
money was Y ing.. .
The Association acts on
ci '
behalf of municipalities
X
p
such areas as lobbying the
government to keep hydro
rates clow ''. .
representatives The a resents ;< as took.
upabout 90 nii " tes° of
nu
council's time
n m explaining
the' ssibe restructuring n of
Ontario Hydro °and illustrat
•; q
also
alternatives, They .a so
the value of: being
be g
a member of the associa-
tion, and reviewed all the
services available to the vi -`
aye.
Appointments
.Ai ointments to boards;
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KINCARDINE - About 9,000 litres of the 20,0(X) litres of
diesel fuel that leaked into the soil at Bruce Generating
Station A recently, had been recovered by last week.
A boom, installed by Ontario 'Hydro beside the cooling
water channel is sopping up most of the oil before it gets
into the lake~
Bill Hutchison, district engineer with, the Ministry of the
Environment, said last week, that the amount "of"oil seeping
into the lake is next to nothing, compared to ,'first mer
MELTDOWN REFLECTION i. ` at week's l in ,in what is now the parking lot just a wee b;
tempera ures and rain turn the old arenar- tris * (Pat Livings ren phophoto
_face into .a mirror of 'reflections, and made walk -
Dungannon
alk.
Dui; non:L rains
.ncil hea:
e "'roje 1
by "Pat Livingston
Property owners in Dungannon, who were assessed for
the Drainage, Works 1995 project, ,have many concerns;
either with the; way,the, work was doneand the. subsequent
problems, the approximate, 6.4 per cent increase in cost,, or
both.
About 50 residents attended special meeting caned
l
ast
Saturda.`.. b" 'West Wawanosh Township council, 'This;
meeting was called to document all your concerns with the
drainage project; the shortfalls," said` Reeve Bob Hallam..
Some of the ratepayers' complaints revolve around water -
in basements where there wasn't pt a; problem before; addi- ,
tional water in. basements; poorly placed Or lack of*'catch
basins; pooling of water and bad grading.
At the Novy 7 meeting of council, representatves of the' '
engineering firm of it.J: Burnside Associates and the con-
tractor, D'amore Construction, brought council up to date
on the .ro'ect. It was noted that final cosmetic landscpe
clean-up %Mid be done in the spring to accommodate pre-
sent climate conditions and allow the ground to settle.
All kinds or problems:
Bob McCormick told council that the "'stub' onhis prop-'
erty was not covered properly and they'hookeed five or six
tiles into the stub. There was damage to the .shrubs on the
back of my Property. Who's going to pay for that?" he
asked,
e
"What should t dc►��with 'the water in m y basement,'
asked Helen Stothers. "I have more, water in my basement
than before (project). Yesterday, I spent a lot of time;
g
swee in g water to the:sump pump hole." ,others said that
l�p''
'where the water she used to get was a "problem" it is now a
"threat." d
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df..... Dungannon d
Cecit Cranston, representing he�, l:Tutte
Church, said “...there's three to four inches"of water in the
e.> ce ducts, two inches in, the mans'
basement firma a s, and e,
al days of the leak..' where there never was water fore."»tau
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After the meeting, Cranston said, "These people have' a
real legitimate problem, Workmanship is the biggest prob-
On the Claude D'Aoust property there is "a surface ,accu-
mulation of water at the back that was never there before,
When 1" discussed.the J
.ro'ect with the ;engineer,"`. said
project
IThoust,, "he agreed the manhole would be in the driveway.
The contractorput it in the front lawn."
were
Teresa Courtneywanted to know i f the.ratepayers
: s.`
going to have to pay for the damage to telephonelane. She
h
said the company Duron and Kinloss) told her there was
$24,000;, damage done to lines and the contractor' had
offered to pay only $2500.
Hallam assured Courtney that the contractor is insured
and bonded for damages and the ratepayers would not be
expected to pay for that.
Lisaliller admit
ted
that, they always had some water. in
the *:basement, Now, wehave lots, It came in the east, now
it's coming in the west walls," she said. "The back, lot
always had water in the back corner, now ir
t seeverywhere
on that lot."
When.1lallam, asked Miller if she was hooked on to the
e
drain,"•she responded, "When 1 hook up, will thewater
problem be alleviated? Once, I have hooked up and do
everything I'm ,supposed to do and still have water,.then can'
1 bitch?"
Dwayne Rivett said in 34 years . there, has •only been .at
water problem; in his area two or three times. His basement,
is atround level.. "I've been um n g -: water out of m y
g p � �.,
basement for 48- hours."
Eldon Austin is concerned if the hydro went out"I'd
.
have a major; roblern." His sumppump normally rah a
couple of nares day if there was a big .rain. Now it's run-
nine five minutes every 15 minutes..
Escalated costs.
Bernice Glenn said she was one of those in favor of the