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JETLINK Door to Door Tyler Transport 853-1550 379 Queen St. E. Acton 0 a aeebaaeas ne T Newstand price: 40¢ + GST} ACHILLES in Acton IT'S WORTH THE WALK: Cross Canada walker John Davidson is welcomed to Acton by Mayor Marilyn Serjeantson. Davidson is raising funds for genetic research. See Pages 2-3 for more. --Angela Tyler photo They're coming -- tax bills out soon By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner The Town hopes to issue its long overdue final tax bills for 1988 before August 21 with due dates of September 28 and October 28. They can expect lots of calls from con- cerned and questioning rate- payers when the bills arrive. A combination of provin- cial changes in education taxes, the impacts of provin- cial downloading and pro- vide-wide property tax reas- sessment will mean signifi- cant dollar changes and shifts of tax burdens for both residential and commercial properties . Reassessment in urban Acton will result in higher taxes for 58 per cent of residential properties. Over half of Acton's com- mercial properties will pay more due to reassessment while 42 per cent will pay less. Cumulative impacts of the Town's budget, reassessment and funding changes from Queen's Park means a 4.27 per cent tax increase for resi- dential properties in Acton and a 4.70 per cent increase | Hurry In For | TOYOTAS | Sharpest Deals! _ ST1-Ma (erie | rls) Mme Sunday, August 9! for residential properties in the rural area. At Monday's general committee meeting Acton Councillor Rick Bonnette asked Town Treasurer Andy Koopmans to explains the difference in the rural and urban tax increases. Noting that the Town's rtion of the tax increase is Just .08 per cent, Koopmans historical importance. 'What's in a name? Esquesing's first pioneer settler, Morgan Crewson, will be honoured with a street bearing his name -- Morgan Drive -- in a proposed rural subdivision in Crewson's Cor- ners, leading Acton Councillor Norm Elliott to question whether new street names in Halton Hills must have some Elliott said he didn't want to insult the Esquesing His- torical Society which has traditionally provided suggested names for new streets to the Town. He was told it is the practice, but not written policy, for the Society to provide historically-significant names for streets in new develop- ments and then staff recommends a name to Council. "There are a number of communities around that have adopted more far-reaching sources for names instead of just relying on a historical connection," Elliott said at Monday's general committee meeting. "I'm not suggest- ing that we get into competing with Brampton which has street names like Hind Quarter Drive but there are other street names possible such as Maple Leaf Avenue." While council accepted a list of historically-based names for several new subdivisions, several councillors supported Elliott's suggestion. Ward 2 Councillor Kevin Kuiack suggested the Town could honour its Olympic {athletes by naming streets after them. A mry CE explained that the differences are due to a decrease in waste management costs that rural residents don't pay. "A slight decrease in the waste management costs helped offset the balance of the increase for the urban residents. Overall the urban residents still pay more pay more in taxes for an equiva- lent property than a rural resident but the actual tax rate is less in the rural area," Koopmans explained. Based on an average resi- dential unit with an assessed value of $185,000, taxes for a rural Acton resident are $2,659 for last year -- a 4.2 per cent or $109 increase. Property taxes for a rural Acton residential property are $2,516 -- a 4.7 per cent increase or $113 more than the year before. Residential property own- ers facing increases of more than 15 per cent or $300 will be able to take advantage of a tax phase-in program. Commercial and industrial properties facing assessment- relayed tax increases will also be able to apply for re- bates. P PAUL SIMMONS, SERVICE MANAGER AIR COMDITIONING $>.q95 CHECK UP 357 Queen Street *9)853-0200 Halton Hills (Acton) 5453-8965 Leathertown Festival here on Sunday Mill Street will again be the venue for Acton's 7th Annual Leathertown Festival this Sunday, August 9. The street will be closed to traffic from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Traf- fic will be rerouted on High- way 7 to accommodate enter- tainment, games, sidewalk sales and craft booths. The festival officially opens at 12 noon on the main stage at Mill and Elgin Streets with Halton Hills Mayor Serjeantson. The stage will be busy all after- noon with dancers and mu- sic. wae entertainment will also take place at the showcase band stage at Mill and Fellows Streets. festival, with downtown stores setting up sidewalk sales, including Paintin' Friends, Lakeview Flooring and Kitchens, Acton IGA, Bargains Bazaar, Halton Hills Furniture, Country Re- flections, Acton Home Hard- ware and more. Crafts and artisans prod- ucts will also be displayed and on sale including wrought iron, jewellery, Mike O' Leary exam- ines the differences be- tween U.S. and Cana- dian leaders on Page 5. Hold your belly button! Look on Pages 6 and 7 for the Leathertown Festival program, and look at those sponsors! Police warn about counterfeit bills. See Page Il. Sports, of course, are cn Page 9. Or Get 3.8% wood, candles, leather, stained glass, dolls, perogies, cow bells, tarot card read- ings, T-shirts, etc. With so much to do, it's amazing it can all fit into one day and it's a great day to meet your friends. Exotic pet law promised Acton Councillor Rick aff to continue to slighter out of answering his repeated requests for a Town bylaw to govern exotic pets. Recent reports that a King constric- tor snake was loose in the Bower Street area and a re- port showing that a request from Bonnette six years ago for a report on an exotic pet bylaw still hasn't been done prompted the councillor to press for action. Bonnette, who admitted that the issue has become his pet peeve, said he first asked for the report after a man with a boa constrictor wrapped around his neck startled a lot of people, in- cluding himself, at the Acton Fall Fair in 1992. "Last year there was a story of a report of a king constrictor loose on Maple Avenue and last year the Ward 2 councillors got calls from the public about an ex- otic dancer with a tiger that got loose and now there's a snake loose on Bower," Bonnette said at Tuesday's general committee meeting, adding that it shouldn't take six years to get a report. "One of these days we're going to have a real incident, See PET, Page 2 ° Air Conditioning ¢ Automatic | * Power Windows ' * Power Door Locks LEASE ep +tax BO es) Cruise Control FOR Gi & Gus Pics eeie + AM/FM Cassette Stereol per month for 48 months |$1950 selected models* NOW YOUR LEA TION FREIGHT & PDE INCLUDED | Down DOWN PAYMENT | MONTHLY PAYMENT i $3; GEORGETOWN TOYOTA SALES $1000 $201 15 MOUNTAINVIEW RD. N., GEORGETOWN 877-2296 Tor. 874-4276 - $3,000 $255 WEBSITE at www, haltonhills.com/toyota or E-MAIL at toyo =net.com "Based on a 48-month walkaway lease. 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