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Halton councillors get 55 per cent raise Halton Regional councillors will see a 5 per cent increase on their next week Councillors Wednesday proved a pay hike that will give each councillor a year ef Dec and will mean a year for Regional chair man Peter Pomeroy Councillors were paid in while the chairman annual was 63 031 The Region administration and finance committee had recom mended a 2 per cent increase but finance commissioner Joe said a formula used for calculating the politicians an nual income determined the 5 per cent figure Chairman Pomeroy is provided with a car and gas paid for by the Region Regional councillors receive gas mileage for their work related travel Watchtower set for expansion Facing delays in getting water for expansion the Watchtower Bi and Tract Society in Georgetown will go ahead with ex that t require more water The 172 acre site on Highway near Trafalgar Road is slated for expansion to its residential buildings as well as expansion to a general service area that will in elude building a 10 garage The Town of Halton Hills will likely vote next Monday to approve phase one of sion that will include the 10 garage an enlarged kitchen and dining area relocating accessory operations and building a drivethrough canopy Like other projects in Halton Hills the expansion second phase of the Watchtower expansion cannot be approved un til the society gets water allocation from the town The town has water for 1 350 new houses or 25 per cent of the de mand created by developers ap plications A recent hydrogeologist report said there is adequate water on the property to service the site but the town in November said water allocations will be given on an individual basis Town administrative assistant Stephen Thomson said Wat s original comprehen plan was split to allow the society to begin construction We ve basically broken the plan into two parts so they can get goingASAP hesaid A building permit for the con struction if approved Monday could be available as early as next week Business For Business OFFICE SUPPLIES Secretarial Services SI Georgetown 8772282 8771 Florists POINSETTIAS from Georgetown NORThVIEW CENTRE 8776901 J Local truckers sy Longer trucks are safer and easier to control By DONNA KELL the Herald An Ontario ministry of transpor tatlon move to allow longer trucks on provincial roads won t affect Hills local truckers say The truck companies responded to a provincial bill to go for a first reading at Queen s Park in February That bill if passed would allow transport trucks a 53- foot trailer The legislation would allow trucks on provincial roads to be a total metres long two metres longer than the present limit of 23 metres passed in Its strictly an economic issue for some of the larger truckers They ministry of transportation are Ignoring the consequence of ac and injury with the longer loads said Alfred Oakle president of the Hamilton Automobile Club that serves the Halton Hills area Mr Oakle said large trucks are already pounding our highways to death and creating congestion But Ted Tyler of Tyler Transport Ltd in Acton said changes to the Truck Transportation Act are not going to have any great impact on me Mr Tyler said if longer trailers ate used companies must pur chase them to compete in the transport market He said lower density loads or long objects like steel and concrete beams could be easier to haul with the longer truck trailers and trucks could have a safer load because there Is no overhang Bob Bums of Bums Transport Ltd in Georgetown said the longer vehicle and trailer combination could be easier to control and would be safer but he said he can understand the concern of the motoring public with their cars But pressure from outside the province is forcing Ontario to com ply with regulations already in ef feet in Western Canada Quebec and the United States Mr Bums said We pretty well have to do it ex tend the truck length anyway Our business associates on either side of us all have these large vehicles Mr Burns said the traffic tion on Ontario provincial roads is a mess already The only way to lessen the pro blem is to have more roads But according to Hamilton Automobile Club statistics On tanos provincial roads are the most congested in the country The density of truck traffic in was truck tractors for 21 km of provincial highway Damage totals 6500 in Acton breakm Regional Police are in a recent break and enter incident at A and B in Acton which the stolen goods and damaged pro perty totalled about The culprit smashed the store front window and then stole several cartons of cigarettes and a lot of meat sometime overnight Dec A pop machine and a cash register was also damaged Police have no suspects A S S Hwy 5 Little Joe the House Rockers phis Mystery Guests Sundays 7 pm MAget No Cow SATURDAY DECEMBER PAGES Leader of the pack Georgetown District High School students will pre- admires the piano playing of Paul Gardiner Jeff sent Leader of the Pack a story 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