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Halton wants more power in police commission BEN in four Regional councillors and The operating budget including saying if passed an unhealthy BEN DUMMETT the Herald Despite objections from some Regional councillors in eluding Halton Hills Mayor Miller Regional council passed a resolution calling for a restructur of the Halton Board of Police Commissioners The resolution which was originally introduced Oakville Councillor John Graham calls for the majority of board members to be Regional councillors Currently the boards member ship consists of two Regional coun and three provincial The changes would result in four Regional councillors and three provincial appointees The resolution comes in the wake of the board s recommendation for a per cent increase in the 1990 police budget Mayor Miller says no changes are needed to the board s composi because it is acting respon sibly He is referring specifically to the board s decision to recom mend the hiring of 34 new staff members instead of following the Ontario Police Commission re cent recommendation to hire new staff members The board s recommendation showed fiscal restraint while main taming a reasonable quality of police protection said Mayor Miller The OPC based its tions on the increased growth in population and the number of vice calls to police in New staff is the single largest cost in the police budget which represents well over per cent of Halton 1990 proposed tax supported operating budget If ap proved police will spend just over 31 million in compared to million spent last year The operating budget including the police budget will go before council for ratification early March Coun Graham doesn t question the work of the Regional police He says the issue is a matter of And councillors can only be expected to be held accoun table for the police budget if the majority of board members are publicly elected officials he says The current elected police com missioners are Oakville Coun Fred Oliver and Burlington James Grieve Both voted against the resolution saying if situation would result Before the board was established in it was controlled by local politicians said Coun Oliver and there was trouble almost on a It the resolution is a step backwards The resolution also calls for the Ontario Solicitor General to grant Regional councillors final say over the allocation of funds to meet Halton s police needs Currently if Regional council ob jects to a proposed police budget police could appeal to the OPC Its decision is final In Business For Business GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services St Georgetown 8772282 8771 Florists DID YOU FORGET YOUR VALENTINE ITS NOT TOO LATE CALL US TODAY 211 St Georgetown A77AQ1 CENTRE WW I FREE DISTRIBUTION SATURDAY FEBRUARY PAGES Blaze causes damage to Chudleighs the Herald A fire destroyed the mam barn and the at Chudleigh s Apple Farm on the west side of Highway north of Sideroad 5 killing two animals Feb 13 The 775 000 blaze started at 42 p and kept firefighters from Milton Georgetown and Acton busy throughout the night Deputy Fire Chief Bob Hyde said the goat and Rambo the sheep perished in the fire Tom Chudleigh the owner of the farm said He added the two pets were well known by his regular customers Mac and Tosh the two yellow Labrador dogs were not injured Mr Chudleigh said No other injuries were reported by the fire department The fire trucks left the scene at about m and were forced to return it 2 a m to put out another fire that started from the smouldering remains of the bam Mr Hyde said He added this hap pens frequently with barn fires but since the bulk of the burning is the centre of the barn area there is no real danger He said t s basically a nuisance more than a problem for the fire department once the original fire is extinguish Mother Nature may well put an end to it for us Mr Hyde sud speaking of Wednesday nighl s ominous weather forecast The main barn housed the gift shop the restaurant and facilities for the Chudleigh line of pies The Chudleigh residence to the main barn was saved from the fire In total four struc tures were engulfed in flames Mr Chudleigh said the fire was a temporary serious setback He said goals have already been set to continue with the operation The year round has of fered crosscountry skiing since It has also allowed visitors to pick their own apples from the nine varieties grown on the since 1967j Pie production started again on Thursday using alternate facilities and Mr has set a goal for himself of using a tent for the visitors starting today Facilities are limited but every our pro duction will be increasing he said Mr Chudleigh noted the farm will need a major facility to handle the apple crop during the late sum months He also said some of the employees of the company will have a short disruption with their jobs Possibly in two weeks they 11 all return he said The Ontario Fire Marshall is investigating the blaze E CORNER OF ST MOUNTAINVIEW RD GEORGETOWN 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