Loading...
Times-Advocate, 1983-02-09, Page 2Page 2 Tines -Advocate, February 9, 1983 No increase for members of council Tuckersmith holds line on salaries Members of Tuckersmith their own salaries for 1983 and Their_ pay is as follows: township council agreed• will be paid the same as they Reeve Robert Bell, $60 per Tuesday to hold the line on received in 1982. meeting and honorarium of Raises for Stanley employees decided at marathon session • The February meeting of Stanley Township council turned out to be a marathon affair. lasting over 12 hours. .One important item on the - long agenda was an increase in wages for salaried and hourly -paid township employees for .1983. -- Clerk -treasurer Mel Graham's . salary goes up $800, from $21,000 to $21,800. (This includes car allowance and provision of office space.) Deputy clerk -Betty Graham will receive $10,200, a $600 increase. The hourly rate for road superintendeht Bill Taylor has risen from $9.75 to $101.20, for grader oppeerrator,. Ron Col- eman from $8.75, to $9.15, for - truck drivel. Bill Consitt from $8.50 to $8.90. and casual labour will now be paid $7.25;• an increase of 25 cents: Vacation pay of four per- cent will increase at the five- year level from five percent • to -sill, and employees who have been with the- `townshipfor 15 years or more. will receive eight percent. The elected representatives are continuing the policy of deciding in October what theirbono`r iriu►n -would be for the previous year and receiv- ing one check as retroactive payment. Before taking action on the Exeter resolution asking sup= port froin other municipal- ities• -to withhold the unpaid portion of the education tax, Stanley council wants to know the outcome of a meeting bet- ween the executive of County Council and the executive of the Huron County School Board. "Il would • be rather premature to make a decision yet". Reeve Paul Steckle said after the meeting. "I am not anti-resolution;I agree with it in principle. I don't know the legal ramifications, but if the provincial government gave us withholding powers, we would use them." Stanley council endorsed a • resolution originating with the Clinton council requesting an amendment to the assess meat act give a municipali- ty the right. le have a - representative appear at the assessment review court to present arguments against assessment appeals which it censigers unjustified, and asking that the municipality . be infof med well in advance On location or Studio Bart DeVries PHOTOGRAPHY. :COMMERCIAL - PORTRAITS ' . - WEDDINGS - GROUPS - PUBLICITY Mounting and Laminating It you have old photographs you would like to have copies of call us. - WEDDING SPE I 11" x 14" Colour print Yo choice FREE, if you book your wedding now. offer expires Feb. 28181 Telephone 235-1298 137 Thames Rd. East ... EXETER, Ont. Bart DeVries PHOTOGRAPHY I 'J( nmmrrcuI. Industrial and'. .dd,n Phoe.Kuph, Nln,l and %%hnr 1,In, P,1111••nn, ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET El ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET f" ET ET FT fT (T fT f ET ET ET ET FT El ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET E1 ET ET E1 ET FT Er ET ET FT ET FT 11 ET E1 ET ET T ATA) mswt9Y..� T104W€ G 1oaRS titers, Orono* PION 190 •.• .l ... the n11 .1...n hill TOLL FREE 1-800-265-7022 EXETER AREA 235-2000 ,etted I SA E ' J * LONGSTAY PtORIDA HOLIDAYS , 2, 4. 5, 6, 8. Weeks eparts February 12 and 26 * MID TERM FLORIDA Deports - March 19th - from $417.00 ' MID TERM NEW ORLEANS Departs - March 19th from 5484.00 5 DAY WASHINGTON CHERRY BLOSSOM Departs - April 8th• from 5237.00 9 DAY CAROLINAS - INCLUDING MYRTLE BEACH from $427.00 Departs - April 13 21 DAY CALIFORNIA Departs - April 23 Free Pickup in Exeter . Pleasant, Clean, Energy. Efficient Travel. It's Fun to Travel by Bus! ET ET ET ET ET ET ET FT ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET ET f fr FT FT ET ET ET ET ET ET IT Fr FT ET Fr F1 ET FT FT FT ET ET ET FT F1 FT F ET ET ET r of the basis on which each assessment appeal is being made. - Clinton believes it is not alone in its contention that reduetions in assessment have occasionally been ob- tained' too easily by the ratepayer. A delegation consisting of Elmer Hayter, Ralph Stephenson, Ivan McClymont and Alec Ostrom appeared before council to discuss the Rathwell -drain with con- suiting engineer John Spriet. A profile, will be done on the drain prior to clean-out. .(Clerk Mel Graham recalled bylaws dating back to 1941 in connection with that par- ticular drain.) ' -- - ;The council will invite bids to fill in the landfill site: This has been done on a piece -meal .basis and now the township is asking fora year's contract. • Stanley will participate in the -Ontario Development Program, and plans to hire two temporary employeesfor 20 weeks each: - . Another bylaw was .approv• - :ed implementing BACPAC, the government's accounting, system. The township will apply -to .the ministry of housing for More funding under the On- tario Home , Renewal Program. Representatives —of the Robinson -Borman subdivi- sion south of Bayfield once again went over the plans wwith`council. -All parties are waiting the outcome of an MB hearing F•eeking ap- royal for a township zoning law.. . :,Part of the; marathon ses- sion was taken up with a slide presentation by Ausable- Bay7ield Conservation Authority personnel. A bylaw was passed mak- ing available $69;200 for tile . drainage loans, the last of the $306,000 allocated for fiscal 1982; from April 1, 1982 to. March 31, 1983. , $600 per year; Deputy -reeve William Brown, $50 per meeting land an honorarium of $400 per year; and the three councillors, Robert Broad - foot, John Brownridge and George Cantelon, $45 per meeting and honorariums of $400 per year each. Mileage is paid at the rate of 20 cents per kilometre. Council is giving all its full- time employees an increase of $750 each for 1983; with the resulting salaries, Clerk - treasurer Jack McLachlan, $27,719; Road superintendent, Allan Nicholson, $21,447; grader operator, $8.48 per hour; mower operator, $7.53 per hour and labourer, $6.03 per hour. Daycare super- visor, Vanastra,. Karen McEwing, $17,119; assistant supervisor, Beatrice Flem- ing, $13,173; teacher, 511,339 and cook, $4,454. Recreation director, Vanastra, Diane Durnin, $18,473; assistant 'director. June Tomkins -Lee, $6,253; aquatic. director, $13,515; and secretary and special needs director, $12,405. Council approved the 1983 budgets of the Vanastra Water and Sewage Depart- mentas presented by Mark Bell, Ministry of the Environ- ment, London . as follows: Water Works, $64,400 com- pared to -$56,500 in 1982 and ._ provided. that a proposed wage of $2,100 for a casual labourer is eliminated. Mr. Bell agreed, to this elimination. The . sewage department budget is $66,900 compared to $61,700 in 1982, again provid ed a proposed wage -of $2,100 for a casual labourer - is eliminated and Mr. Bell again .agreed.- Bell reportdd that the casual employee hired last year for the Water and Sewage Department worked at other jobs for the Township and he was not always able to work for. the Department when wanted. Councillor Robert Broadfoot.and 'Reeve . Bell objected and said that if there were problems, council should have been notified at the time and not six months later. "If we had known we could have rectified it," said Reeve Bell. • Accident reports Continued from front page . cidents to 39, while there were eight more incidents of wilful damage to public property. Total amount- of damage was 812,238, for which restitu- tion of only $463 was received by the property owners: Six- teen people were charged with wilful.damage. Liquor and drug offences were both down. sharply; In 1982. there were 72 charges for liquor infractions, com- pared to 141 in -1981 and 150 in 1980. Out of the 72 charges, 32 were for underage drinking. Investigations under the Narcotic Control Act declined by nine 1616 in 1982,while the number of charges was:six, half of the 1981 figure. • Chief Day reported that the total number of occurt•ences for 1982 was 3,066, compared to 3371 in 1981 and ,3,332 in 1980. - '•Due to' the greatof• demands: from our changing society, police must develop a greater understanding of the new problems and lifestyles of the public," he noted. "In addition, police must cope with the ever increasing new technology and sophistication of police work." • . "Members of the Exeter police department are looking forward to -new and modern challenges arid .will keep abreast with the changing times," he concluded: In his list -of suggestions for 1983, Chief Day noted the need. to replace the 1981 cruiser at an anticipated cost of 87,169. Ile also requested the pur- chase of a paper shredder at - txetweeR 8900. and 81,200, an Alert machine at a Bost of 8648 and a tranquilizer rifle for 8350. During the past year, two complaints were lodged by. citizens against officers and Chief Day revealed that both' complaints had been deter- mined to be unfounded follow- ing his investigation. Total budget for the depart- ment in 1982 was $268,346, of which 77 percent was salaries. With government grants and revenue from insurance reports, bike licen§es, park- ing tickets and prisoner escorts, the actual cost was 8222,643. - -' Overtime worked by the staff was reduced to 381. hours, compared to 686 in 1981. This represents a saying of $5,525 at a rate of pay of $17 .per hour. Other statistics in the 1932 are as follows: 135 lost and found complaints, 19 missing "persons (all located),42house checks, 77 animal complaints 413 dogs to animal pound and four skunks destroyeds. 36 alarms answered, -15 places of business found. insecure, 449 summonses and subpoenas issued, police lockup used 29 times, -126 bike licences sold. .Hospital party Continued from front page minister of health. the Hon. MacKinnon Philips. in concluding the program. administrator Sheeler said the theme of "30 years of car- ing".will be used in celebra- tions to mark the birthday through the year_. "What' we are witnessing tonight i$ a tribute to you the people in this community.. to the residents, the medical staff, the hoard and the hospital staff in general who collectively through the years have'given so generously of their time and money to make . this facility what it is• to4ay. "it has been a short 30 years and i am sure all who experienced the opening will agree that the time has gone quickly. Normal:y we are slow to accept change (it is human nature) but that is not. • the case here; you have been • very quick to support the changes which have occurred within the walls of South tturon Hospital." "We have grown from the simplicity of the Carling 'residence to the sophistication of a total health care complex offering the highest level and quality of care to this community." "Complete with visiting consultants, ultrasound and other highly technical equip- ment, we are committed to of- . fer you. the residents, the ser- vice you so justly deserve." Sheeler noted that due to tight•economic conditions and the change in ministry fun' ding, it is getting more ficult to Continue the ley service and explained that a, foundation has been'establish- ed for contributions for equip- ment and capital spending. ' hrough this year of celeb tion, we hope our resery will begin to build," he said. f Mark Bell suggested that for this summer he would try to secure someone from the government's Make Work Program which would not cost the township any money. . Mark Bell reported water .losses at Vanastra had drop- ped considerably and hegave credit to several major - repairs made to the water works in the past year. He complained that the sewage flow skyrocketed following rains and said surface water must be getting in the system from buildings with large roofs. He said the smoke tests last year' were not successful in testing the sewers but this year he will be doing dye tests to reveal problems. He -pro- poses in the budget 85.000 for further repairs to sewage lines. Ile said the deficit in 1982 was approximately $6,000 Abut the same as in 1981. The Dill Municipal Drain report was read by Engineer Bill Dietrich of the W. 'Kelly engineering firm. There were no ,objections raised to the report or , the assessment. Court of Revision will be held on March 11, 1983. Councillor Brian Campbell was present at the meeting, representing McKillop Township Council as a number of residents from that township are affected fected by the drain. - Passed for payment were the following accounts totall- ing $80,902.05; Day care cen- tre. _Vanastra, $5,520.44: Special day care centre, Vanastra, $3,657.03; Recrea- tion centre, Vanastra. 813,4$4.52;. roads, 514,419.93; and :general accounts. $43;820.13. Allan Nicholson,, road superintendent. reported that the Ministry of Transporta- • tion and Communications had advised him the township's road and bridge subsidy allocation for this year is 5208,500, up from $172.000 last year. He said he would have his road budget ready for the next council meeting on February 15. The Vanastra arena is to be rezoned from use as an arena to use as a warehouse. • i •''I 4d- . '1i.. . . 1' ROv AT CATTLE SEMINAR -- Cldse to 100 area farmers attended a cattle production seminar Thursday at the Dashwood Community Centre sponsored by Konpal Farm Products. From the left are Exeter area farmer Hank . Brand, Ken Palen of Kenpal, Dashwood farmer Bill Weber and Scott Leblonde and Randy Regier of the sponsor- ing firm. Kenpal has purchased the former Easton building on Highway 4, near Centralia. T -A photo Hay delegation urges cemetery facelift Hay Township council received a delegation to discuss the• - Fansville Wesleyan - Methodist Cemetery when they met for their first February meeting. Dale Dignan, acting as spokesman for David Blackwell, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dignan and Mr. 'and Mrs. Gerald Thiel. presented a list of recommendations for council action. Some options were submit- ted to achieve the delega- tion's objectives of respecting those buried there. maintain- ing all existing information, retaining the present boun- dary, improving the cemetery's . general "ap- pearance and providing easy and long-term maintenance, some options were submitted. These included repairing all stones and remounting 'them at their. original loca- tions f estimated cost 83.0001. replacing badly deteriorated stones with granite ground markers (34 times $200 for a total 56,800), replace ir- repairable stones with a single monument inscribed on both sides (53,470); move all stones 'to a central location ($3,000,1, or a combination of these suggested solutions. In replying to a list of recommendations, council agreed to support the forma- tion and administration of a perpetual care fund. The boundary lineswill be discussed with Bill Ferguson owner of the adjacent proper- ty. and reiad superintendent Ross Fisher will -contact the ministry of transport and communication to obtain the regulations governing the construction of a tence to enclose the cemetery. Council promised to prepare and cir- culate a bylaw premitting the, reconstruction of the monuments if, this option is decided on. Dignan will return to the nextmeeting of council after finding out the estimated cost of a fence. He will provide a list of all persons to be con- tacted, and a sketch and layout of reconstructed "stones. if this course is chosen as the answer to the problem. Howard - Armstrong has • been appointed 1983 chairman of the Zurich and area 'fire board. Hay township's share of a tentative 515,615 budget will be $7,495, Road superintendent Ross Fisher submitted a road budget for this year of $323,500, divided into $190.800 for maintenance and 5132.700 for construction. Mrs. Anastasia Martens' request that the lease agree- ment between -her and the township for the waste disposal site be changed from • two to five years commencing January 1. 1983 and ending .. December 31, 1987 was granted. An operating fee of 58,501 per year to be paid on a monthly basis will be in ef- fect for the same period. Two severance applications were approved. One gives Grace Horner a seven foot ac- cess walkway to the beach at Lake Road West concession, formerly part of lot 22 and the other officially divides one •100 -acre parcel of land from another for Randall Regier, Concession 10, lots 8 and 9. Hay township council backs - the Bayview Golf Club ap plication for a liquor licence. The Hay council" agrees with a resolution originating in Clinton . requesting an amendment to the assess- ment act to give a municipali- ty the right to appear at. assessment review courts to present arguments against appeals for reduction of assessment which the municipality. • - considers unjustified. The resolution appointing an engineer fo►;the Aldw•orth • draib was amended -to read WJ Bartlett and\Associates Ltd. instead of Bruce lfoldsw•orth. The township is calling for • ' tenders for approximately :32.000 tons of A gravel to be spread on township. roads. Forms are available from the • road superintendent, and are to he in the township office by noon March 1. 1983. All work is to be completed by June 10. 1983. . - Centre plans home for battered. wives Trudy Don, co-ordinator for the Ontario Association of In- terval and Transition Houses will be featured speaker at `a meeting spor cored by -the Huron County Family Crisis Centre.' Themeeting will be held at the Assessment building on Napier Street, in Goderich at '8:00 p.m. on February 11. The • - to is for Trudy y Don's talk will be Violence in the Home: She • will focus on the problem of wife assault. No one knows the extent that wife battering is a pro- blem in Huron County. It is expected the problem is as severe as elsewhere in Canada. Studies show 1 in 10 women are beaten by the men • they live with. Assaults tend to be part of a -regular pat- tern, increasing in severity. Some end in murder The Family Crisis Centre hopes toopen a home for women. in Huron County by April. The ,committee was originally formed by members from several Men- nonite Churches and has ex- panded to include other in- terested community members. Family" and Children's Services is' giving support and advice. The women's network WOMEN TODAY is also ac- tively supporting the efforts of the committee and is studying the extent of .the problem in Huron. ' The centre will need the help of many volunteers when it opens later this year. 'Those interested in finding out more about the problem or in com- batting it are encouraged to come hear Trudy Don speak on Priddy. A TOUCH OF TOMORRO Inglis LIBERATOR PLUS WASHER AND DRYER 'AIH HOUI: 51.1: THE WASHER/DRYER PAIR WITH EXTRA FEATURES AND RELIABLE INGLIS QUALITY. •-- Washer R043500 • 5 Cycles -- including Superwash • 2 Agitator Speeds -- 2 Spin Speeds • 5 Wash / Rinse Temperature Selections • Easy -clean Filter • Agitator -mounted fabric softener dispenser • Funnel type bleach dispenser • Bac Pac Information Centre Available in White and Almond ALL OTHER 111q144 Dryer R083500 (electric) • Custom Automatic Dry — Regular — Permanent Press • Timed Dry — Regular • No -tumble drying rack • 3 Temperature Selection • Porcelain -Enamelled Top • Bac Pac Information Centre Available in White and Almond APPLIANCES At G1GANTIC SAYINGS See us before you buy i DRYSDALE MAJOR CEN RE LTD. We Do Our Own Service HENSALL ?R? 2728 Open 8-6 Friday night till 9 p.m.