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McKenzie declares Region or not water costs up Armed with sheafs of papers clippings reports and a huge map regional clllor Pal met Monday with councillors Peter Marks and the Free Press lo defend the region facts and figures on water rates in Acton Regional treasurer Donald Farmer is recom mending increases of per cent in Ihe water rales for people in the urban area And there will still be a deficit even after Ihe in creases are applied lo Acton billing perhaps in July The water rales here have not been increased since 1904 period of 13 years and Mr McKenzie recognizes now that Acton council should indeed have increased rates in or In meantime other muncipa Hies have increased their riles two or Ihrcc times since None or Hal ton rates have been adjusted since regional government look over Council agreed each muncipalily would assume the costs of its own water and sewer system Equalized rales right the region were turned down by council in 1975 However Mr says he now would support equalized rates Mr McKenzie rebutted Councillor s comments in lasi week Free Press lhal ihe region has grandiose high cost waS of operating In fact Mr McKenzit declared all Ihe work lo the sysKni now urgently required was recommended to council before it dissolved The five year forecast prepared for Iht council in June by V Anderson Associates united consulting engineers laid out the work is now underway and planned for ihe next couple of This is the report being followed by the region he said Councillor Marks agreed with councillor thai iht listed by region works departmen arc justified Wt re going lo have lo the bullet he philosophized We re going lo have lo build confidence in the public lhal ihe regional government is not a big monster out to gobble us up The comment by regional treasurer Don Farmer that Aclon sewer and water system was done on the cheap annoyed Ihe three Acton councillors all for members of Acton council However alter reviewing our former method of operation councillor McKenzie felt there were things undone They agreed the lown was forced to operate within its financial limits Mr stales for lhal things would not be better financially if Acton went back lo Us old system of government If we back to the old system we d clobbered he had a small financial base and limited staff Some of the problems in the system hen can be attributed to lack of staff and supervisors Ihe ihree former gave full credit lo town superintendent Alf and his men who did a good job under difficlull stances with limited funds Acton council was con faced with a need lo cut costs the men recalled wryly Things buried in the ground were hard to see sometimes were Mr said When municipalities operated on their own they figured Mr recalled you don I put a Cadillac system in a Chevrolet town He commented that more is being done under regional government than the old local level would have done By time the fueyear report was accepted in June was loo lute for the old Acton council to act on it Regional government was at our door step Bui the report is still valid Before reaching the con elusion that the regions figures ire justified spent half a liov with regional staff from the engineering and treasury departments in Burlington Saturday morning driving through pinpointing problems he talked to numerous staff members from Ihe former re read V Anderson Associates page report from and checked the five year capital forecast and budget statements He learned that the town water system was installed in to serve a town of Sewers were installed in 1949 lo accommodate 000 imperial gallons a day and in increased to accomodate gallons a day The pumping station at Main and Agnes was rebuilt in 19G8 In 195S another pumping station was added In the now was Imperial gallons a day for a population of became obvious Ihere was excessive infiltration into the system The water rales at present are the same as those set tn In the 1960s the lown council subsidized them from the general rales rather than approve increased rales This was a concern for Ihe auditor and council was aware of it recommended an in crease in rales so would be more self sufficient A minimum of improve mints preventive main has been done over the 15 years Mr continued More houses have been added in vacant lots Glinted subdivisions added without any financial lo the system Councils worked to add more wells a new reservoir extended services and operation of tilt sewer plant hut lacked ihe money men and so preventive maintenance could not be done They did not dead ends and create looping is ihe system extended They did not add sufficient valves it make repairs withoul disrupting large areas In 19GO the I Utilities Commission dissolved leiving and sewers lo the town office The town superintendent wis then in charge of roads waler sewers storm sewers sidew ilks ihe and whit you The industrial park was added Mr related No subdivision agreements were made with council until developments on Churchill North and South Cobblehill and Bo vis Bower Ave was rebuilt in 1972 without attention to the water mains and sewers beneath Bower Ave now must be flushed weekly to maintain the flow in Ihe sewers This is normally done twice a year In 1973 council engaged It V Anderson for a study and report on water water storage sewers and the plant roads and sidewalks and storm sewers Prom Ihis came the five vcar forecast Had we not gore regional Mr McKenzie declared the engineer s would have been accepted acted upon by Aclon council W iter rates would be drastically increased and more money used from general revenue Bui Acton could nol operate as a lown under presentday costs Mr McKenzie con eluded The public works depart mini has detailed lists of work planned for year and next Some of the necessary jobs an an 18 inch sanitary sewer from Mill lo Church sewer on Mill from Cameron lo I ark IB inch on Main from Mill to Wallace Mam on lo provide looping of subdivision main Si Albins from Main Willow main on Churchill ltd from Cedar toad to school sewers are laid in which have since disintegrated the sill is on quicks Several of the jobs connect other mains lo provide looping Some are planned lo further in the future Ihe w irk should certainly done at the same time as the road ibove is being recon sturcted Si will be rel ihis summer iter lint work is beinj done on Churchill while the road is being rebuilt Bowlers children need new quarters The women of the bowling league are concerned that 15 to members of their league may have to up the game next year if a suit able spot for baby sitting can be found The extra cost of renting a hall is putting the cost of bowling up a bit too much for some of the young mothers Last year children were tended in the library at a cost of SI a day for the sitters Then a donation was made to the library board Librarian Mrs Watson let the women use the board room which was not in use at the lime anyway Since Mrs Watson retired the women have been told by chief lib rarian Betsy Cornwell il longer available to Four hurt Suggestions Mrs who contacted ihe I says the women were very happy the arrangement there and wire upset at the niws After finding a private home much too cramped ihey ended this season rcn ting the scout hall However it s a week and the group would like to find something even more reasonable Mrs Slaves would like lo hear from anyone with a good suggestion she at 3965 The league has been under way eight years and part icipants would hate to see it fold About in children are minded each session which lasts from 12 30 to each burs day afternoon from September to the end May Quality Work Always You can rely on us to do any dry clean ng lo your liking We use the very newest methods Fast reasonable 13 MILL ST ACTON 853 2310 Pour Aclon residents were injured in an accident Monday on near Line Joseph It Acton and Cordon Chafe Churchill Aclon suffered major injuries in ihe accident and were laken to Georgetown Hospital and later Iran to Brampton Hospital Mr Kenincr was driving on when his car skidded off the road lo the right and struck a tree rebounding across Ihe road and striking another tree here damage was done lo the vehicle Speaker 122 Mill Street and John Hansen Young Street received minimal injuries and were also laken to Georgetown Hospital and released DO IT YOURSELF GARAGES HOMES DISPLAY COURT SAVINGS Men s 100 Polyester Gabardine Fully Constructed Leisure Suits Sizes Sizes Boy Polyester Knit LEISURE SUITS 15 00 Nielsens 37 MILL ST E ACTON 8532280 The region staff now has a program of preventive maintenance They make improvements as they go along if Ihey have the lime and manpower There are nine men in the regional works department for all of Acton Milton and Georgetown Their equipment includes one and one dump Iruck have had an ex ccpdonally busy winter due lo Ihc bad weather When extra is needed must be contracted or they borrow from Hills or Milton area works departments Well needed Studies show thai the well at the end of Ihe park is very much needed The work has been held up because of the concerns of and Co lhal the well might result in lower lake levels The company owns lake and uses its in its pro- proce The Ministry of the Environment has become closely involved and Ihe water levels will be when the well goes into Pipe could be laid as soon as week Although ihe maximum capacity of the well is two million gallons day only million gallons a will be pumped The new Jim will come down Knox new water inch main will Victoria Ave collision Aboui10tdimagercsulled Si and another car driven by the collision on Victoria I- rank Kersemans 131 Bower in ihe morning of The police estimate of April between a car driven damage was on Kerseman s by Maria vehicle JUST ARRIVED eventually go up Main St lo Wallace Ave to better serve the entire town Tour Mr McKenzie toured Ihe whole town an Aclon region employee and saw for himself many places where Ihc system is deficient In some cases a few hours and a few hundred dollars work would greatly improve the system Mr McKenzie stresses the importance of work which will limit the number of streets cut off the event of an emergency I- or instance Porters would be shut off in the event of a on McDonald or Wallace unless a small loop Is added Until new valves are added a water break on Queen or Acton would require all of Glen lea subdivision lo be without water When new valves were installed on Main last fall Kingham Brock Church and Victoria were all withoul water And being withoul waler means being fire protection too After his search for facls Mr McKenzie backs up his public works committees decision fully And he insists we would have been obligated to implement It V Ander son recommendations whether we had regional government or not 20000 addition for industry Building permits for Acton issued last month were valued at a total of Six residential additions repairs and alterations were granted for a total cost of Two industrial addi lions repairs and alterations totalled Of this Acton at Commerce Court are putting an addition on factory valued There was one commercial permit issued for additions repairs and alterations valued at One permit was issued for Ihe demolition of a single family dwelling valued al The Free Press Wednesday April 13 1977 5 WATCH FOR THE Grand Opening PET SHOP GUELPH STREET PLAZA GEORGETOWN THURSDAY APRIL 21st by LEATHER INDIAN MOCCASINS ALSO r Leather Cloth Vinyl HAND BAGS Shoes 3t MILL ST ACTON t Liquid Plastic j- Ok LIQUID PLASH CIIMOIOJJ Outlasts varnish 2 a clear that a tough si a n si a flU The finish ugh to skate on The Varathane Girl will be demonstrating this fantastic product in our store SATURDAY APRIL BRING TOUR PROBLEMS TO US AND SIC DEMONSTRATIONS For all your hardware needs visit HARDWARE 22 Mill St E Acton 8532720 i hi Education Week in Ontario is April 1723 Heres how you can find out more about your childs school Now is a good time for you to become 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