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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-12-16, Page 11Municipal emplo es get 6%-:10.1to:/.....tip.:coOrktil raise The timing of raises for members ,of Goderich Town Council was : the first argument Leroy -Harrison had when he came Onto .the municipal scene . four. years ago,and oddlyenough, it was, the last argument be had before ending his ter•m• on c'ouncilMonday evening. At that meeting, Finance .Chairman 7Clifford- aril?. coitcintattee member nCounc iIor. EIsa::Haydon •rought, in, a iitotion too ant ... h tpprease ,of six per - ;€ii Cter 19-7basic s"clary rate to all municipalemployees and .to members of . Goderich Town Council as permitted under " the Anti -Inflation Board regulations. "The increase must come," stated Clifford. "To delay it would really prove. nothing." , "This was my first battle when I came on council and it looks like it will also be my last," said Councillor Harrison. who reminded the finance committee of his conviction that motions for raises for council members ,should be brought in before municipal elections, not after. • "If this had been introduced before the election it would have been a dif- ferent matter, stated HarriSan. "But now I consider this a little sneaky, slipping it in like this along with the motion for the raise for -.the municipal 'employees."' "I resent the implication this is sneaky, or that anything, has been slimed in," retorted an angry Deputy- reeve Clifford. "Your Worship, I as motion be tabled," said Harriso "That moon is out of \ ,o; med Mayor Deb Shewfelt. "It is not .out of order," Councillor Harrison. • However, the mayor decided to put the original motion to council. In a recorded. vote, those voting in favor of the raises for .both the municipal employees and the council m.etnbers were Councillor Bob ' Allen,. ,Councillor Etsa Haydon, Deputy -reeve Bill Clifford and Mayor Deb Shewfelt. • Those opposed .were Councillor Leroy Harrison,, Couffcillor Dave Gower, Councillor Jim Peters and. Reeve tan Profit. ,Councillor Fj ink Waikom was absent due to an ankl>~ injury.,.. ? The tie vote resulted d in being lost. A new motion was •brough. forrt1 almost; immediately, .howe'we,E, which passed unanimously?: This. motion was to grant the municipal e. plo. ees a siX percent increase, effective 1977: There was no provision it the motion for an increaseitf salar ':for council members, although some council members indicated later in the meeting the issue was "rio-dead"'. rtro• rion; •At the close of the meeting, Councillor Harrison made wjiat he tel med. ' his, "swan song", but indicating his in- tention to make another•'bid for council .. at some other.time. arbor contract awarded The London office •of the Canada Department of Transport has announced the awarding of a contract for fendering work at Snug Harbour to.• George L. Dillon Construction of Tecumseh in the amount of $13,975. In all, nine bids were received'. Second bidder was Anchor Construction of Richmond Hill at . $14,172.00, ' and the third. bidder was Nordic Contractors, Singhampton, $14,560.00. The •contractor will be fabricating fender units in his. shop in Tecumseh this month and expects to arrive on the site early in. January for installation. McDowell Construction of Exeter, to. replace the gabion baskets at the southeast end of the harbour with a sloping wall, should be finished by the end of December. Adverse With reasonable weather • the project manager of Public Works expects the work will be completed early . in February. Mr. McKinley was advised that the work proceeding by GIad Tidings • As the - result of an order for 121 machines from Zambia, the Dominion Road Machinery Company an- nounced late last week that it has begun calling back employees placed on layoff on November 12, to r According to General Manager John Cook, the .road grader manufacturing firm,will progressively recall the 58 employeek who had been laid off until all are. back on the job by January 1: . Mr. Cook also credited an improvement in "overall. economic conditions" with helpingthe company go back into- full production, and said the outlook for motor grader equipment sales "has begun to improve". He predicted a period of stability for employment during thenext four to six months, Dominion Road Machinery - is Goderich'`s largest employer providing 875 jobs under normal conditions. weather had held up in- stallation. It is felt that this sloping wall will eleviate the surge problem to a considerable extent. Through the facilities of the local. Salvation Army and with the assistance al the Goderich Kinsmen Club, the Huron County Children's Aid Society -, will be able to make Christmas a happy time for its wards and for children of underprivileged families. Local residents have placed gifts in drop boxes located throughout the community by the Kinsmen and CAS Christmas co-ordinator Dorothy.Seott,. center, is sorting and assigning the gifts as they arrive at the Salvation Army headquarters. Kinsmen George Hiles, left, and Dan McHardie help Mrs. Scott unpack one of the drop boxes. Gifts suitable for teenagers are still in very short supply Mrs. Scott reports. (staff photo) • t 1'29 YEAR -51 mmuzgs THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1976 EPS SINGLE COPY 25c Consultants cleared to file NIP application urns It was a wrap-up meeting Monday evening for Goderich Town Council. 'Members worked their way through a long agenda, much of which was deferred until 'the first regular meeting of the 1977-78 • council in January. . ni,uc When the tug Atoininiput out to ald the Ice jammed salt boat Agawa Canyon on Wednesday morning, packed ice in tine Goderich harbor channel made'things difficult for her as well. She finally broke through on Wednesday morning and helped the Agawa Canyon make:her way to the open lake. (staff photo) wor Some matters were reviewed, however, such as the request of :Paul Zurbrigg: for rezoning of his property on Bennett Street East. On October 5, the Goderich and Area Planning Board agreed to recommend to town council that Lot 53 be rezoned to permit construction of a home. On November 8, town council gave the: bylaw a first reading, but since that tithe nothing has been done on the. matter.- Mr. Zurbrigg won- dered when he could expect some action. Councillor Dave Gower, also chairman of the planning board, said the subject had been tabled until the costs to service the area could be determined by, the town's engineer Burns Ross. kt At this point it was ,learned that Mr. Ross claimed. he'd never been requested by the town to estimate costs in connection with this lot. "Obviously we're not going to get it if we don't ask for it," admitted Gower who said he'd made it a motion to have, the administrator write to Mr. Ross asking for study of the costs to service the lot. Later in the meeting itwas determined that Mr. Ross had been advised by letter from the planning board in late • rap -.up' meed over. to new coi August to look into • the costs of servicing the lot. . Mr, Zurbrigg told council that in his opinion, there was no reason the matter couldn't proceed. He said the. necessary services were closeby, and that the planning board had recommended the zoning .change because it could see no interference with any futuredevelopment in that area. He felt: the bylaw should be brought forward immediately and given a second and third reading. • Reeve Stan Profit objected' to council "running for the hills" at the request of Mr. Zurbrigg. He insisted it would be "out of order" to put the bylaw on the agenda at this meeting. • "In all fairness, this came to council several . months ago," stated Mayor Deb Shewfelt who . supported, passing . the bylaw. "This is just -another case of no follow through by this council." Councillor Elsa Haydon said she had wondered why , the whole matter hadn't been cleared away sooner. , She received council's support for. her motion to ask the engineer to prepare the costs for servicing the lot. in time for the next regular council meeting in January: -HERITAGE BYLAW DELAYED A letter from the Goderich Architectural Conservation. Advisory • Comniittee reminded council of another matterwhich had been left undone. Council was to have- passed avepassed a bylaw under Section 40 of the Ontario Heritage Act to permit a. Heritage Con- servation District Study (continued on page 20) uron Board will lease ri of Conestoga College •The Ad Hoc Boundary Committee of the Huron County Board of Education brought in a recommendation at the regular meeting on Monday afternoon that the ; Board enter into an agreement with Conestoga College to lease a part of their building in Vanastra for the purpose ofestablishing an elementary school. In a report accompanying the recommendation the committee noted thatit realized the overcrowded conditions at Clinton Public School caused by the number. 'of pupils attending from Vanastra and was aware of fact that Hensah and the . •Zurich schools had some extra space for pupils. Because of this fact, ihe ...........t explained that a • Godenclr. PastOf#ice lists holiday hours Goderich Postmaster M. T. Parnsworth this week an- nounced the closing times effective at the local post office over the holiday period. There will be delivery service on Saturday, December 18 and wickets • will be open normal hours that day, between 8:30 a.m, and 12:30p.m. Wintario Winners The five winning numbers in the December 9 Wintario draw are: 64938 in series 42;. 98707 hi series 23; 533I8 in series 25; 48457 in series 19;. and 25871 in series 44. Next draw is December 26 in Toronto. The Post Office will close at 3:45 p.m. both Friday, December 24 and ' Friday, December 31. The mail will close -at 1:15 p.m. for despatch on those two days andstreet letter boxes will, be cleared four hours ahead of regular schedules. The Post Office 'wild be closed on Saturday, December 25 to Tuesday, December 28 inclusive and Saturday, -January 1 to Monday, January 3 inclusive. 'Mr. Farnsworth also noted that on January 1, 1977 the international mailing rate for countries other than the United States will increase frotn 20 cents to 25 cents. community meeting had been held : in Huron Centennial • School on October 6. "As a result of that meeting," the' report ex- plained, "it was agreed that the committee would meet with three members of the community to discuss further the problems in that area of the county." Representatives elected by those present at the meeting were. Paul Steckle of Stanley Township, Hank Binnendyk of Tuckersreith Township and Ben Bridges of Vanastra. That enlarged committee met with officials from Conestoga College for the ' purpose of discussing the possible use of part of the former elementary school in Vanastra, now owned and operated by Conestoga College. As a result the Board of Governors of Conestoga College has approved a plan whereby the Huron County Board of Education may lease the South Wing of the building for the purpose of operating an elementary school. A list of gene al terms were provided to the Board • by Kenneth Hunter, president of Conestoga College. The cost of rental would be $2.215 per square foot for 9078 square feet and a total of $20,107.77 per year. This cost includes all utilities, janitorial services and janitorial supplies. Cost of rental, it was suggested, would increase, or decrease,- each year ac-' • cording to the inflation factor per the consumer index of Canada. Cost of snow removal would be paid on a shared basis. Mr, Hunter suggested that the lease would be effective September I, 1977, and would be for a period of three years with annual .cancellation option. The Huron 'County Board. of Education would have the first right of ;pur- chase if the building were offered for sale. The part . of the building which would be made available to the Huron County Board of Education would be the. South Wing: The Playroom would be made available on a shared basis with the college. The division would be made where there are existing doors between the two wings of, the ;building. The total considered area, of square feet includes one half of each the playroom and the boiler room: The committee's report noted that in order to make this space available to the Huron County Beard,'certain renovations would -.be. necessary such as the making available of space for storage' and the removal of counters. These renovations it was suggested, . would . be com.. (continued on page 20) NOTICE The carry over line from the story entitled Deborah's; Christmas - Business .1►e • Usual which appears on the front of the second section of this newspaper is missing, The story is concluded on page 16 A.