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Frugal budget wont compromise safety police Halton Regional councillors said Wednesday the local police force could be compromising safety by having a frugal budget Regional Police are ask for to fund costs for courtroom patrol for Deputy Chief John Barrett appeared before councillors saying the force originally projected cost re of to pay for a provincial legislation under Bill 187 that placed courtroom protec tion in the hands of local police Within the past few months there have been two escapes from police vehicles transporting prisoners to court Councillors ask ed Chief Barrett if police equipment is safe The police officer said the vehicles are old but criminals are known for their ingenuity and they will always try to find other ways to escape police custody In the long term I think what we re looking at is a different type of vehicle altogether he said The floors of the police vehicles were pried open for escape by the prisoners on their way to the Milton Provincial Court In Business For Business GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services St Georgetown 8772282 8771 Florists GREAT SAVINGS Dried Rowers AND MANY MODE SURPRISES COME IN TODAY Sale ends Nov 211Guetph8t Georgetown CENTRE may spend million to level out Hungry Hollow Halton Regional staff put for ward a proposal Wednesday to widen Road Hungry Hollow to four lanes and decrease the road s slope at a total cost of 8 million A report presented by C C Parker and Associates the com reconstructing Road at Wednesday planning and public works meeting said the Region can choose one of five op tions in reducing the 16percent slope in Road bet ween Sideroad 10 and Summit Lane in Georgetown Plans to decrease the slope are a result of increased traffic in the area and the apparent visibility problems at Summit Lane and Eden Place Regional councillors heard technologist Tony said at 5 vehicles passing over Hungry Hollow each day road traffic has increased by 2 cars in the last year Dave McCann assistant manager of transportation plann ing for C C Parker explained the Regional staff choice of a six per cent slope option for Road The cost of reducing the slope by 10 per cent will be 4 million The most severe cut con for Hungry Hollow would involve a million project to reduce the slope to 2 5 per cent on the north side and one per cent on the south side The preferred option would decrease the slope on both sides to six per cent and would cost Regional transportation Continued on Pa Option 5 til 111 CUOMO i 8 i This diagram shows a profile of Mountainview Road as It dips Into Hungry Hollow at Silver Creek The bottom dotted line is the present drop between 10 and Summit Lane in Georgetown The mid die line called Option 4 the recommended option shows a six per cent grade reconstruction proposed by Halton Region The top line shows an almost complete levelling of the slope at an estimated cost of 23 J million RASPERS A S S I C 5 HALLOWE EN BASH Fri Oct 27th Tickets 00 a Couple 00 a Single Door Prizes and Prizes or Best Costume Halton police plan to purchase a police cruiser to cover the cour protection and they will hire two constables five escort of fleers and some security off icers The police will cover three locations in the Region in eluding Milton Oakville and Burl ington courts The date of local police court protection has not been set but Halton officers will be hired to be trained for next January Costs are kept to a minimum in the force Chief Bar rett says There is a minimum court security package we could put together while still protecting the municipality He said Halton police will use ex resources such as armed police officers already the cour trooms to secure the buildings He said officers can be located from other areas in an emergency Oakville Coun John Graham agreed with the provincial legisla tion under Bill 187 that puts cour troom security in the hands of local police He said Halton should have one police force Presently the sheriff s office handles courtroom security But Oakville Mayor Ann Mulvale said the province is passing its duties on to the Regional govern ment There is a shift in responsibility and it s happening on all fronts The mayor said charges for cour protection at the Regional level will go to local taxpayers Mom therell be a guest for supper The Salverda boys decided to take some time out of their busy day and meet with Mr Pumpkin man out side their Princess Anne Drive home to discuss Issues of importance like what costume to wear to scare the living daylights out of their parents come Halloween night and what kind of haul can they expect this year The boys are Joshua left and Nicholas who is holding Jacob Region studies reasons for pollution in Fairy Lake Halton Regional Councillor Rick Monday asked health department to present a report on pollution in Fairy Lake in Acton to Halton Hills council said the 60page report was compiled by the health department and was released this week The report outlines the cause of high levels of pollution in Fairy Lake that closed the lakes three beaches for about onethird of the summer Fairy Lake registered high levels of fecal the substance found in the stomachs of warm blooded animals Fecal chloriform is used as an indicator of water pollution count Halton s health department hired a university student last summer to sample Fairy Lake and file a report Results showed that Fairy Lake s old beach was open 75 days and had excessive high pollu counts days The Breezes beach resort registered high levels of fecal chloriform 21 days but was given the green light for swimmers days of the summer The new beach was closed for per cent of the summer Warning signs were posted by Region 32 days at the new beach Coun said a Regional health report described Fairy Lake as a problem terms of pollution Halton Hills Mayor Russ Miller said Monday night he recently met with the Ontario ministry of the en Ministry officials warned that drainage into Fairy Lake should be limited to return the water to acceptable health levels Mr Miller said Regional staff and Halton Hills staff are presently reviewing the Fairy Lake report and will file their own reports on findings at the Acton lake Frank BlaeK to l Pg2 Spooky treat Really Distinction Realtor MEMBER BROKER 112 Main St S Georgetown Corner Church Main 8731881