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GUELPH NinetySeventh Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY Second Section TECO shuffles Halton TECO Technical Coordinating Committee local municipalities would be Report unveiled on the weekend after about 20 meetings and turned over to the regional three months of study proposes to revamp both the Internal council areas of Halton would be becomes a twotier region of government in the future Basmgtheirthinkingonwatershedboundailes ffjJgSS wft committee released a report that calls for including part of credit Vaueywatershedadjacent West and all of East and to the large Erin Mills presently in County In the new development should become part Halton region The addition of lands along west the Peel region says TECO border includes a triangularshaped piece of Puslinch Go to Wellington Township land from the south corner of Wellington County In northern Township north of Internally Halton even present towns and townships to five lowertier municipalities p Wellington County the or boroughs Milton a small portion of north Oakville and report indicates Their boundary most of would be lumped into one borough map shows lands in the first Acton Georgetown and almost all of Esqueslng into another concession of Esqueslng north of Oakville would remain virtually untouched Burlington would going the Wellington lose its northwestern comer and a new municipality would rou fl East and part of West Flamboro and Puslinch the gas pipeline south of Deny Discuss Saturday County Council Is an allday seminar Saturday at Halton Centennial Manor in Milton where all municipal councillors in the county will gather to discuss and debate the TECO report If the report is adopted it will be sent on to the provincial government as a recommendation to the province municipal affairs advisors The TECO report was pipeline south of Deny on the south the present drawn on the advice of Municipal Town Line on the Affairs Minister Darcy west on the north and local MPPs who and the said the province wants some input from to help it form policies on future regions If a region Is recommended there are Indications It can possibly be Invoked for and would have to wait until 1974 Under TECO recommended but refers to them two tier system many as blocks A to The report responsibilities presently held by outlines what the responsibilities Town Line and Highway 101 on the east Milton a eastern boundary Is scheduled to stretch one concession eastward to Fourth Line OakviUo The report does not attempt to name of the region and the constituent financial Implications to indicate communities would be what will happen if and when the Five factors were considered by TECO when they devised local boundaries Those factors are Internal drainage reduction of the number of local units and each municipality should have an urban core as suggested by the Minister of Municipal Affairs In his proposal In January 1909 Other factors were the Toronto Centred Region Plan with particular attention to the Park way Belt and the Niagara Escarpment plan as well as the effect of the MacDonald earlier Highway The report Indicates a parkway belt that would cover a wide swath of and and lesser portions of Burlington and Staff work The scheme comes after meetings and more than three months of study by the TECO committee That committee Is composed of staff members from Halton County towns and town ships in the county It follows a long line of reports dating back to the report in While a number of reports have been commissioned this Is the first one that represents a county effort report contains no Mr Bathing Suits OF GEORGETOWN Tops Shorts Let us help you choose Dresses for Special Occasions Fashion and Design 10 Main St N Georgetown Not surprised by report mayor Mayor lst is not surprised by the recommendations In the report although he agrees that boundaries proposed by the committee ignore the community of Interest enough Smaller municipalities are ignored when reports such as the committee proposes are drawn up Perhaps he suggested Acton would be wiser to move in the direction of and a Wellington regional setup than remain the Halton area I m not talking secession but what have we got to loso He reiterated that Saturday meeting of all municipally elected officials in Milton will reveal more information It Is possible he said the town could be better of than dealing with Government restrictions At the same time he said the town has not to make a stab at preservation Meanwhile Milton council held a special meeting Monday and tore the report to shreds reeve Tom Hill refused to comment asserting the press should not be in possession of the report until Saturday THE TECO REPORT on future as an Independent north west Area D would include Acton region of government released this week proposes Halton s town and most of Esquesing while area is basically the internal and external boundaries to be juggled around as present Externally proposed new shown in this map The present Burlington would remain in boundaries would jut out into and Wellington Halton but would be split with the built up area A as one unit Counties on the west and dip in around the large Erin Mills or borough and the remainder joining with portions of West development on the east but Nassagaweya north of and and all of and East Slderoad would be cut out and given to Wellington County to form unit Unit would include most s municipal councillors will sit down to discuss the of what is now Nassagaweya plus Milton and a small piece of report this Saturday Less strength for north Cartoon booklet produced to discourage sniffing THE of solvents uch tin Ipoluhremoven cement clean ng flu ami other lr for the purpose of hijh his been po out to children in new twocolour cartoon booklet produced by Ponds Canada Dm ted in cooperation the Addict on Research Foundation The booklet in French and has been distributed to addiction centres across Canada and is available to tbc general public through them Organization interested in of he booklet can do to by writing to Ponds at Box Postal Station Toronto Ontario Aimed at children in the to 14yearold bracket the brochure is t lied What s Your Bag It produced after a study was conducted w th children 1 n areas where in ffing Is prevalent order to deter nc the type of message best understood by youngsters The cartoon formal as pre the re a simple straightforward mevugc found to be the most means or on Pond the manufacturer of Cute brand nail remover has pro duced the booklet an effort to I the in of solvents In add lion the com introduced a formula change Cult brand nail polish remover to deter abuse of the product Published in public interest by ACTON PHARMACY and ACTON FREE PRESS Nassagaweya Council mum Members of Nassagaweya Council refused to make any comment on long awaited report which recommends revamping municipal boundaries and forming region during their regular meeting Monday Council went into a closed committee meeting to discuss a report by the County Technical Co Ordinating Committee TECO Council committee meetings ore not open to the public or the The TECO report was given to the various councils in the county over the weekend and released to the press on Monday In the report the number of municipalities in Halton Is reduced from seven to five Lose top part and Milton are lumped together The northerly portion of the township would become part or Wellington County Authors of the report based their suggestions on the basis of the areas watershed and the Toronto Centered Regional Plan Although Council did not discuss the report during regular business the of whether to spend money on a two way radio system for the municipality road vehicles or as part payment for a front end loader appeared to bring out one councillor opinions on the matter EadnplnMUtoo Council felt the loader might end up anywhere after the TECO report was implemented Probably dusting and gravelling the streets of Md ton snapped Councillor Calvin Mclntyre Council to wait until a spedal meeting is held on Saturday before dedding on which purchase it should make The special meeting will be held at Centennial Manor North a representation at regional council would be reduced from what it now enjoys in a county system if the Technical Co Committee s report on regional government Is accepted The report recommends the regional council Include representatives plus the chairman Burlington would take in land now known as Waterdown East and part of West and two communities would be formed one with Burlington as its urban core and a second with as its urban core Burlington would have seven representatives for a population of 80 while the new area would have three represent atlves Milton and would be combined for a population of 14 and represented by three men one of which would be the mayor Ac ton Georgetown and would be combined for a population of 31 and represented by four persons while which remains basically the same as it is would have six representatives for a population of Chairman appointed The chairman would be appointed by the regional council Councillors would serve a two year term and according to the report the term would not be coincidental with the term of the chairman Councillors would be elected directly to the regional council Members should not be elected by wards the report says It is felt the election at large would allow the members to take a broader scope of the dealings at the regional council Mayors of each of the five communities would automatically become full members of the regional government It will be up to the mayors to provide liaison between local and regional councils In the two tier system The chairman could be appointed ther from among the members or as a citizen at large he was appointed from the council his vacancy could be filled according to provisions in the municipal act Each municipality would have at least three representatives one of which would be the mayor tor the first 15 of population each would have three representatives and for each additional 15 an ad councillor would be added Give bulk of work to region in twotier plan for county Division of responsibility as proposed by County Technical Coordinating Committee would see a strong regional council with five second tier councils If adopted the report would call for the abolition of most committees boards and commissions now operating in the various municipalities Your committee is strongly of the opinion that the local government can be strengthened in the Halton region by trans ferring such basic services as planning taxation and finance production and distribution of water collection and treatment of sewage and the purchase and sale of electric power to the region while retaining those services which are purely local in nature at the local level says the report To further strengthen and to ensure responsible government the responsibility for the provision of all municipal services should rest entirely in the elected councils To achieve this it is recommended that all boards commissions and bodies be dissolved except for the Halton County School Boards the hospital boards and the committees of adjustment Official plan indicates the preparation adoption and amending of official plans should be a regional function The responsibility for determining the best use of all the land within the region must rest with the same authority which is responsible for the supply of basic services g water sewer and hydro The establishment of broad development policies the area to be developed for industrial commercial residential and recreational purposes to best serve ail of the inhabitants of the region must rest with the region This would include the approval of subdivision and the signing of subdivision agreements Right of appeal TECO says municipalities should be consulted concerning the official plan and have the right to appeal Just as a private dtuen would Committees of adjustment should be appointed by the local councils as local dtizens would likely have more first hand knowledge of the municipality and its problems The report peace being a regional responsibility with the being phased out over a period of five years from areas where they now serve The OPP cover Acton and Nassagaweya now According to the report fire service should remain local until such time there is a need to replace volunteers with full time firemen Each local municipality should provide the type of fire service it needs and can afford As the number of full time fire fighters increases consideration should be given to transferring this function to the region Building and plumbing inspection and animal and livestock protection should be done at the local level while emergency measures would be a regional responsibility Scrub roadi crew Concerning roads the report indicates that the regional council should have Jurisdiction over the construction and reconstruction of regional roads but upon completion of the work the roads would be the responsibility of the municipal council The local municipality would have jurisdiction over its own roads and would maintain regional roads in the community If the recommendation was accepted the region would not have its own roadworks crew The report indicated a savings would be found in this manner because of the lack of duplication All matters relating to the supply and production of potable water Including the construction of all the installation of water services and the billing of customers should be a function of the region This same statement applies to all matters relating to sanitary sewers also The region should try to establish uniform water rates within the entire region so that users regardless of location would be charged the same rates says Hydro regional TECO disagrees with a report by various hydro representatives in the county who suggest hydro should remain a local responsibility The only point from the hydro report which met with TECO approval was the proposed acquisition of rural assets held by Ontario Hydro and the proposed method of financing Garbage disposal and drainage would remain local responsibilities however it is considered that major creek enclosures and flood control works should be a function of the region according to TECO Libraries should remain as local responsibility but be reviewed within five years with a view to possibly transferring them to the region Museums would became a local responsibility and the Museum should become a responsibility of the new community including Nassagaweya and Milton Continual em Page