Clinton News-Record, 1986-05-28, Page 5Support the Ciinton kwith donations
Dear Editor: May 3. Welcome them with your supportive
The Activity Centres Today (ACT) Com- donations. The service clubs and businesses
rnittee baa been very busy organizing a fund in town are also being canvassed.
raising program to build the much needed We have already raised over $8,000 by.
playground equipment. A survey done by donations from the Optimist Club ($2,000),
the parents earlier this year showed a the XI Epsilon Beta Chapter of the Beta
positive response to this idea. Now it is time Sigma Phi Sorority ($500), the Londesboro
to support this idea by your generous Lions Club ($100), Royal Canadian Legion's
donations. Ladies Auxiliary, ($100), Clinton Kinettes,
A group of enthusiastic parents have been ($500 pledge) and other smaller donations or
canvassing door to door in Clinton since pledges. Over $300 was raised at the spring
concert through chocolate bar sales and
concert chocolate bar sales col-
lection at the door, and $175 was raised by
running a booth at Klompen Feest.
The students at Clinton Public School
have also shown their enthusiasm by raising
over $75 in collecting "Pennies for the
Playground" and over $80 in saving Zehrs
and Knechtel tapes. Keep up the good work
kids.
The playground equipmentttthat page 8 would
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Former clerk cells his side
. from page 4 another to be so rude as to not say one word nothing.
meeting about going away on holidays in to my wife. Traumatic Experience
If there ever was a traumatic experience,
two weeks' time. The meeting was to be held in the commit- wasr it.e I have served the town foreexperience,
I was told that I could not go because tee rooms up over the police station so we ly that 22 with the ownton PUC,
near -
council wanted to discuss the Clinton budget turned around and followed the council since years, overe 197122int clerk's office,
during those two weeks. members. When we arrived in the meeting andn years as thea member's the
Since no budget has been approved this room, someone had put up a head table and plusown six years served the I have of the
early in the year for perhaps 14 or 15 years, I a couple of other tables for the members to manyn Council
and these I1960's.Icherish dearly.
asked just what difference my two weeks sit at in the form of a "T"'. The mayor andTo this I havehebeen dly no
would really mean. Since we would not have Mrs. Marie Jefferson, the deputy clerk, wrongdoing date I thanwantingaccused take my
0 the County or the Board of Education re- were seated at the head table with the other ,o holidays in early and these were
quisitions until at least early in April, our 8 members of Council sitting down both scheduled as far back Aprilas last October.
budget could not be finalized at this time sides of the other table looking towards the I think that under iit
anyway. In addition, our 1985 audit had just head table and their backs pretty well would th be rat n e thecircumstances that the
been completed and the statements would towards my wife and I. No chairs had been wo and the chairman expect general
not be completed until at least early April. set up for my wife and I, we had to get ourmayoroer and
cc airman of the Councillor
When these arguments did not suffice, I own from a stack alongthe wall and sit at Covhrane, would want to sit and to
offered to work evenings and over the next the opposite end of the table. workcout compromise if down a tryweekend to get the Clinton portion of the There was not much discussion, with worm t some existed. I of unaware indeedof any pro-
overall -
budget put together so they could several members saying absolutely nothing. fort they evenex made to do so. Indeed Marchnef-
discuss it while I was away. When I was asked by Reeve Cooke that you fmayor advised me that on had 20,
I reminded them that for about 13 years really did not mean what you said last night, brewing oe somed time but thisno one was
en
Clinton has had interim tax billing with in- did you?", I replied that at that precise mo- courteousewing enough tot let me know• Until
stallments due in February and May to en- ment last night, I probably did because I
sure an adequate cash flow so no borrowing had had a long hectic clay, and the comment abo�iit 11:20 p.m. on March 17, I thought
was certainly made in the heat of a discus- everything was going exceptionally well
was anticipated. with this council.
Then my right to take holidays became sion that seemed to be nothing but complete- Because of the specific of a
the issue with Councillor Bonnie Jewitt and ly unnecessary criticism of me, but that now municipal clerk and the delicate dutiesof a
the question was asked "How do we know I had had time to reconsider and really did e jb as the administrator de icater nature the
f
you even have holidays if coming to tonot mean that I was suggested that council did not seem to municipality, the Municipal Act, under
I assured them that if they cared to look in I sung which all municipalities must operate,
my office they . would find a meticulous want top t me or believe me, but to just be specifically municipalities
the mpositionopere,
record of the absences of myself and any of critical probably because theyhad been get- shet fi is not protects subject to clerk's such a so
my staff for many years back. They did not ting a lot of flak themselves over their at- tact by eleced members. If he can
whim -
ask to see these records. titude towards the county raises. sical charged the some wrongdoing, then of
Previous councils have been content to set Once again I offered to work a few even- coursehthat with a somatter.
the policy of how many holidays an ings and the following weekend to put theSought differentm
employee gets for length of service and then town's portion of the overall budget together I was encouraged Counsel a number of people
leave the organizing of holidays to the as far as possible so' that I could take my to council's action.nI e
various department heads. I am unaware of holidays as planned. There was no response. lawyer, challenge and. negotiations have continued engaged a
any problems in the past. I reminded them that if I did not take my til two n which time I have
Long Hectic Day holidays at the time planned, a time that been receiving weeksago during and owme I and
Since it was now around 11:30 p.m., the of -had beenthe scheduled since lasttic October, s have indeed retained the title of would be out the cost of two plane tickets clerk -
treasurer for the town.
To save a court case and the costs of a
case, council has asked for an out of court
settlement which will see me receive and
additional 17 months full pay an
allowances based on my 1985 salary plus a
raise for 1986. In addition, and to be paid to
me concurrently over the first 14 months of
this agreement, I will receive an additional
six months (less 3-% days) of full pay for
some unused sick leave, plus a portion of my
legal fees.
All in all a total payout to me of over two
years when you consider•that I have already
received two additional ,Months,
If I had been, guilty of „any, 'wr'ongful act
that hadArt ghist of bl a urt case,
why wsi�4tttth �u
ficial meeting was long over, and only
criticism in general of me seemed to be hap-
pening, I stood up and asked the mayor if he
had any further business to discuss. When
he replied in the negative, I told council it
was not very nice working where I was ob-
viously not trusted, and since I had already
put in about 14 hectic hours that day,
perhaps we should consider my resignation,
if they could not trust me. I then left with the
mayor's permission.
Around 11 a.m. the next day, I was inform-
ed by letter that my presence was requested
ata special meeting to be held that night at 9
and I would still have to hire someone to go
to Florida to pick up my neighbor's car.
They did not offer to pay any of these costs,
or compromise.
Mrs. Jefferson, my wife and I were asked
to leave the room and when we returned in
perhaps 30-45 minutes, I was told that I was
being put on a paid leave of absence starting
the next day and until March 28, and council
wanted me to meet with the town solicitor,
Beecher Menzies, to negotiate a mutually
acceptable retirement plan which would
become effective April 16. I was given no
p.m. alternative.
My wife and I arrived at the town hall a I was told that I would not even be given
few minutes before 9 p.m. and walked down the chance of putting the minutes of the
the centrahhallway towards the front lobby previous night's meeting on the dictaphone
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from the hallway to the lobby, two members presence, preferring to sit looking at the I regret ttoo,, ,.. a fittancia�.:burden that
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