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Plans of recourse plotted in wake of landfill decision By BRIAN Herald Surf councillors are poised to make a decision on how they 11 appeal the Consolidated Board decision Friday to ap prove the Highway 25Bntannia Road location for the next Regional landfill site Milton Regional Councillor and longtime environmentalist Bill Johnson is outraged by the of the board The two consolidated board members the board held a joint Ontario Municipal Board and En vironmental Assessment Board hearing took into consideration that it is Miltons turn now to handle Halton s waste said Coun Johnson I was outraged when I saw the obvious biasthere Milton is now consulting with its lawyers to determine the best route of appeal Any private citizen or the town can appeal the board s decision to the provincial Cabinet within 28 days They can also ap peal the decision throughout the courts In my opinion we have to fight Coun Johnson said day Tuesday Milton will appeal Page I The Milton site located on Road preferred site in Aldershot in Burlington The Burlington site is right next to the recently closed regional dump site Throughout the 210page the board repeatedly ed Halton for two landfill sites forward to the heanngs The Burlington site should have been eliminated fairly early in the pro cess the board said The board sat for 194 days pondering pages of evidence and 1000 exhibits The decision is expected to to an end Halton 10year million search for a landfill site landfill issue has been the most bit divisive issue at Halton since tha Regions inception in 1974 It pitted Burlington and Milton against each other and Halton Region an expensive battle which involved well over million spent by citizens groups Currently is exporting all of its waste to an energy from waste plant in Niagara Falls New York and a private landfill site in Thorold at a cost of more than million a month Regional treasurer Joe Rinaldo said ting the waste is costing Halton taxpayers an extra million a year Halton officials hope the in favor of the larger Milton site 311 acres versus 237 at Burl almost every category including the crucial area of hydrology The board concluded the Burlington site would leak more than 500 gallons of poisonous leachate a day into the surrounding environment while the Milton site would contain all the In a bid to shore up its case for Burlington introduced new evidence at the end of the 18month claiming the Milton site had a crack underneath it which might allow leachate to migrate of fsite But Regional Chairman Pete OPEN 7 DAYS A WEFK ASTERN Its Worth the Drive to Acton SALES TOfjUJl LTD Check out our free Lifetime Service Guarantee Lifetime Service Guarantee FREE DISTRIBUTION WEDNESDAY MARCH 1st 1ISI PAGES Police board passes 276 million budget Marking Red Cross Month Out with the old in with the new Halton Hills Mayor Miller removes the town flag to make way for the Red Cross flag March is Red Cross month and the familiar red and white will fly over Hills town hall until Left to nght are Red Cross president Cathy Public Relations Chairman Leslie VicePresident Schenk and Halton Hills Mayor Miller Herald photo by Donna Kell By DONNA Herald Staff The Halton Regional Police force will face an increase of 8 million in the operating budget for 1989 mamly for covering annual cost of living increases and the addition of 20 staff to the force This 11 3percent increase or the total budget to 6 million from million last year The budget is slated to go before Halton Regions Ad ministration and Finance Commit tee Mai for final approval Half of the people hired which includes 19 officers and one civilian will go to the area where crime has increased 9 8 per cent over the last year said Chief of Police James Harding We need more staff but theres a limitation on what we can do said DeputyChief Bob But Chief Harding said crime reduction is the forces primeary reason for adding staff members Last year hired new officers and three civilians For the first time since my 10 years as Police Chief some police officers have told me they dont feel safe be said We have to balance very carefully the safety of the com munity and the safety of the officer out on the street Chief Harding pointed to an of icer in Milton who was attacked in 1988 But overall crime rates in the Region of Halton have ex a small decrease of 03 per cent over last year said Police Planning Manager Tim In 1987 there were crimes reported and in 1988 there were 18463 While this seems like an In crease the Region grew by people last year There was an actual increase in the number of crimes but during that time penod the Region grew significantly said Mr Fredo At the staff or management level police originally re quested a 16percent increase over last years budget This increase would have included adding 31 staff members to the police force The 1989 budget was pared down before it received Police Board ap proval and the Chief and Deputy Chiefs slashed the budget by another two per cent before it went before the board at a potential 14- increase The final 3 per budget ap proved by the Police Board Thurs day reflects 3 per cent toward new and expanded programs and per cent which will go to infla tion and annualization The new budget allows us to keep pace with the growth in the Region said Mr Chief Harding said the 20 officers added to the Halton force pales in comparison to York and Durham Regions Durham Regional Police added to their force for and York Regional Police added several hundred But Haltons police force keeps costs down while providing ser vice said Chief Harding This Region is getting better policing at a lower cost he said adding that Halton has one of the lowest per capita costs for policing inOntario Chief Harding said the budget approved by the Police Board reflects the strong stand the force took on hiring officers It is a responsible budget he said Double