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atepayers slmwing more concernOver taxes lllDHURST Staff With warnings about likely higher rates ratepayers have been sho wing more than usual concern over 1976 tax prospects mem bers of Simeoe County council reported The finance and administra tion committee which is headed by Reeve Bill Gibbins of Innis til has been reviewino budect requests as preliminary to ward setting county tax levies tor the past six weeks The coun ty levies are expected to be fin alized at county council sessions arranged for Tuesday and Wed nesday March 30 and 31 The sessions iere delayed from the usual third Tuesday of the month which falls on March 16 to give the committees further an cc to carefully consider their budget reviews MORE CONCERN We have found ratepayers really concerned about taxes laid Reeve Bill Gowanlock Otiilia township member oi the finance and administration committee He said he was on tident the county countii ztsclt would keep levies within to per cent or better than last years IP1CS despite inflation and high er costs but mentioned he could no cite figures until they were ttnalized Tne tinance comtnittee will be making recommendations to coun ty council as whole and the latter will have the final decis too However tigures on budgets and levies are usually prepared Seed winners at Elmvale About 200 people aendcd the annui seed and 1ch show of the rtit spin0 Sc will Crop lmv provcment Association Cll as hern rt from the University of Guelph giye tips on growing of tcrage or grazingi crcrzs the farmers had their annual competition to see who had the best crap sam ples mu RIGHT chcstcr las of Phelpston picks up his ertcs tcr th itttigtztg lrlzc money totalled $815 BELOW The grand champions nose tilli some the exhibits Left to right Ron Coutts of Midliurst association president itil Crtte lift Ini Lle inwle 013 1r pion Bernell McKay of RR Hattie onc firstcut hay ni brose ONeill of in lilmvalc corn siltage OHIQZ Kinion of lift Pckinstield potatoes Dan Roll RR Etmvale cereals 1tke Conn RR Elmvale sec ondcu nay lcnn anCastern 11R Phelpston haylage iel llwlsley llawkeslone wes grand champion in forage seeds iith it Omer llaiion cf er linsfield had the greatest num her of entries and lie was gven special award Examiner IM0it beforehand and then presented to council The council as whole has iii power to accept or reject the committees recommendntons The members also can make amendments if they feel the advisable In most recent years the recommendations wcre at cepted WITHIN GUIDELINES The members have been ttill scientiotts in reviewingT the fig ures said Reeve Itltililtti answer to question about he budget request Asked if he thought there was any chance of the county council staying with in last years levies in icw of increased assessment to cushion some of the higher ltltlti he agreed this woud be desirable if it could he done on prac tical basis without affecting ser vices But in view of the higher costs irom inflation this was not feasible The county levies shouldnt be over the guidelines and tici ther will our township rate he said rcterrhe to tirillia itmii siiip There has been concern abrtu znrhcatons oi sharp in creases in ciiool l9fgt WILL IN IIIEST VO ililcntl to do lit tor our rateoayets he said adding that this was ll be mull do personally Inflation had mgdc tnx probleim it till lcvls of government was pointed out Another member of the finance committee Reeve Earl Brandon Itt COUNTY GLIMPSES Skiing extents at Horseshoe Valley COULSON btaili Compe tition in the lluronia Ski Lea gue is scheduled to take place at Horseshoe Valley ski hills this coming Saturday March 13 in earlier competition results posted in the members room at Horseshoe Valley Club shows Brenda Hutchinson as leader Closely following are Gordon lint r15 Molly Speiran Leslie 11am ilton and Jim Whartn special competition announc ed for Saturday March 20 is an open senior dual slalom com plete with jumps There also will be class for 13 selected jun iOII SPRING SHOW ELMVALE Stafii There Will be different horticultural so cieties in North Simcoe rcpre seated among the spectators at thc sprun flower and gaidcn show at the utotriottc lltnidntc Exhibition lttrtt lotottto which opens on tciincsday March 10 More than 30000 square ich oi flowers and exhibits will ln on display for the incday nitou ltoc tmalctts tlItiLIUtIIllIlUiii patio and tockcry plantings clc mntts cnclt and sttcculcnts nc only low ol the many plant that will be hown llI ItIlflI wv ling cttonstp wt clttifiSlnXNl tStattv born oi rossland stitutc will nich nt flic iitJlil Ht Il iloc Iltlll icldnntl oi chticdny Ilnrch l0 tor ilwn regular monthly iliLttiith lctti Wuiiiclls Iti LIONS IIIVIII CUUKSIUWN Illt IIIIILI hall Will bt tht nrnc ol Illllfiji also said he found property lilib pnycrs had discussed the tax prospects time limit they lutc for years said elected rcp rcscntatives should bear in mind that their prime responsibility was to the people whose money they were spending There is no set policy to keep ItIitlilillClIl spending within 10 per cent he said or five per ttill either for that matter But any budch has to be instilled in realistic way For instance the property committee has to face increased hydro and hear ing expenses and this has to be provided But we have been call my back depnrtmcnt heads to show ll increased budgets were needed liten to get the stripe as inst year the departments have In justify the expenditures he said Discussing the tax outlook fur liter Reeve Brandon said he found many ratepayers appalled at the county school board over salaries mentioning the $2400 increase to 349780 year 10 ill director of education in pa zcttlar If there were role held on the question the people would abolish the county school boarri ystem in HM or of area boards he said The county school board system started on Jan 1961 through Ontario government leg tslation It just hasnt worked out said Reeve Brandon ABILITY TO PAY llama ratepayers hate been Ill cdncstlay March 10 at It pin orgnnied by the Cooks town and District Lions Club IIIEIIIIAKI£ titiiv5itVNilte 411 iiontc Il£lltll tth NI Etold neliicm lliiil days tor the brcadtnaktng Iiitijttl April 10 at Cookstown pril 11 at Stroud May nt Ncw match and Mny at Stnytter INNISIII COUNCIL SllttUlJ lnnisiil ltltl11 council will meet at 10 atti chnesdny in the municipal building will ol herc at the intersection of Ilgltway It and lllf lth Line Meetings are open to the public BEDROOM C0llUllI Iht University Womens Club will hold infcting Wednesday at 815 pm at Barrie Central showing more than usual intcr in most ratepayers but it wns cst li property tax budgets consdercd ptztctitnl toroth because of increasing concern ers teevc Gordon McArthttr repott social services glthfi lltltl ed act called for expenditures oi think this is general sit $2471ilii90 oi which 3132liil tuition because of the intlution was listed for welfare iteme and the growing demands for Donald Spoottcr oi itlllingwtmd services he said stztinj that is chairman of the social servic ch gin economic scene es OHHHIILOC meant tax spending should be considered very carefully We have responsibility to maintain essential services but also to keep taxes within peoples ability to pay he said There was considerable con cent over the school tax outlook while county and local councils also had to bear in mind their responsibilities to the ratepuy cts ur taxes were up about 10 per cent Inst year and we would like to see the increase held as close to that level again as is possible but right now it looks like problem he said The administration could help by holding down any increases New development which has added to assessment should assist but there should be careittl consideration of all expenditures to assure ratepayers netting full value tor every dollar spent he stressed Others gave stress to the need to maintain essential services villI roads given frequent men ton Weltnrc I0gtIS are likely to be up with provision made for higher budget There some budget request which might be cutback without affect IIl BARRIII iit iii Lira Rltfl itbfl ill available Ill tilti tuw 0mm pity is it Hi ofsuitittttc ii irIIflHI Iit littnvt More prizes more prize money better chances than ever before to wm one 51 The roads committee budget requested 32820000 an increase of $113000 from last years hud gct which was oveispcnt The county share of this expenditure was estimated in 31511000 up from 31313000 last year The Ontario ministry of transporta tion and communications pay the remainder DISTRICT EWS EXAMINER TUESDAY MARCH 1976 tinw that The property pommittee budget request of $181500 was up $15 850 from last year Unlike most other area and local administrations Simcoe County has managed to avoid debenture debt which meant con siderablein this era of high in terest rates increased taxes and soaring property costs were of major con cern in todays economic trend Reeve Gowanlock conceded He reported progress had been made in coordinating county planning Speaking for the county plan nig committee which he heads Reeve Gowanlock said it had received local official plans from all towns and townships within the county which was the first Ri Crete for yotitspll Buy in GROW FORM to help you town step toward coordinating these plans Area and loral decisionmak ing for planning and zoning un der provincial guidelines would be helpful by speeding tip the process it was suggested Members of the key county finance committee include Reeve Gibbins of lnnisfil chairman Reeve Earl Brandon of Goldwa ter Reeve Bill Gowanlock of Cr illia township Reeve Lionel Dion of Penetanguishene Reeve Alan Johnston of Vespra Reeve Mor ris Darby of Tiny Reeve Art Turner of Bradford Deputy Reeve Allan Glassford of Tec umseth and the warden Reeve Orville Hughes of West Gwiillimr bury Unwind leis trot M1 or cut grotto titarm tunerever Olympic Lottew tickets are sold Now mixo than ever before every ticket was you rtiore mm or In HUI one nit017 dot41s Tim minF trams you imr lIlttVIIlil1lll7rlliMEGif Olympic Lottery Canada tckets available at banks trust cotnpatnes caisses populatres credit unions and authorized retailers Olympic cLottery Canada Collegiate Stmcoe County the dormitory community to discttss the topic PO BOX 4444 IcOWFSTFHN SIAIION rowmrtori IUIwMILII MINlbllull EJXEH IOLRgfMIII it N1 Alleble William blew Mbwlh SkillDAG title in Ontario will speak Wed ticsday at the annual meeting fixaI of the Simcoe County Beef lm protctnent Association tnrting 5mg nt to am in Mtncsings United no on will tlILISlUN The swimming mow hoot committee of the Alliston retrreatton parks and commuti tH MUM uy centre iomnttttcc will hold mm its annual June and In art lormcr minister o1 agricui tag dztys ruI Mithan this AMtiiINI tuttfistn In moumto gt ltI ¢Olynlplqtl gt NOMBRI mtttrs Canada FilttU Now MCINIANI liltttifi Rinsltnltt II in IflAu ydpflslttt 3tlt2LiR$Al 10R mount lint pt Act omwcs It USAGE ou aunt lot mm IhONTIRFAL Mm Wires oi pm do 500000 II IItit tut NUMERQPEEEECRQQIWNEMBUI prizes 01 om de 300 000 63 Elm IM 33 prizes of mu rte lot 000 cu rn notes 01 pm rt 50 000 on it pmes of mix in 31 000 an LU 1005 prizes oItpnx do 000 an ch 77 450 ptizes oi Dru do finned ch 04 500 prizes of pus rm I00 ea rh ILmblbtltiy of m5 000 ptlzeo Including wand Itfies tor more than $20 mtlhnn II pom CODl total prize money cashtax tree L001 Posut gt mfj gt lnfimbillie de 105000 prtx dont grands ptln pour plus do Q9 millions en pttx an total complain vnon unponnbla UTHICR DISTRICT ITEMS APPEARS 0N PAGE 13 CANADA 011 Rt