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THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 4 Please join us in welcoming our New Team Members and receive a 25% discount during the month of November when booking with our newest professionals. Alicia Ripley Alicia is our newest stylist and welcomes all new clients as she is fully licensed and trained in the most up to date styles and cuts. Whitney Bucke Whitney is a graduate of The Aveda Institute and has 4 years of experience as a Colour Technician with their product line. She welcomes all New clients. Town pulls no punches over school board handling of MSB land sale By Frances Niblock On the advice of its law- yer during a closed door discussion, Town Coun- cil did not detail its plan to try to counter a Halton District School Board de- cision to sell 2.56-acres of land at McKenzie-Smith Bennett School. Clearly frustrated, angry and disheartened by last weeks Board decision, several councillors voiced their concerns in no uncer- tain terms at Mondays council meeting, includ- ing Acton Councillor Jon Hurst who was unchar- acteristically blunt when he accused Board staff of being less than forth- right with trustees who were unsupportive and ignored promises made to Acton that linking the two schools to form MSB would not adversely im- pact the community. Hurst said trustees ap- peared to make their decisions with no respect or fairness for others, only being interested in their own ward and schools. It is disappointing that our Ward 3 and 4 trustee (Gillian Tuck-Kutarna) would choose to vote for Georgetown over Acton, rather than voting for Georgetown and Acton, Hurst said, adding that the 5,000-name petition against the sale might as well have been written on toilet paper. Bore hole test results expected tomorrow (Friday) will determine if the earth 500-feet below the proposed parking lot of the new Acton library is suitable for a geothermal heating and cooling system for the $2.3-mil- lion 9,000-square-foot facility. Jane Diamanti, Director of Library Services, said a geothermal system could cost between $220,000 and $250,000 and would pay for itself in 25 years. She said they are currently looking at financing op- tions including a Green Municipal fund grant/loan to pay for the system and prepare a report for Town Council once the feasibility tests results are known. All of the materials in the library and going to be en- vironmentally-friendly and a geothermal system would promote green technology and help get off the grid and demonstrate conservation measures in a large building, Diamanti said on Monday. She said they will also do bore hole testing at the Georgetown library expansion site to determine if they could pull heat from the ground to heat and cool that facility during renovation/expansion work. Geothermal system may heat and cool new library in Acton Acton Councillor Mike OLeary said he felt be- trayed by the school board that had an obliga- tion to honour the good faith promise it made nine years ago not to sell the MSB land but didnt even consider it. Q u o t i n g W i n s t o n Churchill, OLeary said it was not the end, or even the beginning of the end, but the end of the begin- ning. Because we are not go- ing to let this go. Mayor Rick Bonnette, who said the councillors had to get their comments off their chests, said the Board shunned 10,000 people of Acton with its decision, noting that the money from the sale of MSB land will be just a drop in the bucket to the Board that is facing a $17-million capital short- fall.