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Procedural wrangles cloud uniform rates battle Despite prolonged debate it is perhaps less clear than ever whether starting next year homeowners through out the region will pay for water at an equal rate and for sewers on the basis of the amount of water they use As it is now water rates vary among the palities Sewer services are paid through property taxes The region in turn bills local municipalities for sewer and water services Controversy over changing to uniform water rates and a sewage surcharge pre occupied regional councillors nearly the entire Regional Council meeting last week But the hours of debate the rhetoric the anger the In the procedural wrangles and challenges to the chair ended not in a but in two two op posing decisions that require legal opinion to resolve One decision approves the change in principle the other tables the Issue With Regional Chairman Morrow breaking a tie vote a motion approving in principle uniform water rotes and a sewer surcharge amounting to 105 per cent of the water bill was passed The motion also called for implementation of he new payment method to be with held pending receipt of fur thcr information outlined en dm en Is Then to prise the next motion calling for tabling of the water and sewer Issue and for in a complete study on Ihe impact or such a change W33 passed as well Council had been debating the Issue in committee of the whole At that time amotion to table was defeated hut Burlington Mayor Mary announced her intent to ask for a recorded vote on it when the meeting wert backlnto Council According to regional procedure moves Into a session called committee of the whole to discuss mcndations brought forth by Its various committees It moves back into session of Council to take the final votes on issue before it Although the committee of the whole had not finished discussing all of the items on the agenda or Mac Anderson who had to leave to catch a flight obtained councillors pro to move back into session of Council Tor a deci on the water and sewer item After the amended motion to in prln passed Mr Anderson left Mrs then persuaded Mr Morrow to allow a recorded vote on the tabling motion It passed by a vole of 13 to 10 In committee of the whole with the full Council present Mr Morrow broke a tic vole defentina the motion o table After the count Hills Councillor ltoy Booth said he understood he voting on a motion to consider the tabling motion Said chairman Morrow I ve tried my level best to deal with a very difficult Issue with a divided council adding he have allowed the recorded vote on the tabling to take place when It did He ruled the tabling vote taken in Council was out of order But councillors l buying and insisted the matter be put to the soli for a legal opinion Predictably the debate found councillors vigorously opposed to uniform water rates and a sewer surcharge stands to lose money in the switch llalton 111 in favor Hills would Milton opposed Burlington councillors in favor for Ben Cipriclll and Mayor Munro who further investigation Burlington Councillor Walter whose motion calling Tor approval in principle was with amendments argued that although there were tics In both systems at pay the principle of user pay can be applied in way which would be more able to a greater number of people He said user pay would encourage consumers to save money and practice con by using less water for example by installing devices which cut down on the quantity of water used in toilets He also noted availability of a provincial grant to the changeover some million was not to be laughed at The essence of the whole discussion Is that the pro Ins offered million to buy off the charge back system said Milton Jim Watson and Mr Morrow agreed Mr Watson reported the mayor of Sudbury told him the charge back system was he only way of maintaining equity An was added to obtain information about Sudbury experience with its new system Councillor Carl Continued on Page 2 ACTON COUNCILLOR Pat McKenzie appears pensive as he listens to the debate over uniform sewer and water rates One Hundred and Fourth Year No 13 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 27 Thirty Four Pages Fifteen Conts Second home bid is turned down severances Mr Coles in formed committee Bruce Coles informed the committee the problem of a second residence on present lots that he would not own the land and he would there fore not be able to get a mart Region s Land Committee last night turned down a bid by an Acton farming family for a second farm home but the committee agreed with farmer idea Acton LDC member Bill Coats said after the decision gage the committee was not Chairman Fletcher against the idea of a second suggested the family may home the application failed have better luck on other pro- comply with zoning by it owns such as the laws concerning frontages approximately acres The conveyance bid came across the road from Clarence and Wllma A Coles neighbor Norm Coles R R 2 who hoped to Fletcher informed the transfer the land to their son he would be happy to see the Bruce The land is on part of lots filled in because or the Lot on the Fourth Line damage done by snowmobiles member and dunebuggies Chalkley who moved denial went so far as to want further separation bids to be handled by a plan of subdivision If the committee created Vehicles from Acton and the lots as Coles asked one were involved in a would meet the 125 foot front collision on Trafalgar Road age requirement the other Steeles Avenue Thursday would be shorter We will morning not knowingly create a lot Halton Regional Police whose frontage does not estimate damage to the comply to the zoning by law tractor driven by Brian Coots said R 2 Acton to be LDC member Tom Mar THE OFFICIAL OPENING of the new Acton shall of Oakville said that If However damage to the cours took pIace on Sunday before the Senbar iof the Acton Club stgles and an build on one of the other lots amounts to about accord exhibition match between Ontario professionals The acre piece has had la to police John Turner and Steve Pictured from Will suppress iron by adding chemical Action is being taken to The same remedy will counteract the iron in Acton be taken here according to region His department has waterworks engineer Bill received complaints about Kong He says many centres the iron mainly about Its counteract iron with the taslc and staining qualities add lion of sodium silicate to if he thought the the water York amount could cause bad side London and Markham all effects in people who cannot chemical will suppress it have ron content three or tolerate iron he felt it could four times higher than be However he doubts the ind idd sodium an eould be enough to sihcite he explained cause cramps and diarrhoea is mild in as some Actonians have comparison wondered Some people are more sensistive Mr Kong agreed The department Is conjunction with the Ministry of the Environ ment on the problem of Sequestering the iron The ordered and installed before the sodium silicate may be added Hinton seeks second term study on the long range pumping the new well at Fairy Lake is still underway It is this well which is putting iron in the town water system The Iron content is below standards allowable and is between and milligrams per liter Mr Kong explains left to right Mike Morns Peter Marks Glen Campbell Tom Hill Mike Bullock John Jon and Vic Morris For story see sports and recreation section Elmore Dr Fences gate to solve motorbike problems Veteran area politician II Ilinion will try for a second term on llalton Board of representing wards one and two of Halton Hills a former Hulton county warden and member of council captured the board seat the election beating two other candidates ing the incumbent He was chairman of the board of governors of Sheri College before joining the board for the last two years where he has been a vocal of spending practices said his Interest in is based on his After a discussion with George Van Eykcn and Peter Paplllon Hills administration committee came up with a solution to the problem on the road allowance between lots 135 and 136 Elmore Drive Mr Van Eyken had previously told the committee the unopened road allowance is used as a hangout for motorcycles and dune buggies with litter and dust all over He originally asked if he could buy the land The solution which seemed to satisfy both men and the ten residents In the area who attended the committee meeting will see a fence placed at the end of the road allowance on Elizabeth Drive and at the property line the road allowance on Elmore Drive In addition the fence on the Elmore Drive road allowance will have a gate permitting pedestrian traffic only Mr said he was speaking for some residents on Elmore Drive along Prospect Park He em they were not there to quarrel with Mr Van He pointed out the access feet down the road which had been suggested If the one next to Van Eyken property was closed is an entrance to Prospect Park and not to private property He said there Is a bylaw prohibiting motor vehicles in parks and called for lis en He claimed to have Been as many as eight motorcycles with motors running all trying to outdo each other in noise He said Elmore Drive goes right around the lake and many activities such as swimming fishing canoeing and picnicking go on These are the proper uses for a park He asked there be posted saying a fence and a motorized vehicles banned He suggested gale Mayor Tom Hill agreed saying a gate like a turnstile might be the answer but pointed out a woman pushing a baby carriage could not get through said he saw eight and nineyearolds hat night riding mini bikes They could not be licensed Councillor Roy Booth questioned how many people would take baby carriages through the road allowance since he said the area Is mostly sand and grass He said he was thinking about a cow gate with the fence so a motorized vehicle cannot get through The mayor said he would get in touch with Chief Police Ken about the unlicensed riders Booth claimed the law con not be enforced on private property Booth said cross country Councillor Peter Marks skiers could carry their skis warned enforcing the bylaw on their shoulders through the would not solve the problem gate He said have He said he tended to agree access to the area when with the fence but reminded lake Is frozen He said it committee others with might cause some hardship to motorcyclists going hellbent audience suggested there for election could be a potential entrance In making the motion to properly partlj erect the fences and the gate fenced to present minibikes Are we going to put cow gates on them all owned by Marks He said the solution was a said the town could try to stopgap measure He with on dieted they would now hear Sign hamlets keep names The town lake down any signs identifying Georgetown and Acton or any of the hamlets until ordered to by Queen Park Councillor Duby says Monday Mayor Tom Hill brought a request from a Glen Williams resident to have identifying signs put up at approaches to the village to Bert Hills works com He is conscious of what parents say but at the same time wanls to also reflect the Engineer Robert Austin lt worries of the vast majority re Is no money in the under control at the same of his constituents who don own hudgct for signs for time education quality Is have children in the public villages or towns maintained Ihit costs be kept conventional bicycles toboggans cross country skis use the road allowance He said the entrance should not be too small so they cannot get through He claimed studies show that youngsters learning to ride mini bikes have fewer accidents when old enough to drive cars Councillor Pal Patterson sympathized with the res idents saying he had been up there to view thespot and saw with baby carriages but felt it was the only solution to the problem Jack Carpenter in the fencing it Carpenter said the area is already posted No Motor vehicles and commented he would be satisfied if the posting is enforced Councillor Peter Morris wondered if residents would now want all walkways from the Mr said the snow mobiles come mostly from the Legion side of the lake He said no- one seemed to object to them All committee members favored the fences and gate idea It will now go to council for their Police officer out on road There is no longer a police switchboard which officer who regularly mans patches calls Some calls go the Acton office In the day directly to a complaint officer time in the central com Supt Taylor says studies room at haveshownthatLheconslable who dispatches the nearest was most useful on the cruiser Immediately road Cons Rod Donaldson As well there is an outdoor had been on duty in the office phone at the Acton police here office which callers may use Now Doris Townsley when the office is not open remains in the office during We re as close as the regular office hours telephone Taylor Sgt Taylor explains there says separate platoons or shifts APPuS Vanish from the divisional head from banks school system and want to He pointed out there is know why costs keep going up some question now of the at time when enrolment is legality of place signs for declining towns and villages in areas says he can t like Hills where there why the region can amalgamated town and run all the services it regional government provides with a budget a third the size of the board s and stated if the province his two wardsand feels he it time education quit ever contemplates not allow his a Idea what their liking over per cent of the signing of villages and concerns are and what local tux dollars towns in amalgamated expect from the school is the only declared municipalities the town system for the seat should protest He describes his first term on the as interesting he has been involved in at every school in Acton and says he has been in touch with many ratepayer quarters at Georgetown On each shift three officers 1 usually come to Acton Each platoon has a sergeant and he is often in Acton as well Staff Barrett Is in charge of the Hills detachment Mrs can get In immediate touch with police officers by phone through the Hallon Hills town workmen cleaned up the school creek on the lake side of highway Tuesday Thctowncleanedoutollthe weeds and garbage from the creek banks and removed the debris by truck of bites off the head of her gingerbread man He was stuck in an apple a unique table at the Ginger Snap Pair held by St Johns Church on Saturday night List of winners Complete lists of winners In various fall fair competitions appear Inside today a paper The results are culled from the judges books and guaranteed perfect However we hope readers enjoy seeing who won what and the companying pictures STEAM TRAIN BUFFS and just ordinary families waited for CN at the Main Street crossing Saturday The locomotive is oil driven The ten car train was on its way to Stratford with stops in town and Georgetown and no doubt other places Saturday was the second time 6060 has been through town in a week