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Engineer thinks The Acton Free Press Wed July 16 13 Works should be under one roof A BASS BASS line appear to be singing after being caught by two lucky fishermen at Acton Fairy Lake The line up was waiting to be measured and weighed Halton Hills new engineer Robert Austin thinks the works department should be under one roof The works department should be consolidated and operate of a central yard Mind you I m not where that yard should be Austin said Hills Is looking Into Ihc of having the I entire works engineering facilities at the Seventh Line works yard Currently the works and engineering offices are on Maple Avenue along n with the building inspector department and more works yard facilities Austin succeeds Peter Morris who resigned last Litter keeps town busy adds costs Hills works force frequently criticized over parks maintenance has a few of Its own and vandalism the Items most likely to raise their ire Works Superintendent Frank says a crew of three leaves every morning at 30 Just to pick up litter in the parks Apart from many other bottles four cases of empty beer bottles were picked up in Fairgrounds Park town between the Monday and Thursday pick up last week We provide enough garbage cans that there s no need for the litter said Mr Morette He said the gates at the Princess Anne Drive end of the park would have to be closed again to keep cars out of the park area This decision was not too popular with ball fans recently during a tournament who claimed there was no place to park Morette said the litter was not so pronounced at Prospect Park Acton but there they throwplcnic tables In the water The town has chained the tables in an at tempt to stop this practice Vandalism to street signs play equipment and garbage cans has proven a costly Item this year Grasscutting is a big chore In a town with more than acres to cut The town cuts the grass at the schools where playgrounds are held In eluding five elemental schools end the high school In Georgetown Z Bennett in Acton and Speysldc and Urn chouse playgrounds At Hornby Pork they do the trimming while Alf does the rest Another chore not previously under works force control is the cemeteries They are now maintained completely by the town At present ball diamond Is being built at Speyside school while another is being extended in the Conservation area The town uses it with the permission of the CVCA Every dny the rood sweeper and washer Is out the garbage is picked up but in addition town men cut the weeds along the roadside The miles of roads In Hills must be covered with large number In the rural areas be graded gravelled and calcium All the calcium Is applied for this year except on roads to be resurfaced The works department has permanent employees and sixteen students For the first time one girl Gail Young is working with the outside Hie roads crew works out of the yard on the Seventh lino while the remainder workout of Georgetown month He came to Hills as deputy engineer in April of last year and said he was pleased the town offered him the engineer Job when It became vacant A native of Sudbury he graduated from the This may change If current plans for centralising the whole works force the Seventh Line materialize of with a Bachelor of Science in and worked for the Ministry of Transportation and Communications MTC for four years before coming to Hills While with the Austin worked as project super visor in Sault Marie and White River before working on the plans for the George town GO rain as a member of the transit develop branch He came to Hills looking for a more ine position and because he didnt like living in Toronto where the MTC transit department is located As town engineer he is now responsible for the overall administration of the and works department and he says he likes the Job As deputy engineer he was the town contact with various consulting and construction firms doing work in Halton Hills and oversaw survey and other work done by town own work crews In addition the general superintendent of works reported to him Halton Hills doesn have a replacement deputy engineer yet during the next few years are widening of Guelph Street in the vicinity of the new arena reconstruction or closing of the John Street underpass both In Georgetown and reconstruction of Main and Mill Streets in Acton He says the works department will have to produce a dated traffic by low for the town and bring back the three hour parking limit In Austin 28 says the Hills part of regional govern working out well but thinks there a breakdown in communications and tunc tioning at the region He added these are becoming less and less of a problem at the region every day He says alt areas of the town are receiving equal service from the works department and believes parks maintenance lsn t suffering I think our staff Is doing a very good Job of maintenance at recreation buildings and parks We are going to need more direction from council on the level of service they 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