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The Acton Free Press Wednesday June 7 1978 Councillors evade recorded votes mayor says Burlington Mayor Mary into council to ratify actions discussion Ihe committee declared his vote claims some taken in committee hopes to avoid the problem of Under the new procedure the have left Regional recorded vote Is called people leaving before the councillors will stand Council meetings early to when a councillor wants to meeting Is over and decisions together when votes in favor avoid having their names have all of the voles recorded frequently being reversed or against are called and recorded when recorded In the minutes Usually only The committee also agreed have their names recorded votes are called the result la recorded but to change the procedure in In the past some Mrs Munro made the there Is no record of who calling recorded voles were influenced In voting accusation during meeting voted which way Traditionally the roll was after they saw how the committee each with six councillors in of Halton Regions By allowing recorded votes called starting from one point majority voted Once enough councilors to each com Sworidold Administration Committee Immediately after the In the room and each people had voted to decide workload meeting last week Planning committee rejects compensation for farmers Regional planning commit- Investigating alternative want the same rights as K1RKNESS left and Frank Thompson chat at the Mens auction sale Friday evening Max Storey was the auctioneer for the evening For Meals Summer help still needed The committee had been discussing proposed changes to the official plan Mrs said she couldnt think of anything that causes more difficulty and consternation than recorded votes She recalled many times when a vote was called in committee of the whole and vlewoTputUng planning techniques which everyone else supporting would Include the option of a The compensation issue has compensation for freezing of land use divided Hoi ton farmers The In the regional nation and some form of Federation of official plan compensation to rural land lure supports the concept of Last week committee owners compensation other farmers reviewed a revised and In the proposed revision of oppose any controls put on reorganized version of the agriculture policies the term their lands section on agriculture pre- farm land is used through Policies dealing with the pared In response to public out protection of farm Input about the first draft Hills Councillor Roy lands state the regions policy Reaction to the plan from Booth was one who opposed is to recognize and protect area municipal ti tea will be the statement concerning those farm lands located considered by the committee compensation I don t think within the regions rural area at a later date everyone has the inherent as mapped as a long term The committee rejected right to develop his land he land use and will protect as Inclusion In the plan of a said Some lands are bought a matter of first priority statement calling on the pro- on speculation Do we those existing viable farm Acton I A reopened on vince to Initiate a system for compensate speculators as operations located on Ihe Thursday with new counters compensation to farmers in well as farmers regions Identified form shelving and lighting in cases where farmlands have But Milton Mayor Don lands stalled The store has also been designated foodlands Gordon supported been redecorated However the committee If environmentalists Several new people have made no comment on another and bleeding hearts want to also been added to the staff statement calling on the freeze land let them relm says owner Dave Manes region to join the province in burse the farmers Farmers went one way only to have the decision reversed a couple of hours later in council Until now recorded votes have only been allowed In council of council meetings always sees the councillors sit as committee of the whole and later resolve IGA reopens mineral resource extractive industry within the regions rural urea Farm operations will be protected In order of priority The revised policies rank commercial food farms first followed by noncommercial food farms commercial food farms and amenity hobby farms The revised version calls for the establishment of an Agricultural Advisory Committee If and when it is deemed necessary to ensure Implementation of lural policies of the plan To ante the committee has received a total of ions concerning the culture section of Ihe plan The policies also state These contained 152 com farming will be recognized as on agriculture and is an industry second in priority comments having an indirect only to that of Hoi tons bearing on agriculture given Issue the Under the current system Under current legislation the remaining councillors could thereorecightpeoplconeach Board of Health must have vote on the popular side of the four committees Eight two appointed people on the instead of with their con- members sit on a second board and the board docs not science committee have to be accountable to The committee will also Chairman Morrow said council There have been recommend that the the current system was instances where the board councillors all sit on one fair because It required eight and council have been on committee each with six councillors to take on an collision courses but over the Ira workload years the board has tunc- He advocated a system that Honed Tor the better part as a would have required each committee of council Member lo sit on two com Same people see the change with 12 councillors on as formalizing what is each of the four committees currently being done in He claimed that would have practice now the committees In his arguments for the 12 and given councillors a member committees broader knowledge of the Morrow suggested that for region the per year the Morrow noted that after councillors receive they July 1 the Board of Health should be prepared for will report directly lo council greater involvement Acton Hydro Electric OFFICE HOURS CHANGED The of tho Acton Hydro Electric has changed the hours office will be open to the- public The new hours are 830 am to 430 pm hours with officii of Town of Hill will the operation two More volunteers are still needed to make sure that Meals on Wheels can be delivered through the sum mer holidays Community Services Centre coordinator Terry says there are now just enough people to fill the roster without anyone having holidays And holidays are inevitable Ten people attended special meetings called last week to discuss Ihe coming changes Several others phoned and volunteered to drive and deliver One persons is needed lo drive the car and another to take the meal to Its recipient each week day Some days there are as many as 15 meals but the deliveries dont take too long They can be done any lime during the noon hour as the meats keep hot in special containers During the summer Reliable Taxi can no longer pick up the meals at Manor The taxi drivers had Included this at no charge when they were taking children from Acton to Nursery But the school closes for the summer vacation and the taxi wont be going to Milton and back at noon For two months the drive to Milton and back must be included in the duties of the group of volunteers Mrs is very anxious to hear from others who will help They do not need to be able to drive They may work any number of days She may be reached at the Community Services Centre in the 3310 LDC oks severance Regional Land Division Committee IDC approved a bid on land at the comer of Churchhill Road North and Cedar Road Tues day In the Line town of flee The application originated from Del Nin Holdings Ltd and was for an agreement of sale and conveyance member Bill Coats of Acton moved approval of the bid on condition that the lot levy be investigated and that minor variances are obtained on the rear and with particular note to a porch which did not appear in the drawings Mr Coats first asked if the neighbors were notified and he was Informed that the usual letters were mailed The application called for he severing of square feet with a frontage and width of feet and a depth of about 134 feet An old stone house is centered on Ihe property ACTON FIREFIGHTERS worked for almost two hours fighting a fire at Wilbur St Monday The house was gutted resulting in an estimated damage of YMCA involved in Caravan program Police cut funds for identification program Halton Regional Police gram and theyre not mis- Commission sliced the value guided of services to this years I agree replied Munro Operation Identification Pro gram In half It was decided at a meeting Thursday In Oakville The commission will pay out no more than for printing and other services The transaction will bo handled on request with in voice and receipt according to administrator Raymond Munro Last year the commission contributed to the operation which promotes the Idea of residents marking their belongings so they con be identified in case of theft The federal government is sponsoring the project to the tune of In salaries according to Munro Burlington police commis sioner David Coons never got a name to tut questions con cerning who is getting the money but Munro attempted to answer with tbia they are A whole bunch of executives who dont want to get their hands dirty with work Later he aald they univer sity students or pseudo- university students Theyre misguided con tinued the administrator Ive recommended a couple of people for this will be participating this year in Caravan a multicultural festival in Toronto TheYMCA International Development Committee has many projects one or them being Project The Internationa Development Committee is establishing facilities and programs In Paraguay Therefore to In crease interest and aware ness of the Pro ject Ihe pavilion will focus on dan craft costumes food etc The Acton YMCA In Clonal development committee la supporting this project by selling 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