The Citizen, 1991-07-10, Page 23PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10,1991.
Brussels council briefs
Council still dogged by canine problems
The round-up of dog tags in
Brussels showed there are consider
ably more dogs in the village than
village authorities knew about.
Clerk-treasurer Donna White told
council at its July 8 meeting that
when the village's representative
went door-to-door to sell the tags it
was discovered that there were 130
dogs in the village, compared to the
94 the village office knew about.
One dog-owner refused to buy a
dog tag saying he would only buy
when all other animals in the vil
lage also paid licences. Council
agreed that the dog bylaw enforce
ment officer will lay charges if the
owner does not buy a licence.**♦
Some village staff will be getting
a retroactive eye-glass benefit
package. Mrs. White explained to
council that apparently the package
had been in place for two years but
nobody in the village office, includ
ing former Clerk-treasurer Hugh
Hanly, knew about it. The first
knowledge of the program came to
light when the insurance company
called to see why the village hadn't
been paying the premiums on the
eye-glass portion of its benefit
package for the past 17 months
from Feb. 1990 on. The village was
given the option of paying the back
$500 in premiums or starting from
this point on. Since some employ
ees on the program have purchased
several pairs of glasses in that peri
od that they would be able to claim
for, council decided to pay the back
premium. Not all employees are
covered by the new benefit.***
Council agreed to compensate
Herb Stretton for repairs he had
paid for to the sewer clean out near
his west-end home. Mr. Stretton
said the snowplow had slipped off
the road and damaged water-con
nections and took the top off the
sewer clean-out as well as damag
ing the lawn in the area. "I couldn't
see it being Jeft in that condition
and nothing was being done (to
repair it)" he said. "It's not my
property. I fixed your (village)
property." He said he only wanted
to be compensated for the $62.60
he had spent on the village's sewer
clean-out. He had spent consider
ably more on landscaping repairs
but wasn't asking for compensation
for that.
Council agreed to pay him the
$62.60 for repairs. Councillor Mary
Stretton declared a conflict of inter
est for this matter.♦ ♦♦
Council also gave final reading to
the bylaw allowing for the closing
of unused portions of Haliday and
Queen streets west of the river near
the area opened for development
last fall. The land will be divided
between Mr. Stretton and Hank
TenPas.
Councillor Stretton reported that
the Brussels, Morris and Grey
recreation committee has chosen a
site west of the Community Centre
for the new tennis court. Council
approved the hiring of a contractor
to start preliminary work for the
construction after the recreation
committee marks out exactly where
it wants the court. The area will be
excavated and filled with gravel but
paving will be left until later after
the area has a chance to settle.
The tennis court was moved from
its downtown area to make room
for an apartment building.**♦
Councillors learned that changing
regulations mean expensive times
ahead for the Brussels Fire Depart
ment. New regulations will require
firemen wear protective suits val
ued at $1000 each. Some council
lors wondered how long
communities will be able to afford
their own fire departments as regu
lations increase costs.***
Because of the Civic Holiday
weekend, the next meeting of coun
cil will be Tuesday, Aug. 6 at 7
p.m.
Down and out
FunFest had its ups and downs for these youngsters in the sack race, part of the Saturday
afternoon fun for kids at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre.
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