The Huron Expositor, 1987-11-04, Page 1716A -- THE HURON EXPOSITOR, NOVEMBER 4, 1987
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Margaret Meave, Precious Blood School,
Exeter; and parents, Anne Melady-Chapin,
Dublin, Dr. Linda Steele, Sheila Rolph,
Anne Steward and Pauline Shore.
In other business the board granted Tina
Doherty, special education teacher at St.
Michael's . School, Stratford, a leave of
absence without pay from October 27, 1987
to August 30, 1988. A replacement teacher
has not been hired as yet:
Road •rebates
from page 3A
Every year, each municipality in the
county is assessed for its contribution to the
.�county_roadlev.y:At present._ however the
urban municipalities receive a 45,per cent
rebate on that levy since most have no ctn n-
ty roads - or very few - within their
boundaries.
This means, as• Mr. Mickie's handout
states, the towns' and villages are • con-
tributing 55 per cent of their apportionate
share toward county roads. If the rebate is
reduced, however, the urban municipalities
will be faced with paying 75 per cent of their
apportionate share to the county road
system in addition to a 100 per cent respon-
sibility for their own street program.
A survey of 10 nearby counties, including
—Huron; shows•-that=four—Wellington-Mid=
' dlesex, Lambton and Elgin - have set their
urban rebate 'level at the statutory,
minimum of 25 per cent, while just one,
Perth, is at the statutory maximum of 50 per
cent. •
Both Kent and Essex Counties have set
their level at 40 'per cent, while Grey.
County's urban rebate level stands at 35 per
cent: In Bruce, the level is at 30 per cent,
although Kincardine is allowed a 50 per cent
rebate since its main street has been assum-
ed by the county. .
Bayfield Reeve. Dave Johnston • said a
reduction in the rebates at this time would
be inappropriate. He urged the road com-
mittee to at least consider chasing in any
reduction over a period of several years to
avoid economic hardship to some of the
municipalities. In the past few years, Reeve
Johnston said, more than $2.3 million in ex-
tra provincial funding has gone, into the•
county road system.
"It seems to me that if this amount of
money is not enough to allow us to maintain
our roads, then a mere $170,000 is not going
to do it," he added,
In reply to questions, Mr. Merrall admit-
ted that there had been an increase in pro-
gincialfunding in the past three years, but
in -general, the funding direeted to county
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thside United Church in Seaforth.
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District Community Centres.
George and Florence Nesbitt
40th WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1987
, RECEPTION AT
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and regional roads has been decreasing
over the longer term.
Although Reeve Johnston and Reeve
Fisher were the only two village represen-
tatives to express their opposition, at least
to any immediate or sharp drop, each of the
towns' 'representatives at the meeting rose
to speak against the proposal. •
"I strongly believe it should stay as the' -
bylaw now stipulates (25 per cent),"'
Seaforth Reeve Bill . Bennett said. His
municipality depends on the rebate to help
pay for equipment used in maintaining its
main street, a county road, he added. '
--Wingham-Reeve'-Bruce-Machan,-Glinten
Reeve Bee Cooke and Exeter Deputy Reeve
Lossy Fuller also called on fellow members
of council to consider maintaining the status
quo.
Mr. Mickle called the five -to -six -mill in-
crease Exeter would face "unacceptable'''.
While the provincial government has been
generous in grants for the county, he said,
that generosity is not being shown in turn to
the towns and villages.
In 1981, when the county was getting less
in provincial grants, county council set the
urban rebate at 45 per cent, Mr. Mickle said.
"Now that the grants have increased, you
want to cut this back to 25 per cent." Hullett
Township Reeve Torn Cunningham said that
although the current urban rebate bylaw
was passed in 1981, the 45 per cent rate was
actually established much earlier, "as long
as I can remember." Goderich Township
Reeve Grant Stirling agreed and said the 45
per cent rate could have been.set as early as
1960..
Goderich Reeve Harry Worsell called on
council to "take a hard look at this." The
proposed reduction is a "slap in the face"
forthe county's towns and villages, he add-
ed, Goderich has no county roads within its
boundaries, Mr. Worsell said, yet the town
pays $118,000 to the county road system. To a
claim that some of the townships have more
miles of urban roads than some of the towns,
Mr. Worsell "challenged any township" to
match the more than 60 miles of roadway in
Goderich.
Hay Township Reeve Lionel Wilder, a
member of the roads committee, said he
made the motion in committee to bring the
issue to council and that this particular
recommendation was the one which would
create the most controversy.
Mr. Wilder claimed that of all unsubsidiz-
ed expenditures made by Huron County on
its roads, only i7p'e-r cent comes from Urban
municipalities; leaving the townships to pay
the remaining 83 per cent. "This is the
reason we thought you should look at this."
Tuckersmith Township Reeve Bob Bell
questioned the wisdom of reducing the
rebate from 45 to 25 per cent and suggested
sending the issue back to the committee.
"Perhaps they can bring it back to 35 or 40
per cent, and phase it in over two or three
years," he said.
Although at least two of the . "rural"
reeves mentioned a "rural -urban" split dur-
ing their discussion on the issue, Mr.
Johnston took objection to the reference.
Issues often come before council which
will appear on the surface to "favor one side
or the other", he said. "There should be no
suggestion, however, that this should be
considered an urban -rural split." According
to Reeve Cunningham, differences on the
issue come about because "the 'urban' and
`rurals' don't understand the problems of
each other." All things considered, he said,
"I think that things do balance out." It was
Reeve Cunningham who said Stephen
--Township-had moremiles-of-urban-roadway__.
within its boundaries than some of the towns
and villages. He also pointed out that the on-
ly access to the Village of Brussels is by
county roadway. '
Stephen Township -Reeve Tom Tomes said
he would favor a reduction in the urban
rebates if it ultimately meant a reduction in
taxes.for residents df his municipality.
"We do have more traffic on some of our
roads than most county roads," Reeve
Tomes said, referring specifically to the
Centralia area. "However, I would hate to
see it (the reduction) create an urban -rural
split."
At the end, of more than an hour of discus-
sion, council decided to send the recommen-
dation back to the road committee for fur-
ther consideration.
Happy 35th Anniversary
MOM and DAD
Marjorie & Eric Anderson
November $, 1987
Love from your family