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Mayor councillors collect 90915 The Acton Free Press Wednesday Mar 1981 7 The Hurling ton New Democrats opened their campaign headquarters in last week at St Sharon and Alan Foster help candidate Chris Culler lun his campaign A total Of was paid to the mayor and councillors during 1900 a report from Town Treasurer Ray disclosed According to the Municipal Act Ihe Treasurer must submit an account of any money paid to councillors or council appointees to local boards before February of each year The councillors received WO each except for the two new councillors Sheldon and Dave Whiting who received or the two months of year they were in office Since last year councillors salaries have been raised 10 per cent to The mayors salary last year but since the January raise will now make The Town also paid 08 to the Canada Pension fund tor each councillor and to the same fund for the mayor Expenses for conferences and seminars for the mayor and all amounted to The six members of Committee of Adjustments were paid a total of last year Lot levies up again Lot levies in Town went up per cent auto matically Monday night making the lot levy on a single family home SI GIB The levies rise each year at this time cording to changes In the Soulham Con Index The lot levies now sland at for one family lome and SI for each of two imtls in a semidetached dwelling or a total of bach unit In a triplex calls for lot levy off as does a Tour or HETA wants wage gains Hal ton Elementary Teachers Association HETA is playing Its first card In the game of catch up salaries Halton s contract with Its elementary teachers trails in terms of salary all but one the neigh boring boards according to figures released by president Gerry Dunn HETA members are well down the list- career teachers rank in the province though Halton is one of the richest places In Ihe country according to Dunn In compiling the stats Dunn used information from the provincial Education Relations Commission About 12 per cent of HETA members are what Dunn to as career teachers Ihose In the highest wage and experience category The career teacher group as an example indicates how the rest of HETA trails in salary with neighboring boards Career teachers trail Niagara South by the least difference and by Wellington Is the only neighboring board which Capital budget 25 million A capital budget for Park Aeton a soccer this year totalling field on land owned by was re- the Aclon Curling Club a commended by junior play and new ball lis general committee diamond at Norval last week Community Park Continuing practice the past ten years cap projects will be paid out of the operating budget reserve funds and sub dispensing with de benture carrying charges The capital budget which may be pared further will see SI 165 coming from the regular meeting operating budget SI from prov subsidies The total was trimmed b 700 after several budget committee meetings by the deletion of some projects and re ductions in others Road work takes by far the largest share amounting to with the Town paying and the province paying si jOO items in the recreation and parks budget arc the development of a family picnic area at Cedar vale a new intermediate ball diamond at Prospect trails on wages and that is by about according to Dunn What well try to prove Is that Is a reasonably wealthy area Burlington and Oakvillc have the highest per capita Income in Canada We think teachers In Halton should be as well off as other wealthy areas said the president In terms of benefits members are certainly not better off than other areas Dunn said He went on to in dieate there Is not much with benefits Our focus this year is catching up and keeping up said Dunn Board of Education and District of the Ontario Secondary School Teacher Federation and trustees have been exploring alternate ways of coming to wage agreements The board is waiting for a report from the Improved Negotiations Committee That group Is finishing off Its work Some of its may find their way into talks between the board and teachers before the report Is presented to the full board Halton Board of Education and teachers have used an adversarial method of negotiating and board almost found themselves with a strike last year The committee has searched for a number of other ways of negotiating One such method is single team bargaining Of the boards pared by Dunn with Halton the highest paid Went worJi and Slmcoe use single team bargaining CONFUSED BYTAXES For most people Canad compl cated And the new special the on where HR Block Wo II make you all your deduct and is whether are Wore income tax specialists So wo can help you out This year HR BLOCK THE INCOME TAX SPECIALISTS 21 Main St N Acton OpanSJOtoBpjn Saturday NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY COMING SOON Draperies and Blinds Wallpaper 20 off VIMAN SELLS OUT STOCK SALE EVERYTHING MUST GO BONANZA Buy from Importer Onca again our vol urn buying you low low price Fanraitle Savings SUE 1981 DISCOUNTS UP TO COMPARE 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