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2 The Acton Free Press Wednesday Aug 10 1977 Morrow recommends sweeping council changes A report released by Hal Ion Regional Chairman Iiic row last week calls for a bcrof radical changes in local government Morrow says that recommendations in his report if carried out would tend to the problems of parochialism and stream lino what is now an unwieldy operation In his rtport he mends having the number of councillors reduced from to 12 hiving them elected d rcctly to the on When Morrow took office in January hi promised to report to council six months and convey his own impressions of the office and recommend some rules for the future Morrow ions go the internal workings of the office and touch on the election of and the of the region In his report Morrow recommends Reducing the number of councillors on reg from 24 to about 12 Electing the chairman from among those and him to retain his and sit chairman as well Introduce a system regional councillors would bt elected directly to ret ion council and would site solely on the regional council Currently are elected to regioml council sit on both regional and are councils II ill meet ings in the evenings instead of during the day He bays this will allow more people to run nd if regional hive to sit lonlly they could evening meetings at the region Restricting the tenure of chairman to two terms to prevent any one person from monopolizing the or long periods of lime and to prevent any one person from dint base report also mends amending Bill 151 to permit the election of the chairman by secret ballot This allowed during the time or his election and it created chaos during the election Morrow claims members should have the right to a sec ret ballot just as citizens do when they elect leaders and when political parties do when they elect leaders While Morrow said he docs not want an increase from the he now earns as figures he pre sented for comparison in his salary is tied for the second lowest of the 12 chairman In Ontario His salary is almost under average and Metro Toronto chair mm Morrow is the only in the province to run on a part time basis While wouldn say that he felt regional were overpaid at he provided reporters with figures indicating that Councillors receive the fourth highest of all sal paid for regional cillors in Ontario and 360 more than the average regional councillor in the Morrow said councillors sitting on area councils at tend far more meetings than regional councillors do and receive less pay for It The pay just t Jive For the past five months Morrow has been in the office Tor of the 106 days the office was open and worked an average of six hours a day Morrow said that excludes time at home reading reports and agendas speaking en gagements and telephone calls Morrow ran for chairman indicating it would be a part time job He retained his job as a pilot with Air Canada but now says the job takes more time that he had anticipated and suggests it will probably have to be a full time job in the future Morrow released his rtport to councillors following the regular meeting of council Wednesday and held a press conference to discuss the report immediately after the meeting The chairman said he would support a reduction the number of members on council because it would not be as unwieldy He said councillor should sit only on one level of government People have full time representatives at Queen Park and in and now local government is moving that way People don t like it and they say that they art unable to run for local government because they in a position where they can continue an interest in a business or take a leave of absence It is no career to get into when you can be out of it in two years I concerned about people being able to have access to local government According to Morrow evening meetings of regional council should be held but long as councillors sit even ings on local council it is impossible to hold evening regional meetings He said if regional councillors didn t Students get scholarships Acton High school two top students Lynn and Charlcbois have been awarded Chancellor scholarships from University The award is worth one years tuition to each of the girls Cheque frauds also vital for dealing with the the future of local govern will have In the future rt Pressing issues Is at the region Some- Morrow said he felt some and should be held Morrow said that elected as regional raised by the prospect of con tinuing urban growth The management of that growth how we have to recognize that chairman would feel are all one he said the changes were radical He By having direct election wild he expect the the provision of the evening meetings more report to find him friends on would be necessary infrastructure of people could take part In the regional council but he regional government emphasized time and time duties is almost inevitable hit IGA Aelon on Mom Street is the target of cheque frauds ng to more than last week cheques from a Main Street North resident were returned marked unaulh mature They totalled having enough money in the account to cover the amount The cheque wis presented by i person able to think regionally Mor services to support it will be row quoted from the Mayo seriously impaired by par report on Ottawa Corleton to tendencies and loyal support his contention ties irstly there is a strong Secondly the workload is tendency for councillors much too for those per serving at the regional level sons especially heads of representing local councils councils who serve also on to take a parochial what in it for my municipality viewpoint with a concomitant failure lo view issues region ally The indirect method of election produces a United Mayo wrote in his report for type atmosphere at Ottawa According regional councils with mem to Morrow the same situation hers acting like ambassadors exits in of nation states defending Morrow points out that national sovereignty at the most of the debate during expense of global action The election campaigns evolve indirect councillors power around local issues such as base is at the lower tier arenas parks and locally hence their loyalties He there controlled development He said regional councillors are A region wide approach is being elected on positions they take on local issues not on their performance or posi lions on regional issues Morrow said he fell the region could have moved to wards regional capital levies equalized assessment if members of council had not had lo serve on regional and local council In the six months that I ve been here chairman office I came to realize we are the community of and cording to Morrow that he had tried to I want them to have the remain objective opportunity to partake If it His recommendations will truly local government the be referred to the various great bulk should have the committees or council for opportunity to partake consideration My views on regional eminent have been en forced over the last six which tend negated Se i things and provide for Ihc kind of growth we want and THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized Second Mail Postal on Number Lack Flower garden ruined by vandals flower in imehouse public school was pulled up by the roots sometime on the weekend causing the front garden to look as if a tornado went through the place Caretaker Tony Hurley said he arrived at work day morning to see the den torn up He surmised it must have taken one or two people several hours to do the damage and it will take more hours to clean up the mess Although Mr ley did not know the imme diate fate of the flower garden he thinks it is too late in the season to replant He said most of the plants had been pulled out by the roots and what few plants were still left in the ground were trim pled The caretaker estimated between to plants had been ruined Mr Hurley said he the police upon his arrive at Mr Hurley believed this school is one of the worst schools for vandalism in the on He also d the people of the sm ill v Huge think they know who the guilty parties be but because of lack of will not divulge the names Ihe school However the caretaker someone had called them the day before leaving to believe the damage w done Saturday evening It discouraging Mr Hurley said He that almost every Monday thin summer he his had to report some form of vandalism to the police He po out every outside 1 has been smashed doors kicked in and ndows broken One window looks as if it has been broken I y bullet but nothing was ever found to this suspicion Continued from Page 1 nouncing the plan to separate were not posted so that neigh bors would be aware of the meeting The acreage forms what Mr termed one of the rare coses where two corridors meet on one pro perty Hydros to Pickering Line is under can it ruction A north south line down the centre of Hills from the Bruce nuclear generating station is being contested by several citizens Georgetown lawyer Richard who repre sents farmers opposed to the planned north south line said the separation would be premature Mr strongly the committee deny the application because It had done so on a similar bid on lots 1 on the same line In Hills That the Frank land I hearings for this area section of the pro posed kV line resume Monday in Acton Legion Mr said He also informed the com mittee that residents around the section of the line started a Division Court action to upset the minister of energy approval for expro priation Ontario Hydro denied that the application for separation was premature because the utility has a provincial order approving the north south corridor Mr Markovic said the land would not be taken out of agricultural use PreNatal Classes In Acton 14 weeks Wednesday Nights 730 to MINIMUM OF 12REOUIHED FOR CLASSES Phase Contact ACTON COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTRE 8533310 and noon NOW OPEN otto 15 MILL ST WEST ACTON Specializing in Hand Crafted Wooden Leather and Cloth Items from Central America COFFEE TABLES END TABLES CHESTS ROCKING 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