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Tin Acton April Count spending over 2 million Hilton County Councili budget is up of a mill to six mills this year On Monday councillors approved the estimates totalling for general expenditure at 39 mllli phis road estimates on which Hsltoni share is for a 21 mill levy In addition the five northern Halton municipalities share the services of the countys construction safety officer will contribute toward a special levy of It will cost Acton Burlington Georgetown Milton OakvUle Esquesing and 48372 for county expenses this year Taxation is drawn from a total tax base of worth of equalized assessment Indications the countys budget committee headed by Acton Reeve Dr had already done all the paring that was possible were evident during Mondays Dr repotted the original totals had an estimated 1970 levy at six mills It was mills last Councillors attempted to reduce budgets dining he final session this but all attempts failed and budget was approved drawn William Gillies to have chopped Die Childrens Aid Society budget because there were moneys in their budget for new caccommodations which lie claimed could not possibly be ready before the haltway mark of this year The change was voted down When Burlington Reeve Gordon Gallagher complained the countys grant to the Royal Botanical Gardens was left at instead of increased as requested DeputyReeve Gillies argued the grant should be phased out entirely He suggested the city of Hamilton of hone I the am In Milton would never Hep In and it long local continue It giant It added Complaints about a cut In Museum budget were voiced by Reeve Mia A Mac Arthur and Milton Ron Mauls Ihcy noted the needs this year lor repairs to Hoove the should Use reserve fund of 000 but the museum representatives argued this money was donated by Individuals earmarked for restoration of certain artifacts Mid could not be used lor building maintenance The Lome Scots Regiment had asked a grant but it was held to the normal grant Reeve Oakcs noted It was the federal government list had cut out the Lome Scots Military Band and it was not up to the county councils of the three G Alec Johnson Realtor Your new office building is an asset to the community I am happy to have been chosen pointing contractor DAVID COHEN PAINTING and DECORATING PEEL ST ACTON OPEN HOUSE Alec Johnson Realtor CORDIALLY INVITE THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND AN OPEN HOUSE IN THEIR NEW AND SPACIOUS OFFICES AT MILL ST ACTON SATURDAY APRIL 18th FROM 9 to 6 PM REFRESHMENTS SERVED We now offer strictly private office areas for all business transactions MM are extended to G ALEC JOHNSON REALTOR ON HIS OPENING OF A NEW AND MODERN OFFICE BUILDING WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AS ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS FOR THIS FINE BUSINESS PLACE Jon Hurst Electric Young St Acton 8532015 counties to keep band going by making up the In Acton DeputyReeve Tod Tyler who asked throughout Mondays two hour mooting only member of council to vote pinning tho budget Revenue or 7JI98 this year Includes special on construction safely and tiiult school debenture debts grants to Measures ii subsidy on the social and services unit weed control and bounty subsidies child welfare collcctloni licences rents interest include General government council and committees salaries benefits office supplies advertising printing postage telephones and equipment legal miscellaneous court of revision insurance conventions gifts county property Actual expense last year was Protection to persons properly- construction safety officer KMO weed control bounties tire prevention disaster fund Last years actual was 30496 Public welfarcliealth unit social and services Million Manor Minor extension Children Ala maintenance children In euro of other Suclotlei workshop Muyfiald School and miscellaneous welfare grand last year wis but the county has taken over the social fumliy services counselling and welfare from municipalities an estimated 672255 this year iinuncedcbenturas interest on loans etc Actual in 1969 was Oilier Botanical county museum Lome Scuts planning board industrial agricultural grants reforestation last year was 19 Grants approved in tho budget include Salvation Army CN IB St John Ambulance League Canada John Howard Society of Ontario Canadian Mental Health Assoc 100 Muscular Dystrophy Assoc Sheltered workshops for retardates North Burlington and Lome Siols Fire Prevention Bureau Royal Botanical Gardens Mayfield School Burlington MAY WE- CONGRATULATE denies approving drag strip Council denied ever approving the establishment of the proposed Golden Horseshoe in the north end of the township Monday night The only statement we made was that we had no bylaw to stop it declared Deputy Reeve Tom Hill at the regular meeting of council Quizzed by ratepayer Peter Bowman who told council he had been grilled court that day in a preliminary hearing before a decision is given on the stop work injunction applied to the drag strip councillors denied they ever gave approval Mr Bowman declared an affidavit by drag strip promoters intimated council approved their project understood council only approved the control tower and the washrooms he said Tins council never approved it the reeve agreed Mr Bowman also charged the solicitor for defendants in the stop work order case said the clerk told him the agricultural holding bylaw was not being pushed by the township Is the bylaw being scrapped he asked Clerk Del French replied that what Mr Bowman implied was not true Mr Sopmka phoned wanting to know whether council was pushing the bylaw I told him council had engaged a planner and would want to consult him on decisions they made Councillor Russell Miller said solicitor Fred told him there was no way council could stop the bylaw now It is in front of the OMB now agreed the deputy reeve He also held the opinion council could be sued by others who had been affected by the bylaws provision if they didnt go through with it Mr Bowman questioned evidence heard at the injunction hearing in an affidavit which said permission had been given for five and a half hours of racing when approval from the board of Health said the maximum allowed would be four hours Council made no comments as Mr Bowman waved documents to buttress his case building permits Building inspector Tom McLean issued a total of eight building permits in Esquesing township during the month of March Total value of the buildings is and the total cost of the eight was 11 6 Seventeen plumbing permits were also issued grant A provincial grant of has been approved for capital improvements in the Conservation area by the Minister of Energy and Resources Management George Kerr M PP John Root advised the Free Press this week Work be under the supervision of the Grand River Conservation Authority Im just repeating what was said Mr Bowman told council He also requested a copy of the letter from Cayuga township read earlcr in the meeting which some councillors were reluctant to release Clerk Del French read a passage from the municipal handbook which showed there was no way council could deny copies of letters or other documents presented at a public meeting of council and it was later agreed to release the letter to Mr Bowman The Cayuga clerk charged she lived eight miles from a drag strip and the noise earned as far as her place She also wrote that drag strip owners in her area disregarded township bytaws A copy of the stop work injunction on the proposed Golden Horseshoe circulated by Mr Bowman and read aloud showed plaintiffs on the order were listed as Peter Ellis L Taylor J Mane Taylor Roy Roszell Vivian Roszell Clarence Coles Murray Coles and Charles Edward Thompson Defendants are listed as Jack and Carl Bnstow The injunction restrains defendants from taking any steps with construction or operation of a drag strip on the defendants lands including grading earth moving or paving or erecting buildings on the property until the case is heard TRACKS OF railroad blazed during a grata burned over and a barn hay and straw were Monday afternoon at the farm of Waller threatened Milton fire brigade assisted Simmons Quolph Lino and acres Acton Stuff Photo Grass fires occupy brigade Alton arc In the midst of grass fire season with four calls this week One Monday on the farm of Walter Simmons on the Guelph Line Nassagaweya township threatened the barn demolished a car and burned off acres of grass Fanned by high winds it also burned a model train track and set bales of straw and wood afire The Milton brigade was called to assist In quelling flames While the two brigades were fighting grass a manure pile at the farm of Olson 25 Highway near Speyside broke into flames and required another run Sunday grass in Lakcview subdivision on properly owned by Tom caught fire and Tuesday afternoon the brigade extinguished another at the farm of Lcs at Churchill Mr Swackhamer was burning rubbish when the fire spread across the field G ALEC JOHNSTON REALTOR ON YOUR FINE NEW OFFICES LOCATED AT 2 MILL ST E WE ARE HAPPV TO HAVE HELPED BY INSTALLING THE HEATING SYSTEM HANKS HUTNG i AIR CONDITfONUG RR4 ACTON YOUR CERTIFlEO LENNOX BUSINESS CHANGES AT the corner of Mill and premises formerly occupied by McLeod Furniture Main Sts include the offices of G Alec Johnson An open house will be held Saturday in the new realtor who have renovated and moved into the and more spacious quarters ALEC JOHNSON REALTOR ON THE OPENING OF YOUR HEN BUILDING WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN GBitRAL CONTRACTOR RENOVATIONS K KR Sclmuki Construction PO BOX ACTON