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Far Meat That Docs More Than Cotnpttel The Halton Hills HERALD Florists CUAROUTI SILK FLOWERS 49 1 QUELPH ST GEORGETOWN CENTRE 14600 DISTRIBUTION PAGES FRIDAY MARCH 1st 1991 Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 IN STORES CO Budget committee faces dilemma ByBENDUMMETT The Herald Halton Hills Budget Committee spent yesterday Thursday determining if there was any at to cut from the tax supported operating budget No cuts will mean Town residents are faced with a 77 per cent tax increase over last year The 7 per cent increase translates into a tax bill of 96 for the average urban area resident a increase of last years tax rate Rural area residents will see their tax bill increase from 67 in 1990 to this year according to the budget report Rural area residents pay less tax than urban area residents because they pay for Regional services such as gar bage disposal This year tax levy is based on an average residential assess ment of 5500 Town Treasurer Ray King wrote in the budget report Information regarding whether any cuts were made during committee meeting was not available at press time The com Is comprised of Town councillors Mr King however outlines in his report three ways committee members could consider to reduce the tax increase to 8 per cent The include reduce Town money set aside to fight the Acton dump proposal from to reduce the amount the Town allocates to its contingency fund by or at tempt to attract more construc tion to Town in order to increase Town revenue from building per mits by There is an inherent risk in each of the options because of the uncertainty associated with each account Mr King wrote in his report According to the report Town expenditures have increased 7 per cent over last year from just over 16 million to approximately million At the same tune the 7 7 per cent increase is down from the 1990 increase of 9 per cent To arrive at the increase figure Mr King outlines that the capital used to fund capital pro jects must be reduced from 1 million last year to 800 in 1991 Town staff cannot increse its expenditures for materials supplies and other purchases over last year and the amount of money spent to send staff on seminars and the like must be cut by half over last year As well four vacant Town staff positions must remain so and money spent on overtime for ad and operational staff must be reduced by 20 and 10 per cent respectively Mr King predicts the 77 per cent tax Increase or a lower one If approved will mean a decrease in Town services since there is no provision for the budget for in flation and materials supplies and service levels The operating budget wont go before council for final approval until later this month March Business of the Year honored Chard left representing North Halton MPP Mr Armstrongs company being recognlzea as the Noel Dnlgnan is seen here presenting Paul Ann Hills Chamber of Commerce 1S96 Business strong of Paul C Armstrong Insurance Brokers of the Year during a dinner at the North Golf Ltd In Georgetown with a plaque in recognition of Heraldphoto The joke is on us ByBENDUMMETT The Herald Despite the Federal Govern merits claim at being fiscally responsible it appears the government or at least Finance Minister Michael Wilson is unable to manage 1 200 That s the amount of money Peel MP Garth Turner handed over to Mr Wilson last October on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce The chamber raised the money through ticket and beverage sales resulting from Its Deficit Reduction Barbecue held last spring at the Gordon Alcott Arena Money raised from the event at which the Finance Minister ap peared as the guest speaker was specifically intended to go towards the governments special deficit reduction fund But It turns out it has yet to get there Chamber VicePresident Kentner said in an interview Tuesday the cheque dated June 21 is now staledated In other words a new cheque must be issued for the government to get the money A Federal Finance Minister Michael Wilson left accepts a cheque for from Halloa Peel MP Garth Turner The cheque for represented monies raised at the Joint Hilts Chamber of Commerce and Burlington Cham of Commerce Deficit Reduction held this past at Georgetowns Gordon Memorial Arena In a statement In the Home of Commons Turner said this the cheque represented a direct attempt to help our country Cril lot abound added Turner but so do the average concerned and Involved Canadians like the constituents of my rtdtajr who today give money In order to help Canadas future Photo Were very disappointed its a real slap in the face to the Chamber said Ms Kentner Over people attended the event and the government doesnt even have the decency to cashthecheque The money represented a sym bolic gesture by the Chamber to help Canada added Ms Kentner When contacted Tuesday Mr Turner said Mr Wilson is pro bably more furious about the staledated cheque than I am When I told him what had hap pened be basically exploded said Mr Turner As a possible explanation Mr Turner offered that one of Mr Wilsons staff members ob viously screwed up Mr Wilson enjoyed coming out to the barbecue and he felt livid when he heard about the cheque continued Mr Turner Mr Turner wrote a letter dated Feb to Mr Wilson asking for an explanation In the letter he wrote certainly we should not be discouraging the active valued help of average Canadians in our struggle against debt by falling to follow through on such a simple task as cashing a cheque I owe my constituents an explanation Mr Turner said he has yet to receive a response but expects one when the Finance Minister is finished dealing with the govern ments new budget Chamber President Dave Page said Wednesday a new che que will be issued but not until Mr Wilson asks for one Drug bust Halton Regional Police seized 875 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of from a Nerval residence on Fri day and charged a Nerval man in connection with the seizure Last Friday the joint forces of Halton Regional and Peel Regional Drug Bureau issued a search warrant at a residence and adjoining buildings located at Lot 4 Concession 10 R R 1 The residence is located on the 10th Line north of Steeles Avenue Also seized was a quantity of electrical equipment used to cultivate marijuana Including high intensity grow lights elec trical transformers fans ther mometers and a quantity of literature on the growing of marl juana Accused is Wymond of 1 Hills He- has been charged with the cultivation of marijuana and possession of marijuana for the purpose of traf ticking He will appear in Milton Court on Tuesday April 9 at 2 An Inside Look 2 11 Futons Mn EnvtTMRm 13 Hit 17 EntntakMM 1 trim EdMal 10