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The Acton Free P Wednesday March School tax cut by Halton Hilts finance Administration Committee recommended a step that will cut the school levy here but boost the tax by in Hon apportionment for one year then make no adjust In following years The effect of Hills Finance Adjustment Com ml tee to stick to Its guns will The committee turned about 000 from the thumbs down Monday on a school levy request to permit Milton to appeal education taxes to the Ontario Municipal Board Milton needs permission from a majority of Halton municipalities plus the region OK Deforest Is able to go to the Because property values in now part of Milton lagged behind other municipalities they chip In to balance out the cost municipal treasur last year decided to phase out the adjustment in taxes for Milton because preliminary assessment figures based on mnrket value show Milton may rise higher than equal lied values of other mimic pa lilies The treasurers decided to cut in half the adjustment based on last years Milton may still if other municipalities agree with Hills try for a divisional court order for the hearing according to a letter from Milton lawyer Noel Bates According to Bates residents will pay an extra in taxes Milton missed Its chance to appear before the Board of Arbitrators because the letter of notification went astray Bates stated in his letter of February Plan to cut red tape The town is going to try and eliminate some of the red tape residents must wade through to put a banner across the street hold a parade or have a street closed Monday Hills works committee decided to ask the region to allow the town to give permission for banners to be placed across regional roads in the future It was also decided the regional engineer and town engineer should get together and work out on arrangement so streets con be closed off for neighbourhood parties and events It is hoped an arrangement between regional and town engineering departments will permit people to be able to just contact one level of municipal government Committee members thought it was time con and inconvenient to come to the town regarding temporary use of town streets and go to the region for regional roads when the event or action Is the some When banners go up groups must often contact hydro the town and region and It Is little wonder regional government confuses people Councillor Mike Armstrong said Councillor George Malt by noted banners arc put up for charities and community events THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authoritwt a Irani Oat Mall Poiial Number- Citizen of Year dance Cof C plan PARQUET FLOOR upstairs in the fire hall has received a fresh coat of wax Work should be completed soon on the hall Cemeteries used for recreation Continued from Noting Hills is growing rapidly Bares noted Halton Hills did said plans are needed so not Milton appeal parks won t be trampled in concerning hardship treasurer Hay King on who recommend the committee acted said there has been additional market information to back up the municipalities first decision to phase out the equalization the development rush said often Large scale recre ation projects are carried out but small neighbourhood parks are forgotten and fre quently developers stick municipalities with poor away from home he Is pieces of land like side red a tourist He noted people were Councillor ex surveyed regarding recre- pressed concern about more and owners of recre- neighbourhood parks being businesses were also developed He claimed they contacted indicating many splinter recreation and he people arc spending time and thought the should take money outside of money for more large central Hills parks instead of land from He said Toronto wasn con developers for recreation in the study since said people react once a person goes miles against neighbourhood parks because they arc not well developed and the land Private session to set clerks job Councillors on Halton Hilb town office Finance Administration A recommendation was committee and management passed to let the consultants consultants put their minds spend for out of pocket Lockhart explained if the Councillor Pat Patterson developers give often isn the town doesn plan ahead It said the high Incomes of best could prove costly providing Georgetown were to blame Councillor Itius Miller needed park land in 10 years or people leaving for recre- noted there is lots of land He said studies done so Tar He said he eould sec hich could be used for Indicate a lot of residents arc people town for rccrcition like the ravines spending time and recreation booze and movies but not dollars out of town People for activities like sports leave town for movies tennis Citing the number of sports shopping visiting privately run activities like friends and relatives and squash golf and curling to bars and taverns said he eouldn t but it would cost the town a fortune to develop administration committee will study costs of phase two of the master plan together in private Monday to write guidelines for the new clerk administrator Job 0 and Frank Ford of Stevenson and Kellogg Management Consul Toronto met Ihe com in an hour and twenty minute incamera session Brampton Is the most popular spot to go although some also travel to Burling expenses on top of the Mis3l3sauga G and fee for helping committee determine final candidates for the clerk job At least applications have been received by the town for the position Doug P rile hard who left the post of clerk administra tor Milton for recreation Halton Hills recreation department is just one small sliver In the entire recreation pie of this area Lockhart said noting there arc 150 different groups and rganlzalions involved collision December is city public money being ji spent on anything which 300 ID would compete with private business Lockhart said private busi ness recreation like bowling and curling were all included in the study He recreation is hard to plan ahead because peoples interests change so the best that can be done is hat people want and on ine pvapiu a Town were asked to manager in British ftcdi v c It in to yeir plans leave the meeting in the Columbia w Booth fails to change policy Georgetown councillor Roy Booth will try again to re write some of the town rules of handling by laws after one of his attempts failed Monday at the Finance Adminis tration Committee meeting I will write a letter with my concerns and recom mendalions said Booth after his bid to solidify town policies was defeated members Walter Peter Marks and Peter Morris voted down a Booth suggestion that would have made changes in vat Ion Authority Niagara Escarpment Commission and Halton Board of Education all have extensive recreation facilities and programs tie observed He said coordination between all groups Involved in recreation Is needed municipal recreation dollars are spent wisely Councillors complained Booth would have replaced deficiencies in the a simple majority vote with a maps and data done so far twothirds majority In votes claiming CVCA land Discussion betwet A truck bus on l Monday morning resulted in a total damage figure of image to the bus driven Miller of according to Regional Police Police also dam truck council policies n alter the direction of council policies You mean once a thing is developed and other lands which will be used for passed it takes twothirds majority to reverso the deci sion later asked I m not too sure 1 approve he said Booth floated his idea before committee under the flag of establishing a policy concerning the publishing of proclamations upon request Women bowlers Ont Champions Lockhart said the fact the study looked at the outflow of recreation money from Hills didn mean people going to Georgetown for recreation from Acton and vice versa That wasn t studied because both towns are part of Hills he explained He disagreed with Marilyn who claimed most people arc remaining in Hills to play tennis said Hills residents t leaving town Just for competition and winter tennis and Recreation Director Glen drum Jean Louis Cham revealed the has of Kmgham to been supported by an federal government grant to the end of 1077 and the second phase will cost over 000 Gray said hi hopes to get more grants hut in the event he t he has included the phase two cost in his 1978 budget Hill said talks with the treasurer show WOO must be trimmed from the proposed town budget and he I want to see any money spent on the master recre ation plan until the budget Is set Gray said the plan was in a lull now with no money being spent council gave its ipproval Hill said lit would support termination of the study which he described is damn The bus was Hie while the truck was westbound polite state Reed pitch Hilton Burlington Julian Heed iwed a film on resource re to Regional Council during the meeting Wednesday Heed recently criticized tl region lor taking narrow approach the problem waste mamgement He claims the United Mates has taken a positive stand and is determined to end its re foolishness at least until the llance of by the year budget is bet The Junior Farmers women bowling team won the provincial championship at Newmarket on the weekend On the team are Judy and Nancy Townsend Heather Thompson and Beverly The mens team placed third bowlers have a good record in provincial comp etitions The men won last year and the women the year before that Members of the winning team all received medallions with the Junior Parmer crest Says hell repay Following the publication of Arthur Meunier letter in the Free Press last week both the Toronto Star and Ha mil ton Spectator carried articles on him Mr Meunier who has been out of Jail for almost a year IWed in Acton for eight months He was in and out of jallB for the previous years He repeated his Intention to repay his creditors and says that he In still hoping to found Boys Town in Canada Money remains In a trust fund here at Hills Credit Union While Mr lived here on John St several youths lived with him Law course Hills Finance Administration Committee recommended the town pay for a course which building Inspector Doug Is to attend in April AIWeddn booked in March TO BE HELD DURING 1978 ft II prlc of your ftowara noun worry you don read my You say matter Okay la a of our wadding Rosas rid Carnations and Daisies at Mother 1 of Carnations tor Church St MOO SO 10 I MM that prion ft You can or you Com M la on lor out Feel to contact Milton Greenhouses and Shop I Phono wadding Looking for us Naturalizes fashion and fit is just around the corner Come visit us today and see the selection of up to the minute Naturalize fashion looks that ire ready and waiting for you on your favorite styles after we have your size even if you re to fit Discover the beautiful feeling of each and every shoe discover the won world of walking comfort BE A RED CROSS VOLUNTEER 8531868 ebwetman shoes Downtown Acton A social evening Is being planned by the Chamber of Commerce Discus will pro vide music for the dance at the music centre on Saturday March 11 A midnight buffet is being arranged The is for Chamber members their guests and anyone interested in meeting the Chamber members Tickets will be ivailable before long Also in the works for the Clumber is the annual of the dinner which Is set for April The first ballot asking for suggestions will appear in next weeks Free Press Last year Citizen of the Year was Frank Citizens are asked to make suggestions before the com mlttee names their choice for the year The event will be in the Music Centre with Discus again engaged to provide the music if withhold taxes must pay interest The proposal to withhold taxes in protest proceeded far with organizer Cory Van in the The scheme was to draw attention to the fact that request for a review of regional government was denied by provincial treasurer Instalments were due the end of People v ho decide to with ilcl taxes must still pay the intcre twhich amounts per cent per month This interest 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