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Council urges Take mayors off regional council Mayors should not sit regional council but should spend their times at the local level Halton council agreed Monday night It was one of the made to the region by the committee region we ve just saved in chairs quipped Mayor Tom Hill Police Commission AH four mayors would sit on Halton Police Commission if Hills council has Its way the commission would be stated Councillor council At present the Bill headed by Councillor Pete mayors would keep a sharper to review Bill eye on the police budget since the act that established they are responsible to the regional government taxpayer He suggested there Councillor for be citizen at large in mayor of Acton said the addition to the mayors workload was enough at the Councillor Peter Morris local level and claimed It claimed the purpose of the would be in the Interest of the police commission was to people and the mayors to remove the from have them devote their time politics and said this would to one area defeat the purpose Council agreed the Councillor Miller left by cutting out the pointed out there are only two mayors would not be filled so elected officials on the com the numbers would be cut by mission now four It scares the living hell out If this goes through at the of me to think BO per cent of Peter Marks Ho said the says the vacancy must be commission should not filled by appointment within change from election to days election and claimed the In Clerk Administrator Doug put of judges and citizens pointed out have no political con elections are not allowed Mayor Hill contended the nections was important He after March of the year when recognized the importance of the next election will be held the budget but suggested a method of appeal to Queen Council agreed the function Park if regional council is of the Land Division Commit dissatisfied with the budget tee should be returned to the should be set up I By election option The method of filling a vacancy a controversial subject when the late Councillor Coxe died would be overhauled and theoptlonof holding a by election given local councils according to another from the Bill 151 committee The by election would be at the discretion of the local the present Land Division done as soon as the Halton Committee seem to Official Plan is completed local municipality as part of the Committee of Adjust Pomeroy explained the committee felt the land Division Commiltee deals directly with area problems and is control of people who don t know the problems I couldn t agree more commented Councillor George Mallby Councillor Miller said pay any attention to local planning opinions He sug it could be an op- pointed local body Councillor Pat Patterson said the Land Division Com should be apart from council Zoning and planning The region of should have the control over sub division approvals and of Plan amendments now lodged with the MlniBtry of Housing the committee recommended Pomeroy argued the steps now are ex pensive and any cutting down of the red tape would be an improvement Morris said this is already being done and said the region of Peel has had the power transferred to them Halton Hills council ap proved the transfer of power anyway to emphasize their view Water and sewer The return of control over water and sewers to the local municipalities will be studied according to the recommendation Council felt they needed more Information before coming out definitely for the move Nome of town A suggestion submitted to the that instead of the singular Town of Halton Hills name It should be changed to the plural Towns of Halton Hills found no backers at council Council endorsed the report and will send it to the Armstrong said it would be Regional Bill Committee CONSTRUCTION IS going full speed ahead at the fire hall However the view from Willow Street is cluttered as snow fences and building materials litter the site and police cars park wherever there is room If ONTARIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER Two On Town hall historic site CARPENTER JOHN KRUL FOUND himself with plenty of recruits Thursday when he showed Z Bennett kindergarten classes how to build a house He showed the children the various carpenter tools Tammy Andrews Robbie and Darryl Dempsey sitting examined some of his many tools Contractor says Where are Paving completed when strike ends Paving of Main St is expected to proceed on schedule inspite of a five week strike at Nelson Crushed Gravel where the asphalt comes from Hank flutter of King Paving explained to the Free Press that his company owns the gravel pit which has been on strike for several weeks It Is expected however that the differences will be resolved this week Mr continued to say that the strike did not affect the Acton contract because the paving was not scheduled until the beginning of anyway He did admit however that if the strike is not resolved this week there is a possibility paving could be held up He estimates the work to be done two weeks gravel men are back on the job Town Engineer Bob Austin told this newspaper that the curbs are basically com work on the concrete sidewalks is underway and paving stones will be laid shortly No crossing guard for Mill Willow Nobody in Acton wants the Job of crossing guard at the Mill and Willow Intersec tion Left with no guard Clerk Administrator Doug chard told Halton Hills coun ell he has to stop designating the area as a pedestrian cross over said he has no one on standby and has no other choice He said he had advertised but only received answers from Hornby and Glen Williams Councillor Duby terned it a very important intersec tion where children are crossing every day Councillor Peter Morris asked if the police would do it Mayor Tom Hill sold the police cannot do it every day Councillor Pat said he would try to find someone and notify the clerk immediately Councillor Pat wants to know what the delay in starting the senior citizens apartments on Elizabeth Drive Acton He said he had been told construction would start in October and said he saw no signs yet They don seem to know what they re doing he commented at Halton Hills council meeting He asked council to try to find out what s happening Mishap puts 3 in hospital Three Acton people were taken to Georgetown Hospital following a single car mishap on the Nassagaweya township line Thursday night Accord to Halton Regional Police John Gait Main St received major in juries In the accident Jennifer also re ceived major injuries Another passenger John W Lamberink of the Fourth Line had minor injuries police say The car which police say left the road was estimated to have been damaged to the extent of leal building Tuesday night in reply to a request from the Town Hall Restoration Com mittee Elliott letter reads The Acton Town Hall Restoration Committee has been advised by the Ontario Heritage I- that before approval can be given for a grant In support of the Town Hall feasibility study it must be designated a Property by the municipality under the terms set out in the Ontario Heri Act 1974 The Committee was not aware nor was it informed of this requirement when application was made for the feasibility study grant In order to Investigate fully therefore the funding avail able for restoration from the Heritage Foundation it is necessary that the Town Hall be designated The Restoration Com mittee requests that Council immediately take the preliminary steps for the designation as set out in Sec tion of the Act subsections 1 and and follow the thirty day waiting period pass the necessary by taw subsection Com of this designation will be communicated to the Heritage Foundation who it is expected will then authorize the grant to cover part of the costs of the feasibility study The Committee hopes to com plete Its application for a Heritage Foundation grant and a grant by November 3 for submission to the December meeting of the Heritage Foundation This group will not consider the application unless the property in question has been designated by the polity or is in process of being designated If the restoration proves not to be financially possible council can repeal the designation by law thin thirty days as set out in Sec tion of the Act subsections 11 In order to complete the restoration study as quickly as possible the committee urges council to act rapidly on this request for of the Town Hall ting themselves to any expenditures and have the added protection of being able to repeal the bylaw Council voted unanimously to pass the by law designating the town hail an historical site WORK ON THE fire hall is progressing each day The second storey has been added as well as a huge extension on the south side of the building Bncks are brown against the 100yearold red bricks Missing modifications vex hall committee Applying for Heritage funds Final draft of the for a grant for the restoration of the town hall Is being prepared by the members of the committee this week It is to be for warded to the Ontario age Foundation by the first week In November Patrick Coles the architect Crack down on Halloween omelets Police will get cracking after en egg throwers District One Superintendent Floyd wantz says Egg chucking has been dealt with severely in the past but this year charges will be laid under the mis chief section of the criminal code Schwantz said A conviction would result in a serious black mark being linked with a person s name he said Hallowe en falls on Monday October but tend en t Schwantz said he expects some hi jinx such as soaped windows on the Sunday The sterner look at egg throwing comes from the damage It causes especially to store fronts which must be sand blasted clean the superintendent said The attitude was that egg throwing was part of Hallowe en s fun However we have to consider it as a deliberate action Eggs are bought with a purpose in mind he said Egg throwing has been popular among youths for about lo years in George town It is also done in Acton hired to prepare the study met recently with Doug Koch of the Foundation staff to go over the details He learned the town hall would have to be designated an historic build by council and a letter was sent to council requesting this The study estimates the cost of total restoration at Including architec tural and engineering fees Grants will be applied for from both the Heritage Foundation and Wlntarlo In his report he pointed out some work could be done on a voluntary basis It is possible that repairs and division of the building could provide immediate revenue to to the restoration Some of the cost would be raised locally Mr Coles met with the town hall restoration committee Monday Failure of the fire hill addition to match the town hall as expected was reported Monday to the town hail restoration committee by Doug He expressed his disap pointment and referred to the addition as a monstrosity The had been told at meetings of the fire hall committee and engineer Allan that special consideration would be given to making the town buildings look compatible The new brick face on the one side of the fire hall is of brown brick while the town hall is Other walls are to remain cement block The windows were to have been arched to match those In the town hall and this has not been done Mr Freed sold The committee had requested a steel beam be installed in case the stage area could be opened up again in the future This is not being done A band of brickwork matching that in the town hall was also expected It looks as if our meetings accomplished nothing said the Mr He explained that when he noticed the lack of expected modifications he had enquired as was told the decision was made to them because of the cost The municipality made the decision he said without informing the committee as they had expected We had intended to apply for grants to cover the modifications if the town would not do them Mr Fread said grants cover that kind of things he said But it was never brought to our attention Although some bricks are in a pile in the fire hall many others have been destroyed by sledgehammer blows The town hall restoration com mittee had asked that the bricks be saved to use in repairs Architect Patrick Coles met with the committee in the senior oitlzens room of the town hall and reported on his meeting with Doug Koch of the Ontario Heritage Foundation The final ap plication for a grant is being prepared by the committee Fire hall coming along well Miller Councillor Russell Miller who has spent many hours on the Tire hall project says the work is coming along well at the site Workmen did not return Tuesday since they are held up awaiting steel for the roof It has been ordered but the work is ahead of schedule Mr Miller said He know when the expected date for finishing the project Is but they won t be done before Christmas Council Monday night approved a steel beam for the hall Instead of the pillars on the ground floor Mr Miller said he did not know how much the steel beam would cost Changes which had been asked by the town hall Fair prize money now in the mail Acton Fall Fair prize money is now being mailed out to winning exhibitors The cheques will be sent out from now until the end of the month Secretary treasurer John asked that exhibitors be patient as some of their prize money will be mailed separately 12 1978 tax hike projected Halton Hills operating budget may be struck In time to be In the green next year A time table adopted by general administration com of next years operating budget If the target date Is achieved the town s section On the bottom line there of the overall budget may be may be an Increase of 3 per last week seta March monUl wXtI ccnt 175L Patrick Dayfor according to treasurer according to King The approval of the towns portion Ray percentage amounts to In a letter King stated the and raises the figure tee King outlined tax hikes for operating surplus at year to for next year the town from not end will amount to Including special area There Is a projected mill charges Actons dollar increase Is according to King In a table given lo commit HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Dean Fink enjoys a delicious meal in his schools cafeteria Although he could spend his lunch period in the privacy of the teachers lounge he prefers to eat his lunch with students in order to get to know them For a complete story on the cafeteria see the Youth Page restoration committee were cut because of the expense Mr Miller told the Free Press Council t pay the extra cost he explained After all the majority of the money did come out of and Georgetown and you can t expect them to carry Acton all the time He said the brick is the closest that could be obtained to match the town hall brick I have tried to be very ob jective and responsible Mr Miller explained He was pleased when I thought we would get together as a town for the benefit of the people However he has heard many objections and I ve taken some abuse He said people have been complaining about the cost What would the cost be if we had a full time fire depart he asked Financing the addition out of the capital reserve rather than deben- saves money he pointed out As for parking he says that is still under discussion and confidential He said there is no money to buy buildings for a new site That the way of life We re trying to do the best with what we got Personally he still thinks it would be sensible to tear down the old town hall We have to accept regional government Mr Miller de clared He pleased with the way things are going He thinks we re building fine fire hall for a fine group of men