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Where taxes go The Acton Free Press Wed Apri 3 for the homeowner with a George town assessment of 7 an Acton assessment of J84 and an average assessment of Georgetown mill rate for town purposes from to up 1 mills Acton mill rate rose from to up 1 4H mills and went from to up 1 mills the hamlets where street lighting is billed only these areas the mill rate dropped from to 1 in Glen Williams from tolG2in rose from 1 40 to in Nor and from to in Stewirtlown The total Hilton Hills budget under town control to The fire budget totalling is up from actually spent las The fire budget is and the Georgetown area is 251 Councillor Ern Hyde vehemently opposed the inclusion of full time paid fire inspector in the Georgetown Fire Area in the budget and termed it the thin edge of the wedge He claimed Fire Chief Ken had a main goal of creating a full time paid department since firsl coming to Georgetown 1 11 do everything in my power to keep the volunteer force he maintained He said the man was not needed ind would add one paid man and predicted this would only be the beginning He warned there would be a vehicle and probably a secretary and furniture needed for a fire inspector He claimed the volunteer force had not been consulted Continuing he said a pick up truck included in the ire budget was not necessary ind should also be deleted from the budget Councillors Hoy Booth Russell Miller Pat to delete a Enid fire Inspector from the Councillor Pat McKenzie said he saw no desperate need for the truck and pointed out Fire Area 1 docs not have any He said three volunteers in the Acton department are trained to do inspections Private homes cannot be inspected without the consent of the owners anyway The total roads budget including street main tenance snow removal storm hewers etc amounts to SI 369 up from last year Road construction is slated for Drive Normandy Boulevard Allen Road Crescent and Draper Street in Georgetown the Ninth Line between Steeles Avenue and Five in and Churchill Road North and Mill Street in Acton This year severe weather sent the winter maintenance budget over the top The budget figure was but was spent Recreation and community services including parks recreation libraries and cemeteries amounted to compared to 950 actually spent last year The parks budget went from spent last year to recreation rose 724 to 892 libraries from to 111979 and cemeteries from to 43 The total budget for libraries in Acton George town and amounts to175 including a per capita grant from the and 000 from and rentals The town s share is 710 for Acton and for Georgetown and General administration of the town is listed at Last year the town actually spent less than the figure of The collection and disposal garbage has a tag in this year compared to actually spent year The expected town i from sources other than taxes such as government grants permits penalties etc will be down this year from 2 483 last year to 802 this year Provincial transitional grants dropped this year from to 38 Hyde claimed 000 for landscaping around Gordon arena was He pointed out that figure had been pared down from 28 He said it was a helluva lot of grass He put forward a motion that the amount be left in the budget but could not be spent without council approval budget and refused to delay the passing of the final budget any longer The final approval was given to the budget with only Hyde and Miller voting igiinsl it Board budget Halton Hills forks over 38 million average education 1 1 increases ringing from 7S Hills will have fork over S3 million this voir support the school system Hoard of I- dotation passed its million ire budget which is up million from last year It spilt a number of dnstic cutbacks Schools will cost George town residents Si 870 this vear and the avenge Hi payer I he mill rate h is jumped Of mills will die the same kind of 1 is Georgetown ind will iv 73 in taxes Hills Acton an 11 null rate increase I In mill rate Ins gone up mills in Ward wo and the average tax hill will be up residents will pay Si mo ilia to support the school system Hills residents who live in what used lobe part of will fork r22 in taxes tins support this vt is the cause of the hike fur locil ratepayers the Ixnrd decreased from of the board revenue per cent even hough Ihe board expects to receive SI million more in grants this year than in 1975 The municipal tax portion the board revenues is up and the municipal levy has gone from support ing per cent of the budget lust year to per The mill rate averaged the region has gone up mills frustrated During debate on the budget Trustci Tony Good he hid been frustrated throughout the whole process especially when his suggested were deft i ted I here have been some mils but ire reallv just window dressing Wt nave cut public spending he declared I elm in In Cameron St residents ask for improvements said the sir lion hid done job in finding irtas when cuts could be nude it w is hard to come up with these reductions ind still til tin the iujlilv of liwsmi 1 rustic lliehard hoard during its discussions seemed to Two hurt in crash Hie whit w is He deplored tilt i he owlet has swelled from million in to million this ye noted ihe ire be innt dines burden size of Ihe wis in i out of proportion to the mere in the iiuinht r pupils over the irs ind the improved of binned high for board or Ixjard Good in snd he has for 2j has ton been ignored budget In supplies ind itrifitul Hilton Hills works torn mittee asked engineer to report to of for mproving on Cameron Street The engineer will have get costs on pi ins proposed tin it lis night meeting after the complaints from Cameron Street residents One of the plans would set storm sewtrs inst and curbs built on the Another pi in suggested is to have curbed sidew ilk built on the side of ihe street guide w iter down lo the end of the street The other il tails for curbs and gutters be built on both sides of the short street Sot on lour Cameron residtnl CulmMacColl isked the torn mtttte what it w is going lo do to solve drain ige problems and complained about Hit committees failure lo drive down the street during its recent spring lour Austin said surface menl is slated by the region for the street this year and lined the whole problem was now in the hands of ihe committee there was monev budgeted for town work on the Councillor Jot Hurst suggested a curb be on both sides of so tin walcr will run down the middle of the slrctl to Lake Austin noted the region lias installed sewers ind their next step is iht job Doing lhat is like washing your fict and leaving your Residents will still gel water m their ments Mr MaeColl said Councillor Hyde noted ihe street isn t long and the side is lower than the west wide so if a sidewalk with curb was built on the side the drainage problem would likely be solved He iddtd ihe road could be tilled to help the w go down the cist side Mr said idea of curbs bad but w to set curbs built on both sides of the street He vvasn I in of sidewalk being built Councillor Mike suggesUd a curb for one side of the street and a sidtw ilk for the other noted it costs the at for lach foot of ilk built for each foot of curb constructed Hurst the street is less in feet long t questioned Ihe need for curbs on both sides of the stri if there is no flooding problem on the west of the road Mr pointed out two homes on west side have had their basements Hooded Hyde countered thai the id could be built so water goes down the east side said wasn t a wise idea construct curbs ind gutters without installing sewers Austin sud the committee should get moving on its plans for the street before the surface itment job being done by the region starts He s the town could gel the region bold off on he project as long as the lender haven t been signed Hurst noted the street is an urbin road should be brought up lo urban dards Mr MaeColl said no one would shovel the sidewalk and warned it wouldn solve flooding problems on both sides of the street only on Hull He also asked the com mittee to build small stum wall at the end of the street lo improve its shouting match between Hyde and Mr with committee chairman Armstrong trying lo mediate Mr MaeColl observed he had lei the municipality across his properly when it is doing sanitary sewer work and whu hid it gotten him vehicles suffered minor in juries it lunehtimt in i collision on Hilton Hold just south of I dtn Mills Milton 194 driven by It Vive 64 of imp wis southbound when it collided with i 17 opcraUdhy of Hock wood Point snd Mr w is injured along with Mr son ige who w is i passenger in his III inn mil in nice I six of the nun milts intrust iiisid in ised support Ijuuns irk budge I wis still fin meed it mi if monev imt fri m lot or coffers or last months I hi I is I tin presenting vinous parts of the its vinous tt lists Iht of wlutli our 0 per lent is to pv Acton Read By Over 15 People Weekly t your message be here Missed Your Free Press Please Let Us Know Our carriers do their best to give last courteous service but mistakes do happen so it you do not receive your paper or have any complaints regarding delivery please call our office Pioqnom will be discussed at a meeting at The Centre in the Y Wednesday May 5 730 pm Volunteers could become involved in a variety of community programs as drivers visitors shut in assistants but not in the pro work of the centre ANYONE INTERESTED WELCOME For further information call JUDY McLIN Coordinator 853 3310 dressing What a way to greet the warm weather bikinis skirts shorts tops slacks all lor comfort and style this summer Boutique Personalized service our specialty Mill St Acton 853 3910 ART TEACHER Jim Goring and student George work on the Oxfam banner at the high school last week The banner is hanging across Mill St advertising the coming Oxfdm trade fair Want subsidy on garbage i ire i councillors Jim Wilson Hubs feel rattpiytrs should rtcoivc sulisidv on the tolltction of Intel lountil lb it historic illy ird rittpavtrshid dump in the irta could their own refuse it dump will close soon mil the ratepayers will have Recommend no sewage for plant Milton Hills pi inmnLhoin 1 1st retom mended lo illiin Iteioinl to take garble Urban is town Councillor Watson receiving siilisnh us el thai ird Hydro withdraws road request Jul Ins iwiuLs I Hill Hills Milton to tlose oarl of road allow in 1 ivvii in iud ill null illow nut finns I i I hue hi twit lli towns i i rt jinsu I town to ru id mil f win hip I hydro 1 hi road illow ill In irt of Ihi i it Ins its ittjuc si ill ml 11m summer his I in ti suit of the road illm inn Hilton Hills works Ihui Mil rtuist wat i tint the list our from lot Hilton Hills lown pi inner irio ditli told Hit pi in would iniplov four is for Ions i I think would lit v in isstssi mil in jobs from it WATCH FOR l ALTERATIONS SALE Nielsens REDUCE the discomfort of HIGH HUMIDITY- Sticky clammy air during summer hot spells drawers lamming windows and doors sticking pipes dripping musty odours etc MAKE EVERY ROOM DRY AND USABLE WITH A WOODS Dehumidifier Model 74 15 pints relay capacity vinyl cabinet Automatic water overflow control Signal light Adjustable Plus many other features SPECIAL FOR A COMFORTABLE SUMMER VISIT HALM HILLS In Mir it ihc nutting was io i for sure how much w is or on what il is hcini calculated ountil ijrttd to check ml the in liter bring hick more fittual infnrma until hid con municipal in the area but le ed it would be far more Hi in the cost of tlmiLit pnvittl 352 0un St E Hwv Ni Acton Unmistakably the real thing your feet will know Designed and engineered only by for MAY 9 th Give her some she always wanted 41 SMOOTH I SHOES ACTON