The Citizen, 1991-01-16, Page 21THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1991. PAGE 21.
Blyth council briefs
Homeowners must find solutions to own drain problems
Problems with private drains will
have to be looked after by the
property owners involved in future,
Blyth council decided at its Jan. 9
meeting.
Councillors, after wrestling for
several months with the issue of
how to handle drain problems on
private land agreed that from now
on it will be up to the property
owner with the problem to get a
plumber or contractor to find out
what the problem is. The property
owner and contractor will be re
quired to get permission from the
village if the exploration takes
them onto the street allowance. If
the exploration should establish
that the problem is a village
responsibility the council will look
at its liability in the case.
Councillor Steven Sparling said
that if there's any inkling the
village could be responsible for the
problem “we should get involved
and worry about the responsibility
later. Otherwise we shouldn’t get
involved."
Reeve Albert Wasson said that
by having village works depart
ment employees help find pro
blems with private drains the
village was really running competi
tion to private contractors.
It was suggested that the village
should keep a list of reputable
firms doing plumbing and contract
ing work so that if a homeowner
has a problem and calls the village
office for help, a list of profession
als can be provided.
Council dealt with problems from
three different landowners at the
meeting, recommending that each
find a private solution to his
problem.
*****
The village learned that it must
charge GST on sewage charges but
the end result shouldn’t mean
much of an increase to home
owners. Council passed a by-law
reducing the sewage rate and with
the GST added, Clerk-Treasurer
Helen Grubb said, the new cost will
“be only pennies different" than
the old rate.
*****
Councillors expressed less than
enthusiasm over the work of the
Goderich and District Chamber of
Commerce last year but decided to
pay the 1991 membership anyway.
Councillor Sparling said he was
disappointed that the Chamber
really didn't do a lot last year but
this might be typical of the pro
blems of trying to start up an
organization, he said. Councillors
decided that it was worth investing
another $60 to give the organiza
tion another chance this year.*****
Mrs. Grubb reported that less
than five per cent of taxes levied
last year are still owing as of year
end, a figure she said was remark
able.
Councillor Dave Lee said it was
nice that taxpayers “are showing
enough pride in our village that we
have so little taxes owed.” He
pointed to some other communities
where there has been a tax revolt
with people holding back their
taxes.*****
If Fire Chief Paul Josling and
OPP officer Const. Mike Alexander
have no objections, councillors
indicated they would agree with a
proposal from the Huron Pioneer
Thresher and Hobby Association
that Gypsy Lane be made a one way
street at its south end during the
annual Thresher Reunion in Sep-
Bd. of Ed. wants teacher salary study
Huron County Board of Educa
tion’s (HCBE) executive committee
reported at the January meeting
that at the time of ratification for
the elementary teacher’s contract,
a request was made to enlist the
support of Ontario Public School
Board’s Association (OPSBA) to
achieve some negotiation goals.
In a letter to OPSBA, three
issues were raised: teacher com
pensation, regional differences,
and negotiation legislation. The
Board^informed OPSBA that they
are concerned with escalating edu
cation costs and noted that approxi
mately 80 per cent of its expendi
tures are spent on payroll costs.
Board members, they said, feel
that teachers “have achieved a
higher economic reward compared
to other members of society”, but
tember. The Threshers want the
change to make traffic movement
less congested.*****
Approval has yet to be given
permission to go ahead with reno
vation to Memorial Hall’s north
wing to house the new Blydi
Library Branch. Mrs. Grubb ex
plained the application had been
sent to the Ministry of Recreation
and Tourism in December but she
was later told the application
wasn’t complete because the vill-
added they were unable to measure
this. They requested OPSBA to
petition the provincial government
to study and report on this percep
tion to see if it is accurate. They felt
this would be a concrete first step
in containing upwardly spiraling
costs.
In their report the trustees
mentioned the regional differences
that are not considered in salary
settlements. They said that it was
their belief that conditions in
Toronto set the precedent for the
entire province. They again reques
ted OPSBA to study this or
commission others to study it and
provide the boards with data to
identify the regional cost of living
differences.
Concerning the third issue, the
board said that “bargaining legis-
age had provided quotes from one
contractor instead of three as
required by the Ministry.
Mrs. Grubb expressed her anger
to the Ministry official saying she
felt it was dishonest for her to be
asked for two more quotes when
the council had already settled on a
contractor for the job. Several
councillors nodded in agreement
with her complaint. She said she
had managed to get the two extra
quotes and had sent them in to the
ministry.
lation impedes speedy negotia
tion”. They asked OPSBA “to use
the influence you have with the
provincial government to promote a
change in legislation which would
have teacher bargaining come un
der the Ontario Labour Relations
Act.”
In a Decima ppll conducted in
early 1989, 75 per cent of those
surveyed felt that the most impor
tant aspect of international ama
teur sport competition was not
winning medals, but that Cana
dians participated in the event.*****
According to Coaching Associa
tion of Canada statistics, 67 per
cent of athletes who leave sport do
so because of the over emphasis on
winning.
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