Loading...
The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-01-11, Page 31 T .Council BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER Councillor Jim Searls, Councillor -Elsa Haydon and Mayor Harry Worsell voted Mogtday evening against a motion by Reeve Eileen Palmer and Deputy -reeve Bob Allen to ask Huron County Council to increase their annual ,support to Goderich Municipal Airpdrt. The motion noted that- the town• wishes to acquire three lakefront lots for, future airport expansion. The purchases would be staged over three years - one in 1979, one in 1980 and one in 1981. Currently the county pays $16,000 per annum, towards the operating expenses of the airport., The motion asks that the county now pay an amount equal to 50 per cent of the airport losses to a maximum of $23,000 upon receipt of an annual statement. • Councillor Elsa Haydon said she was in favor of asking the county to contribute a greater share of the expenses at the airport, but claimed she was not in favor of the purchase of three 4- akefront lots to allow further airport expansion. The recorded vote, however, approved the motion by a vote of 6-3. +++ Councillor Elsa . Haydon,. Councillor John Doherty and Deputy -reeve Bob Allen voted in favor of allowing commissioner of works Ken Hunter to attend an -upcoming parks convention in Hamilton, but in a recorded vote the remainder of council vetoed the idea. Hunter is scheduled to attend two other meetings out of town, and some council tnem- bersrfelt he would be much more valuable at home than at a parks meeting. Councillor. John Doherty, chairman of Parks, had hoped Hunter could go to relieve him of the responsibility. Doherty, who has been iII and off work for sometime, had suggested he did not wish to leave his job for the .meetings even though it would require only one d -ay away from duty. However, after council turned down the proposal to send .Hunter to • the convention, • Doherty announced he would attend. Councillor Elsa Haydon will be attending the, conference as a member of the Ontario Parks Association. . + + j-. Councillor James Magee said he'd like to see, the site lines to the harbor .cleared during •the winter SQ that -summer picnickers could enjoy the view from just about. anywhere along the top of the bank where there a,re picnic tables situated. "People come for miles to picnic in Goderich," - said Magee. Councillor Elsa Haydon, a member of the parks committee, said the department' .vas already doing much of this work during the winter -months. She also claimed that a more ---=earefu•l-positioning-of•the tables would riefs. +++ Ed Scruton's recent resignation from the Goderich Volunteer Fire Brigade was not ac- cepted by the firemen, and on Monday evening, town council concurred with the brigade's decision. Scruton, on staff at the airport, isn't available` ;,to attend daytime fires and felt he should resign from the fire fighting team. But the firemen disagree, saying Scruton is a trained fireman arid could be of great benefit to the brigade even in limited participation.µ The firemen also believe that as a trained firefighter, Scruton is also more valuable to the town at the airport. Ken Hunter, commissioner pf works, pointed out that the nature of Scruton's job makes it impassible to leave during the day, even for a fire. The resignation of Howard Aitken from the Goderi.ch Tourist Committee has been accepted by council, and the position will be filled by Bert Squires. Reeve Eileen Palmer also requested that the tourist committee make a renewed effort to get their minutes to the council table more promptly than in thepast. +++ The traffic committee report caused some dismay for some members of town council Monday evening. It appears there is much disagreement over the new regulations involving cars parked on the roads during the winter months, hampering snow removal crews in their work. ' It has been Agreed by. the • traffic com- mittee...and approved by council' .that cars will only be towed away when they interfere with snow removal. At other times, they will be ticketed under the•byiaw. Fine is $3. It was learnedthat on one evening recently, 53. warning tickets were issued by Dick Eisler, bylaw control evening. The next evening, only 13 of the same cars were left on•the road. "People are complying with the regulation,". said Deputy -reeve Bob Allen. "There has been a marked improvement. Councillor Jim Searls of the traffic committee didn't agree with intermittent towing. He said either the bylaw` is enforced 'from November through March or it isn't. He felt the municipality houldn't tow cars away on some nights...and not on others. "It would beinice if we could say that people should take their cars off the streets on Friday nights because that's when it's going to snow," said Allen. The deputy -reeve said --that when snowisn't'a problem, the cars won't be towed away but they. Will be ticketed. • There is a further regulation now regarding. parking on municipal streets. Cars may only be parked on the street for 24 hours at a stretch. The bylaw „was extended in recent y�rr_s-to48 hnnrs, but du, to some problems the time limit reverted to the previous requirement of 24 hours. 1 The Goderich recreation board held its inaugural meeting January 4 and Mary Donnelly was 're-elected chairman of the board for the next term. Jon Ginn was eiected as board vice-chairman: In •her address to the board chairman Donnelly said that .the recreation board had a • respon- sibility to the people of Goderich to. provide activities for their leisure time. "Perhaps we were too concerned with sports in Civic Corner • The Goderich PUC will meet on Thursday, January 11 at 7:30 p.'m. The. Property Com- mittee of G'oderich,Town Council will meet on Monday, ' January 15 in the council chambers' at town hall starting at 1:30 p.m. A Committee of Council will . meet on Monday, January 15 in the council chambers at town hall beginning at 7:30 p.m. ' The Parks Committee Will meet on Tuesday, January 16 in the council chambers at town hall at 2 p.m. The Huron County Plapning Board will' meet on Tuesday, January 16 - in the council chambers • at- the Court House in Goderich at 10 a.m. The Airport Committee will meet on Wednesday, January 17 in the council chambers at town hall beginning at 8 p.m.. Maybe the best way to live happily ever after is not to be after too much. POLAROID ONE STEP The least expensive camera for brilliant 3 x 70 pictures. Just aim and shoot. That's it. • Motorized and fully automatic. • Uses brilliant s®If-developing sx-70 flim •:Nevor needs battering. ONE WEEK ONLY $34?.5 HURON C/�MERA CENTRE 112 The Squa d Sioderlth 324-7024 cnairman the past," Donnelly said. "Now people have more leisure time and, the board leisure_ a responsibility to cater to all needs." Board members in- clude Randy Smith, Bob Cornish, Jon Ginn, Bob 'Gibbons and Bill Kirkey. Both Gibbons and Kirkey. were reappointed by council for another term. 'The council representative on the hoard are Elsa Haydon and John Doherty. Mayor Harry Worsell is also an ex -officio member of the • hoard. Board meetings are held on , the fourth Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. and will now he held. 'in council chambers. •The meetings are open to the public. • IOW TO FACE YOUR REFRIGERATOR You don't have to r;IvP It the cold shoulder lust because you're trying to lose weight Well show you how to outsm'art.tl, anti sell :enjoy delxaous food. It's•all part of our own. aOisi idlrxirt'cation method, especially designed .for us by world•renowned behavioral psychol'ot3ist. • Dr Richard B Stuart So loin a Weight Watchers' meeting today Then you'll be able to face your refrigerator And yourself YOI,I RE THIS CLOSE TO LOSING WEIGHT ST. PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH PARISH HALL • SIDE ENTRANCE NORTH ST. WED. 7:00 p.m. FOR CLASS INFORMATION CALL LONDON 1-519-455-5100 .ENROLL AT ANY CLASS ° First meeting Fee $10 all other meetings $4 Special senior citizen 8 student rate first treating $5 All other meetings l2 FREE EACH MONTH Each memo •hembers 1,1 9u' passes rere.,e We qrt Wetrhers rnagar rr a ot0I..tery FREF WEIGHT WATCHERS The Authority Weh$'a, Easte• ° Cahada 1.,41.tpei A.0.14(.zed.13t•r >7r Ing rade n Oe a e4q't 14etr oar. wa,t' W.,r, Me', !r, 1 ' ' 4'5 peq,eiered 4 THE GOI)ERICH SIGNAL=STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY x_1979 -PAGE 3 hoard. wants to look aft BY DAVE SYKES The Goderich recreation board again .ldiscus.sed the feas'irbility of persuing responsibility for the maintenance of Agriculture Park by • utilizing the third arena staff person during the summer months. • At the boards regular monthly meeting last week chairman Mary Donnelly discussed the possibility of having the third arena staff person working at Agriculture Park du;y-ing the summer months maintaining the. soccer and ball fields and the grandstand. Bill Mclssac, the third staff person at the arena, is employed at the arena during the ice season and then manages the marina from May to October. Donnelly said that with completion of the grandstand it would make sense to have Mclsaac work at Agriculture Park during the summer, instead of the marina. The board previously had a working arrangement with the town's parks department, who maintained the parks soccer field and ball diamonds and were then to charge the cost back to the recreation board. Fortner parks chairman, Elsa Haydon, said that unfortunately the costs were never charged back to the board but were 'included in the parks budget. Haydon commented that as parks chairman she had approached the board about assuming responsibility for the park but at that time the hoard felt that the parks department should maintain the park because they already had the _equipment and manpower to do it. "You told us to look after it and then charge the board but we paid the bill," Haydon said. "It makes • sense for the look after the park but the third person is, not the ans er. Students could be hired at a cheaper rate." Board members were in general agreement that a student or students could be hired to main- tain the ball diamonds and clean up the gra.rt- dstand after racing but that the parks crew would still have to letok after grass cutting because theykbaVe the equipment. The cutting takes at least r park a day to complete on a once a week basis. • Bob Gibbons told board members that €he grandstand is still the responsibility of the Sports. Committee until it is paid for. GoderichLittle Presents "The Four Poster' Comedy in 3 Acts By Jan de Hartag Directed by Eleanor Robinson i heatre 1 ATTENTION: 3 NIGHTS ONLY Thursday, Feb. 22, Friday, Feb. 23, Sat., Feb. 24 Curtain at 8:30 p.m. MacKay Hall Goderich, More Details Later 21]T'y clear theU8r. All -EaNGDRESSES- / 2 PRICE Spec'i�<`ack of $ SWEATERS 00 s If Special Rack of $ BLOUSES All other FALL & WINTER STOCK INCLUDING ACCESSORIES OFF 11 .11�- 1 All O/� SWEATER COATS 4 0OFF r No Exchange or Refund on Sale Merchandise 6 ecioaes d'ose/ 36 North St. Shoppers Square Goderich • 524-8572 +t; s t ii��itt`rt VISA t i OPEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS ALL YEAR ROUND 4