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Land Division Committee Region puts end to illegal payments A controversy simmering behind the scenes for months finally came to a head day afternoon during a meeting or Regional Council During thai meeting council ruled hat members of he land division commit Ice can no longer accept pay or site inspections In ruling on that council overturned a decision made earlier by Ihc administration committee Inspiteof the fact regional solicitor Mike Marl in said payment I legil and that here is no authorization for it in the Planning the committee filled to act on it Slop Illegal pay illo Ma Anderson a mem of the administration committee appealed lo coun Monday to discontinue what he called illegal pay mints Members of the Land Division Committee received WO per meeting plus mileage for driving to inspections and meetings and until now for each site that was inspected Councillor Carl cast doubts on what actually happened at meeting over one year ago when I and Division Commit tee Chairman Preston requested permission to charge the fee said it was his recollection that the commit lee actually refustd the fee as well at another request to have the payments declared income tax free tnkscn told council he asked the clerk department to seek out the resolution authorizing the payment No such resolution could be found but nn amount was bur led in the budget to cover the expense The amount was covered under a general heading in the budget docu The specific request for additional payment never went before regional council An amendment that would have simply the per diems to cover any losses in the cut of was defeated Chief Administrative Of fleer Ernie told council the solicitor was of one but the only way any thing could be proved would be lo test the use in court I can sec to over this amount of money Practice and legal opinion dont coincide he the council Motion carries 1210 The Free Press Wed May 12 B3 Councillors boo trip to Vegas McKenzie nominated for Health Council Councillors Pat of Acton David Coons Burlington and Harry Barrett of have been ecom mended as Regions representatives on the District Health Council Those recommendations have gone to the Ministry of Health but the decisions hive not yet been made A steering has been working for several months laying the ground work for the Health Council The is expected to serve is one body with an overview of ill health vices within the region llospit lis alt of the vinous which rely on provinenl funding will have to have from the Couneil before grant requests go to the ministry Void duplication Chairman the steering committee Jaek Porter said Hie role of the council would be to duplication of service and gips of services in other areas lie the eouncil would report to the of Health on such things is expansions and the region s priorities for health If there wis some service in the south that in the north and the council felt it should he it would seek subsidy for the he Slid There will be IS people ippointed to the With the exception of the three regional councillors names of oilier recommended LAURA WILES CELEBRATED her 83rd birth day on Sunday at her home on Knox Ave Neigh children baked her a cake to bring back fond childhood memories Laura ran the bus depot and a candy store with her brother Harold for many years and has lived in Acton for most of her life Photo by Celia Saxon Hydro Corridor Reed for study meeting May 12 A decision to send three regional councillors and two staff members to a lion in Las Vegas is greeted with catcalls and loud hooting noises from a number of councillors Council voted 12 to 10 on a recorded vole Wednesday to send the delegation the Internal ion Public Works Annual Con gress and Equipment Show in Las Vegas Last year the council sent one elected to the same convention when it was held in New Or Councillor C said the expense of loscnif lors could not be justified He ill Public Works ViceClmr man Brown supported the convention Several broke into laughter when he argued there was a lot of very valuable lion to be gained s speech was inter rupted with laughter again when he suggested that so far there was only one councillor on the committee who had ex pressed willingness to li iler stands Mayor idded to the lute Mr I want in the members of ihe public works dealer has to stand At that point Milton Mayor Anni also i member of the works suggested councillors hid the wrong irds nventions Some think that conventions are just a place logo and drink I know different and it too bad that there Is such a live attitude Opposed Milton Councillor and Georgetown re preventative Morrow op posed sending people lo the convention Hills councillors Dick Pal and Sykes all supported the trip as did councillors Jim Watson and Anne The budget for council con is set at The trip will take all but of the councillors eon vent ion fund For water and sewers Councillors concerned Julian Iteed M PP is for in independent study into the In istitemcnl to this news Monday he ml lie is to have the final report of the Select commit tee on contain i re commend ition or such study is requested by ilicns roup Heed If in is not conducted itch It in volvine icfunniiL of land obi e isements could cost the lixpajirs if tint ino much more I he t Die mi in in the fir idle corridor dm the fid it will ive profound ffccls our lives ind lives of children Heed hoped the if mironmciit will it leist the rttiuesl for in independent sludv public milium on the Mil I in Id it I- LADIES LOSE WINTER BLAHS and BULGES Join the Acton C A ladies KEEP FIT PROGRAM 8WEEKS OF EXERCISE and FUN STARTING JUNE 8th Mornings 10 to 1 a Rtgistnt on May TEES YMC A MEMBERS MEMBERS INSTRUCTORTHELMA COOPER I I it cli MUFFINS SOFT IGHT N PUFhY Hush Puppies SPRING SPECIAL OUR SIDEWALK SALE OF VALUES CONTINUES HELP THE MENTALLY RETARDED Support the Flowers of Hope Socmans DOWNTOWN ACTON Pat and Ernie Sykcs two of Hills representatives on Region Council are asking for help in voting on a water and sewers issue which will be decided at the region this fall Regional treasurer Don Farmer has suggested that the present system of charge backs to municipalities for water and sewers to a regional levy the entire region paying equally Councillor said at Monday night finance and personnel committee he like some staff and input before he has to vote on the issue To listen to Mr armer MPs go to court Not only Ration Hills resi dents are unhappy about the proposed electoral bound change which in this area would split the town and lump Georgetown with Brampton but two Liberal MPs arc upseT enough to apply to the Court to set aside he final report of the Federal Bound Commission for Ont Keith Penncr Thunder Bay and Norman Ontario have engaged law yers who will seek to prohibit the commission from official ly presenting the report The tow MPs arc setting up a trust fund to fight the pro posed changes and are hoping anyone who is similarly at will send in a few dollars Frank MP is spreading the word in and is asking voters to forget party lines in this issue and throw their weight behind a united front A number of MPs have ready dipped Into their pockets and told Ihis newspaper any con tributions no matter how small should be sent to the Electoral Boundaries for Ont Trust Fund Philbrook Room lie Building House of Commons Ottawa This action by the two MPs is the first of its kind Under the changes Mr Penncr riding would disappear and be divided among four other ridings Both MPs charge the report does not adequately explain alterations as required by law Without such they say the report may be invalid leaving the possibility that the seats of future members could be in Jeopardy They claim they cannot debate the report fully without knowing the reasons said I m a damn fool if I don vote for one rale for all of McKenzie said he thought the change might be an ad vantage to the town now but he expressed concern about what would happen if Burlington for instance doubled its population and Acton grew no larger than 10 It being promoted by Burlington and opposed by Milton and Hills explained McKenzie Surely Ihcy re Burlington not playing Santa Claus to help the rest of us out Councillor said he understands eventual change to regional rales and I services for waters and sewers was one of the sec of Bill 151 which intro duced regional government As far is I m concerned lis a matter of timing said When rates and services regionalized in Peel Peel managed to squeeze million out of the provn government to help equalize the transition according to treasurer Ray King ON flNANCING 00 Prep Charges BAZ MOTORS LTD I VOLKSWAGEN AUDI SHORTILLS TACK SHOP AND GENERAL STORE Special Announcement Were open Sundays starting this week from 1 to 5 ENGLISH WESTERN HARNESS English rolled SHOW BRIDLES It an ENGLISH and WESTERN SADDLES NYLON HALTERS NCLISH RUBBER BOOTS Mill WESTERN LEATHER BOOTS HI MANY SHOW SPECIALS HARNESS AND SADDLE REPAIR Also from our general store a complete line of work clothes and work boots per cent off this week J A LARGE SELECTION OF HOME AND GARDEN HARDWARE ITEMS IN STOCK Store Hours Monday Wednesday Saturday to Tuesday Thursday Friday to Sunday to On your Sunday afternoon drive drop In and sec us We re open North of Georgetown