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Affected landowners -- some emotional, some angry and two happy to have more land protected -- jammed the council. chambers on Monday night. Ten of 12 speakers urged Council to reconsider a November 22 decision to ask the province to incorporate 4,000 additional acres of ag- ricultural land in Halton Hills in a protected countryside 357 Queen St., Acton 519-853-0200 info@achillesmazda.ca Our Dealership is not the Biggest. Our goal is to be the Best!! Town tells Queen's Park Listen to Halton Hills farmers designation in the greenbelt. One parcel is between the Middle Sixteen Mile Creek tributary, on the west side of the Sixth Line and a green land area. The Niagara Escarpment, Milton and a Middle Sixteen Mile Creek No raise for. mayor, council Town councillors accepted staff's recommendation not to give themselves a raise this term. The Town's remuneration policy calls for a review of councillors' salaries during the first year of their three-year term of office. The policy says compensation for the mayor and councillors should be based on a best fit analysis from salary/population data obtained from municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area of up to 100,000 people. The 2004 mayors' salary data shows Halton Hills pays its mayor $46,600, more than the average salary of $42,200. Halton Hills councillors earn $18,800, less than the average of $20,046. The All-New jaz vPowerful 3.0L 6 Cylinder Traction Control v Power Windows v Power Locks / Keyless Entry v Power Heated Mirrors y Cruise Control 17" Alloy Wheels v Air Condition v Power Driver's Seat v Engine immobilizer V AM/FM CD Stereo ¥ TiltTelescopic Steering v 1712L of Cargo Capacity v4 Wheel Disc Brakes v ABS Brakes ¥ Fog Lights wv Automatic Transmission v ...PLUS Much More greenland area bound the second piece of land. Many of the delegates complained they were not consulted about changes that would affect the value of their land, and their livelihood. John Opsteen, president of the Halton Federation of Agriculture said protecting agricultural land is a good thing, but the cost must be shared, not paid by farmers whose farm equity will de- crease because their land is included in a protected area, for the greater good. "If the provincial govern- ment wants to keep an area as a greenbelt, there's a very simple way, and that is to buy it," Opsteen said, adding seme form of compensation would be fair to those whose continued on page 3 peer sy 336 Guelph St. Georgetown 905-877-0149 georgetownchrylser.com Local committee set up to search for Acton MDs A handpicked team of politicians, commu- nity and business leaders and a physician will attempt a medical miracle -- attracting a new family doctor to Acton Halton Hills Mayor Rick Bonnette announced for- mation of the Halton Hills Physician Recruitment Committee during his "state- of- the- union" address to local business leaders at last Thursday's Mayor's Christ- mas lunch, hosted by the Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce in Georgetown. 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