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Thtt Acton Free Press Wednesday April Works committee tours Halton Hills Halton Hills works com mittee members spent over three hours Thursday in spec ting various problems around the town on the annual spring works tour Councillor Mike Armstrong Peter Marilyn Serjeant son Buss Miller George Maltby Pat Mckenzie Walter engineer Robert Austin deputy engineer Ted linger and works supenn tendent Frank Morette all went on the tour In Georgetown the com looked at Crescent Dale Gate James Street Lome Street and Draper Street which are all slated for reconstruction Armstrong Avenue and Prince Charles Drive were also inspected since there have been requests for reconstruction of those streets The Temple Road Duffenn Street area was looked over because of drainage and erosion problems A house on Maple Avenue near Boulevard was also viewed The committee made its annual visit to Metcalfe Court ravine to see how work designed to solve erosion pro blems is coming along Market Street was looked at since there have been re quests for sidewalks and the Princess Anne Drive and Mary Street area was also viewed Parents want precautions taken for children crossing in the area to Park School Another Georgetown stop was Hillside Drive where there have been numerous complaints about heavy fie to the Medical Centre en trance The committee members talked to residents on Prince Street Glen Williams about drainage and dust problems The Ninth Line north of Glen Williams was inspected following requests for road surfacing from residents A building lot on Side road west of Highway 25 where an entrance permit has been requested was examined as was the inter section of the Fourth Line and Side road where there is poor visibility Tenth Line and Regional Road 13 22 and the Eighth Line and Sixth I andl which are all slated for road work this year were inspected along with slope erosion at a home on John Street in Stewart town In Acton the committee inspected the Churchill Road South Orvillc Road inter section where residents a three way stop sign and Churchill Road North which will be reconstructed Board hands out in grants SCOTT MITCHELL caught the fish in the school creek and is giving it to for a present The fish is still alive Police tower at Speyside Street looked over is wis Main North which will be recon this The inspected Pioneer Cemetery which the Fill hair Board would like to use for parking KinRham Hill subdivision where there have been com phints about fie overnight parking ban and problems was viewed The committee will discuss seen on the lour consider remedies for various problems at its nice mg next Monday night Despite objections from the trustee representing the area of went ihciid with decision to rent part of School properly for police liillori Police hive been looking over the art i for time or spot to locate com limine tower for North Hilton Hit ing of for which police will pa rent The rent il fee will everv five cause interference wilh radio and television reception it the school Acton trustee Bert said the tower would lie no fit to the school and expressed concern children pi lying structure lit said here wire iny oilier loci lions where ihi police could put the lowi Hit told ire the i of ind Might on hydro Police it would tin school site Noting loiitrs the ruril in is Hill I sud there iw fill lot blights on lit I inilsc ipe He said Ihe land where the tower will be located used by school children and the fence keeping them off the land now will rem liter Ihe tower is up sud the rent revenue would be a benefit to rilcpavcr in Hilton Trustee Armstrong noted hi lived five beside itions tower and it caused lot of television said this is common from who live near these kinds of lowers He lidded the feeler il doesn ibout the com pi the 34000000 document Budget presentation baffles Region operating budget is so con fusing inat even the who are responsible for approving the budget can t understand it Regional Councils Com Service will ask council to ap ad hoc committee how council war J presented If approve committee ill be ar mediateN after for this is The committee completelj baffled during discussion of the budget for the Halton Centennial Manor at a meeting Manor Administrator Stan Allen was working from one set of figures but those figures did not correspond with the figures in the budget book prepared by the regional treasury department Deputy Treasurer Jim McQueen appeared caught off guard and said he had never seen the figures Mr Allen had and had no know ledge of them The committee was forced to recess while the staff members left to sort the figures out That is just one isolated inslancebut every committee has struggled lo understand the new budget format and many councillors ledge not being able to under stand the presentation Traditionally the itemized budgets show total Buy signs Metal warning signs will be purchased by the Acton Hydro Commission to be placed at the substations and transformers around town The signs are warning the public of the dangers which lie within the hydro property Commissioner Duby explained that if someone who was breaking into a company was being chased by the security guard and the intruder was injured or killed due to contact a sub station the company would still be open to being sued even though the person was on the property illegally Superintendent Doug Mason pointed out the hydro commission is liable for any accidents even though is illegal for people to be near the equipment if proper warning signs are not posted Town says thank you The Acton Hydro Electric Commission has received a letter of appreciation from Mills fire chief Mick Holmes for allowing their employees who are also members of the volunteer fire department to leave their poets in the of fires lures for the preceding as well as a total estimate for the current But this vear council new guidelines and with the new guidelines imc a new format I the new formal each department ins a cost of running to ait Tta figure is it A f arrf vraned i have tucked Treasurer Don Parmer and some have him of disguising increases Milton Don Gordon an accountant told the that elected could not follow through the budget determine where the come from He was Mr I- chose to show reduced figure instead the lotal cost of runninj a depart ment Councillor Laurie Mannell told thi Public Works Committee there was from the Some departments icluillv shuw dee the the budget n Hie me inlime they II il councillors will hive ilongasthev lime of it at next w l hundreds of s sessions budget documents cost even though ire up sands of dull litgion liic w is upset of ihe budget pro mised councillors the el amither pre sented in the same format Milton lim Kerr the motion lo forme to surest new form it nctl indorses for We Stock and Order McCALL STYLE SIMPLICITY PATTERNS HINTONS to STORE DANCING Every Saturday 9 pm to 1 am at the Acton Legion APR 23 COUNTRY Ds Apr 30Guardimcn May The Myttic 14Royal Commui Country Sydc 28BJ Wright Admission 4 per couple ENTERTAINMENT IN LOUNGE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT 9PM SPRING VALUES Kendall Dual Action 4 Cu Ft Tray WHEEL BARROW 3995 OIL 701 Case KENDALL MP FERTILIZER 99 Lb Bag in Beautllawn fertilizer Economy Stze LAWN SPREADERS A small group of teachers including four in the north area will receive In grants Tor short and long term projects Board of Education decided Thursday Peter Gardiner and Wendy Harrison school will receive lo complete Ihe geometry section of a graded math program at the school The work will be done this sum mer Dolling and Alison Winter Palermo School will receive lo sex stereotyping in education Other projects include development of pro grams dealing with myth a physics course for students who mathematically inclined i study of driver education development of a course colled Cinnda A I and of Diversity and another called Our Multicultural Heritage and lesson plan for classes in basic map and globe skills for students in ides Hie board will also spend mother for program councils workshops and Superintendent of Insturc tion John said cations for grants were down this year since none were given out last year because of budget restraints He noted efforts have been made to prove the way information resulting from the studies and projects is disseminated through the education system in Trustee Don Long said he thought the board was spend log lot of money on projects which should be carried out by the large consultative staff Bert also suid he didn I support the grants and voted against them being given out along member of the man com with Long Elsie Hilson and which sifted through Len Crosier Howard Wriggles worth principal Eric was a John Bradley J Kohari DT J Novak DT GEORGETOWN 106 Guelph Street on Hwy 7 beside Pott Office DENTURE therapy CLINIC Phone 877 791 2314 Develop ment and Leave Plan com mittee spent while reviewing the ipplicalions for lout and short leaves for projects ind ipprovcd Ihe board had set in the budget for the projects programs councils spent every cent of the fund as had neighbor Superintendent of Business and finance said if there is any inter problem the le would be declared null and void Don Hill Herd ill voted ig renting the I mil police Vandals r the stor room of one of the Blue Spring Scout Reserve buildings on Nissigaweyis Sixth me wis gained lire ikinj window Two used to off locks were ikon Summer Begins Here with SPORTS SEPARATES Pants Jackets T Shirts Gouchos Shirts Bathing Suits Check Our Special Spring Fever Rates with 00 Items MARILYNS 124 Mill St E Acton 853 3910 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR YOUR MONEY CHEERFULLY REFUNDEC Of USA CANADA GRADE Lettuce Spinach Lamb Shoulder Chops Legs of Lamb IZ Loin Lamb Chops 39 iiv Pork Sausages 10 Variety Pack nn TOMATOES b59 rnoMtniTSHCotuMeu mm Spartan Apples 239 Cello RadisbestA Krafl 65 60S Harvara Cheesed 83 Ffaenv Queen Meal Entrees 69 CREAM Of CHICKEN SOUP OH Cream of Mushroom Ail TIMS 111 WEDNESDAYS ARE GOIDEN AGE 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