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GeorQMovvriActon Apr 18 1984 3 Again reject cutting councils membership William Hon McAllister Anita Hopkins Mark Hopkins even musicians rfday night to right are for Re Patch lalneKusk and Smith S Festival of Music Sounds of season fill Knox The audience at Knox Presbyterian Church heard some fine musicians and singers Friday night the Spring Festival of Music Bern ice Gotland played the organ while Anita and Mark Hopkins and Ron McAllister performed on their trumpets They were accompanied by Elaine Rusk Wannctta Smith offered piano selections and Rev William Milligan sang by George Patch Rev Craig Cribar welcomed everyone to Knox and the trumpet playing trio led off the concert with Fanfare for SI Next Ms offered three organ pieces contained in the Suite Gothique Student employment looking good for The supervisor for the Canada Employ Centre for Students Deborah says she expects a good summer for students seeking employment According to Ms wage sub sidies the Youth Employment Program which gives employers Si per hour to help pay a students wages and the brighter economic picture will moke 1984 the best summer for employment in the past three years also said that promotions such as air time on Halton Cables channel four newspaper advertising and direct contact with students and employers will make people more aware or the service for students and the benefits for employers Lots of grass fires Firefighters were busy with grass ires in Acton area again the past week Last Wednesday at 11 m a grass fire at Lot Concession of and then there was a rubbish fire at Lot Concession at p Twice on Thursday firefighters were called to grass fires behind Queen Si at and again at 2 At p Thursday firefighters went to another grass Tire this one at 162 Churchill Rd North Aprd ISfrom 1020am continued Ms representatives of the student employment agency will be going into the Acton High School to set up a registration for students seeking work and if some students can make it they can fill out registration cards at the Acton Social Services and Information Centre Mill St which will be picked up once a week Last year over students registered for employment in Hills with about registered in Acton alone Last year was quite successful com mented Ms compared to Last year we placed around students In jobs in Hills and we expect to place at least that many if not more this year An office will be set up in Acton around the first week In June at the Services Centre and it will run Wednesday afternoon Right now the student Employment agency Is open at James St In Georgetown from 8 30 So far 350 letters have been sent to potential employers and response from people wanting information has been quite good said We havent received a lot of requests from employers yet though because most students are still in school but within a few months there will likely be numerous jobs available added The agency caters to students from grade four to University and is open to any student who is willing to work Number one Intro Choral Number three A Notre Dame and Largo from The trumpeters returned to perform Whcrecre Walk and Ms followed on the organ with Walk Hand in Hand and Plaisir Amour When You and I were Young Maggie and Lassie of Mine were solo efforts by Rev Milligan and Ms Gowland followed with four organ pieces Sound of Music Romeo and Juliet Love Is Blue Lauras Theme Next the trumpeters were back to the stage this time performing Buglers Holiday and Nina Backontheorgan Ms Gowland presented Moon River Sail Along and Lovers Concerto Switching back to trumpet music the audience enjoyed Number three Silver Hill Yellow Bird and More were played on the organ as Ms returned to the stage before teaming with Ms Smith to play Walt in Ab Green Pastures and Be Thou My Vision were sang by Rev before Ms Gowland performed alliugleich and Prelude and in B b The final selection from the trumpeters was Christ the Lord is Today while Ms Gowland closed on the organ with Prelude in D Major throughout the program were surprise unscheduled selections by all the artists All of the artists gathered on stage for a grand finale number Rev Cribar gave closing remarks Truck fire There was a truck fire last Wednesday at 3 p m on Sldcroad west of Miltons Sixth Line Acton volunteer firefighters responded to the call Respect for tew week Halton Hills council has proclaimed May to 12 as Respect for Law Week The motion was passed Monday and requested by the Georgetown Optimist Club For the second week in a row Halton Hills council rejected reducing its numbers Monday night Last week Councillor John McDonalds motion calling for a staff study into dropping one area councillor for each ward for the next election was turned down Following the debate Councillor Mike Armstrong gave a notice of motion calling for a reduction of four councillors for the next election without a study However when his motion hit the council floor Monday night Armstrong wasnt supporting it it was left to McDonald and Councillor Finn to move and second the motion On a recorded vote only McDonald Poulstrup Mayor Miller and Coun cillor Marilyn voted for the reduction in councils size Serjeantsons vote was a shock since she had spoken twice previously against the motion A study wasnt necessary in fact it was ridiculous Armstrong said since the decision to leave council at 13 members or cut back to nine was a political one He recalled this was all studied in the Bill review back in and a call for just eight councillors and a mayor for Halton Hills was rejected then When Hills was born the number of councillors for Acton Georgetown and was cut from to 13 Armstrong recalled and a further reduction the number of councillors wouldnt save much money only per cent of this years budget He produced figures which showed while the population hasnt gone up that much there has been a significant increase in the number of voters as more residents reach voting age Now with growth looming on the horizon it wouldnt make sense to cut the number of councillors Instead Armstrong said in about 10 years the ward boundaries should be redrawn to reflect the increased population in Georgetown wards He added wouldnt favor creating a new ward to accommodate the growth Theres been too many representatives per ward for 10 years now he said so there was no reason to change now There are too many councillors for the workload which faces representatives Poulstrup observed A decrease in the number of councillors would be absurd Councillor Sheldon said especially in with Its larger geographic area Shethought if there wasnt enough work for urban councillors then Esquesing could have extra councillors With most of the major issues In the rural area Esquesing could 111 afford to lose a representative If the idea for fewer councillors was coming from the people it would be dit but Sheldon said shed heard no calls for a reduction in the number of councillors from taxpayers McDonald suggested meetings would be more efficient with Just nine council members instead of 13 Chopping one councillor per ward would save about a year he continued McDonald wasnt an expert on an area councillors workload Councillor Ross Knechtel said With all the council com mittees now operating as well as outside bodies councillors sit on reducing the number of councillors would just increase the workload and make it hard to hold meetings The Towns entire committee system wouldhave to be restructured if four councillors were chopped Fewer councillors would have to work more and so have to be paid more wiping out the savings in a reduction in numbers Knechtel declared McDonald listed a number of municipalities with more population such as Barrie Samia Belleville Chatham North Bay Richmond Hill and Pickering which have nine or seven council members Sheldon said Halton Hills couldnt be compared toother areas simply on the basis of population because of the marriage here of two urban areas and a rural area Decreasing the number of local represent atives was the first step towards a one tier regional government she warned Serjeantson also said Hills is unique and because of he diversity in the Town having more representatives was a plus it meant more taxpayers received fair representation at council Decreasing council s size with growth coining also wasn wise she felt Councillor Dave Whiting said comparing Hills to Sarnia was a joke since Samia has a city manager system and council is just a rubber stamp Armstrong noted he knows the mayors of both Richmond Hill and Pickering and knows the problems they have their snail councils and hey want more council Councillor Rick Bonnette who supported the study but voted no Monday said no Idea from a councillor to save taxpayers money should be called ridiculous or absurd Miller said council should look at the productivity level of its menbers Hargrave fund Only days left to donate There re only a few days left for people to make donations to the fund at the Bank of Nova Scotia Pat of the bank reported theres now in the special fund to aid the couple whose home was badly damaged in a recent fire Mrs noted the fund closes this Friday Gall Manuel said they arc awaiting a final tally on proceeds from the bar before knowing how much was raised for the at a benefit dance held earlier this month The couple were presented raised at the dance during the evening but some revenue must still be turned in Man not hurt A yearold Ransom St man escaped injury when the 1972 tractor he was driving and the loaded dump trailer he was hauling overturned on a Commerce Ores grade after the load shifted The accident occurred April in the late afternoon Car windows smashed Vandals were busy late Saturday or early Sunday morning smashing windows of cars say they had reports of five car windows smashed The cars were parked in the vicinity of the hotel In ANNOUNCEMENT Mr JohnJ are pleased announce forthcoming marriage daughter Judith Margaret loMi Stanley Coiby Brampton The wedding will lake place Saturday May 19d4atZpm at the Christian Church Acton The Corporation SSfflKy of the- Town of Halton Hill ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS South HALTON Ontario DO DRIVING IS BELIEVING i WEVE GOT THE BEST DEALS ON RANGER WHEELS Get a Great Deal Going for you right now at Park Lincoln Mercury HWY NO 7 WEST Gaorgatown Acton 8772261