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Awaits council a SECTION A THE HERALD April n Page J Funds for central town headquarters part of million capital forecast By CHRIS Herald Stair Writer The towns finance and administration committee has released its 1982 capital budget forecast outlining tentative plans to spend til Ml on road Improve ments general government expenditures and cultural and recreational development as well as a proposal to Issue Si million in debentures to help administration While councillors last Tuesday night deferred appro val or the forecast until a suggestion to rearrange two projects has been studied committee chairman Harry Levy said that original plans to borrow through debenture financing had to be bolstered by an additional Recalling his initial oppo sition to the need for a new facility a Tew years ago Coun Levy said he could ace the need for amalgamating the town department under one There are many other things we need to have done he said but there can be a Over the las years the town has maintained a reserve fund for the building using lot levy revenue and land sale proceeds except from park land sales The account now totals Not having called upon debenture financing to fund projects for a years Two former town dumps need more gas tests MOE Further methane gas monitoring is needed at two former landfill sites In Ilalton Hills a provincial environ men ministry MOD report has concluded Prepared for the last October by Gore and Storrie and Morrison Bcatty Ltd engineering consultants the study found trace amounts of methane gas leaking from a vacant lot near the comer of Mil and Streets in Georgetown While residential properties in each area appear to be in no danger from the gas concentrations the town public works and fire depart merits continued to test gas at an old dump site in the Churchill Roads area Acton after the initial sludv no trace of gas Hefty bylaw package licenses everything Already occupied by three apartment buildings the bite may be studied using more sophisticated deep- pro be test and monitoring during a second phase of the methane gas study Meanwhile the report has also recommended that future development around the old landfill site be restricted The Mill and McNabb Streets site zoned partially for residential use as well as open space may not be through Georgetown which the town Cqun Levy pointed out Is in a very good position as for as debenture debt is concerned Another in debentures accounted in the Forecast for road and storm sewer reconstruction may not be necessary he added Acton councillors want the town public works depart merit o proceed with storm sewer work in the subdivision before going ahead with a project planned for Cobblehlll Road However town engineer Bob Austin said it may not be easy lo switch the liming of the two projects without affecting the operating budget The work planned for the Glcnlea area Mr Austin explained was scheduled for 1981 and was originally cnvl to span a six year period The less costly Cobble- hill project could be conducted during lBEJand 1983 However he said one option the department could examine would be to do port of the work as planned as well as making an earlier start of the project Other projects tentatively budgeted over the next three years Include ongoing work on Guclph Street Highway A special subcommittee of town council will wade through a mammoth page bylaw package outlining licensing terms for just about every thing from auctioneers to Although acknowledging that the own already has many these regulations in force clerk Ken Richardson suggested in a report to the general commit tec Monday night that bylaw enforcement might be more effective if the regulations were consolidated Under the pal Act towns can regulate re We learning how to prevent fires Continued from page department chief Mick Holmes said in the reports summary that fire prevention effort would the town and level residential buildings Meanwh le the committee approved j recommendation to instill a large alarm panel at the fire station to date more businesses and industries Companies using the service will be required to icontnet The Georgetown division with 37 firefighters three captains and three lieutenants responded to or followed up on fire of were fires About in damage was caused by the and six people either lost their lives or were In tie there were emergencies reported the department which were actual fires No one was injured last year but fire Loused 791 worth of property damage In both areas most of the fire alarms occurred during three hour periods following lunch hour or p Aclonand Georgetown firelighters also responded to a large number of calls between a m and noon but Georgetown answered over twice as many call during the lale period between and midnight Fire started by known miscellaneous means account for Incidents in the Georgetown district last year and Incidents in Acton Known causes refer to floods lightning and motor vehicle accidents Unknown causes accounted for fire incidents across town last year Mechanical and electrical fires set off 39 fires In Acton and in Georgetown In both areas residential fires accounted for the greatest amount of property damage while outdoor blazes grass fires garbage disposal sites and farm crop fires followed a close second Fires reported on Tuesdays and Thursdays were the lowest numbers on a break down In Acton but in George town Thursday fires even surpassed weekend Incidents last year The fire department visited institutes businesses and homes In I960 as part of its annual safety Inspection program about 100 trades at any one time and the Hills droit bylaw would cover In a letter forwarded to committee members ment officer Jack Lusty says comprehensive licensing protects the public by often referring the past perform and service of the opera or seeking to legally operate in Licensing also eliminates unqualified tradesmen from performing work of poor in the municipality Mr odds Professional tradesmen plumbers electricians heat ing contractors and even pawnbrokers will be drown under the draft bylaw umbrella regulations as well as the licensing of billiard and bagatelle rooms tourist and trailer camps and roadside refreshment vehicles Licensing costs may range from a onetime charge for bicycles lo to operate a motorcycle track every year may also vary and town council has he power to revoke licenses if regulations are breached The motion to appoint a subcommittee lo study the bylaw draft Is expected to bo approved by council next Monday night developable property anyway the towns planning depart has said Like the Acton site the old Mill Street dump may more detailed testing and monitoring at the vacant properly and around nearby homes A third site located on Main Street below the parking lot behind Georgetown s McGtbbon Hotel was found free of methane gas While Ihe ministry has indicated it would consider additional testing for the site it may not be neccssa ry unless property is developed The ministry is currently considering testing other old dumps in region including a number of I oca ions in rural Hills could cost million much or which is subsidized by the provincial transportation ministry may be spent on additional work on erosion control in Glen Willi over the next few years and the lawn has plans for development of soccer fields new parks new boards and new dressing rooms for he Acton Arena in 1982 and equip ment purchases for the fire department Meanwhile the Hills Hydro Commission will get million of the projected bud collected through self liquidating debentures These debentures will be recovered through the Commission rales and not through the tax Milliere TV STANLEY CUP- PLAYOFF SPECIALS Buy Now and Save I 20 RCA XL- 100 COLOR PORTABLE TELEVISION Complete With Stand NOW ONLY s 00 26 RCA XL- 100 COLOR CONSOLE TELEVISION With Casters SPECIAL ONLY 00 SPECIAL 26 RCA XL 100 COLOR CONSOLE WITH REMOTE CONSOLE Turn it I an oil Kin up down ton 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paying in rtnl la Acton s Company la use land created by dredging Fairy Lake The rent represents a per cent increase over the 19B0 leasing agreement Having been involved with the rental arrangement with the company or the last 11 years the town uses lo provide additional access lo the take as well as add to the Prospect Park area Student rates reach The town public works department has established its summer student wage rales or 19BI The engineering division will be hiring two students this year with a first year university or student earning per hour 19 cents more if he or she is in her second year and 5 for third year students Summer students with the works department who are working first summer with rn per hour if they a pel dm li for their second year and for their third year The works program hopes to hire about students summer ipnle renrrKpnt in the may employee year The works program hopes to hire about students this summer Tht wage scale represents an eight per cent increase 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