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Council considers 42 million in capital projects Halton Hills councillors are look ing at spending almost 42 million on capital projects in The towns budget committee met last week to pare down a pro posed million budget for the capital expenditures The preliminary capital budget has now been approved in princi ple but nothing is final until the entire capital and operating budget is presented to council ear ly in April Although its a capital budget of almost 42 million now under con sideration the town would only have to raise about million in taxes to pay for the projects Other funds would come from provincial and federal subsidies revenue generating sources such as the hydro commission lot levies and transfers from surplus accounts Among the projects recommend ed for deletion so far this year are a rehabilitation of the CNR overpass on Highway just east of Road 86000 worth of fencing around the training ground area at the Maple Avenue fire sta tion in Georgetown for ar chitectural services for a new fire station for Halton Hills Village for anew sound system for the ice area and lobby at Gordon Alcott Arena and 10000 for road way improvements at Park in Georgetown The 12 million the town would need to raise in taxes includes a 20000 levy on urban area residents who receive town ser vices Throughout the budget process the town is attempting to maintain its pay as you go financing policy town treasurer Ray King says Included in the proposed capital budget is upgrading the various departments computer systems at a cost of Sub sidies from other government agencies would cover about 57000 of the upgrading The town will also borrow 500000 on behalf of the Halton Hilts Hydro Commission to help pay for the move from the Mill Street building in Georgetown to the Alice Street building in Acton However that loan will be recovered through hydro rates Other major projects left in the capital budget so far include in the engineering budget 200000 for reconstruction of a portion of Winston Churchill Boulevard to repair a culvert on Sideroad 32 215000 for gravel resurfacing of various roads 223000 for surface treatment of other roads for storm- water sewer construction on Arm strong Avenue to replace public works equipment In the fire department budget money has been included for almost 20000 to pay for emergen cy traffic control systems so lights can be changed to green from the fire vehicles and is includ ed to help pay for a new In the parks and recreation budget money is earmarked for structural repairs to the Acton arena at a cost of 123000 more in repairs is scheduled for the next few years 10000 in repairs to Memorial Arena in Georgetown and about 50000 for lighting a baseball diamond and redevelopment of the diamonds at Prospect Park in Acton Florists SPRING HAS SPRUNG AT FENDLEYS Drop In And See Our New Arrivals NORTHVIEVV CENTRE 211 Guelph St Georgetown 8776901 FREE DISTRIBUTION It wont be long Students at Georgetown District High School took in the latest fashions courtesy of Elizabeths Fashion on Wednesday The band and the jazz choir are holding events like this fashion show to raise money for a trip to Germany and Austria for 10 days in April Each student raise about for the trip Here these ladies show off some of the latest fashions Herald photo CORNER OF ST MOUNTAINVIEW RO GEORGETOWN 8772418 BANQUET HALL AVAILABLE BANQUET FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR AMY OCCASION DflMER SPECIAL NEW YORK STEAK PRIME RIB Ex Gem nominated 14 Taking taxes 2 12 SATURDAY MARCH 11 199 PAGES Police led on chase Five police departments were in volved in a high speed chase that started in Halton and ended in Pickering Tuesday afternoon Halton Regional Police say a man who allegedly assaulted several people and stole a car from an Oakville woman led police on a chase that began at Dorval Drive in Oakville around pm The suspect driving a stolen 1985 Lincoln Continental travelled east on the Queen Elizabeth Way to Highway and north on Highway to eastbound Highway 401 Four Halton police cruisers pur sued the car along the highways Halton police asked for assistance from the Ontario Pro vincial- Police the Peel Regional Police the Metropolitan Toronto Police and finally Durham Regional Police as the 85km pur suit led to the east of Toronto A police spokesman said the suspect car travelled in ex cess of kmh The chase ended when the suspect collided with a police roadblock set up at Whites Road in Pickering The Lincoln Continental and two cruisers one from the Metro Toronto force the other an OPP car were moderately damaged in separate collisions Police report no injuries in the chase An Oakville man faces charges in connection with the inci dent including two counts of rob bery in connection with the car theft one count of sexual assault allegedly against an Oakville woman three counts of common assault in separate attempts to steal cars one count of threaten ing one count of mischief one count of causing a police pursuit count of dangerous operation a motor vehicle and one count of theft The accused was held Tuesday for a bail hearing Fire cause undetermined Halton police and the Ontario Fire Marshals Office said this week that the cause of a million blaze at CCP Liquidators in north Georgetown last week will remain undetermined Regional Police said the Fire Marshals Office is unable to determine how the fire started at Custom Country Products Li- quidators on Line Wednesday afternoon The suspicion that the fire might have started in a ceiling furnace could not be confirmed said Chief Bill of the Halton Hills Fire Department Because of the destruction of the heating units they cannot be determined as the cause he said The Are began abouT 230 pm March l burning about 75 per cent of the business complex Twentytwo fire officials were at the scene to put out the blaze and firefighters remained on the scene for six hours The Fire Marshals Office police and fire officials in vestigated the blaze Thursday and Friday dousing the charred building one final time Saturday night said Chief Cunningham Hills fire officials called Milton and Acton fire departments for backup support through a Fire Mutual Aid System Chief Cunningham a member of the Hills Fire Department for years serving six years as chief said he cant recall Fire Mutual Aid being used in the re cent past Its been a good number of years be said There were no in juries reported in the fire Captain Gord Cash of the Maple Avenue detachment suffered minor bums to his feet but was back in action the next day said Chief Cunningham nmZI Realty of Distinction Inc Realtor MEMBERBROKER 112 Main St S Georgetown Comer Church Main 8731881