The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-03-13, Page 2Page 2 Lu'ekuuw SentI
I Wednesday, Ma ch a ' 19911.
Special
roblems
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residents aro going to have
to do to make full use of the
drain, like hook tip cellar
drains, put drainage in
around the peripheral of the
houses, eavestroug1.s .. and
well do what we can to
uon°eet the ether problem
"I certainly don't like the
idea that there were ,;
drainage problems created
that weren't there before. l
don't' think that makes any -
ono ,happy, but it did hap-,
ri;aind:.as' soon as we can;
get at it in the spring., Well
.
get at it and get it done,"
Hunt: said.
The meeting of council,
the engineer, contractor and
ratepayers is tentatively
„planned for April.
Overrun on drain is big part
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the province, and one of
the big ones is the overran
on the [Dungannon] drain.'"
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Hallam said the engineer s
bill came in at $135,000
plus (STA Last August
when the tender was let, the
engineering fees were Listed
as approximately 92.700
of the $970,611 .estimated
cost of the project, When
all the bilis were handed in,
the dental cost of• the project
was $1,011,217, about a.:6A
per .cent increase carer. the
March '95 Final Report esti-
mate of $9$0.000,
"Council is starting to
address how to handle . the
deficit," said the reeve. ''We
have to debenture or borrow
money, I don't know
whether we can do it for
'three :or five years. We are
going to get hit with cut-
backs - big cutbacks - from
the.pr ovinee. So that's corn7
ing in on, top. If we tried to
pay it all off in one year, it
would: be. a 'very poor' bud -
lin coilii
Ha la ,u a ell buid
gena lona and liars • to pre-
pare for the drainage pro-
ject. "ire had our gravel
crushed and piled up. moe.
had all our culverts and
,grader blades ahead and we
hail surplus 015,000) from
1094. It wasn't as if we
` nttl ded onP aying for it in
one year. We were it with
'some curves."
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HallamalHallamsaid his prefer-
ince
re fe-
ince would be to- borrow
over three years, "but with
cutbacks we have to be real-
istic. I have faith that coun-
cil can deal with this
deficit.
Councillor +cordon Hunt
attributes the deficit to a
number of projects that;bad
ti -started, "The ones that
are impacting ' in 1996
would have, been the bal-
ance of the tandem dump
truck that was bought, pay-
ments on on '. r share of the
arena, part of the purchase
of the gravelpit it. and the
Dungannon ' drain,'" he said
ina telephone, interview.,
""The.drain being the biggest
issue."
Bunt said council had no
prior warning that Hailaio
would make ` the announce -
mem about *he deficit at the
Mar. 5 meeting. "The deficit
was not u.. earth shat-
tering neW4IIIIIPhen a small.
township like ours commits
to that u'iany things, it's just
not something that , can be
handled in one year, without.
g
sPreadin some: of it over a:
number of years; he said.
les not fair to say we are
in financial difficulty; itjust
means we have tospread
the burden over a number of.
years and the bank is :quite'
willing to accommodate us.
,on that,"
Hunt said that type of
financing was discussed at
last weeks' meeting, and
there is another- budget
meeting set for Mar. 26. •
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Le a
aspect to...
.colleetiOrt,
fees
by Pat Halpin'
Kincardine will likely
face a legal challenge from
the Bruce County Board of
Education if. it goes ahead
with plans to charge a fee
for collecting , a ne 'on - d ati tax.
Education director Paul
Ivlattindale said the fee vio-
lates the Education Act. "I
dont }think. there's any ques-
tion {here's a legal issue,"
Martindale said, adding the
board's interpretation is that
user fees allowed in the
omnibus, bill do not' override
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Tool kit measures
are 'sham': Carroll
by Amy Nelands
The $400 million savings -
strategy announced. by
Minister of Education John
Snobelen` last week was a
"disappointment" .for' the
Huron Public Education
System.
"There's nothing in it,"
said Director . of Education
Paul ..Carroll responding to
the governments "tool kit'
in a recent telephone inter-
vilew: The tool kit is :a gov-
ernment savings strategy
meant to help,. Ontario
school boards bring spend
ing under: control and to.
achieve $400 million in sav-
ngs for the '1996-97 fiscal.
year.
"The : measures
announced by Minister John,
Snobelen are, at best, a
sham," Carroll wrote in a
letter to Huron MPP Helen
Johns, "We cannot move
forward in the, public educa-
tiort;sector with this infor-
mation,"he said in the
interview.
Because the tool kit does
not state how much Money
quill be taken from each
board, Carroll said the.
Huron board "can't set the. "
1996 budget." until after the
General Legislative Grants
are announced in April.
"The ,year will be half" over
before we set our budget;""
he said of having to wait to
set the budget in May.
-"Today we know nothin g
more than we have already
speculated in the three
months preceding follow-
ing the Nov. 29 announce-
ment
nnouncement by Ernie Eves. You
and your cabinet MUST tell
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ing with a regular, teacher' in
the 'ciasaroom.Depending_on.._
tlaie size "of .classes, those
options. could reduce the
current ,cost of JK by'
$69,700 to as.' much as
12,700.
Day said'that because the
board implemented ' thepro-
gram county -wide at the
beginning of this school
year, it' has already absorbed•
the cost: of providing class-
roorn space andcurriculum
nate`rri3►1•: The decision to
part both Junior And Senior
Kindergarten in the sante-
"blended" s classroom means
further savings, lay. . said,
because a teacher who
.would otherwise have 1/
Senior Kindergarten' stn.
dents instead; has a full class
of Junior and-. Senior
Kindergarten pupils. '
"So many people who've
said .'we have to get rid of
JK say we can't' afford it. If
we do it without Bost to the
.,tax' ayjer, we can keep the
educational 'value.-. Cay
said. She explained that the
60 per .cent funding that
remains- `or J , combine ._.__
with full funding for SK,
will cover the board's costs.
Finance chairman David
Inglis was "skeptical. of the
recommendation.
"For so many years we
couldn't afford it. Now all
Of a sudden we can," Inglis
said. "It's not going to bean
smooth, and easy."
Inglis Was supported by
Trustee Don'Stobo, who
said. it's "too early" to say if
the board can keep JK when
municipal and roads bud-
gets are being cut.
Day said Junior
Kindergarten has proved its
educational value, but
added "it will take working
with our teachers and
unions to see if .we can
come up with a model that
is acceptable."
The board will delay a
vote on the r'eco mandation,
to keep XX until the
province issues firm grant
figures for 1996:
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