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THE HERALD Wednesday February 15 1989 Page Tax clinic Income tax returns for seniors will be completed at no charge by the volunteers from the local branch of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of On tario The service is being offered for seniors as well as low income families whose single income is no greater than without dependents or with dependents The service is being offered at the Georgetown Library March 8 and 79 p m and the Acton Library March and 15 For an appointment call or 8530301 Drivers needed The Hills Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society is in urgent need of volunteer drivers to transport patients to treatment sessions in Toronto Mileage is paid for the service and satisfaction can come from helping others Anyone who feels they can help is asked to call 8771124 Society meets The Acton Horticultural Socie ty will meet again Tuesday Feb 21 at p m at Knox Presbyterian Church Everyone is invited to attend the meeting and learn about Planters and Windowboxes Photo Art The deadline for Photo Art 89 is this weekend and entries must be received by 5 p Saturday Feb Each entrant is allowed a max imum of six entries and requires a minimum of two Photos should be no smaller than by and no larger than 16in by20in The exhibition of photographs will be open to the public March 126 at the Cultural Centre Gallery in Georgetown Newcomers Moving to a new community can certainly be an unsettling ex perience and the Georgetown Newcomers are there to help The Newcomers meet today Wednesday at 7 30 at St Andrews United Church 89 Mountainview Road South in Georgetown For more information call Deb at Council agrees on lot levies The town of Halton HUIs will like ly have to go 5 million in to debt to help pay for new growth even with increased lot levies passed by councillors After a lengthy debate coun cillors agreed on increased lot levies that will be used for new development including initial building in Hills Village Lot levies are a tax the builders must pay for eachunit to help off set the costs of providing services such as sewer and water and other facilities such as fire protection and recreational facilities The levies for a single home a semidetached home or a townhouse will jump from per unit to 820 a unit Lot levies on one bedroom or bachelor apart ments will increase from a unit to a unit and levies for two or more bedroom apartments will go up from 1733 a unit to a unit The new levy increases rank Hills 28th out of the most populous municipalities in Ontario for their charges In 1985 when the last complete lot levy review was undertaken HUIs ranked 13th The new lot levies will mean that new residents of Halton Hills will the end pay for the cost of growth said Cam Watson the economist who studied the towns lot levy policy and recommended the changes But the town will have to go into debt during the mid1990s in order to pay for the growth he said Acton Coun Norm Elliott strong ly disagreed with the new rates saying theyre not high enough Many other municipalities have much higher lot levies with no deterrent to growth he said Weve been benevolent he said of the towns low lot levies Ive always felt that lot levies Were not high enough to under write the cost of development We seem to be bucking the trend he said of the towns drop to 28th on the list of municipalities Coun Johnston said she was pleased to see the lot levies are going up but Im not sure theyre going up enough And existing taxpayers may have to bear some of the cost of growth because of the extensive repairs to roads which will be needed in the future that isnt en tirely covered by lot levies said Coun Pat McCarthy Developers must pay up front Breakins may be linked Regional Police say there could be a connection between five breakins at downtown Georgetown businesses over the weekend Although only about change was taken In all five break- ins police say evidence including a priedopen cash box at one loca tion led them to believe money was the motive Police say the doors to two chiropractic shops one shoe store Hills Hydro on Mill Street and a Main Street book store were entered in the same manner The front door lock had been damaged to gain entry they say At only one location was cash on the premises Police say the shoe repair store had anywhere from to in Canadian coins that were taken Total damage to the five stores is approximately Police continue to investigate the break ins which they say likely oc curred Friday night or Saturday morning The incidents were reported between Friday night and Monday morning Apartment and condominium developers will soon have to pay their lot levies much sooner than before Halton Hills councillors decid ed to make apartment and condominium developers pay their lot levies when the building permit is issued The luxury of lot levy deferral was awarded to developers of apartments and condominiums by the town previously because of the massive cost they would have to pay at one time Someone developing a subdivision could acquire building permits slowly enabling them to spread out pay ing of lot levies Apartment or condominium developers had been able to defer payment for between 90 and 180 days But growth related costs such as laying services for apartments BUILT BETTER BY HALTON CUSTOM BUILT HOMES RESIDENTIALCOMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION LAND DEVELOPERS LAND ASSEMBLY MAIN ST SOUTH DOWNTOWN 8777654 For The Best Work And Reputation Backed By Reliability CALL 8530970 NOW HALTON BUILDERSDEVELOPERS WANTED BUILDING LOTS CALL EDWARD BAIN 8530970 twCTHWVlWWWHWfc COME ON DOWN TO MILTON TO OUR BARGAIN CENTRE Say HELLO to a GOODBUY NO CHARGE King Cab Pickup purchased before Feb Value JUMP SEAT POWER STEERING CASSETTE FLOOR CARPET WHEEL TRIM RING on our 1989 KING CAB PICKUP DLX NORTH END and condominiums cannot be geared towards a single project said town treasurer Ray King And paying lot levies at the is suing of building permits is the most common approach in the province he said As well the town is losing in terest on those lot levies Mr King added But Councillors Joe Hewitt and Pam Johnston argued in favor of allowing the deferred payments for developers developers to upfront all the lot levies said Coun Hewitt Its not totally fan to the developer We speak about developers as if they can cough up the dollars immediately added Coun Jofinston We need them as much as they need us she said of developers We shouldnt ask Your Choice DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC TRENTON CHURCH STREET GEORGETOWN ACROSS FROM LIBRARY AND CULTURAL CENTRE 8772359 NEW AT TIDY CAR A Full Line of Truck and Car Custom Accessories DeeZEE RUNNING BOARDS installation DRY CLEANING INTERIORS FABRIC PROTECTION VINYL ROOF REVITALIZING TOUCH UP PAINT SPLASH GUAR0S WINDOW TINTING SUNROOFS RUST PROOFING CAB COVERS RUNNING BOARDS PIN STRIPING SAME DAY SERVICE 8730570 26S Guelph St Georgetown OPEN Mon Thar 8im 6pm Friday Sim CARS SHAPE WORlDwTJ Saturday 81 m A STwie Rust Proofng Window Vinyl RopMr PRttrtpng 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