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ivi wvt r t 1 thursday afpril 7th 1955 jhe acton free press acton ontario i y f page threb actiqn rising costs new and more expenditures many out of your councils control have meant higher taxes for acton ratepayers during recent years a careful study of the table below will show the costs which must be faced in a town where growth presents new problems road costs have gone up 2v times sidewalk esti mates are four times greater provision must be made for new water mains sewers streets and lighting as land is built upon and subdivisions opened up there are outstanding examples of uncontrollable rises in tax rate in the public school levy up in four years from 17423 to 65316 high school levy up from w55- mill rate 70 19 59 953- 51 j952- 64 1951 43 849000 80000 1260290 134850 fire department and police department 25 grant on expenditures included in per capita 1953 therefor their levies are not reduce by this grant t new truck was purchased in general administration public buildings county rate fire department 830900 225000 1515477 398500 757250 137500 1392500 289860 354350 143000 1300000 254150 5225 to 16761 county levy in 1951 was 10850 but now is 151 54 street lighting costs have gone from 3500 to 5300 compare the increases on this table v matically increasing the levy for that year police street lighting roads sidewalks garbage collection public welfare pubhcschool 1218500 550000 1534257 600000 470000 278000 6531686 1092500 400000 885000 1500 00 480000 244250 5052918 847500 350000 678800 100000 410000 117500 36677 44 628125 400000 654032 150000 370000 207500 4266471 425500 77500 1085040 564780 grant since 1951 auto- 611399 350000 630000 145000 200000 200000 1742300 budget for 1955 public school the first debentures on the new publicschool were paid in 1952 and no grant was re ceived in this year but two years grants were received in 1953 so that the expenditures for 1952 and 1953 shoxild be reversed rent 1200000 taxes frontage poll tax rrnrr t warren grove debenture debt recoverable water high school sew pitrc public scroo grants and subsidies per capita l c b o roads childrens aid home for aged post san care county agreement county- con link relief police u fire licenses and permits dog tax all other all interest all other revenue town hall fines arena park warren grove sundry county rebate actual 73123 33000 4920 111043 470065 1699970 budget 7323 35000 458039 1003316- 108123 1316230 276250 733040 3503075 460800 72954 719394 18145 42741 82138 145098 4240 41346 19500 1418 3053755 52700 99950 30563 14000 34817 30305 5000 u5clq0 80615 33417 1607774 152650 39563 313154 676800 70000 1250000- 15000 40000 75000 155743 4000- 100000 17500 1500 50000 100000 37500 10000 30000 30000 8000 115000 80000 30000 high school library arena park band fail fair p board debenture water sewer wartime housing hydrant rent deficit urban board well drilling some well drilling vias undertaken deficit for 1955 866599 838890 220000 220000 20000 260000 40000 300t00 500 00 50000 15000 15000 70000 20000 nil nil 1919125 1795025 141500 145000 300000 300000 1634100 2533721 300000 165000 500000 1954 to the amount of 3600 and this amount is contained 1676171 240000 70000 20000 500 00 15000 70000 nil 2050825 122750 1120302 230000 150000 56006 swtoo 15000 70000 nil 1922875 92830 522510 220000 100000 25000 50000 15000 1810119 147500 300040 400000 the 20903966 14742785 12249318 15159840 9621608 2405543 i 15 150000 3750c police salaries 1039992 fit cruiser telephone coal- miscellaneous manrqfaice 303000 5727259 n- jsgssl general administration audit salaries glerktreasf assessor stenographers i solicitor council miscellaneous t other election expense interest on loans insurance legal and court costs maintenance of public buildings labour telephone coal and oi hydru supplies printing and postage compensation office- unemployment ins accident ins miscellaneous county rate protection to persons and property klre department administration r grant equipment new siren actual 65000 163465- 270000 181925 30000 241600 22129 9254 81120 205924 71132 1u3s0 10707 433 62 130 79 17022 94958 24570 97606 34711 1243 66 13374 20 1365 43 80q 00 78958 974119 367430 1955 60 3762 11 1337420 295501 6057921 budget 65000 175000 300000 200200 50000 250000 25000 10000 75000 200000 750 100000 15000 45000 150 00 60000 1000 00 250 00 100000 350 00 1500h 15454 77 1470 00 1000 00 730 00 800 00 1065200 360000 235000 4400 00 1545477 400000 division court street lighting public works sidewalks labour main street s mill street c to y miscellaneouiritttttttt public works gravel catch basins sand salaries snow removal oil and calcium wig wag tile connecting li fargo grader snow blower township o for patch new work glenlea r miscellaneous items flasher salaries tractor and mower maintenance stop signs miscellaneous miscellaneous items sanitation salaries dump truck 7 conservation of health insulin public welfare relief 73834 19500 5062 240 82527 3200 418386 96140 94205 110760 1221155 421586 16888 317993 38693 8319 20639 573221 19350 618794 55572 16300 31571 108038 36669 1617 1675 39391 13410 1583259 34799 97345 103000 1974 1905 22981 299790- 312816 561794 1266 74 439490 2925 1055 00 1106000 90000 20000 10000 10000 4800 550000 100000 150000 120000 80000 150000 150000 22500 30000 7200 00 50000 650000 60000 25000 30000 100000 50000 5000 2500 40000 565000 250000 5000 100000 50000 5000 10000 20000 350000 200 do 100000 3cmd0 2000 00 f actual 99047 162220 indig patients fiost san care v education public school 4119958 3696 92 1236000 554800 600000 high school recreation and community tihrary park arena band fall fair planning board urban board cemeterv board well drilling j taxes written off sewer deficit deficit debenture debt waterworks 690272 48102 30 230000 17381 233393 50000 20000 70000 budget 100000 150000 4858486 1 148387 2400jml- 20000 100000 50000 20000 70o00 453000 6006873 620774 5000- 365435 14816 1150 00 334961 835212 2750000 190000 470000 sewers warren grove public school high school public utilities assessment supplemental annexation total total expenditures total receipts to be raised by tax mill rate at 70 mills 300000 20000 500000 15000 100000 1634100 total 106800 106800 1030 50 1 14287 100225 97425 886800 2356800 71550 131550 142500 232500 268800 548800 47750 237750 1666000 8600 813200 1673200 1530000 6100 921000 1531000 1100 1662150 270250 800000 22691 00 prin 543188 900 900 700 800 700 3122875 900 14700 600 900 2800 2425 00 1900 lint 1b8 00 16800 330 50 34287 30225 7425 531162 3367075 237750 16732 00 1531000 276250 71045 63 76164 37 2i8319tl9 26961887 surplus 254263267 2340000 42091200 2986944 67 269618 87 6057921 209039 66 2rjfll08613 46 49 breakdown of 1955 levy i t public school debenture payment maintenance high school debenture payment maintenance portion ofifdebt paid by ist library roads misc regular lees subsidies debenture dt amounts recoverable from p- uc school board etc county rate ul a discounth v poiiice less subsidy cr dr 16732 00 458486 1531000 1148387 1003216 240000 i 190000 2750000 total lavy milts 6531686 65316 86 2187 2679387 1676171 561 2400 00 240000 8 cr 1405743 5327862 2940000 1534257 514 7616437 4412237 2288575 7t4 4 17500 4580121 1545477 1545477 1515477 51 1236000 1238000 1218500 4 19564787 150d46tfd general- rate administration public buildings sidewalks sanitation- public welfare recreation and community street lights division court less receipts poll tax per capita lcbo 1 chudrsnslaid for aged post san care connecting link relief dog tax licenses interest all other dr tojal lavy mills 1065200 360000 few- 235000 410000 600000 4700 00 453000 2829100 554800 6977100 v further breakdown of general rate r 35000 676800 70000 15000 40000 75000 4000 100000 500 dd ioqo00 37500 273000 deficit welfare general garbage public buildings 1634100 453000 2708700 470000 235000 54008 00 54 902 17 78 184 1 fire leas subsidy 1500 400000 400000 388500 r 6057921 5500800 i84 20903966 70 ii i n t 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