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Zurich Citizens News, 1976-11-24, Page 2Page 2 -Citizens News, November 24, 1976 Issues Hay township held a ratepayers meeting Tuesday night at the township hall in Zurich to give, the ratepayers a chance to meet those nominated for council and ask any questions they saw fit. Over 40 people attended the meeting. Joe Miller, a candidate for deputy -reeve, informed the gathering he would let his name stand. He went on to give some of his views on what should be done within the township saying they need a by-law to cover ex- isting ground level lagoons. Mr. Miller added the township would soon be starting on a secondary plan and hoped all ratepayers would have an input into this process. Claire Deichert is the other candidate for deputy reeve, however, Mr. Deichert did not raise an opinion on any issues discussed during the course of the evening. One candidate for council is Lionel Wilder. He said he was more or less the senior member of council and said that if elected he would definitely step up in two years time. However at the pre- sent time he does not feel it is possible. Mr. Wilder said the township has built up close to 15 miles of road lin the past couple of years and added the blacktop road between Zurich and the boundary line definitely needs some atten- tion right away. Mr. Wilder also said he believ- ed a new tanker is very impor- tant to go out with the fire truck and the only one available now is often out with the road crew. Lloyd Mousseau has served three years on council, winning one election in that time. He agreed another tanker is necessary for fire protection, He also said he had considered step- ping up in council this year but his job will not allow him the time. Tony Bedard has been on coun- cil for two years and is letting his name stand for another term. Donald Geiger has never been on council but has been involved with the recreation committee. He said he knew some people were opposed to the $15 they must pay to use the Zurich arena and expressed confidence that with some time the problem could be resolved. Gerald Shantz stated he felt better communications between the communities is very impor- tant and said he would like to run for council on the issue of getting "better service to a better com- munity". This feeling'was echoed by the ratepayers themselves later on in the meeting when council was coming under heavy fire for the condition of the roads in the township. One ratepayer said he had a bus route which ran in both Hay and Stanley townships and there was no comparison in the roads. Stanley roads were much better and there definitely seems to be a problem in Hay. Mr, Wilder noted the reeve - elect. of Stanley, Tom Consitt was present and asked him if they leave a crown on Stanley roads. Mr. Consitt replied he did not want to get involved in the issue, but said the grader usually makes two trips up and back the roads and that Stanley uses calcium on the roads in the spr- ing and puts gravel on in the fall. Mr. Wilder suggested it might be a good idea for Hay to try and do the same. Jack Tinney addressed the ratepayers saying he wished another two years as reeve as he has enjoyed the last two. He said he felt a reeve should not let his council know what he's thinking and that is the way he has played it. He also said it is more dif- ficult being a reeve because the reeve is expected to be polite. He informed the meeting he was against _ any reduction of per- sonnel at County Council level and that he had stated this plain- ly while on the committee study- ing the possibilities. Mr. Tinney said he realized not enough money is being spent on recreation and he would like to see more. Joe Hoffman is the other can- didate for the office of reeve. He stated he thought perhaps the mill rate should be raised for recreation or whatever the NATIVITY SCENE CROCHETED—Left, Mary Ellen Ducharme and Cathy Smith arrange a nativity scene which was crocheted by Mrs. Florence Legault, the kindergarten teacher at St. Boniface. The St. Boniface students held a bazaar last Sunday to raise money for Brothers and Sisters working with the poor in Peru. A draw was held for the nativity scene. Photo by McKinley Recreation main issue (continued from page 1) member of the Hay recreation committee disagreed saying, "I understood we (the rec commit- tee) only had $3,500 and our job was simply to allocate this money." Mr. Miller replied, "No, that is wrong." However, later in the meeting Councillor Mousseau said that while the recreation committee is supposed to set up the budget and then council approves it, last year the council did set the limit and all the recreation committee did was allocate these funds. Mr. Tinney said he felt one of the problems was the youth of the recreation committee in that it has only been in opera- tion for the past two years. He added that the committee couldn't operate anything with- out volunteers and in the past council has had a hard time trying to find any. Mr. Miller than asked the ratepayers present if they felt it was justified to tax Hay and give only to the Zurich arena. This evoked cries of "That's not what we're saying" from the ratepayers. Mr. Miller then reminded them that 80. percent of the recreation budget for Hay town- ship stayed in the Zurich - Dashwood area. To this the ratepayers replied, "Then the budget is not enough," Mr. Miller responded by say- ing "Don't put all the blame on council. We asked for input into the recreation committee and we didn't get much. He then went on to say he hoped the Zurich recreation committee would invite the Hay recreation committee and ex- plain the situation to them be- fore the new budgets are set. Fred Haberer, reeve of Zur- ich but also a ratepayer of Hay township told the meeting the Zurich council'had decided it would be necessary to talk to the township about recreation, but that the Zurich council felt it should be done first at the heads of council level. Mr. Miller said he hoped . it would be on a broader scale than just people. Mr. Haberer assured him this would just be a start, that the main objective was to improve communica- tions between the two groups. Mr. Mousseau said he felt Mr. Haberer had a very good idea, and agreed there was a definite lack of communica- tion. ratepayers desire. A ratepayer agreed saying if there is not enough money available to fix the roads proper- ly and pay towards the arenas as well, then the taxes should be raised until the township can meet its obligations. Mr. Miller then asked for a show of hands asking how many people would Iike to have their taxes raised for better roads, Many hands shot into the air and cries of not just better roads but better service were heard. When asked if there had been an agreement reached with Dashwood over fire protection in that end of the township Mr, Tinney shook his head saying, no, the council had been hoping to hear from Dashwood but so far had heard nothing. Joy Hogg demanded to know why council felt they had to wait, why council couldn't make the first move. Mr. Tinney replied they could and if he was still reeve, he would. Another ratepayer responded to this saying the agreement had to be reached this year as the present one ran out January 1 as he understood it, Mr. Tinney replied this was true. 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