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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday March 19M- Page Rural areas get garbage pickup ByBENDUMMETT the Herald Despite requests from rural town Councillors Joe Hewitt and Alf Spence to defer the decision to introduce garbage pickup In the rural area in town council supported the program at Mon days council meeting This means starting next year Halton Hills residents currently not receiving rural garbage pick up will see their tax bill in crease by The tax bill for those urban and rural area residents who receive garbage pickup will Increase by and respectively Before making a decision Coun Joe Hewitt wanted town staff to provide a detailed report on issues such as the proposed new landfill in Milton for 1992 the possibility of a blue box program for rural residents and the cost of contrac ting out rural garbage pickup Town councillors suggested rural garbage pickup be introduc ed once the new dump starts opera tions Halton Region says tipping fees will be reduced once gets a landfill And reduced tipping fees mean garbage pickup in the rural area will be less expensive for rural residents than currently predicted said Coun Hewitt The cost of garbage collection and disposal represents per cent of the urban service charges said the town treasurer Ray King Coun Hewitt also wanted the decision deferred until the town knows if a rural area blue box recycling program will be in troduced The Region says it will subsidize a blue box program for the hamlets before the rural area the towns administrator clerk Dan Costea explained after Mondays DISTRIBUTORS SPORTING GOODS CLOTHING SPECIALIZING IN TEAM CORPORATE WEAR 8730500 Main St S Georgetown fe FURNITURE CUSTOM DESIGNED FURNITURE ReUpholsteryjf 8531359 38 Mill St E ACTON meeting But this doesnt mean it wont help finance a ruralarea blue box program he said Coun Hewitt asked town staff if it might be cheaper to contract out rural garbage pickup instead of the town providing the service But town engineer Bob Austin told council studies show this isnt true The towns staff recommended rural area garbage pickup because it creates a more equitable tax system said Mr King Residents paying the urban ser vice charge are currently subsidiz ing the taxes paid by residents who dont have garbage pickup said Mr King Acton YMCA moves ByALANMACKIE the Herald The Acton is relocating its programs until two studies are completed officials say Heather Ferns a director at the said the facility was not capable of offering the program quality the is used to at the Mill Street location because of the deteriorating state of the building The time and dates of the pro grams are the same but the loca tion will be different she said One of the studies is checking in to the possibility of moving the to a different Acton building she said adding at this point anything is possible The only thing that is not possi ble is moving out of the Acton com munity Ms Ferris said The YMCA office will remain open she noted and the Halton Regional Police will continue to use the building The building was built in the ear ly 1930s and a part of it is used for us within the Acton area he said While h admits the building will need a considerable amount of money put towards getting it back into good condition he also noted an affection towards the building I love this old building its beautiful he said Acton Councillor Norm Elliott said the Mill Street building has been in a state of fairly bad repair for years Any group that works in that building has a white elephant theirhandshesaid Chapman a volunteer at the said he could not con ceive of the organization tearing down the old building and re building on the site Mr Chapman is also the chairman of the North Halton Regional council for the Campbell House Gallery MAIN ST S GEORGETOWN Above McCarthys Tea Room 8730674 IS YOUR CARS INTERIOR- SHOWING ITS AGE Tidy Cars UpholsteryGard 2 STAINPROOFING Tidy Car Upholstery Gard stain protection is guaranteed to protect your automobiles upholstery 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created when rain water percolates through a gar bage dump from contaminating the ground water supply The Region had to tell the pro vince it would be conducting the and studies by March 31 or be ineligible for about in provincial grants for the studies said the Regions commissioner of public works Bob Moore The results of the studies will determine the design of the landfill site said Mr Moore THE FIRST SIGN OF WEIGHT LOSS IS A RINGING IN THE EAR SPECIAL lOFTIIEWEEKI EVERY THURSDAY HOT ROAST BEEF PLATE INCLUDES HUNCH FRIES DELICIOUS GRAVY MARTYS TOO RESTAURANT Georgetown Market Place HURRY CALL TODAY Center ltv Halton Hills Diet Center hTT FOR AIR CONDITIONER PERFORMANCE your central atr can t keep its cool when summer heats up call your dealer He has a complete line of energy- efficient air conditioners to choose from For air conditioning performance summer after summer the one to call is WE AIR SYSTEMS Heating and Air Conditioning 8400916 SERVING GEORGETOWN BRAMPTON