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pa extra taxes for four years because Couple gets back assessment SALT AND BATTERY CHARGES By Monday many severely weathermen were Ilium funuce everywhere were hard prated a agreeing Ihat today would I rim In and none loo u mod area go the weatherman had chilling tor wrap well the cold can kill With high winds dropping to over subsiding by Tuesday llaltoa was to thaw oat a the past weekend scenes like the one above were aU loo common little end of week along IIUli roadsides being repeatedly summoned for battery town ByCllRISAAGAARO Herald Writer Halloo ratepayer will pay for a clerical error committed by Ihe provincial assessment office which coat an Eighth Line resident JOT In properly lues he have had to pay over the four year Noting thai the town can collect ihree years of back taxes against properties which have been improperly assess ed council bent the rules In favor of Run Chalteu and his wife Elaine Monday night ordering the treasury depart tnent to compensate him with a cheque for extra taxes be been paying since an assessment error made In Although council limited its grant to cover extra taxes paid between IBM and l9S0the equivalent threeyesx term In which It can claim back taxes from residentsMr Cbatten said he was very pleased with the settlement Under regula tions residents can only claim tax refunds for assessment errors going back one year Mr Chat ten previously proved he paid too much In and was awarded He will be unable to recover the be paid In excess taxes in 1977 under the agreement worked out Monday night By returning the money as a grant rather than a refund the town has assumed rcspomlbi lily for recovering the region and school board s share of the municipal makeup grant to Mr In the hour long debate which preceded councils decision some councillors warned that paying for the threeyear old error could represent a precedent for real dents who feet theyve also been overly assessed Mayor Pete advis ed council thai the town only collects taxes for the region and the school board and has no real right to refund the overly assessed portion In a recorded vote Mayor and councillors George Ma thy Mike Arm strong and Sheldon opposed the refund arguing that while they might support returning the municipality share of the overpayment they t want to make lhat decision for the other agencies Involved Thanking town treasury staff members for helping him calculate the errors Mr Chatten explained that assess meat officer Jell Denny recently acknowledged ho had made an error Town lawyers in a letter to council advised that the town could not refund the money but could make a grant to the citizen affected by the assess Town treasurer Ray King told council that the money paid Mr Chatten would be recovered in the towns budget and expressed doubt whether the school board or the region will repay the town or their portions Included In the grant Each agency he Indicated can argue that over paid taxes are only refund able for one year Coun Harry Levy be town finance committee chairman warned that such cases should be looked at on their own merits and noted that while the town la not legally bound to do anything Tor Mr Chqiten it is a moral Also included In the agree ment Is a stipulation Insisting that Mr pursue no further action against the own regarding the error The town lawyers Indicated that Mr Chatten could take the town to court to gel the money back and suggested that the grant was the moat pragma way of handling the issue Regardless of which agency was responsible for the error the town is ultimately respons ible for collecting taxes and any complications which may arise afterword Town staff and councillors are largely protected from the consequences of similar blunders by insurance which department should have covers them for errors of similar coverage relieving the omission Coun Levy urged municipality of having to that the provinces assessment correct department mistakes million grants for water sewer accounts arrive Longawaited grants from the provincial government which will cushion water and sewer Increases as the region heads for uniform rales have finally arrived A press release Issued from regional chairman Jack office last week con firms that the province will pay I ton million Into the sewer and water account Last year Oakvllle and Burlington representatives on In that the province chip in to offset coats carried by their residents as water and sewer bills rise toward uniform rates South has maintained that they pay artificially high rates because they are helping fund sewer and water facilities built or modified in north Sewer and water rates has been regional councils most divisive issue In recent years and councillors have regarded the grants as almost essential to keep peace around the council table Had grants not been available it Is likely lhat the region would lhave voted to make sewer and water charges a municipal respons ibility once again which would mean an enormous Increase In water and sewer charges In Honorable mentions for 1981 fire posters Two Hills public school students will be among several young people honored at today Wednesdays regional council meeting in for their efforts to promote fire prevention Michelle Perry of Robert Little School In Acton and Peter Armstrong of Speyside School received honorable Michelle and Peter will join four other students from Milton and Burlington who also received honorable mentions as well as the two competition winners for a special presentation at today council meeting Chairman Jack is expected to present certificates to top boy John Schulti of Marie and top girl Anru Marie Gremmen of St Vincents School In the same city along with the other children UWC porn lecture Continued from page package for his shelves Retailers can be charged far knowingly selling ob scene material Canst said Public complaints about what appears on retailers shelves should be made to the local police force An officer visiting the store lo check a complaint Informs the store owner that he or she may be selling obscene mat crlal pointing out the offend article or If material is Kill on lite shelves at a later police check charges may be laid Sealing the magazine In plas tic or poly wrapping doesnt provide an effective obscenity dodge or Organized by tbe clubs Woman Aware committ ee lecture members agreed shocked them Into a greater awareness of what pornography is and the type of lucrative business gener ated from It legally and Illegally While the club plans to discuss the presentation by Const at future meet ings president Carol told The Herald there are no Intentions of actively trying clear pornographic mater ial as police regard it from local variety stores aware of the kinds of things might be sold Mrs said Pat Stuart a club member who helped organ- lie the lecture said a lot of women Just realize the extent to which obscenity has gone She expressed concern that tore owners forced to accept certain 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