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ORONO WEEKLY- TIMES,_TnUES0AY, SEPTEMBER l8th, le69 To Consolidate D)'Arcty Meffeough, Minister off Mutnicipal Aifirs, lias appeaied to niunîcipal off ieils to stiart tak- ing steps to consulidate mrunticipal- ities., Hie xwas speîaking at a meeting ia Coboure last Thursday, wheie more than 200 municipal rpe senitatives ffrom Petei borough, Victoria, -Haliburton, Northuim- berland andi Durhamýi- were gath- eed ta 'question iVr. lMecKeougli and the Provincial Treasurer, Charles MciNaurizton. on -mundci- pal Aff airs. There were 964 municipalities iu the Province off Ontarlio and any amalgamation which iWould create 963 wns a good thing. "We kriaw this aresa of No týh amberland - Durriam bas to u' a consoli dationoff a certain numr- ber off municiàpalities. sa w inuld start thinkirg, talking, and doing somelthing about itna" he said. The Depa.rtment 'off Miinicip,al Afffairs would lake to become in- vulved: "Would like to go along ta the Ontario Municipal Board with municipalitie.s whiich wanted ta amalgarate and say the parti- culiar amalgamnation hadl the de- Partîncnt'is b1cessing."I ~Mr. MecKeougli suggeolted if, was tune "ta stant looking at our selves", and at what miglht be more sensdAle b-.un)ras'ies.. ~MaYor Michael Wladykia point- ed out that Northumberliand and Dunham. were prnasilly oustie.s 'Wftlh noa large cities. He asked the t»o cabý.iet minis ters iff the gqv- erjpment would heip the caunties reUiin and strengthen their ecopi- vDMY tO preveut regionalgavera- Ment turning the two counties in- to a "bedvcoým for a metmoaton area."1 lMr. MeKeouýgh sad the %overn- mnent would help andi the help would be based on need. "We rec- ognize tihat suah areas are g<ing to need more a&sistance tihan othr ers. Reeve W. 1. ýPhonias Spoke a- bout the threat off Oshawa in -n- cornpassing four municipalfties off ,he Unted Counties into their recýonal p4an. The removal off Irke, Bowuannvilde. Newca3f le and Dailington would mean a loss off 35 per cent off assessmen't to NQrthurnble.nî,and and Durham. 11-e asked Mr. MoKeough wheth- er the governmnent wotld make sDme allocalion off funds ta the United Counties for the losis sus- tained.* He also asked When re- lorai governmefit was likely to be rb1hd in the province and vow'be4her the. Urfted it½ shoald nake overtures to other counties -t4oin! them in an a-i' ffian. Meetings had air à ly been held with renresentatives olr V7;'- toria, lialibuilton and Peterbao. Mr.,lfKog said it' wr),id take ýat 1a two vears ta cret the doicks cleared off the studies wbp-'1h were beiing undertaken by the province and the irunicipalities ityoive'd. The government was rot in a position ta cÔnsider taking on any ffurther studies beosuse it -ladn't the time or tihe staff ta direct any more. The resufts off the Oshawa stwdy were about a v<par avav andar legMaation woutd not 1,ýielycone itao fect before the 1971 ses- sion. --o the Uiriteýd Counties had two years before anything was goin7g to happen. "Before accepting Oghawa's re- portt, tbe government would -nn't to have a close look at the effeet it, would have on Northumberliand and Bueham. Somebody hato ivorry zsbo>t wliat's on the, other gide off. the border."! he sWd. Mr. McKeougeh noinîted out Vlvat there were a lot offmno-1R ies wfhiioh "did not want to get nMarriedà." But to form a çrood. strong iodiai ggvernanent a large reziQn was needed. Speakiing off regional govern- ment, he said the government did nat look for rairadles or anv*h4ing hke it in two or üt1ree years. Replyixag to a question as to, w4hy regional government ini Vhe Otûawa-Gartoni area cost the tax- said that no one had told hm the payers doubled. Mr, MeNaugihon costs h'ad doubiled, anyway it was miueh too ,early Vo -te,1. Ottawa- GaÈi-Oon had only been "in busin- es," for eight-ýandýâqa-l1f months- "No one would expect mniracles in that time." He spoke of the advantages etreated in the Ottawa4GarfltQn ar- ea theougli amalgamation. For yeuars, for e«anmple, he sid/ they had arguments over a hon+Ml. There was a trenMendous shortage off hospilta1 beids ýaid one of the thin.gs which has h'appened this year vias the buildi ng of fa hos- pital with the help 'off a $1,400,- 000 goveriment graht. Refferrning to the' change over off assegsment ffrom municipal Vo provýincia level, Mr. -Mdeough said he didnt lDýo of anvthing ma ~unppiuir.~hana re4assess- men p~grm.The government hadni't takei, it on because they hiOP 2 tolga"n n olitical mizes, but it was a Job that haàdto fe do iý. 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