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halton progressive conservative partys provinc ial nomination a post that was filled by his friend georgeakerr ofburlington he is vicechairman of the -nassagaweya- ward-of- ihe hav i v r feature page at 35years of agei bui coul ter is haltons youngest war- den while his youth gives him a fresh new approach to local government he is nonetheless occupying haltons top munici pal post with a good back ground of municipal work born in east flamborough township near freelton he be gan his education in england while his family spent three years there the coulters re turned to canada in 1939 and they lived in hamilton pres ton and toronto before return ing to east flamborough township to operate a dairy farm bill completed his edu- catiorrin danforth technical school toronto fifteen years ago the coul ters moved to campbeliville where william coulter sr bill and his brother gordon went into a partnership to operate a eryand variety store in- order to expand the stores business to the italian -speak- ton pcs and has been an exe cutive member at the county level it yvas 1961 before he step ped into local municipal poli tics and joined nassagaweya council as a councillor for three years in 1964 he became valerie 9 christine 4 and hea ther seven months the plunkett report some large boundary areas are sure to be set out 44 csrtif tod hormpowr alfrttm oatupandgo you nosd for mixtd farming sa thenawall big a pow soouoh for tough tillage ideal for towcropa or as a ascond tractor features power- doubling amplitoic trans- iwssiofi ckaftssnsitivs hitch hydrostatic powar heavy est for extralugging powar angina and muc heavyduty transmission doubla disc brakaa co comfort asat anpurpaee hydraulics ptaaaacjuaiva carrjtisd pto hojaaaowar observed pto horsepower manufatturara rating at mm hg actual barometer and 70f job 13s0 today at a kerr equipment keep council a policysetting body deputy reeve and for the past two years he has been the reeve he was recently reel ected for a twoyear term as reeve he has served on the hal- ton region conservation auth ority for the past five years as his townships appointee war- n coulterwas chairman of the countys personnel com mittee when it brought out its personnel bylaw which put all the staff under one wing of the county system he was also ac tive on the property commit tee while the old brown street court house in milton was re novated tor a magistrates court and when the former registry office was converted to the family court building while halton manor was un dergoing growing pains he served a year on the manor board of managemnt last year he was named one of hal- tons two delegates to the five- man regional detention course which is engaged in building a new jail near hornby for hal ton and peel counties he was named vicechairman of this committee the warden has also served on the roads committee of county council which has just brought in a five year plan tor roads development he is married to the former arlene dixon of sudbury and they live in campbeliville with their four daughters cindy 12 h s holden optometrist 3 cork st east cuelph fbone ta 27150 jhere are the i questions ask ed during the interview and warden coulters answers o what will be your moat difficult task as warden of halton county during 19677 a probably one of the most difficult things will be to keep the county council as a policy setting body rather than be coming involved in administra- tion there is a fine line here the council should be held to strictly policy setting and i think another problem will be t keeping the personnel within the county happy i will be working more closely with them through -the- personnel officer we are to engage q reeve merry off oakville hai said that being warden in 1967 will be a fulltime job do you consider it a fulltime job and how much time can you spend on the work a that depends on what you consider full time if you mean 35 hours a week it could be a fulltime position i am used to working a 16 hour day six days a week so i will be giving the job as much time as necessary but i must also consider my duties as reeve of nassagaweya as- well as my business and personal matters o the plunkett report was undoubtedly the biggest news item of 1966 now recommend ations from the municipal gov ernments and other concerned groups are in the hands of the minister or municipal affairs how soon would you expect to hear of some deftalte p being made towards regional government or adoption of any or all ot plunketts ideas a i think there will be a hearing sometime in the aut umn months definitely not before september i dont feel the report will be adopted in its entirety but sortie larger boundary areas are sure to be set out we cannot necessarily provide all the services de manded and municipal debt must be watched very closely the services we are trying to provide in the community are so great we need a broader tax base to draw from and great er government subsidies for these services o a provincial election is forecast for this year would a complete upheaval of the ro berts government affect the plunkett recommendations 0 a no i dont think so it is more an administration mat ter than a government mat ter q next to the plunkett re port the nurses at haltons health unit received the most headlines in 1966 where ex actly does the nursescounty council stalemate stand right now a it is not a stalemate at the present time j the nurses have beenasked to gain cer tification under the ontario labor relations board before negotiations continue i dont know if they are going for cer- tificatidn or not the nurses want to be recognized as a pro fessional group and stand free of any legislation affecting ne gotiations they should be cer tified to protect the countys rights o how soon should the problems with the nurses be resolved a awe hope we can come to an amicable agreement in the very near future we have got to give a little on both sides to solve the situation o as vicechairman of the haltonpeel regional detent- ion centre committee you have been closely connected with the progress on the pro posed maplehurst regional de- tentlon centre now that the site has been chosen in the hornby area how long will it take to gain ownership of the land at the earliest when should construction begin ened criminals prisoners any one held for up to 90 days will be held there q what is the total esrtmat ed cost and what is haltons share a construction of the two buildings maximum and mini- mum security centres plus services would come to rough ly j 1700000 this figure does not include the purchase of the land that figure is subsidized 50 per cent by the province and it will cost both halton and peel close to 500000 that is still kss expensive than hal ton replacing its own jail o will local police forces still be responsible for trans porting prisoners to and from the jail a that is one of the points 1 am going to drive home if possible i would like to see the prisoner transportation to the jail from the police station and from the jail to court cas es done by the jail staff and jailvehicles this would leave the police free for their regu lar duties it could really af- feet a small policesforce if they had to do their own transportation q what will be done with the present halton jail in mo- ton when the maplehurst centre opens a thats a good question it hasnt been decided yet but it would be a shame to see it torn down its a beautiful old building it could be retained as an overnight lockup for lo cal prisoners i know milton and-acton- police useit fo a i the staff exceptionaljy good people top flight personnel a i know they dont give too many reports to the coun cil itself bu i have seen many county councillors make good use- of the information they have brought back andpass it on to their committees gener ally those who attend conven- tions are pretty good about it it really helps when there are changes in staff to have the in formation on hand but there should be some consideration given to the various bodies who hold conventions there is some overlapping of service the seminar for councillors at last years ontario good roads convention was one of the best i have ever seen it was re ally good for anyone new to council work q lets look atthe staff sit uation in halton the county lost its medical offlcgfj of health dr archie bull late hist year how soon win a re placement be engaged a as soon as possible after we receive a report from our management consultants we are advertising for a replace ment now q you are also advertising for a personnel director to ease the work load on the the nurses we have got to give a little on both sides a we should have title to the land within four to eight weeks construction depends on the normal tests being car ried out for water and sewer age facilities we are nowget ting owrc approval to go ahead we want to makesure wells that area will be pro tected construction should be gin some time in 1968 we im used to a 16 hour day six days a week milton b302sv 8783272 wfdthursfltlsat jan 2526272s battle of the bulge in color henry fonda robert shaw cartoon cats and bruises due to ungth on show each night at pm mahnea saturday at 2 pm have to interview architects vet and it depends on how long it takes for designing we hope to keep its design in keeping with the area and it will take some dime to iron out the details as this is the first of its kind in ontario the detention centre will serve both minimum security first offenders and petty cases and maximum security hard- sunmontues jan 29303 where the spies are in color david niven francoise dorleac cartoon lucicy ducky rr 2 actofqe owf- wcdthurs an 12 moment to moment in color jean seblrg honor blackman cartoon case of the red eyed ruby v adult entertainment show times weekdays sunday through thursday pjh fiuday and saturday at- 3- and 9 pjl jaf lakeyiew discount centre 126 main st 85311w supplier for draperies tiles wallpapers gudden paints prefinished plywoods lockup now it is presently be ing used for a pretty heavy magistrates court schedule and the magistrates would like to keep it for that use q it was estimated the new martinhouse home for the aged adjacent to halton cen tennial manor in milton will not be ready for occupancy un til february if it is ready by that time do you have any id ea when the official opening win take place a it wont be ready until late in february the official opening will probably be held in may or june all the grounds will have to be land scaped and prepared first q what la the total cost of the new home for the aged a the building itself is 1- 143517 on top of that the kitchen at 60000 and the fur nishings at 175000 bring the to tal cost to around 1278517 q you have served on the halton museum board as an appointee of the halton reg ion conservation authority this is the year for the offic ial opening of the museum do you have any idea when work will begin on the countys cen tennial project at the museum the 31857 antique vehicle storage building has there been any estimated completion date a thev were hoping to get it started almost immediately i dont believe they will have it nearly completed until ar ound the end of 1967 there is still some talk of moving the museum building to the other end of the kelso property but its still up in the air qcounty council expenses for conventions trips and en tertaining were heavily critic ized last year but the minis ter after checking out the charges gave halton county a clean bill of health do you believe it is possible to cut back on these expenses a yes it is possible we have already indicated we are oing to pa close attention to these expenses and there is an overall feeling we should watch our expenditures the personnel and finance commit tees have been asked to bring in some recommendations q generally would you say delegates to the conventions and educational trips bring back enough information tq make the expense worthwhile da they pass this information around to other councillors and staff members i will have to do a little more research and study county clerks office because deputy clerk jim andrews is leaving the county to work in guelph will a deputy clerk al so be named or will the per sonnel director replace him a we ar looking into that at a committee meeting this week we are going to assess the work load in the clerks of fice and see if a deputy clerk is needed or if a personnel director could alleviate the sit uation o what is the overall per sonnel picture in the county a generally speaking we arc in excellent shape i feel we have exceptionally good people all over the county re cent additions or replacements for retiring staff members and department heads are top flight personnel and this is what we need we have a highlv urbanized county more urbanized than any other county in squthg and the traffic and- demands for services are that much greater in halton o are there still problems with salaries of jail employ ees a yes we still have prob lems but w have found our salary ranges are in keeping with other areas our starting rate is low but the six months increment puts the staff at the starting level of other jails in this area and there is an an nual increment equal to that in other jails q is halton considered a young county a certainly when you look at the population figures it has been figured that 439 per cent of the countys population is under the age of2tr and halton is growing faster than the provincial average of four per cent per year last year it was a six per cent increase here q could you outline any major djuuiges contemplated in the county roads system for 1967 a one of the things we have to accomplish is togetan overall bylaw to sign the county roads with stop signs intersection warnings and so on all the roads have to be designated and passed under a large bylaw and it means an awful lot of work- also in the very near future we will be dealing with illumination of the county road intersections where they are populated to the extent they need illuminat ion o how will the five year county roads plan assist the county a it will indicate to the municipalities concerned the county is taking more approp riate measures to accelerate their road construction pro gram it gives our engineers more time to consider costs of the projects and- the land re quired through this pro gram the county can be spar ed the cost of lengthy expro priation proceedings and large construction programs can be accomplished within three years the youngest warden in the history of halton do you think this will be a disadvantage or an advantage in your dealings with other people in govern ment who have more exper ience a i dont see where it could be any disadvantage it could be more to my advantage knowing i have to deal with these people i will have to do a little moreresearch and stu dy oh the work i am doing q last year certain county councillors complained of un- fair treatment by the preasi especially during the dispute with the nurses have you found this any problem a no i think we have had the best possibje cooperation from the presic as far as the county is concerned i hope the countys good relationship with the press can continue for the next term at least o does the ordinary joe citizen have a say in county government a i have found with all my municipal work that i should be in contact with as many people as i can this is where vou get the grass roots opinion on county and local govern ment matters it is a problem irving to decide an issue alone and public opinion is verv helpful q tell us about haltons future a i believe this county has one of the brightest futures of any part of ontario because of its strategic location between two large metropolitan areas it will require some good solid thinking and some good solid plarining but we can make halton an excellent model community if we allgivc a con certed effort towards that end thats a prettv broad state- ment but i like to think of it like that make halton an excallvnr model community