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Uniform rates passed Continued from required to reduce the debt of each municipality so that none assumes any additional burden When Regional Council dealt with the water and sewer Issue at its previous meeting two weeks ago the result was a legal muddle with two opposing motions being passed On the solicitor the question was put to Council again last week Hills councillors voted in favor of he change Milton councillors were against it Coun cillors with the exception of Laurie Mannell were vehemently opposed and the most vocal during debate Burlington councillors with the exception of Ben Ciprietti were in favor Burlington Mayor Mary and Oak ville Councillor Arch were absent from the meeting The main contention of opponents this meeting was that the switch was being made without Important information being available Since 1 was first elected in I have never seen council lose so much bllity or be so ill prepared to deal with a policy change of this magnitude said Oak ville Councillor Mac Anderson silencing the meeting with his remarks The people have no say the figures aren there and the statistics used by the treasurer keep changing Characterizing the move to approve the change as slip shod and as trying to nail said any ratepayer group could take action against Council decision The present chargeback system lets each town pay for water and sewer work done In its municipality The new method would end the chargeback system and redistribute sewer debts Redistributing the wealth and the debt penalizes those municipalities which have managed their affairs care fully Mayor Harry Barrett said Councillor Gordon predicted the change in addition to stealing money from would lead to an uncontrolled spending spree as every municipality would strive to bring Its system up to the best facility In the region Noting the stillness in the room Mr Erikson com m glad it quiet You might be presiding over a luneral the funeral local government The province has offered the region some S3 million to offset Die impact of to uniform water rates and user charge for sewers The offer expires at the end of the year During the meeting Mayor Barrett extracted a commit ment from the regional treasurer that provincial monies would not be received until the reports requested are in if the money is then we re com Mr Barrett said Under the current system water rates differ among municipalities and sewer services are charged on the basis of With the new rates proposed the water bill for a household with half fiveeights or threequarter inch pipes using 000 gallons of water would be The sewer bill would be per cent of that or The combined cost would be TOWN PIPE SIZE COST FOR GALLONS Acton 58 Georgetown 12 Milton 12 Proposed rate all towns 12 58 WATER CHARGES residential Cost to house hold using 6 gallons of water based on current rates compared to cost based on pro posed uniform rate The Acton Free Press Wednes Oct 3 Whos running Here who running so far In Acton For regional council one to be elected Bill Coats Roy Goodwin For area council two to be elected Duby Pat Ed Wood For board of education one to be elected Betty isher In Esquesing For regional council one to be elected Russell Miller For area council two to be elected George Pat Patterson Nick Residential gals Next gals Balance Base Charge Region to try again for Site F Commercial 3 gals Base Charge and Next 000 gals Industrial Balance Base Charge Monthly 12 58 or 34 5H 15 25 no 220 PROPOSED water rates to be established across theregioneffectiveJan 1 MRS JAMES STUBBS of Scarborough was treated in Georgetown Hospital following a car tractor collision at Highway and the Fourth Line Cartractor collide Wed driver taken to hospital Mrs Janus was Holmes who wns called to the drove her into the deep ditch for injuries in scene Mrs Scar on the south west corner of hospital last borough was travelling along the highway and Fourth I follow no a car Highway about noon when intersection initor coll w collision with a were called to rl nj to fire chief minor Hie impact gasoline off the road MS fill YOUR With a report prepared by Regional Solicitor Dennis Perl In the Region hopes to persuade Milton Council to change its mind and approve for a landfill operation at the Site location Tremaine and Britannia Roads The hope is Milton will accept a development control agreement approve the necessary amendments and back down from a public con fronlation with the region In April of this year Milton Council rejected the region rezonlng application for the site The region launched an appeal to the Ontario pal Board and the hearing is slated for Jan But in its resolution Milton left an opening for recon deration of the Issue based on new and additional In formation from the region Councillors main concerns had been that the dump if opened would extend beyond the six year operation which had been proposed and that from the site would pollute area wells and groundwater In all Milton resolution listed 10 specific concerns Mr s report is the region answer to these concerns Subsequent to the to Milton In April the region changed the six year Cut hikes Employees of Region may have to accept substantially smaller pay raises than earlier an The Region s tlon Committee agreed Wednesday to reduce the guideline for salary Increases from a maximum of per cent to five per cent even The region has set as Its target a budget that won t Increase by more than three per cent across the board But when departments got Into the nitty gritty of budget It became evident that If notaries were allowed to be cranked In at per cent the overall increase t be held to three per cent Strike action In the event of a postal strike newspapers normally delivered by mall subscrip tion will be available at the office Anyone who Is able to pick them up there Is welcome to do Bo All the papers will be mailed after the strike Cheques for payment of accounts will be picked up by our sales people on their regular rounds life span proposed or Site to a twomillion ton limit With respect to ground water contamination the report states Significant hydrogeologic studies pre viously filed with the Town have been carried out to investigate groundwater flow pattern and provide design criteria that will minimize any potential for ground water contamination It adds the site lias been designed in accordance with these criteria The report will be presented to the Town of Milton Meanwhile angry Oakville residents are protesting the expansion of the sanitary landfill site on Fourth Line an interim measure proposed by the region Calling the action a dicta tonal approach Bill Bowen of ltd told Regional Couned Consider should be given to other ways to dispose of garbage Moving landfill sites around doesn answer the problem Oakville Councillors will meet with the residents the issue HONDA CIVICS CLEAR0UT MAKING ROOM FOR 79s OVER CARS TO GO BUY NOW MAY NEVER AGAIN AT THESF LOW PRICES AT BAZ MOTORS WE CARE BAZ 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