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development is important and you should
be commended for zoning industrial land,"
he said. "It is also important to have a
fund to assist with the acquisition of land
for industrial purposes."
The Goderich Economic Development
Committee was seeking input on measures
it could take to improve its profile to
prospective industry and invited Nelson
to a meeting last week. Nelson said he
could help the committee assess and
establish its priorities; he could help the
committee develop a strategy and he could
bring members up to date on federal
provincial funding programs. -
The town was urged to fill out a
municipal industrial survey sheet an-
nually, information from which is passed
on to businessmen by the miitistry office
when requested. Nelson explained that if
the ministry does not have up-to-date
information on a municipality, it tends not
to suggest it.
Nelson outlined some of the over 200
development and loan programs
available, many of which offer loans of up
to$500,000 at the going rate of interest.
Committee chairman, Jack Brady, said
it was a prdblem for his conunittee and
town officials to keep track of the gover-
nment
overnment programs and be able to quote the
terms to prospective businessmen. The
town has had three serious inquiries lately,
he explained, but was not familiar with
incentive or loan programs.
"Industry looking for a location must be
aware or made aware of the programs,"
he said. "The town has only four acres of.
serviced land and we are limited to the size
of industry we can attract."
Nelson will meet with the committee
again to review many of the government
programs that could be applicable to the
municipality.
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A $1.6 million construction project at the Goderich pollution control
plant, which essentially doubled the capacity of the plant, is now
complete. Official opening ceremonies will take place at the site
Thursday, November 3 at 2 p.m. The public is invited to tour the
plant between the hours of 2-7 p.m. Construction began at the site in
March 1982 and this aerial view shows construction during June
1983. ( photo by Dave Sykes)
$1.6 million project is complete
Town of Goderich officials are proudly
opening two brand new facilities this week.
The Honorable James Snow, Minister of
Transportation and Communication,
assisted with the official opening
ceremonies at the Goderich Municipal
Airport Tuesday to mark the opening of the
terminal building.
On Thursday, November 3, the town,
along with the Ministry of the Environment,
will publicly unveil the results of an am-
bitious expansion program at the Goderich
pollution control plant at the end of Sunset
Drive.
Work on the expansion project at the
pollution plant began in March 1982 and the
$1.6 million project doubled the plant's one
million gallon capacity. The plant now has
the capabilities to serve a population of
20,000.
The ministry picked up almost 70 per cent
of the cost of the project with the town
chipping in $430,000. The expansion program
involved the construction of two primary
settling tanks, a primary pump house, an
aeration tank, a final settling tank and pump
house, a sludge tank and an addition to the
main administration building.
The pollution plant facilities will be of-
ficially opened Thursday at 2 p.m. Mr. D.
McTavish, regional director for the Ministry
of the Environment, London will represent
Minister Andy Brandt at the opening
ceremonies.
The pollution control plant v ill be open for
public viewing from 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday.
Hydro increases rates to utilities
The cost of electricity will be increasing
in the near future as local utlities pass on
rate increases effected by Ontario Hydro.
Last week the board of directors of
Ontario Hydro approved an average rate
increase of 7.8 percent for. 1984. Originally,
Hydro was seeking a 9.6, per hent increase
before accepting recommendations from
the Ontario Energy Board.
The average increase to Ontario's 320
municipal utilities will be eight per cent
and 7,6 per cent to the 106 large industrial
customers in the province. The increase to
individual utilities and industristl
customers, Hydro suggests, will vary
depending on local use and supply con-
ditions.
Hydro's more than 760,000 rural retail
customers will receive increases
averaging 7.5 per cent, which includes the
effect of rural rate assistance. The in-
crease will also vary from customer to
customer depending on classification and
use. For rural residential customers using
1,000 kilowatt hours a month, this will
mean an increase of about $3.40 on their
bills to approximately $55 a month.
It is not know what the rate increase will
do to the average homeowner's bill in the
town of Goderich. Acting PUC manager
Evert Middel said the PUC will meet
Thursday, November 10 to discuss the
increase in the cost of buying power from
Ontario Hdyro. Historically, the increase
passed on to local consumers has been
slightly less than the increase charged to
the local utility by Ontario Hydro.
It is expected that lecal'hydro rates'will
increase by approximately $2 to $3 a
month.
Hydro agreed to an Ontario Energy
Board (OEB) recommendation to defer
time -of -day rates and certain other costing
and pricing changes.
"But the board also has the respon-
sibility to Ontario Hydro financially sound
and to light borrowing levels where
possible," Hydro chairman Milan Nastich
said. "Hydro could not accept all the
recommendations of the OEB which would
have resulted in an average increase of 6.4•
per cent.
The chairman 'of sOI tario Hydro claims
' that despite the easing of inflation, price
increases throughout the economy affect
Hydro's rates. Citing interest rates and
fuel and equipment costs as examples,
Nastich said some costs are governed by
the marketplace.
Hydro has made an effort to reduce costs
by trimming budgets, cancelling
programs and reducing staff by 1,600.
Hospital board watching
financial situation very closely
Although Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital had an actual cash
surplus of $43,127 at the end of September,
the hospital board is continuing to watch
the financial situation there very closely.
At a recent board meeting, it was noted
that the housekeeping department,
radiology department and psychiatric unit
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month of September. Salaries alone for
these three departments were over by
$31,684 despite being offset by some other
departments which were under budget.
One of the main reasons given as an
explanation for this situation was the
amount of overtime caused by a much
greater workload at the hospital.
The board also learned that the $98,000
ambulance budget, which is separate from
the hospital budget, is over by $16,000. It
was noted that this has been caused in part
by a 33 per cent increase in the number of
ambulance calls.
The Goderich service not only covers
Goderich and area, but takes en -route
transfers to London from as far north as
Owen Sound and helps Seaforth which only
has one mobile unit.
The Finance Committee has called for a
summary of ambulance operations over
the past three years.
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