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Times Advocate, 1998-02-11, Page 31N 7'11 F_ NEWS Regional wrap up Lights may go out on Goderich port • GOI)ERIC'H •I•lie Goderich lighthouse along with several other lights in the harbor could be shut down by. Fisheries and Oi.e.uts (':.nada. stilted the Gode- rich Signal Still. These are • just a few of the lights they inlentl• to shut down along the lakc►d►ore in an effort to change navigational aids. • The lighthouse. was built in . 1847 and has since been a bea- con for guiding slops to shore .lin• more than 15(1 years.'• ► stated he' Goderich council t lighthouse is important for"htiau- ers who need the lighthouse as .i. guide to the port. The light can he seen front 44 miles away when the weather is clear. Its revolving :refractor sends out tatolight beams that shine as (lashes of light. 25 sec- onds lung. The first. rho' Is seen in 19 seconds, followed ht a second -Mash. div seconds later in a repeating cycle A meeting is°scheduled for lat- er this month for the town and Gaticrich harbor master Don MacAdain to hate input into the decision. The t.uwn is contacting the two . marinas Yoe input as well. The -meeting has not hetet scheduled. Court decision OKs restructuring BR ICE ('Ot'N-1.1' An apple cation dor. Judicial Review ini- tiated by the Township_ of Bruce and the Village (►I Tiverton was dismissed .by the .Ontario Court ,if Justice General Division. stat- ed the Saugecn City Neivs." Theapplication snughl a court order to set aside Bruce County council's resolution 'Io proceed' with a restructuring - proposal . which would reduce the number o'' Weal_ municipalities • in the i:outitty'1tom the current. 27 down to eight. efleeti.ve Jan. I.. 1999. Times -Advocate, February 11, 1998 Page 3 No plans to raise County's mill rate HURON COUNTY - Despite a provincial demand for: the county to cul' its budget by nearly a half- million.dollars, Huron County gov- ernment docs not plan to increase its mill rate this year. • According to a report provided by the province. the county can Off- set the cosi of provincially down- loaded services by cutting expenses 5457.((10 in 1998. The " amount equals 1.7 per cent of the county's budget based on financial figures Irina 1996. That calculation. as it turn.' out. v.orkc in -the county favour. In -1996. the. county had eon- struetion. expenses for the Health and •Library Complex, the Court-. house and the Huronview project. as. well as. pay equity payouts. •.'These were one-time expenses. but • tit the province's eves they were all part of the county's yearly budget - and used in calculating the 1.7 per ccnt.efticiency requirement. \Vithoin these payments this year and with the help of continued re- ductions in welfare payments: the county . will "in effect" save more than. the $457.0(}0 required by the province. This hcing- the case. when Huron County.Council net Feb. 5. it ap- proved a /en) per cent increase in the mill rate in 1998. This marks the filth straight year the county has decided to not inerease its mill rate. Council confirms pay rates At their Jan. 8 meeting. the mem- bers -of Huron County Council con- lirnted what their pay will be for 1998. • Each councillor will receive $70.75 frir each hall -day meeting they attend. and $103.26 for full- day meetings. _For travel. councillors and: staff will he given $80 per month plus 27 cents per kilontetrcdriven. , • If councillors attend conferences. they will tic paid $50_per day plus meals und gratuitics 'i'he warden's annual stipend. in addition to the -pay he receives for attending meetings. will he 55.750. Last year, remuneration and other expenses paid to County Couneit members and appointees amounted to $149.288.76. . Clinton reeve named to health council The new -*District Health Council (DHC) of Grey. Bruce. Huron and Perth Counties. will have • 20- rien►bers on its hoard including one niripai represenrntive-fmnr-eat-? geographic county in the new dis- trict.. .. ''r—mu Ud ►wupyOurValenti Pi- *en an -their -Naks••• �Neol-�-trmsoF.: tales ;tCd 'fru�fles d;c.. e'smoolfres .,p CAOm� s •• �k,J1rdies e''Chxdo,}tAleyts • o'Ctccnbkeexice(s Craolal&s{boris C7 Retail n MQiI QoPf SUGAR b SPICE WW�MbWN �IZII 54GfDR;Y 135d?B3 A • • At their Jan. 8 meeting, Huron County -Council rt!conn» ended Reeve Carol Mitchell of Clinton he. Huron County's• representative on the new DHC for the next three :years. • Mitchell, also serves asrthe chair- person of the county's Health and Seniors Committee. Nutrient Management Plan' committee formed Huron -County Council has de- cided a .new committee is needed look into the .t►n=goilig issue -of ma- nure management in the county. At council's Jan: 8 meeting. it - 'was ' "decided a. Nutrient Man • - agement Plans C'onunittee would he formed to More "aggressively" deal. with the enforcement. mon- itoring and .evaluation of n►anure - Management systems in the county. Several • municipalities in ithe - couf)I\ already require farmer: 10 Complete .a nutrient management plans prior to. the cstahlishn►em-.of draft zoning bylaw Hie committee will have mem- hers from;Grcy Township (which earlier -established a similar com- mittee). representatives from the Huron Environmental Farm Co- alition, 'members of the general public and two 'members of the Planning and Development Com- mittee. The county. representatives McKilhip Reeve' Ron Murray er. Sealor are and West Wawanosh Reeve -bo ug Mill - Museum a possibility in caforth lh may soon have its ownmuseum. At the Feb. 5 meeting of Huron CI unty Council. approval was giv en • lin the county and.Seatorth to negotiate a partnership to help prc- • serve "the cultural material (If 'Sea- . . Huron ('aunty Museunn I)irector• - 1.'urator (Taus • Breeds has heen- .w oiling. krntg with. a :heritage preserva- tion group in Seaford' for the past .Ib n►onlhs regarding the possibility ot.a museum in that town.. Antique' Fermi -equipment needed for plowing..match ,r 'he plowing match wants -i our oltl t;um-implements. - At the Fel)..5 meeting (II Huron CutintY Council. Reeve Jim I.ovc of Ilan 'Township said several an- tique farm implements 1 in Working rking condition.' are required for display purposes at the.International'Plow- Amendment to large livestock operations. hut a re - pori of the Plannint and Develop- ment ('umntiliec said there are.sull problems which need to he ad- dressed. The committee will he contacting producers who completed a nutrient management plans last year to ask their opinions on how the sv'stenn is working. Are Lucanites sending more garbage to landfill? By Craig Bradford T -A Reporter LUCAN- - It scents Lucanites just aren't getting the thrcr Rs. Those three Rs aren't 'reading., writing and arithmetic'. but 're duce. reuse and recycle'. • ' Deputy Reeve Harry. Wraith dug into recent Lucan landfill num- -hers with the help of village treasurer Ruth Frost and told the. rest of council his findings- at last week's meeting. What Wraith and i'rost found was that Lucan sent More garbage to the i'einilia landfill site 'in '97 than in '96 — 247 tons in '97 compared io 209 totes in '96: Wraith also found Lucanites are the number one garbage -creditors - per capita of all the custontcrs Bluewater Recycling serves.' Though Lucan didn't pay as nmch for landfill tipping in '97 than it did in '96 ($45/ton in '97 and $64/ton in '96i the increase in total tonnage making its way to the dump is of concern. Wraith said. Reeve Robert Benner questioned if recycling is worth the effort economically. "Arc we making money with recycling of losing mtey;' asked. - ` He also said the $2 per garbage hag tag system coupled with the -separate day for Blue Box pickup has people filling their hags With reeyclahles to nut•to 'waste' their $2 tag un half a hag. "At $2 per tag I think people are getting tired of the process." Ben-- - said ul'the Blue.Box regimen of separating recyclahlcs from .gar- hage anti carting the two different materials to the curb on different tlatys. He also said hall jokingly "people have stopped taking then garbage to work" for disposal. . - Benner wants Bluewater to return to co -collection of recyclable% -and garbage: to simplify matters for Lucanites. He said new - Blue - water customers located outside this area fm.rced Bluewater to move away from co -collection in Lucan. - ' _ - A report to cimtparc how much more garbage per household is tie- ing generated in Lucan is to he ready for.council discussion at its next meeting on March 3. Notice of the 119T" ANNUAL MEETING WEST .WAWANOSH MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Company will be held at the. DUNGANNON AGRICULTURAL HALL ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27•", 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. 1. To receive, consider and approve the Financial Statement and Auditor's Report for the year ended December 31st, 1997. ' 2. To appoint auditors. 3. To elect two (2) Directors for a three year term. 4. To amend company by-laws with regard to annual meeting date and the mailing of annual statements. 5. To transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting. The retiring Directors are Gerald Kerr of the Blyth area• and Steve Faber of the Mitchell area. Both Directors are eligible for re-election. Any qualifying policyholder wishing to run as a Director for either of these areas must file their intention to run, in writing, along with a nomination form, with the Corporate Secretary, no later than close of business, February 20th, 1998. By order of the Board of Directors, Well Wawanosh Mutual Insurance Company, Dungannon, Ont. Kenneth Cox Corporate Secretary .USBORNF TOWNSHIP - WayneC'ald cll. from the Huron ('t'nunt> Planning-Uepartmc'nt at: tended the Jan- 2(} regular llshorne council meeting to (h s. uss a draft .. /oiling bylaw .anrendiirent_ regard- - ing 'cparatiun distances between aerictdlur;tl.abarns. both.poultry and 11%estock-r and nun: agricultural " uses: .-- Ushorric C'Icrk Adnniinistrat r Sandy Strang-cxptaincd than the arncndnicnt is 1here.1 update 1lic distances 'o -that they agree with pn )v 1IIc ial standards • • • • • ing Match scheduled to .he held ticles such as churns are -also need - near Dashwlsxl in the summer of ed and it is hoped a "ladies' group" 1.49'). .. can be found to provide a quilting - A cutting box - and corn hinder is • demonstration during the show. 'needed as well as a steam driven For more information, Love can saw mill. said Love. 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