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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday March 1989 on Halton Hills CVCA approves new budget It will cost for every man woman and child in the Credit Valley watershed to run the Credit Valley Conservation Authority in 1389 The CVCA approved an fi8-per- cent increase in the general levy last week bringing the total cost for running the authority to just over million Although the general levy is go ing up an average of 88 per cent in order to raise about million Halton Hills taxpayers will pay on ly 36 per cent more for a total of 45000 Thats because the authori ty works on an equalized assess ment program so municipalities such as the Region of Peel the City of Brampton and the City of which are experienc ing a much higher growth rate than Halton Hills will pay more The general levy brings in about 18 per cent of the CVCSs funding Provincial transfer payments cover 28 per cent and authority- generated revenues bring in another per cent Grants from other organizations such as the Niagara Escarpment Commission pay for seven per cent of the authoritys costs The remaining 28 per cent is pro vided by a special levy placed on municipalities which benefit from specific programs Here in Halton Hills that means taxpayers will pay an extra to fund the acquisition of Willow Trailer Park in bank stabilization behind Metcalfe Court and work on the paper mill dam in Glen Williams Under the special levy program the municipality pays 45 per cent of the project and the pro vincial government pays the re maining 55 per cent The 88percent increase in the general levy translates into about said CVCA general rranrger Barron The main reason for the increase is to pay salaries of summer technical students Just three years ago CVCA received a provincial grant of about to pay for sum mer help However due to the low unemployment rate in the area Ms Barron expects those grants to decline to almost zero this year So the authority has budgeted for summer help Capital projects such as to make repairs to a swing bridge at the Conservation Area also contribute to the in- well government grants for operational programs to have increased by only four per cent this year That is running slightly behind the rate of inflation so municipalities will have to pay an extra to help run the authority next year said Ms Bar ron Faith Gospel Tabernacle dedicated right and his wife Christine received assistance from lt was a memorable day an Feb for the congregation of the Faith Gospel Tabernacle east of at Highway and Road as a special ribboncutting ceremony marked the official opening of the new church building Pastor John Williamson ton Regional Coun Frank Andrews in cutting the ribbon Special guests on hand for the grand open ing included visitors from Pastor Williamsons native Ireland Herald photo Park draw a success Developers seek exemptions The Park Parents Association would like to thank everyone who was involved with the successful fundraiser The Sweetheart Draw Bird unloads on cry babies breakins Halton Regional Police say t Calling developers who want ex emptions from Regional lot levies greedy cry babies Burlington Mayor Roly Bird successfully con vinced Regional council last week to impose full lot levy charges on industrial subdivisions signed after Oct 19 One construction company is ex pected to make profits of about million on one industrial subdivi sion said Mayor Bird Anybody thats making the kind of profit out of the land that I see being made I would call them greedy cry babies if they expect me to swallow it Mayor Bird said in a 10minute tonguelashing of the developers at a Regional council meeting Am I supposed to stand here and fee sorry for developers who make that kind of money The decision means will recover almost 24 million on the lands located in the southern part of the Region Lot levies are fees charged to developers to help pay for the costs of services such as sewers water police and fire needed for new development Halton put developers on notice Oct 19 that it was considering lot levies and that Oct 19 was the possible implementation date Developers called that im plementing retroactive lot levies Rudy president of Construction said he would likely have to cancel many BACK Why wait for your tax refund when you could get Cash Bach fast If you qualify and are eligible for a Federal refund of 200 or more you can get a cheque for 85 of the first of your Federal tax refund and of the rest Plus your Federal tax return be accurately prepared at no extra charge So why wait for the refund cheque to arrive by mail Ask about Cash Back at Block and get your refund fast Main St North Moor Pat Plaza Georgetown Mill SI Em Acton 8531771 business contracts if the lot levies were implemented as of Oct 19 I am not against lot levies in princi ple but I am totally against lot levies being charged retroactively to last October said Mr Were more interested in at tracting businesses to Burlington than making a lot of money on these lots he said adding that his firm had already given away most of the profit on the land Mitchell of Cooper Con struction said he doesnt necessari ly agree with lot levies but he understands the rationale for hav ing them Although developers were put on notice in October that lot levies may be implemented they were told only that the price could be anywhere from 4000 to said Mr Faskin Developers didnt actually find out the probable lot levies until days later he said Responding to Mr s claim that Burlington will lose business if the lot levies were made retroactive Mayor Bird said its up to Mr Reimer if he wants to continue doing business in the city Halton has been talking about lot levies for years so developers have had sufficient notice he said Referring to a real estate research document Mayor Bird said businesses list the price of land as 13th and on the list of priorities when choosing where to locate Businesses that locate in Halton dont come here and say we came here because we got the land cheap said Mayor Bird SAME DAY TAX RETURNS Guelph St Georgetown 8772217 Halton Regional Police say there were 24 breakins at the Acres Trailer Park in Acton the afternoon of Feb 20 Police say the trailers were entered by an unknown suspect who smashed the glass in the trailer doors Although reports of items missing are not complete one trailer is missing 1000 worth of tools Police say two trailers are not missing any items Investigation continues into the breakins which occurred between noon and 5 pm Without all the committee members input it would not have success that it was First prize went to Mike Brightman who won a weekend for two at Hotel Admiral which was coordinated by Anna White and Julia Arnold Second prize which was dinner for two at the Cellar went to Mrs S Alden Third prize was a beautiful flower ar rangement courtesy of Fendley Florists which went to Mrs E Lyons Special thanks to Sarah Ed wards for handling all the tickets as they were sold DID YOU KNOW More half of 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