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I SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday Januiry Poor vehicle for tax re No decision on Section 86 Town council will wait two weeks before deciding whether or not to adopt Section the controversial part of the province Assessment Act by which properly in both older and newer areas of town would be more evenly assessed for Expressing pleasure at Monday night general committee meeting over a special report drafted by a subcommittee studying Sec 11 on 86 councillors were still concerned that the cure for Inequities In the present assessment method may be worse than the problem Itself think very poor vehicle for tax reform Ha lion Hills Mayor Pole said I real leary about going into a new system that Ian any fairer than the old But Acton Coun Ross who has chaired the subcommittee since it was struck last July warned council that some people feel hey are paying more taxes than they should and thus think they are being treated Knechtel add that If the town is prepared to reject Section and stay with the status quo It has to give those residents a reason for he decision Under the present method Words 1 3 and are each assessed under different criteria some of which are years old During a public meeting last June councillors were confronted by angry subdivision Acton residents complaining that their proper ties were assessed a much higher rate than neighbors living in older homes Shortly afterwards council struck a committee composed of councillors Walter Harry Levy and Buss Miller as well as local residents Lome Paul Gerald Wilcox and Lawrie with GREASEBALL BOOGIE AT LIONESS SOCKHOP It was and city it the Hall night as the Georgetown Lionesses sponsored a fnniled Fifties But few dancers coo Id out and Brian Getty above In the evenings Jive contest and were eventually Judged winners by Ward town Herald photo Keith Black reinstated How Acton rescued a friend Continued from page 150 acre fcedlot operation through which thousands of head of cattle were process over a lSmonlh period for Holdings Ltd of Toronto Records show that Mr Black wis not receiving enough money to feed the cattle so he sold some of the animals buy feed for the rest The company respond by removing the remain ing cattle leaving Mr Balck with only his teaching salary to finance the large Bills went unpaid and Mr Black The family homestead acres by his ancestors in 1825 and on which he was raised may be lost as a result A bank has already sold the Mr Black lives In one portion of the family home with his one- year old son and his old father His mother reportedly suffering from the stressor ihcsiluatian moved into Acton The family has been asked to vacate its home lion for the sale of the cattle is still to be decided in civil Mr Block was given a suspended sentence and three years probation for the technical theft of Because of the morals section In the Education Act the superintendent of Instruction recommended to the board that Mr Black be barred from his classroom his contract terminated In August and that the ministry of education be asked to revoke his teaching Last Wednesday the board spent an hour in debate behind closed doors before concluding that the recommendations should be overturned and Mr Black returned to his position Early in the evening the board colled Mr Black his lawyer David Smith of and Rev Charles Beaton into the committee meeting to clarify further legal points Mr Beaton minister of Actons Trinity United Church was the unofficial chairman of a community support group hat spear headed a campaign to reinstate Mr Black Board chairman Bill Laws on called Mr Black Into the closed committee room to break he board decision o him in private then announced the decision over public address system Cheers drowned out his words as Mr Black emerged making a thumbs up victory sign People arc so beauti ful Mr Black sold People have their faults and nave my faults but you still love Ron Ness Ontario Second School Teachers Federation president for said he sees no probability of the Black case sparking changes In the morals clause in the lion Act He sees the clause about teaching Christian principles as goals to which ail teachers aspire It a realty unworkable clause he said but I don sec anyone trying to change it It would be like attacking motherhood Another teacher expressed the view that teachers were disappointed with the way the board handled the situation although they were satisfied with the outcome Mr Beaton admitted he had been very worried about the decision Acton has sort of disassociated itself from the rest of the county and I really wondered If lis voice would be in this matter he said Region management shuffle Continued from page ment where some revision had to be made indicates that overwork and lack of control over Halton computerized information centre are largely to blame for the regions deficit discovered last July The understaffed depart ment could not cope with the amount of paperwork needed lo get the budget and audit ready last year If the auditors are unable to begin before the report states there would be a virtually certainty or another year of late financial statements and the possibility of surprises well into the 1981 fiscal year While it names treasury deportment staffers to new positions council also followed the task force recommends tlons to add five more jobs within the depart ment changes which could cost the region from 1 IE Under a restructured trcas department the regional treasurer would work with such new officers as a mana of and systems on operating budget analyst a systems analyst and a long sought financial analyst The fifth position is open for a secretary to handle the work The starch of new regional treasurer to replace Don farmer who withdrew from the post lost Julj is said adding thai although the study urges haste In filling post council intends to moe slowly to pick the right candidate Wert not going to move any faster than what council wants us Mr Is said MOTHERS SALE CONTINUES We are still overstocked Buy now and SAVE on your familys footwear Storeyvide- fO I OFF OUR REG LOW PRICES on all Footwear accessories FLETCHERS family footwear Georgetowns Leading Footfitters 102 MAIN ST S ORTHOPAEDIC PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN MON 900 900 SAT AM as their bud The committee began studying Section as a possible on to balance out property assessments In town While the total assessment remains the same under either method residents living In newer homes could experience a slight decrease In assessment under Section But si assessments balance out older homes would be taxed at ally higher rale Councillors Roy Booth and Miller pointed out that Section could affect senior citizens living on fixed In older homes However the tee s report says that senior are eligible for grants under the Ontario Pensioners Properly Tax Assistance Act which could offset much of the higher tax rates Under tho Act seniors living In their own homes can receive grants equal to their property taxes or whichever is less The town also provides an additio nal grant of towards property taxes Over SO per cent of all municipalities In Ontario have switched over to Section assessment the report notes and some communities such as Milton and Hamilton have had mixed results While there was some llty Milton residents toward the move the reports say former Mayor Don Gordon and the town treasurer main tain that ratepayers are satis fled they are being more even ly assessed But Hamilton has netted tax losses of up to paying ratepayers for successful appeals launched against tax hikes due to Section While Hills own assessment study maintains that Section necessarily result In equal assessment across the board it says It would greatly narrow the assessment variations among homeowners living in Georgetown Esqueslng and Acton REGION THANKS GREG Greg Lawrence of St Francis or School In Georgetown was one of the runner ops In a region wide fire prevention potter contest 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