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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-03-27, Page 3onsid.er lakefront pro.osa: Ashfield township coun- *ell is considering the pt'o- posal of the Aslifield Lakefront Association regarding garbage collec- tion, disposal and recycling. along the Lakeshore. The proposal, submitted by Mae' , Campbell., president of the Association, allows for a. • suitable fee for the services. to be added to the ,taxes oa those residents. Council will have the nunicipallty's .lawyer widow a proposed franchise. Brtice Co= }incari for doesn't mae Council N .agreement with Northern Cross Resources Ltd, of Calgary„ providing the -com- pany agrees to :cove .the edst Aepreseutatives of the. company attended the Mar. 19 meeting and will inform the ,clerk as, to whether the company will accept the arrangement. After reviewing fire ten- ouno.. • • by Pat Halpin Kincardine's plan to charge a fee for collecting county and school board taxes: won't save the ratepayer any., money; according to Bruce county . council. The county also doubts the legality of the proposal, andwants the Minister of Municipal. Affairs ,.to pass a law pro- hibiting tax collection fees under bill 26.. "We. Wouldalso respect- fully ask the Town- of Kincardine to withdraw their ,bylaw,": said, finance chairman. and Kincardine Reeve Norm Annetts in his report. to council. Kincardine says the 2 pet cent collection fee Will c nipensate the town, for the cost of collecting taxes: and .will make ratepayers aware 11or that the Majority of their property tkixes do not go to the town's coffers.' Bruce County Warden Stuart Reavie said the, plan doesn't make any economic sense. If Kincardine does it, other municipalities will follow suit and the county will have to increase its budget to cover all the col- lection fees. Ieaviesaid county staff have been in 'touch with the. Bruce County Board of. Education on the.issue. The board'Of" ha 4 already iridica.ted it will take Kincardine to court over.the n Y,:, y collection .fee. Reavie didn't rule out a court challenger, but said the county will "seek legal opinion if Kincardne goes ahead with. its plan. 4 . r fee yet rry patrons by Pat Halpin it will be a, while before. library patrons in :Bruce are asked, to pay a user fee. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Recreation says that while the omnibus bill, legislation giving the province .and. municipalities` a host of new powers,, allows user ;fees, it does not take the place of rules in the Pabliic Libraries. Act.Those. rules say libraries have to offer free service tc't ; local taxpayers if they Want provincial grants., Bruce county hoped to collect $50,0in user fees to make up for provincial: grant cuts The .library dost $59y400 in provincial grant. MS FACT #21 and $42,413 in county grant this year. The board would risk; losing theremaitder of its provincial grant if it imposes fees on residents. Board chairman Tom Boyle wants the county to lobby for rule changes that would allow the library to collect user feeswithout losing grants. Re said the fees are needed to help libraries` "maintain a basic level df service," and have already, been successful in Edmonton. The $50 annual fee for non-residents is allowed by the ministry and will stay in, place. That fee applies to library patrons who are not Bruce county taxpayers. Multiple sclerosis can cause loss of . balancee.limp' aired speech, extrenit faiiguee and double;vision. tlpIeScietoSiS': SOCIEW,OF CANADA, ders for crushing, hauling and stockpiling '"A'' gravel a council accepted the tender of Joe Kerr Ltd. for .93 for crushing and stockpiling, and $1.10 for hauling, The rates are subject to taxes. Ivo .notationsfor calci- um application were received. Da -Lee Lust Control had the successful tender to supply and apply liquid calcium chloride at $184.50 °perflake imperial *- tan, ton plus taxes. ' a CHARTERED ACPOVNTANTS 56?.Campbell St Lucknow .For; • Personal Tax Returns: •.Small Business *Farms Doug Miller G G,.; Luoknow Office Manager Registered -eine Agent Ll1CKNOW 519 528 3633 . Gederioh 519!524-2677 orrection An error occurred ha last week's Kinfloss coun- cil report The road Superinten- dent ,will contact luron. Township to see, W they would be willinjto supply additional calcium chlo- ride on Conc. 64. sincethat municipality will be haul, ,hag gravel out :of ;its way. side pit this year. The Sentinel apologizes for any misunderstanding arising .out of the error..... 4t U flow SentinteL Wednesday, Margit 27 1990 —Page 1 oodshare' opens ars this week . The North Huron Cortnunity Foodshare will open its doors for.. the first time today..(Mar« 27), 'from 9 a.m.to, noon, and every Wednesday thereafter. The Foodshare is located beside the Horne Video store, at the north end Pf Wingharn (the old Beaver lumber building). The oodshare's mandate is to be a year-round source of food for those in deed who live in the northern part of Huron County:: In the Dungannon/Lucknow area; JoAnn Todd is the contact person for. (a) those who need food but cannot find a •'way to Winglaam,o (b) emergency need, .(c) or for, dona- tions to Foodshare. 0 NOT PAY for... 12 MONTHS NO INTEREST - NO DOWN PAYMENT ...ALL FURNITURE ..ALL MATTRESSES ...ALL CARPETS ..ALL VINYL FLOORS REYFAIR furniture & Carpet Ltd. o.A.0 .,.ALL CERAMIC TILES ...ALL HARDWARE FLOORS ...ALL AREA RUGS OWEN SOUND Downtown 371 - 2151 PORT ELGIN Furniture Boys 389 - 4454 WIARTON Downtown 534 - 3320 0