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THE HERALD Wednesday November IS Page proposes six per cent Pay equity could cost increase in water sewer rates town taxpayers 100000 By DONNA KM I the Herald Halton residents could face an increase of six per cent in water and sewer rates this January and a 38 6 per cent increase in waste disposal fees in 1990 Halton s Regional finance com missioner Joe presented Regional council Wednesday with a budget proposal outlining an in crease of per cent for water sewer and waste disposal opera in a total budget of 3 million The actual budget increase of 16 5 per cent over last year is offset by increased users of the municipal services and increased revenues Mr Rmaldosaid The average residence in Halton will face an increase of 58 in 1990 if Regional council ap proves the increases for water and sewage service in December and waste management costs in March or Residents who pay 21 for these services in would pay in 1990 The increased water charges would be on January s hydro bill Mr said Water costs will increase a proposed a household while sewage costs will by a total of six per cent for Each household would con tribute an average 17 a year to off set increases in tipping fees the cost of transporting and disposing of Halton s garbage This Region garbage is shipped out of Halton to sites in New York state and Niagara Falls Ontario Those sites have increased their fees Mr Rinaldo said Halton own landfill site in Burl closed in September of this year This may be the last year we come in with such bad news Mr said of the proposed in creases to meet landfill costs Things could turn around for us The Region finance staff predicts tipping fee costs will plunge in 1992 and 1993 with the opening of the approved landfill site on Highway 25 in Milton That site is now being contested by several Milton groups including the Town of Milton The preliminary budget report predicts a peak tipping fee cost of a tonne in 1991 This cost will drop to in 1992 the year the Regional landfill site is scheduled to open Costs could further plum met to a tonne a year after the landfill site is in operation Regions surrounding Halton pay less for tipping fees because they have access to local landfill sites Mr Rinaldo said We re the only Region that exports 100 per cent of its waste out of the Region Metro Toronto and Durham Region proposed tipping fee costs of for Peel Region and Hamilton Wentworth predict a tipping fee cost for their municipalities Mr Rinaldo said Halton was used as a model for other regions to set tipping fee costs WplWU 1 1 WIN off ALL WALLPAPERS SPECIAL BUY QQO T Moore PAINTS A provincial law forcing employers to pay women the same wages as men for equal work could cost the Town of Halton Hills in next year s budget The ministry of labor Pay Equity Act passed by the provincial government in was revised Oct to include methods of com paring work of value from one company to another Halton Hills finance department included in a preliminary budget report to allow for pay equity changes but that figure is a guestimate treasurer Ray King said That was the best estimate I could gather but it s not necessan ly the end result Region s 1990 budget will the impact of the pay equity scheme Regional Finance Com missioner Joe said Mr estimates the Region will need to pay to level out pay inequities but he said it too soon to tell now Councillors want to talk to VIA A local member of federal parliament should come to Halton Hills to explain why half the town s VIA service will be cut this January Georgetown Councillor Marilyn Serjeantson said Monday The councillor said what s hap pening is undemocratic Town councillors agreed to a recommendation that an MP and a representative from a committee on VIA rail service comment on the merits of discontinuation and continuation of this VTA service and how our community will be at a future council meeting VIA will cut services to Georgetown in half as of Jan The morning train to Toronto will be discontinued VIA spokesman Richard Gauthier said LADIES AT FLETCHERS SHOES we have BOOTS GALORE In the latest styles and colours from BAT A COUGAR GRAND NATURALIZER VALENTI DANEX We have Ducky Boots Elegant Fashion Boots Flying Club Airliners Laceup Walking Boots Pullons Available in both Nylon and Leather Priced From 29 98 to ORTHOPAEDIC PRESCRIPTIONS FLETCHERS THE FOOT PROFESSIONALS FAMILY SHOES ft FrMiy MAIN ST S DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN