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Want Acton back BUILDING PRODUCTS of Canada Ltd honored three men who have recently retired from their firm on Friday Between the three men years of service was represented Wives of two of the men were on hand for the presentations Seated left to right Kirkwood Dave Swackhamer who would have celebrated 25th year of working for BP next month and Kuhn Standing are Harvey Kirkwood with years service and Edward Kuhn with years behind him The men received the presidents purse as well as a gift of money from the union United Rubber Local 603 The women received flowers Committee requests regional enquiry Regional Council s Bill Committee will ask Regional Council to seek a full enquiry into regional government in The motion was sponsored by Burlington Councillor Walter He said the resolution called for the appointment or a three man task force with broad lerms of reference The committee agreed to the resolution but said the task force get underway until on or after Nov 1 when the Bill 151 committee makes its final report and disbands The committee Is getting nowhere It seems obvious they can do much more Cornell closes up Animal Hospital is closing its clinic in Dr Craig Cornell who was here two days a week feels that the vets can provide equal service through their mobile veterinary van and their office in Guelph This is far too important to leave to this kind of an ap proach The time has come for a detailed study just the way it did in Ottawa Carle- ton Niagara and Hamilton Went worth Earlier in the same meeting had urged that the committee refer a brief drawn up by for Com to an independent task force The committee rejected that suggestion and referred the brief to Hills council for consideration Hills council is al ready conducting its own study of regional government and Bill 151 said the problems set forth by the Acton people would just be one of many areas the task force would look into said the Bill 151 committee wasnt able to cope with he challenge of a review of regional govern He said the committee had no research staff no sense of detachment and had only spent 12 hours in meet since the committee was formed in January Councillor Mulkewich said at HALTON HILLS FURNITURE 2 Pl6C8 DAVENPORT nd ARMCHAIR 229 Super Savings ALTON 9 QUEEN ST E HWY NO ACTON 1530211 Continued from Page the transfer of municipal departments from Acton to Georgetown and I he tion of most former boards which allowed and aged citizen input into local municipal decision making The notes that prior to regional government there were nine councillors in Acton making decisions for the town and now there arc only three sitting on a council of 13 people Mr Elliott said the group had attempted to compare costs but found it virtually impossible to break down be cause of the workings of the regional system He said the brier was a philosophical one but noted the committee hoped to come up with specifics before the meeting with the province White Ihott not having the figures to prove whether or not Acton would have the assessment base to support a if the municipality he did say that Acton was already contnbut to a government that has grown tremendously We want a study to give us these answers If it is viable we want to know it The average citizen t know if we could make a go of It or not but right now we feel like Acton Is the tail being wagged by the dog It t a matter of feeling discriminated against but rather a desire to control our own destiny Milton we feel has per formed better under regional government and we are into some of the things we find favorable in the Milton set up he said Elliott said he felt local councillors were a little pes slmistic going it alone We haven had tic support from our regional councillor Pat or local councillors They feel there are decided benefits from regional government that aren t obvious to some of In an interview Councillor suggested that any group suggesting the as a town of Its own should pay very very attention to the costs He said he didn have the exact figures to back it up but estimated Acton taxes would go up by as much as per cent if Acton was tutcd as a town I think they will find we haven got the assessment base to support a unit of our own No one can go back to figures because we vc come five vicious years of Inflation If you look back to what it cost then and take out the rapid rise in education costs the areas Halton has control of in creased by a great deal The increase would be less than the rate of inflation he said He said Hills had paid for a lot of work out of current taxes instead of debentunng Mr said that while Acton representatives on the council arc outnumbered the Georgetown councilors don block vote and the Acton area gets more than its share of work done He discounted allegations that the regional works crews had exaggerated work that has to be done in Acton lie said the works department is following recommendations In a report commissioned by the old Town of Acton and carried out by V son Asked about the loss of identity in Acton said it is the same for Acton as Georgetown and Esques ing He Halton Hills is used only in government and Acton continues to be used as a mailing address If there is a Georgetown there is an Acton and there is and there always will be McKenzie explained that Acton picks up about one fifth of the tab for the operation of Hills can be done We could create a town of our own but it would be expensive It would mean duplicating facilities and offices and there would still have to be police public health the home for the aged Children Aid and these arc all expensive and they won go away The Acton Free Press Wednesday Aug 3 Approve semi on corner lot Hills planning board cleared the way for the build of a semi detached home at the corner of Park and Knox Street Acton Tuesday night They exempted the lot from the usual lot line require ments to allow he semi detached units on the corner lot The exempting bylaw will be aired at a public hearing whe objections can be registered The lot owned by I red Bennett is locitcd across from the Prospect Park gates and is by feet Councillor slid the committee of adjustment would not deal with it since they considered it was more than a minor variance Councillor Pat McKenzie asked if amending bylaw was turned down would that mean the lot would remain vacant Char man Roy Booth said i single family home could be It on it The vote to allow the semi detached house unanimously Occupation Is someone ashamed of their occupation Councillor Pete asked during scussion in changes on the leel on Act which would see the occupation removed from the ballot Treasurer had asked for com from municipal dies I wonder if he trying to protect some candidates but it our job to protect the voters council agreed to refer dis cussion of the election bill back to administration com before they endorse Bill 19 which will take effect tor the next municipal elec tions in 197B the report from the task force could say he answer to Acton problem is a fifth municipality In the region I don know what it would say I m not sure a fifth municipality Is the only way to preserve identity said the study would have to be okayed by regional council and the pro vincial government But he noted he felt there was enough concern being shown to warrant the task force after three and a half years instead of five The people in are concerned and have questions that need answers While the committee supported Councillor wich call for an election it reserved the right to approve the people appointed to the task force and asked that the study not be initiated until after the Bill 151 Committee files its report Nov l The Bill 151 Committee Is named after the bill initiating and setting out the for regional in There has been a lot of dls content and unrest with regional government in Acton BONANZA Samp of DOLLARS More Than Wallpaper Sample Books At COUPON VALID TIL AUGUST ADDITIONAL DISCOUNTS WITH THE 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