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THE HERALD WednesdayNovemlrZSlltPage Community CVCA may take Region to court ByBENDUMMETT The Herald The Credit Valley Conservation Authority will take Halton Region to court if the Region t pay its share of the authority s budget said CVCA General Manager Vicki Barron Friday The Region has until Dec 30 to pay the it owes to the CVCA said Ms Barron If the amount is not paid legal action will be taken to get the funds said the general manager Municipalities within the area under the jurisdiction of the CVCA must contribute funds to the authority s annual budget in accordance with how much area within the municipality the CVCA covers In Halton the authority has Jurisdiction over the Credit River watershed Regional Treasurer Joe said Regional staff is currently meeting with the pro vince to determine if the province will pay the 300 The Region has refused to pay the 300 because the province is obligated to pay the sum said Mr In previous years the province has paid 55 per cent of the authority s budget but this year it has only covered per cent That means the authority has re quested its member municipalities to make up the The Region therefore is required to pay 300 more than it normally would Halton refuses to pay the a show of defiance mean to em phasize it will no longer provide funds previously paid by the pro vince has also refused to pay ooo of the amount it owes Region Conservation Authority for the same reason Mr said the Region is meeting with provincial employees to help solve the Pay equity will cost town cash By BEN DUMMETT The Herald The Town of Halton Hills pay equity program introduced this past summer was meant to create wage panty among the towns employees but almost half appealed their salary in creases The town Administrator Clerk Dan Costea who heads up the appeal committee said the committee heard appeals from of the 114 employees Mr Costea said the salary ad resulting from the ap peals will be posted in the Civic Centre at the end of the month He wouldn t comment on how many of the appeals were ed in favor of the appellants The town Appeal Committee took almost two months to hear the appeals Town employees had three months after the pay equity program was approved by ell in late June to appeal their wage adjustment said Mr Costea The program is expected to cost over the next five years to implement The town s treasurer Ray King said at the time of the program s approval that some of the cost will be covered by tax revenue but he t able to give an amount Mr King was unavailable at press time to comment whether the wage adjustments resulting from the appeals would affect the program total cost Mr Costea refused to comment on the wage increases approved during the appeal process Mr Costea said he thinks now the appeals have been heard and the salary adjustments com pleted the town s pay schedule is fair Mr Costea however isn con vinced the system is that good The program leaves a lot to be desired because it originally created a discrepancy in the town employee wage schedule that t exist before the provincial program was introduced he ex plained Initial wage adjustments com this summer were based fin 18 job categories Each category is comprised of five levels and the town s ad ministration compared levels in each category to find out which levels corresponded The salaries of each corresponding level were then adjusted accordingly Jobs were compared on the basis of categories including required education and mental stress said Mr Costea Employees could only appeal their wage adjustment on one or more of these criteria said Mr Costea There was a really wide dif ference among the reasons peo ple appealed he said But when questioned why there were so many appeals Mr said many of the employees failed to submit information about their job initially not realizing it would be important Treatment plant repairs The Georgetown waste water treatment plant will probably become a safer work place by the end of this year The Region planning and public works committee recommended Wednesday that entrance closures be installed at the plant and the steel railing be repaired at a total cost of The recommendation will go before Regional council this day The railing repairs and entrance closures are needed for safely reasons according to a Regional report The Region has assurances from the contractors the work wilt be completed by the end of December the report indicates Hydro fees to jump Ontario Hydros electrical inspection fees will increase on Januan for the first lime in more than two years r SI us Hydro s of leclnt ll inspetl ion siid in is will i itnl ifftti ill residenlnl lommer I ill it i si on boom i ill I during period si is hi i where in nil ntw lion f for single residence will uplt mine B I r put I I he Code inspection of ddemna The HRCA will shut its doors during December if it doesnt receive the 000 according to the General Manager Murray Stephen The CVCA wont suffer the same fate if the Region refuses to pay the because the amount represents a relatively insignificant percentage of the authoritys budget said Ms Bar ron If Peel Region had taken the same action then the authority would be shut down she said Peel contributes about per cent of the money member municipalities contribute annual ly to the CVCAs budget Meanwhile the CVCA is meeting with the province to determine if it can have more control over the spending of its budget said Ms Barron Currently the province die how much of an authority budget is spent on capital pro jects and now much is spent on operating expenses NEW IN TOWN Lei Us Put The Mat Out For You ACTON Judy 8532977 GEORGETOWN 8778591 NEW ADDITION Itt Urn to call your Welcome Wagon nostra Sh will bring congratulations and gifts for the family and NEW BABY Solid oak accent showwood hart frame nosag springs and a super nylon cover are it a few the man features of this comfortable suite Over other living rooms All reduced lo clear DESIGNER 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