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Georgetown taxes up 113 mills While residents In other municipalities In Halton are reluctantly looking forward to Jump of possibly up to is mills on Ihelr municipal lax bills Hills homeowners received some com good pews Hub UTS mill rates will go up but the Increases ere minimal ranging from Georgetown low of 1 IS mills over 1874 to Acton s mill rate Increase In dollars and cents the town s budget for thla year will mean an Increase In taxes on home In Georgetown assessed at Total taxes on that home will amount this year to Tbt owner of a similar borne In Had an 34 added to his tax for a new total of That same home located in Acton will require more for a tax bill total of the highest amount In Hills Following a three year system for planning the town s has paid off handsomely according to members of the town personnel and finance committee as they cheerfully presented the towns 1975 budget Monday night Hills Is the envy of every other area In the region said Councillor Harry Levy chairman of the finance committee This waa the easiest budget to work on In the existence of this council or many councils previously Buoyed by success In presenting what Is expected to be the lowest budget of all municipalities In Halton committee mem hers predicted that the benefits of planning on a threeyear basis will likely hold mill rates down even next year We re planning to that end commented Councillor Levy Explaining how Hills had managed to keep its budget well In hand while other nearby municipalities such as Milton were not In such a favorable position town treasurer Harry Henderson noted that a surplus from 1974 budget was the key We had a substantial surplus carried over from 1974 basically due to the lateness of the budget and certain projects not being carried out on time As well there was a surplus of revenue that came In 1974 that was more than was anticipated We ve used a portion of that money to reduce the budget and another portion has been set aside to reduce 197S s That surplus from the budget amounted to approximately half of which was funnelled Into the current budget Councillor Levy added We have certain capital expenditures due In but we re paying for them in In effect were already reducing our 197S expenses Another goal of the finance committee has been to keep longterm debenture debts to a minimum And It has been working noted Mr Henderson Between the new Georgetown arena and the Indoor swimming pools In Georgetown and Acton we have carried out well over million worth of work with only required to be deben lured he noted The finance committee whittled the town a total expenditures down to a of IS Of that a m Just under was totally control of the town going Instead to tie region 109 percent the board of education percent In fact had it not been for the boards of education mill increase Georgetown Councillor Levy in his official report to council noted that saving money for future capital projects was also another goal of his committee Through a contingency fund the committee baa set aside further monies for majorcapltal expenditures such si the new fire truck for Acton The towns major construction project iiiiiiirriiiiiiiiiiiiittinEiiiiiiiiiniiiriiiiciiiiiEtiiiiTiiiiirirriuitiiifriiiitiitiitiiiiiniiitfiitfiiiniMiiiiiiiritTiiFniifiiiiiiJiiiii For full budget details turn to page 20 iittiiiiitiiiiiiiiJtiiiMiiniiiiiiiiittfiitiiiiitriiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiNtiiiiirriiritiiriiiiritiiiriiiriiiiiiiiiitfiiiiirriiittriiiiiiiiiiirctirriitriiiiiitJiiiiiiiiiiriiriiiriiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiittiLi levies or other reserves as well as from the Winter Works program Mayor Tom Hill who earlier termed Hills 1973 budget The best in the area pointed out that the town lias been using every possible grant and every possible system to get the budget down resldeutl si mill rate would have dropped slightly As it Is a mill decrease by the region helped in the overall 1 13 residential mill rate increase For the breakdown of the commercial industrial and business mill rates In the town see the complete budget figures and tables for the addition to Georgetown a sewage treatment facilities bos also been budgeted for through a regional reserve fund of from Halton That plus a further payment from the region next year will provide a major part of the funding for the project the HERALD WEDNESDAY JUNE IKS Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Another delay for sewage plant Placing the blame squarely on delays by the consultants to do their part Councillor Sykes has revealed to town council that work on Georgetown badly needed new sewage treatment plant may not begin before next year I don t want to be a harbinger or doom but it looks like there are going to be further delays In the sewage treatment plant Councillor Sykes a member of the region work committee explained that the con sultants plan for the plant has Just been received by the ministry of the environment They will take the next three to four weeks to review It and It will then go back to the consul Ian ts with any recommendations for final plan changes It will then go back to the ministry They expect this to take into the sum It looks like we re looking at commencement or the beginning of next year Councillor Sykes noted that the delay in getting action rested with the projects consultants Piwtnmnrt Redf em Toronto They had the plans in their hands from what I tan understand since 1968 or i960 Councillor Pat McKenxle voiced council displeasure with the long delay It concerns me that this council and the people of Halton Hills are getting these numerous delays Surely we don have to sit and listen to delay after delay Councillor added an additional warning Because the region will not be able to order equipment or materials until the final plans have been approved further delays may be experienced clue to equipment The delivery dates for some of the equipment may be anywhere from a year to IB months from he lime they are ordered until the time they are delivered A resolution noting the town a concern over the delay and asking for immediate action on the construction of a new sewage treatment plant for Georgetown was cepted unanimously by council That resolution will now be forwarded to the region and to the ministry of the environment One more time for tenders FOB THE LATINS jtndl Muraon a corsage as token of ap preciation for he bard work by her and the other members of the Georgetown District High School kitchen staff Sue Glover pins as the crowd of 325 that attended the athletic banquet Thursday looked on Tenders for the sharpening room in the Gordon Memorial Arena were rebashed once again at the general administration committee meeting Monday evening Council had recommended to the committee to investigate skate sharpening in all the arenas in the municipality However Councillor Roy Booth explained the lm possibility of that procedure We have an existing con tract In the arena and we can t call skate sharpening ten ders Mr Booth staled personally think we are doing It the right way by working separately with all three arenas If there ore going to be tenders then they should be set on the skate sharpening room Councillor suggested that me recreation department examine what the local merchants charge for shar penlng skates If someone in town Is charging to 65 cents and if we at the arena charge to cents then we will bo derchonging the local mer chants It was also stated that if the skate sharpening room was to be used extensive work would have to be done In the form of installing a proper ventilation system If the system was to be installed it would probably cost In the neighbourhood of to Councillor Morrow recommended to the general administration committee that Ihe recreation director Doug Co HI son investigate such concerns as present skate sharpening prices in town the retender process the existing contract with the arena and the ventilation system and 11 problems would occur with the Compensation Board If the system was installed The matter of retendering the skate sharpening buslneai for the Gordon Alcott Memorial Arena will be held over pending a further report to be submitted by th recreation director 100000 plan for towns park Study will hob begin on the feasibility of carrying out a major facelift of baseball scuttles In Georgetown Town council following a presentatatlon last Tuesday night president of the Georgetown Baseball Association agreed to consider a park of senior baseball standards Including lights and cbangeroom facilities The hardball facilities may either be developed in the fairground area the present centre of ball activity In town or adjacent to the Gordon Memorial Arena as part of a large multipurpose recreational complex to bis presentation to council Mr noted that the washroom facilities at Ihe fairgrounds which consisted last year of a single portable washroom were totally Inadequate for the large number of people who use the park every night during the summer barring bad weather a temporary facility said Mr mn can understand the use of this but to expect to suffice Is not being reasonable I am sore that the carnival and other facilities of this type that use the park could put the facQUka to good use as well le that be did not Just have a washroom in maad but facility combining cbanjteroona aid room ana a canteen the be wa- iking of hardball Mr com merited tint the sport had never fully realized it potential for the youth of our town because of the lack of properly designed maintained and lighted facilities The baseball diamond In the fairground be said requires proper chain link fencing in the out tit Id and along the foul line plus dugouts and overhanging backstop behindhomeplatelobrlngltupto minimum standards The Infield he added would have to be properly groomed Presently Ihe Irregularities present Ihe possibility of a serious personal Injury to occur We have been extremely fortunate that no one has been Injured to this date Drainage which frequently makes the Is also another problem on the diamond Listing poor lighting as the greatest drawback of the diamond Mr told council that lighting Is expensive but it s on absolute necessity if we are to provide an outlet for our youth past town administrations to provide this facility has added additional costs He estimated that lighting could cost EntheneighborhoodofMSOOO to with fencing requiring an additional Costs of the same type of lighting installed In Brampton two years ago came to We need proper washrooms and change rooms In the fairgrounds and we need a proper ball diamond And we need them now by Councillor Dick if the fairgrounds diamond could be turned into a proper senior hardball diamond Mr Sgulgna noted that it could if the level of the current diamond is raised by approximately six Inches to aid the water runoff As to whether It could be a first class Installation ho commented It would depend on the amount of money being spent to fix the diamond up A number of greeted the suggestion for diamond improvements with general enthusiasm and some cm Councillor Morrow said I feel a personal embarrassment that a municipality this a lie has a fairground with absolutely no facilities and a baseball diamond which cannot handle hardball any level of satisfaction com pared with many other municipalities much smaller Councils previous o this have procrastinated long enough We reached the point where It s absolutely ridiculous that we can provide the number of facilities other municipalities can Harry Levy who presented a resolution that be allocated in the 1075 recreation budget for upgrading washroom facilities and installing lights agreed hat previous Georgetown councils had procrastinated We did endeavour to set sums aside but with council we always nut It aside I moved this motion continued Councillor Levy because I think it feasible and possible to do It this year It a to show the intent that as finance chairman I think we can do It However when the expenditure thewhole its in camera review of the current budget Wednesday night motion was not in eluded in the 1975 budget Councillor Levy explained hat more study will have to be made of the plans proposed by the town baseball association before the funds can be set aside Girl hit by car A rear end collision damaged the cars of Gordon Moore or Terra and Ed of Brampton Estimated damage to the Moore cor was The collision occurred last Wed on Guelph Street Gavin was In collision with a parked car owned by Auto Sales The accident occurred last Thursday on Grey stone Crescent Damage to the parked car Is estimated to be Carol Peebles 43 car Crescent was taken to hospital with cuts bruises and a con cusalon after being struck by a car while crossing the Mill Street intersection lost Sun day Robert Ford Con federation St In Glen Williams was the driver of the Dawkins captures PC nomination Gary Dawkins principal of M Bennet Public School in Acton and lifelong resident of Acton has been nominated as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the Burlington riding There were eligible voters at the Nomination meeting held last Thursday evening all carrying banners wearing stickers and boosting their candidate However it seemed that the bus loads of Acton people carried the heaviest weight throughout the meeting for Mr Dawkins was elected by a clear majority after the first ballot George Gray of Georgetown was believed to be the only other candidate fighting against until the evening of the nomination Many were taken by surprise when it was an nounced that there was a third candidate running The late entry Mrs Bonnie Newton from Mrs Newton stated In her campaign speech she ran not It International Women a Year not because she felt the need to be liberated for I have been liberated all my life She stated that she was running as a C candidate because of her deep concern over the way our world Is going Going In alphabetical order Mr was first to announce his aims and concerns Mr Dawkin a nominator Mr G Mackeniie introduced his candidate and stated that Mr Dawkins was at an ideal age for politics He s not young or inexperienced nor is he old and set In his ways stated Mr In his campaign speech Mr Dawkins Very critical decision will made tonight I am a Conservative who believes in the freedom and rights of in dividual Your PC candidate must listen to his constituents and react In behalf of their concerns stated Dawkins Some of the main issues on which Mr Dawkins expressed deep concern were those of regional government establishment of the green belt and the education system of today Very few of us are satisfied with regional government But Its In a silional period now We must push for provement Touching on the green belt Issue Mr Dawkins stated that he want the young people of today to grow up in an asphalt jungle Going on to education Dawkins stated that education Is one of the few areas which affects everyone directly or In directly We must reach a compromise with the old concepts and the essentia new ideas George Gray Georgetown PC can dldate expressed his delight In the number of enthusiastic young people present at the meeting proud of the number of young people here tonight who will be participating as members of the Conservative party One of Mr Gray a greatest concerns that of housing Housing la the greatest most recent inflationary spiral Young people cannot afford to buy a home today But real estate remains to be a young couples best investment Some public housing is needed but It Is not the longterm factor stated Gray Mrs Newton a speech received several rounds of applause She seamed to be ex pressing views which all the members at the meeting agreed with Touching on topics such as education capital punishment and lm migration and standing firmly on all the issues Mrs Newton gave quite an earth shaking campaign speech Our children who ore leaving the high schools are virtually uneducated In the basic subjects capital punishment for murder bring it back close the door to all countries on Immigration until the tin comes that our country can get on its feet again were only a few of the strongly expressed opinions made by Mrs Newton The newly elected candidate for the Burlington riding Gary has lived in the Halton area ail hi lite and holds very strong ties In the area He Is involved In a number of educational organizations Including the North Area Principals Advisory Committee and the Halton Elementary Teachers Council Mr has been member of the Acton Rotary Club for 12 years during which he has held every office In the dub Including two terms as president In a statement made earlier by Mr he expressed his great desire to serve this area as the PC candidate I think it a great place to be and I would be honored to represent its people DAWKINS PC Candidate I FOR GRAY ALL THE WAY Despite for the Halton Burlington riding it seemed the large number of Georgetown people who they were greatly the Acton were present at the PC nomination residents who me large number of Georgetown people who they were greatly outnumbered by the Acton were present at the PC nomination meeting residents who strongly supported Gary-