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Tenders accepted Continued from Pago had enquired about land on Elizabeth Dr and purchasing of Force Electric or the Can Tire store The property is the cheapest route to go he said It would cost at least to buy property he said I thought this was one time we were getting together on a project he commented refering to the fact tome of the would come from the capital reserves At differnet times and Serjean tson asked if consideration could be given to awarding the tender to a local firm There is not a large amount of difference between the lowest tender and the next two said councillor He said If a local firm got the con tract the money would be poured back into Hal ton Hills We re here to save the taxpayers dollars said councillor Patterson and the matter was dropped We spent five a half monhs to develop this pro posal said councillor Duby The town could double in size these renovations will be adequate for years We will proceed with parking I feel have to support this final recommendation We will deal with parking He felt parking should be off the street Defending council s decision councillor stated per tent of the architect is spent He referred to the presentation made the night before Doug offered to build a new fire hall for including and engineering fees but exclusive of land and said this new hall might have to be changed in some ways The land would have to be bought Then there would still be the existing fire hall and money would have to spent to fix it up for some other purpose possibly recreation If you want to add those up The parking is not an in surmountable problem Mr said He said a building lot could be pur chased Councillor Serjeanlson recalled that the parking requirement was to have been solved by the tearing down of the town hall Mayor Hill commented how it got off the track What been going on for the past O years councillor Pat Patterson wanted to know Councillor Marks said the town had increased per cent in the last few years Up until five ago there were plenty of places to park but now there is pressure in the downtown for parking spots Die spots are plugged with shoppers leaving less room for firefighters to park on the streets Puzzled councillor Serjean tson wondered If building the new building would be costly Is this what the fire men want she enquired If we have to purchase parking we will promised councillor Marks We could be taking down the town hall said the mayor by the Free Pros after the meeting if knew where the fire fighters parking would be Councillor Peter Marks said they did not know the specific location said the second storey proposal was the least expensive and considerable work had been done on in other sites He was disappointed in the price that would be required to buy land he He said the lots near the middle school art valued it making total value or to provide for site for new hail Archway cracked at old town hall The Acton Free Press Wednesday Sept 14 3 Refuse bins set in place LIZ BAILEY puts mustard on husband Rick s hot dog Saturday at a garage bale held at their Elmore Drive home Many neighbors helped them put on the sale and all money raised is to be given to the United church Police investigate two car accidents Portions of the entrance at the Acton old town hall are loose and in danger of falling down according to a copy of a letter from Patrick Coles to Douglas Fread vicechair man of the Acton Town Hall Committee A copy of the letter was sent to Hills administration Monday night The letter stated Mr Coles had visited the old town hall with of ami Aziz 1 Consulting ngineers when the condition was noticed He stated since the building is in use ill the time it is essential that steps be taken to fix the brick arch He said the other areas of structural concern would be Included in the study being undertaken by the company on the entire town hall Committee chairman Dinted out the building is used all the time by the public and also houses a senior citizens dropin centre and the police depart ment He said for safely reasons it should be looked at immediately It occurs to me the town of Actor is working It so we repair this building bit by bit Time limit for town hall group Regional Police damages to a veh driven by It I Acton at jUO and vehicle driven by Vin fume St at a two tar collision on Willow St September J at i io Police 1 1 w is in the 1 n f I ff h or stopped k lied out into Both rs Both drivers wi injured collision on ltd September it one driving out of a driveway when it was in eollision wilh eir heading south 150 in to a cur driven by Andrews ltd in to driven in Churchill ltd The Town Hall Committee should be given until Decern of this to show if the restoration of the old town hull can be financed Miller commented it Hills idministra lion committee Monday night He claimed there wis no money in the budget to pur hast property for parking this vear so contended the Car stolen youth caught Metrics Hilton Police ehirged town in connection with the theft of ir I I Street list I diet the flu tin he is drivine me is is miili passenger I Ik e owner told police Town signs have been converted to metrics It not miles per hour he left his inn for tin minutes The ft in the ignition Ihe I he heard the start up s iw it being restoration committee should be able to show if they con raise the money through the Heritage foundation grants and public subscription before any more decisions arc made He said in the budget council should know whether to set aside money for parking property or for tearing down the old town hall The remainder of the dis on providing off street parking for Acton fire fighters was held In camera at the suggestion of Peter Marks who claimed any negotiation on land should be held behind doors but I could be wrong com mented Hoy Booth Councillor Peter Marks argued it was a matter of public safety and a qualified engineer had brought It to heir attention Supposing the building inspector condemned the building what then asked Councillor Pat Patterson Then we have the off street parking problem solved replied Councillor Walter Biehn Patterson wanted the building inspector to report on the archway but Coun Peter Morris claimed the town engineer or works superintendent could do It Marks said there are wide cracks right down through the mortar but claimed the cracks had been way for a long time He suggested Allan investigate and put a limit of 100 on the in Why shouldn t the Acton Town Hall Restoration Com who slopped the hall from being torn down be responsible asked Patter son Because the town owns it Marks replied When the pressure group phised in we phased out replied Patterson Marks defended the restor committee were doing a worthwhile job Finally the committee decided the simplest and way was to have the public works department fix It by putting some cement in so bricks won t fall on someone head Some refuse bins have been placed in the downtown and others may be added the Business Association learned last week Reporting for the Security and Clean Up Committee Ed Wood said if more bins arc needed requests should be directed to Alma Regular street sweeping has been requested by the as Mr Wood said Also garbage pick up seems to be working well he said There is an enforceable littering law Mr Wood told the gathering if someone lays a charge A move was made to split the dual committee putting security under one chairman ship and clean up under an other New parking lease is proposed by Trinity J IMHBLK KKSTAlRAYr Trinity United Church parking by the public and not wantsaSWayeanncreasein municipal vehicles the amount of rent Denny said the rent in Hills pays for the parking lot crease would make the new along with the SI the town agreement owes the church for Church officials Ralph Denny and Bob Hart told Hills works committee Monday the church wants a new lease on the parking lot rented to the town since 1967 Denny admitted suggestions hat parking meters be installed in down town parking tots had Prompted the lease review He said the church is also not completely happy with the way the lot has been main tamed by the town The church a year as rent under the new lease and if the church is ever taxed the rent will be raised to equivalent to the taxes Denny also noted the town t even paid the 1 rent this year so technically there is no agreement Committee chairman Mike Armstrong jokingly the 49 raise in rent was a penalty for being late with this year rent The new lease will also call for water to be drained to Mill and Elgin Streets and snow not plowed up beside the former Dills Stationery store Other requirements of the new lease are realignment of parking stones killing of weeds reserved spaces and signs for church officials no parking meters priority parking for funerals and little more binding Engineer Robert said council would have to establish if the parking authority or works depart for Councillor said he think the parking involved in the lot since it re bick when there irking authority Pit noted the decision made regarding the rinity Church tot would set for 11 three church lots in Ik noted the church lots rented jjj by the town ire to down town The new lease proposed by the church nil be studied the town II WEEK DAY SPECIAL ISurttoY 111 I Free Order of SS SPARE RIBS of Chlnoao Food over CARPET CORNER 11 MAIN ST NORTH ACTON 8533620 You Headquarters in Hills for CARPETING CUSHION FLOORING DRAPERIES CERAMIC TILES SPECIAL SEPT 16 17 ONLY Quality and Comjort by Mens and Womens Wallabees Reg and 95 I ALL I AIR CIAL Log Rollers Reg 95 FALL FAIR 19 95 Special events Recreation Director Glen Gray gave Halton Hilts ad ministration committee a list of special events to be held at town arenas this season He said it was better to do it all in one shot so everyone knows what dates art already booked and what groups are affected Included in the list are the Midget tournament at arena from January 17 to a figure skating competition IB at arena a four town tournament March at George town Figure Skating Club recital March at Ihe Bantam Tournament at Georgetown Memorial Arena March IB to and at Alcott March the Pee Wee House League Tournament at Acton arena February and and the Atom Centennial Tournament at Acton arena March ID to March 12 Your loss is your gain END OF SUMMER CLEARANCE Save now on dependable John Deere products during SUSLoys ACTON SEPTEMBER Tremendous Savings On All LAWN GARDEN EQUIPMENT VISIT OUR DISPLAY ON JOHN DEERE EQUIPMENT AT THE FAIR SEPTEMBER 17 ALTON ILLS ST E NO ACTON COUNTRY MART DEERE LIMITED 853 3901 Hwy No 3 Miles Wast of Acton