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2-40DERICH bIGNAL STAR 111URSDA MARCH 2, 1107
Separate school finds expenses exe
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By'Susan White
Members of the Huron
Perth Roman Catholic
separate school board
learned. Monday night that—
expenses for 1976 exceeded
the board's budget by $77,453,
leaving the board with an
under -levy at the end of the,
year of $17,709. The actual
total expenditure in 1976 was
$3,987,794, compared to a
budgeted figure of $3,910,341.
Superintendent *of business
and finance Jack Lane ex-
plained that the increase was
almost entirely caused by
extraordinary expenses , an
increase in transportation
costs of $68,196, and an in-
terest payment on a deben-
Gocierich twp
set road
Goderich Township Council
approved its 1977 road budget
at the last meeting and plans
to spend $70,200 on con-
struction and $121,000 on
maintenance in 1977. The
budget also contains a
provincial construction
subsidy of $36,600 and a
rnaintenance subsidy of
$60,500.
The budget was submitted
by township road superin-
tendent Joe Potter who also
asked council to request a
supplementary subsidy of
$39,500 based on a proposed
construction program of
$79,000.
As well as -examining the
township road budget council
requested clerk Robin
Thompson to set up a meeting
between counc„il and engineer
Burns Ross to discuss future
projects. The meeting was
tentatively Set for March 7
and will highlight proposals
for an additional storage shed
needed by the township, a
study on the existing town-
ship garage and a study being
done on bridges in the
township.
In other business council
reviewed Mr. J. Sprackman's
request for. alleviation ot, a
letter of credit he posted as
developer of the Goderich
township shopping mall on
Highway 8 east of Goderich.
Mr. Sprackman, of Western
Auto Parts, wanted a per-
formance bond his firm
eissued when seeking a
building permit for the
project reduced due to the
budget
completion of construction of
the first phase of, the mall.
Council felt there was no
need for Mr. Sprackman to
provide a letter of credit for
Phase One of the project and
will review the situation
again when the next phase is
due to begin.
Council sent an application
to the Ontario Ministry of
Housing to permit the
township to participate in the
Ontario Home Renewal Plan
• -in 1977-78. The application
requests funds for the
township to lend to township
residents for renovation of
housing and also means the
township adopts the 0.H.I.P.
standards for residential
housing.
Building permits were
requested by Mrs. William
Trick for a permanent home
on the Bayfield Line; Neva
Diehl, who hopes to move a
summer home and add an
addition to it, spoke on
behalf of Mike Russelo; and
Sig Schulz who requested a
permit for a house. Council
issued the permits 'based on
the information provided and
ruled them valid if the Huron
County Health Unit approved
septic tank installations.
Don Taylor made a verbal
request for a permit to
operate a hog operation on
his farm and council delayed
the request until it can meet
with R.J. Fleming to discuss
standards for sewage
agoons.
Council also made a $100
donation to the Bayfield Fall
Fair
Co-sponsor
rec study
Huron County Council has
agreed to co-sponsor a
recreation study being
prepared in the Stephen
Township area.
The cost of the project is to
be approximately .$5,000
which will be totally borne by
the Ministry of Culture and
•Recreation. The County will
pay the authorized bills and
will then be reimbursed in full
by the Province.
County Development
Officer Spence Cummings
explains that the Ontario
Development Corporation
has asked for the study to see
just how much use facilities
at Huron Park could be put to
by residents of south Huron
and northern Middlesex
Counties.
Goderich Township Reeve
Gerry Ginn asked if this
meant that the ODC might'be
interested in funding similar
studies in other areas,
perhaps at Clinton.
"I wonder if they will pay,
for such work in other areas,
er just where ODC property is
involved," he observed.
Mr. Cummings said thathe
assumed the ODC would
t.
decide each case on its own
merits and noted that it would
likely depend on just how
much money the corporatitm
had to spend.
In other business arising
from the Development
Committee report, council
authorized placement 'of
advertising in the Huron Soil
and Crop News, cost not to
exceed $200, consisting of the
tree cutting by-law 'and an
article prepared by the
Ministry of Natural
Resources in conjunction
with the county tree com-
miiSioners and the
Development Committee,
The Development Com-
mittee also reported to
council that it had been in-
formed Bill Broadworth,
Associate Agricultural
Representative in Huron is to
become Agricultural
Representative for Thunder
Bay. Miss Jane Pengilley,
Home Economist, is also
transferring. ...to Wellington
County. Replacements, they
said, are expected to be
named shortly.
District deaths
William Pickett
William Hartford Pickett a
' Clinton native died in the
Maitland Manor Nursing
Home Goderich, on February
25th following a lengthy
illness, He was 90.
Mr. Pickett was the son of
' the late John and Emily
Pickett. He attended SS no.
11 Goderich Township public
school„Frorn 1913 to 1944 Mr.
Pickett farmed on the 13th
`concession of Goderith
Township before :coming to
work in Clinton.
In 1914 he married the' late
Anna May Colclough and the
couple moved to Clinton
home on
Orange -Street Clinton in 1944
after 30 years of farming.
Mr. Pickett was a member
of the Clinton Baptist Church
and served on the Church
He is survived by four
daughters ' Mrs. ,,,jarnes
(Madeline) Murray and Mrs.
Allister (Olive) Murray of
Varna, Mrs. Donna Hundt
Goderich, and Mrs. Jack
(NOrma) Shanahan, London,
two sisters Mrs. Orpha
McMichael Huronview and
Miss Ethel. Pickett, Clinton.
Also surviving' are .10 gran-
dchildren 28 great-
grandchildren amktwo great -
great -grandchildren. Mr.
Pickett was predeceased by
one daughter Lillian.
Pastor Bodenham of
Hensall officiated at • the
funeral seryicefroin the Ball
2F8utnhe. ral Home on February
Pallbearers were Steven
Shanahan,Paul Bonth,Garry -
Murray, Keith Kotesier, Fred
'Fansher and Vic Morrison.
• Flower bearers ' were
Vernon Morrison, Kenneth
Morrison and George
Colclough,
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ture for the gym addition at
Kinkora school of $13,569, less
a decrease in capital needed
for the Kinkora addition of
$6,523, for a total of $75,242.
The net increase in ordinary,
day to day operating ex-
penses was only $2,211. Three
new buses, and an increase in
bus operators' contracts
accounted for mast of the
transportation cost increaSe.
The average daily
enrolment in the Huron Perth
schools was , 38.55 over the
budgeted figure, giving the
boards more grant than was
expected. Per pupil ex-
penditure in the system in
1976 was $1,080.12, $31.11 per
-pupil under the grant ceiling.
Mr. Lane told trustees that
the cost of instructions was
$17,995 below budget because
of an Anti Inflation Board
roll -back of teachers'
salaries.
The underlevy of $17,709
be reduced somewhat
because the Ministry of
Education is adjusting in-
formation received from
municipal auditors on
payments that municipalities
receive •in lieu of taxes on
Ontario Rousing Corporation
properties. Mr. Lane said he
was able to point out to,the
ministry some errors in the
municipal figures and the
saving -to the board, might be
as much as $10,000. 'We
should know .the amount by
the end of March." he said.
The rest of the underlevy
results from a, mechanical
mistake that the board made
in reporting its transportation
expenditures to the ministry.
There is -no legislation that
says separate boards, unlike
public school ones who must
collect underlevies and give
back over levies, can't stay in
an underlevy position, Mr.
Lane said in answer\to a
question from Stratford
trustee Ron Marcy. "We
could stay with an underlevy
but it's not a good idea?"
replied Mr. Marcy.
"Right. It's better to
finance as you go," Mr. Lane
said.
Along with the cost of in-
struction, administration
costs, capital expenditures
and !KT epetOttg:,4*:
penditurerViere under budget
in 1976. TranSportetkokk
topped the list of over budget
expenses, followed by plant
operation and. maintenance
($17,318 over bUdget), the,
debenture debt charge, bank
borrowing charges ($6,902
over budget), tuition fees and
computer services.
The 1976 closing balance .
sheet showed that in-
structional supplies cost
about 12,000 under budget,
that business administration'
evenses were about $14,000
over budget, including $2,485,
for the Christmas party, $485
over what was budgeted for
trustees' entertaining. The
amount includes the board's
annual Christmas party and
for an annual dinner dance
for all staff, teachers and
their spouses.
Plant 'operation was only
about $300 over budget and
maintenance contractS were
$1,148 over budget.
The board is meeting
Wednesdayd night at the
board office in Dublin to set
the 1977 mill rate.
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John Fellows a grade two student at Robertson Public School was judged the top poster
painter in the Kinsmen Club Heritage Day contest recently, John was presented with a
Kinsmen award during the Club meeting on Monday evening by Kinsman John Hruden.
(staff photo)
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