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Acton gets ‘wrong number’ By Oksana Buhel With one month left before the 416/905 tele- wire capabilities. MacNeil insisted there will be no change in current phone . area circumstances when only changeover, there is little - half of Halton Hills joins the indication Acton and new area code. “What is a Georgetown will be __ local call now will remain a twinned. local call after the new code is introduced,” MacNeil said, “and vice versa.” Brampton, for example, will still remain long dis- ‘tance from Acton but not from Georgetown. MacNeil said there is a way to over- come this seeming inconsis- On Oct. 4, Georgetown will be serviced by a 905 area code, while Acton will remain at 519. Una MacNeil, Bell Canada com- munications manager, said she regretted Acton could not join Georgetown in the changeover, adding other border municipalities have also shown an interest in joining the new area code. “If we add all the boundary towns, it will just speed up the process of using up the numbers in the new area code zone,” MacNeil said. The reason the new area code is being introduced is the depletion of the 416 area by 92 municipalities, not including Metropolitan Toronto. Toronto. will remain with the 416 code, and the 92 municipalities, including Georgetown, but not Acton, will change to 3s 8 Criteria to alter long-dis- tance call areas are laid out by the CRTC (Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunication Commission). There must be a community of interest, in which 60 per cent of the customers in one exchange call another exchange at least once a month for any two months. The exchange rate centres must be no more than 64 km apart. If both these requirements are met, Bell Canada sends out a sur- vey, which more than 50 per cent of the population must approve of, asking if the necessary increase in stan- dard billing will be accept- MacNeil added exchange boundaries and municipal boundaries often do not coincide. She explained exchange boundaries are large enough market in limited by physical capacity, Acton to warrant this ser- which directly relates to _ vice,” MacNeil said. Victory for builders By Oksana Buhel ble. “To date, there is not a placed on providing informa- Halton Hills builders, pre- tion to the public with viously frustrated by the respect to the Building length of time required to Permit issuance process. id Council recognized: the meed. to accelerate the process, but wondered where the money for the extra staff would -come from. Town administrator Ray King explained staff was operating with the expectation building permit revenue will exceed the cost of the additional staff salary. Councillor Ron Chatten suggested if staff is increased in one area, it should be decreased elsewhere, but King quickly countered ser- vice levels should be a greater concern than staff Ligowere a building permit look forward to shorter lines and more efficient service. Henry Tse, director of building code and by-law enforcement, made three rec- ommendations to Town of Halton Hills councillors at Tuesday’s general committee meeting. He suggested the temporary part-time plans examiner, hired to help with the building season rush, be retained until the end of the year and an additional full time plans examiner be addressed as part of the 1994 budget deliberation process. numbers. The report was supported nd will be voted on by councillors Monday. Tse’s report also stated “a higher priority (should) be 2 OFFICE Magié 265 Guelph St. Georgetown 877-2300 Activities continue today (Saturday) and Sunday at the 147th edition of the Georgetown Fall Fair at the Georgetown Fairgrounds. 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