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GODERICH SI NAL STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTA
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own Council votes to
After a recorded vote which.
showed only Councillor Elsa
Haydon was opposed,
Goderich Town Council
agreed Monday evening to
accept an" offer from Borg=`,
Warner to purchase about.20
acres in Industrial Park, that
• , offer subject to some changes
as 'set out by .the Town of
- Goderich and translated into
the agreement by the town's
solicitor Dan Murphy.
Borg-Warner, a diversified
company, has not announced
what would be manufactured
at a Goderich plant if one was
established here, Aceordieg_
to Mayor Deb Shewfelt, the
company is. "working on a
process that can't ' be.
divulged"..•
A statement fom . Borg
Warner ° presented at.. the
meeting noted the. plant
would be constructed in
accordance with . Environ
mental. regulations and that
company . officials would
"ensure that only a high
quality, acceptable effluent is
discharged to the sewer".
The site chosen by Borg-
Warner is : directly behind.
Schutz°Motors, described as
'Lots 106 and 107 on .the
Maitland. cess ort. ..The
prime. of the land would be
$2,000 per acre since
negoti.ati,ons with Borg-
Warner have been going . on
for ' many months. ' New
prospective buyers .will be
quoted a price of $5,000 per
acre.
It has been estimated that a.
Borg-Warner plant in
Goderich would employ as.
high as 400 people.
"It w uld be a new 'cor-
porate entit' said "Mayor
-Shrewfelt.' "We 'need a,new
corporate entity."
MAIN DEMANDS
Councillor Haydon said that ,•
Members andfriends of Berea -By -The -Water Lutheran
Church in Goderich gathered Sunday morning at thesite of
their new church home at the corner of Gibbons and Sun
coast for the official groundbreaking ceremony. The'Rev...
Marvin Barz, pastor ofthe congregation, turns the -first sod
assisted byieft to right) John Leith,•trustee; James Hayter
Sr., .chairman of the congregation; Shirley' J. Keller,
president of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League;,
and Todd : Rittinger, representing .: the Sunday School
children: Smith Construction of "Seaforth will begin con-
struction of the new $100,000 church .building immediately
with an approximate three month period until completion.
(staff -photo)
Jellystone ovine
S
to produce approved plans
The question of'Jellystone Park in
Stanley Township ' was again before
County . Council on.Friday when the
report of the Board of -Health noted: that
it has authorizedtheissuance of an -order
to the registered owners of the park to
produce' approved engineer's plans for
sewage and water systems, and that the
Township of Stanley be`sdadvised.
It was learned that•the Medical Officer
Health
of Health and the Chief P:ubli
• Inspector had visited . th• large
recreational facility in Stanley ownship
anoroved
where • there has been
sewage installation for the trailer areas.
Dr. Frank Mills, Medical Officer -of
Health for Huron, was asked why it has
taken so long to get the approved plans.
Stanley Township Reeve Anson
McKinley '-noted that he' hoped'.the
council had some enforcement
authority.
"We have received no plans' of any
i lots • sewers or water
Dr. Mills explained that the operators
of the :park had indicated they would be
making application for approval, 'which
would involve fili:ng_of such:,plans, but
had, never done so. This. ' led to the
board's issue of the order.
"This is a, large park, and: we "Would
like to see it go," Dr,Mills noted, "but it ,
must go properly:" '
It was suggested that a number pf lots
had already been sold and Dr. Mills
reported having seen sold signs on lots
while visiting the park.. Mr. McKinley
pointed • ou,t however that the lots were
not sold as such, but leased under an
agreement which involved the purchase -
of shares since no severance was.
.possible on the propertyconcerned. -
"This' is a question far` the Ontario
Securities Commission," he said.
Dr. Mills' noted that the Ministry' of
Consumer Affairs had.expressed in-
tergst in that situation but that was an
affair for -the Ministry and not the Health
systems," he said: Unit.
• "Initially," • explained "the
developers presented a plan which:was
approved but ; since then they have -
changed their plans. We've seen sket-
ches but nearly everything is verbal'. NO
formal application has ever been filed."
In other business covered. by the Board
of Heath report it was noted that the
Board wished to go on record as being in
favor of the concept of.the formation of a
Huron Perth District Health Council and
further that the composition of the
council should be made up of one third
elected councillors, one third consumers
and one third health professionals.
The Board of Health also announced
acceptance of .a tender by Jim Hayter
Chev-Olds Limited of Goderich' fat' the
lease of two.four cylinder cars for 24
months, effective September 15, 1976, at
$140 per month plus Provincial Sales
Tax. - „
or
in her opinion, the town would
be "biting off more than we
can chew" if it ' approved
Borg-Warner" demands, as
presented in their coffer, to
purchase.
The company . had asked
that Suncoast Drive be ex-
tended from Highway 2.1 to,
Highway 8,• Crossing in front
of the' Borg-Warner property
and, being "fully • completed, _
graded and opened to) the,
public "prior . to- the c.on-
'struction of the plant; that a
10 inch waterline for domes-
tic water and a 10
inch connection for a fire
water line be provided; that
sanitary sewers and storm
sewers be instaljed; that a
hydro line 'capable of sup-
. plying 3, ,00-•aI VA -power he
available; thatg'as lines be
accessible; and that a
railway . siding be made
available to the rear or
southerly side , of the
property.
Mayor Shewfelt told council
the• necessary hydro line was
alrea.dythere. '
The railway siding brought
the greatest amount of
'discussion. According to.Gord
• Mclvfanus of the Industrial '
Commission, the town had
purchased •the said property
initially for -providing railway
access into.Industrial Park.
"It;wouldbe foolish to sell it
:and 'then have to negotiate
with ' Borg-Warner `.ler a;l
easement across the
property," • said Mr.
McManus; aw4i '
Mayor Shewfelt agreed and
said that an easement for the
,town across the property
would "definitelyhave'to be a.
provision in, any agreement
with Borg-Warner''. •
A :,statement from CNR
officials showed that under
normal circumstances, the
railway w.ould••consff'ucE the
lead track into Industrial'
Park. . •.
"Prior to undertaking
construction of lead tracks,
the railway must obtain
approval for authorization of
expenditures," the statement
continued. "This. is • deter-
• mined by the amount of rail
ttratito that would_ be
enerated=from the industries
involved adjacent to the lead
-track." _ . �.. -
"If the railway not able to
justify, expenditure, then ,it
would-be the responsibility of
- the municipality and the
industries to provide the
necessary lead track,
eluding the road ,
the ,Industrial Park.,". the
statement concluded. -
Council was, ;unanimous
that any agreement with
Berg -Warner would have , to
protect the town from
responsibility" to build'the
lead track in the event in:-
sufficient
n-
sufficient rail , traffic
prevented ;.the CNR from
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bed to serve
Hospital Auxiliary members convene
Stress need for volunteers
at fall conference at Knox
The fall conference of `the .
Hospital Auxili:a�ri,es•
Association. of Ontario
District 2 was held -Monday,
September 27 at Knox
Presbyterian Church with the
"' main emphasis on the in-
creasing need for volunteer
worker _
, Wit recent cutbacks in
hogp` tial budgets, more and
more volunteers are needed
to maintain the kind of care
and concern 'usually found in
•community hospitals. Sam
Banits, • administrator of
Alexandra Marine and
General' Hospital, spoke
briefly to the assennbiy:.and
said the trained professions
can provide the medical
needs ,df the patients,. while
'the volunteers are necessary
to carry out the "little ex-
'tras" LWhich make a hospital
stay-.niore pleasant.
•
'The volunteer's
•motivation is concern and
lo,e," said Mr. Banks. 'The
volunteer "'has a real and -
valuable job to'do."
He went on to say the need
in the nursing homes'. is
"equal to or greater than" the
need in community hospitals.
He ;called on the hospital
auxiliaries 'to "reach out
into the community to assist
any ancillary health care
facilities located there. 4 .
Mrs: Donald Wheeler, co-
ordinator of volunteer .ser-
vices at Bluewater Centre,.
asked for Volunteers at the
Centre who would act as
"foster parents" to residents
without families.
She• said that the Centre has
between 100 and 150 volun-
teers and she claimed that
volunteer programs result in
"better hospitals, better.
a!
comtla•un,"ities, better, in- during the severe sleet storm
dividuals". and resulting power failure
In her report, Mrs. Wilma' over an extended period early
Oke, Seaforth,.chairman of this' winter; and helping with
District 2, said the district senior citizens clinics."
has . 6,856 members who Ten workshops were held at
raised $187,211 in the past. the meeting, including one on
year: She said the district had "The Orientatipn of Volun-
provided $7,446 for education;, teers" and on "Community
$5,779 for bursaries and Personnel,"
scholarships ;'and $1$0,636 for
hospital.equip'ment. Mayor Deb Shewfelt
."Along with the regular brought greetings from the
services the volunteers Town of Goderich, and.Doug
provide . in their hospitals, McNeil, chairman of the
there seems to be no end to board . at Alexandra Marine
the contribution they make in and General Hospital com-
•special ways for patient. mended women's auxilaties
t. care," said Mrs. Oke," a'fld in everywhere. for their dtlt•gent
the community; - such as efforts on behalf of the
hiring a translator-counsellor.W- triunity hospitals. .
to, fill the needs of those District 2 is bounded by
patients who: do not.. speak 'Guelph on the.east; Mount
English; providing Meals and Forest on the . north;
accommodation for senior q' llsonbirg on the south; and
citizens at one small hospital Goderich on the west.
tom
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providing it. It was ; fui
agreed that if the town has to
buy property in connection,
with• the railway, the ex-
penditure should be shared
50-5.0 with Borg -.Warner.
- "The town has to ask itself
if -it is prepared to pay for
those' services," warned Mr
Murphy. "It has to` ask how
many of these services would
the town provide • anyway
whether' Borg Warner comes
here o:r not." a • • . +-
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"I think the town should
know now whether they are'
involved to finance and what
proportion they are going to
pay," • said town"engineer
B.M.
Deputy -reeve' Bi11' Clifford
admitted there Was "Un-
certainty as to costs and
obligations": 'The. mayor felt`
costs; for 'locating . Borg-
Warner in Goderich would '
Probably be :estimated this .
week.
here,. I'm quite. sure Borg-
Warner' will come, quite sure,
it will be clean industry
compared; .to what is already
here. The people in this town
want industry: to. come here.
. He : .moved ` that the
agreement, as amended, be.
signed and returned .to Borg-,
Warner. -Deputy reeve..
Clifford seconded the motion:'
• QUESTION OF COSTS, '.
• Councillor Haydon said that
it ' could 'be several years,
before 1 -Borg-Warner would
locate in Goderich. In that
case, the benefits of. 300-400
employees would be "years
off",as well.,.. `
"But they could build in six
months," she told.council,
"and Ate haven't even
bothered to figure the costs."
"Where is the money
• WHAT ABOUT •
POLLUTION?
•
AtheCoutsetrofLeth Warden/McKinley named
meeting, y
Harrison said he was "vitally
concerned" about the effluent - . 1 • - • '
which might be sent out, of at. o myro citizens -group
Borg-Warner plant here. He
questioned the fact that Borg-
ooming' from," asked
'Councillor Haydon wio
challenged Finance Cba r -
man Bill Clifford to tell het,
how the town would pay for .;
the services requested lay..•
�. q
Borg-Warner if the• company '. .
decided to locate: in Goderich`
in the near future
cant assess all ' that . •
u o that articullar •
account. t p
'industry" answered Mr,'
Clifford.""Much of ft :is. the"
long, term planning of the. .•
tolyl,. It will take. place.''
Councillor-''llaydon asked
for a recorded voter. `saying -
that "she would oppose *the
motion: because she :was
unable to approve it until she •
knew ' what • would be
manufactured at- the plant
'and , . what -costs . the _ town
would be liable to encounter 1
in the deal.. Hers was the only
dissenting 'vote.
•
Warner officials could 'not Warden J.L. McCutcheon,
divulge what they would be Reeve of Brussels, and Anson
manufacturing . in this: McKinley, _Reeve of ,Stanley
municipality. Township, were named by
"What have they got to•Huron - County Council on
hide?" ' asked Councillor--• Friday to serve as
Harrison. representatives on . the,
Councillor Haydon said she Regional Citizens Committee
Wasanxious to see industry of Ontario Hydro.
locate in Goderich, but added Ontario Hydro had
she would not want, tp invite requested that Huron County
"serious and dangerous • recommend two delegates for
pollution" to town along with" 'appointment to. a Regional
jobs for people.;. - Citizens Committee, to
"Is it a clean industry?" participate in'the planning
asked Councillor Jim Peters. process , by reviewing the'
"If itisnot;•foreet. it." need for electric power in the
He said any company area. • ••
"worth' its salt" : would be' • This, area will probably
pleased td." provide council include .,Huron, ' Perth,
with • a list of possible Wellington and Waterloo
pollutants from the plant. He : Counties:
.was „reminded .that the •The committee is expected
company had. agreed to ;to meet as often as twice. a
'comply with Environmental month for . six months to a
regulations, and that local year.
bylaws had the means to Ontario • Hydro had
control' most types sof suggested that possibly the'
pollution in ` "modern-day Planning Director and the •
plants. Development officer could
"The' Department • of the` serve on the committee as
Environment controls of Huron 'representatives.. but
fluent," ^said Councillor Bob- the councillors chose instead
Allen. "If itis not acceptable, to name two of their own as
they won't accept it," representatives, noting.
Mr. P Ross reminded • Mr. however that the Planning
Allen and councia that it is • °. Director and Development -
necessary to know'' the Officer would be available for
tit and the strep th of .. o inions _and consultation if
quantity g p
the waste.required:'
"The Environment controls` . Council0so named Warden
quality, but there is no limit John L. McCutcheon as the
on'quantity," said Mr County' nty' representa-tive to
°`It cnuld,mean doubling the serve ,on• the, Board. of
size of the sewage treatment.. Directors for the • Huron
plant at considerable cost to Centre for • Children and
the. municipality." • -Youth
At this point, 'Councillor The advisory and
Harrison stated: "I'm all for .nominating committee of the
i dt th' town I'll do Centre for Children and
n us ry tri. is•en
County designate one -of its
members as ,.a •represen-
tative.
The' executive committee
received approval for a
recommendation _ that the
Huron County Housing
Authority b.e. authorized' -to
use the County Creston their
letter head.as the Authority
had requested.
At the March 1976 session of
County Council a by-law was
passed providing for.. ap-
portionments to•be paid to the
County of Huron by two equal
instalments due .June 30 and
December 15, commencing in
1976 'ith penalties and
discounts.' set out as required,
by the Municipal Act.
Acting on a' recom-
mendation of the Executive
Committee, the council set,
down on'Friday just what
criteria would be used to
determine *the • amount of
discou it.or penalty payment.
The date the cheque is'
actually received in the office
of`the County Clerk Treasurer
will. be used in determining
the.: amount' •of .discount / or
penalty, not the datwhen the
cheque- was mailed. or post-
marked,
Three business days o
-grace,, excliuding Saturdays,
Sundaysand holidays;;will`be
allowed in —.'making the.
de.te minadon...
--Discounts , or penalties -,f
_i •
payable., will be payable from
the actual• due date.
• The rate `"'charged or
allowed will be the prime
borrowing rate of the County
in effect _ at 'the time of
pretty-nearanything to get it - Youth had asked that the -prepayment or defau t. .
.The Hospital Auxiliaries of District No. 2 held their fall
.• conference Monday at Knox Presbyterian Church, hosted
by the. WA of Alexandra Marine and General Hospital,
Pktured here are (back row, left to rights Jo Berry, con-
vener of the 'conference; Joan Thompson, chairman elect
from Waterloo; Mrs. Carlton 'J..Worseil, president of the
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Alexandra Marine and Genertal WA;' (front row, left to..
right) Wilma Oke, Seaforth, chairman of District 2.; and
• Mrs: Donald (Pat) Wheeler, co-ordinator of Volunteer "•
Services at Bluewater Centre, who was -guest•.speaker •for•
the day, (staff photo) •
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