Times-Advocate, 1988-05-25, Page 12•
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Page 12 Times -Advocate,
Municipal
Hy Ross Baugh
EXETER - Proposed amendments
to the Ontario Municipal Elections
Act were discussed at Thursday's
spring meeting of Zone 2 of the
Association of Municipal Clerks
May 25, 1988
clerks, treasurers discuss Election Act changes
and Treasurers of Ontario.
The meeting was held at the
South Iluron Rcc C'cntrc with Exet-
r's deputy clerk treasurer Laurie
Dykstra as chairman.
In attendance were 130 representa-
tives from 173 municipaltics in.the
'counties of Huron, Perth, Bruce,
Grey, Wellington, Dufferin and
Simcoc.
John Maddox, an advisor with
Municipal Affairs_in London high-
lighted amendments to the Electron
Act which have received first read -
WELCOME TO CLERKS - Prior to Thursday's spring meeting of Zone 2 of Association of Municipal Clerks and
Treasurers, chairman Laurie Dykstra,. Exeter's deputy clerk -treasurer talks with Linda Oliver of Stephen township,
former Hensall clerk -treasurer Betty Oke and Exeter's clerk -treasurer Liz Bell.
A MAYOR'S WELCOME - Exeter Mayor Bruce Shaw welcomes Tuckersmith clerk -treasurer Jack McLachlan,
Gerald Morgan of the Ontario Assessment Branch and Huron Warden Bob Boll.
Bell Canada reveals
local tax contributions
EXETER -.Bell Canada's munic-
ipal tax contribution totalled
$85,866.73 in 1987. This includes
$4,129.06 in Real Estate taxes,
$80,501.1 n Gross Receipts tax
and $1,23 in Business taxes.
Bell also spent -5329,000 on im-
proving and maintaining local tele-
phone services for the 2,471 cus-
tomers in the Exeter exchange and
over S2,484,500 in payroll expens-
es for the 80Bellemployees in the
Stratford arca.
The Gross Receipts tax is set at
five percent of all telecommunica-
tions revenue from Bell operations
in Ontario in the preceding year.
The amount apportioned to each
exchange is based on the number
of Bell telephones in use. In 1987,
this was $29.20 per telephone. In
1988, the Gross Receipts tax is
S83,944.20 for the Exctcr ex-
change.
In 1987, Bell spent a total of
51.991 billion in capital improve-
ments. Of this, S1.199 billion was
spent in Ontario. The forecast for
1988 is 52.150 billion, with
$1.325 billion of the total to be
spent in Ontario.
Local improvement highlights in
1987 include S329,000 spent on:
rebuilding facilities at Sanders and
Main; placing cable to serve subdi-
visions on Huron East; adding
trunk equipment to the switching
centre.
Local plans for 1988 include
S947,000 to be spent on: placing
fibre optics cable from Exeter to
Hensall and from Hensall to Clin-
ton; placing cable to serve new
subdivisions at Sanders and Pryde,
at Williams and Alexander and on
Pickard; building conduit and man-
holes on Main Street South, Car-
ling South, Huron and Main; ad-
ding lines and extensions to the
switching centre.
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sick tor-- nothing. 11 our lather is a
minister you can be guod for nothing.
The worst thing about being a mud
thrower is ground lost. •
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•
ing in the Legislature and are ex-
pected to become law this summer.
Zone 2 will be sending some of
their concerns about the new legis-
lation through their representative
on the provincial group's legislative
committee.
Delegates agreed most srhall mu-
nicipalities did not have any prob-
lems with election expenses. The
amendments call for all candidates
to reveal their municipal election
expenses up to $1,000 and over that
amount a financial statement would
be necessary.
The Act also calls for two ad-
vance polls for this fall's elections.
They would be held on November 5
and 10 prior to the regular election
on November 14. Facilities for
these advanced polls must be ac-
cessible to the handicapped for this
year's election and for all regular
polling stations by 1991.
Huron .clerk treasurer Bill Hanly
said he thought AMO was in favour
of having the second advance poll
.as an option. Vice chairman Frank
Mangan agreed, but said, " It should
be left up to the discretion of the
local councils, but shouldn't be
haphazard. l agree that every person
should have a chance to vote. "-
Tuckersmith clerk treasurer Jack
McLachlan commented, " The first
one should be mandatory with the
second at the option of councils."
Set deadline in
beef marketing
TORONTO - The deadline for
completion of the Ontario beef mar-
keting task force study has been ex-
tended to September 15, 1988,
Minister of Agriculture and Food
Jack Riddell announced recently.
"The original June date for com-
pletion of the study has been
changed to September at the request
of the task force, which needed
morc time to review the written
submissions, and complete its re-
port," Riddell said. "the task force
is now analysing more than 200
writtcn submissions that it has re-
ceiycd.
Several farm organizations and in-
dividual producers had expressed
conccrn that the task force would
not have enough time, with the
June deadline, to complete the
study.
Formcd in February, 1988, the
task force is reviewing the changing
marketing needs of the Ontario bccf
industry. The task force has the
support of the Ontario Cattlemen's
Association and the Ontario Beef
Producers for Change.
The beef sector is the largest seg-
ment of Ontario's agriculture and
food industry.
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As many rural municipalities
have polling stations in private res.-
idcnces and do not have ramps or
other facilities for the handicapped,
it was suggested they could be ac-
commodated by floating polls.
In other discussion, Bayfield
clerk treasurer Pat Graham suggest-
ed tax notices should include a sep-
arate box listing the county levy.
Vice-chairman Ron Shaw indicated
those forms were already available.
Bernie Picard from AMO ex-
plained details of the new GASA-
MO energy grant program which
has been accepted by many Ontario
municipalities.
Delegates were welcomed to Ex-
eter by the White Wonder, Mayor
Bruce Shaw and Huron Warden Bob
Bell.
Afternoon entertainment was pro-
vided by the Paul Brothers 'and
Shirley.
The fall meeting of the associa-
tion will be held October 6 at the
Hockley Valley Resort in Mono
township.
TALKING ELECTIONS - Chatting during intermission at Thursday's
spring meeting of Zone 2 of the AMCTO. are clerk -treasurers Bill Hanly of
Huron, Stanley township's Mel Graham and Charles Ellis from Bruce town-
ship.
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