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Page 4 THE HERALD Wednesday May 1991 Council fed up with dump issue ByBENDUMMETT The Herald Reclamations Systems In corporated go away That the meaiage Hills Council sent to the Milton Waste Management firm which is behind the Acton dump proposal Monday The dump is being pro posed for the Acton quarry site south of Highway 25 on the Niagara Escarpment Councillors also expressed hope the local community would send the same message to North Halton Noel and the province s Environment Minister Ruth Gner Council was responding to a re cent story on RSI s application by the province s Environmental Approval Branch that indicates the proposal is ready to move on to the next step under the pro vince s Environmental Assess ment Act The next stage is for the application to go before a hearing if Ms Gner so decides If the minister finds the application lacking she could require RSI to do further studies before a hear ing is held Town Mayor Miller echoed the sentiments of all coun when he said the minister shouldn even consider the ap plication Instead Ms Grier should outright reject it he When several councillors in eluding Acton Councillors Gerald Retime and Rick asked if Council could approve a mendation asking Ms Gner to disregard the Environmental Assessment process and reject the application Town Administrator Clerk Dan Costea said the Town s lawyers oppose this action Councillors oppose the tion just as they have since it was first proposed three years ago because they feel a dump would contaminate Acton and Georgetown water suipply Council passed a watered down version- of the preferred recom The resolution stated RSI should conduct further work on its application before it goes to a hearing because Town lawyers believe RSI has not properly Reform Party meeting The Reform Party of Halton Peel ill be holding in Open House for the public May at Cedar Springs Motel on Huy bet and Acton Some budget items disappointing Duignan followed the Environmental Assessment Act criteria As well the Town hydrogeological consultants say leachate would escape from a dump in the Acton quarry is a poisonous liquid formed when rain water per colates through waste in a dump According to the Environmen tal Approval Branch report a dump could be built on the quarry after extensive engineering had been done on the site Both mayor Miller and Coun Pam Johnston suggested the pro vince may have a hidden agenda by Jetting the RSI proposal con through the process The two pointed to the pro vince s recent announcement that Halton be a reci pient of Greater Toronto garbage in the long term But because the province s an nouncement didn t highlight the short term Mayor Miller sug the province will approve the RSI proposal so it can be used as a garbage dump Several Councillors also predicted the RSI proposal could bankrupt the Town if it t stop ped soon Marilyn Ser said the Town has already spent to date just to monitor the application s pro gress under the Environmental Assessment Act She estimated it will cost the Town at least one million dollars to fight the application if it goes toaheanng Firefighters busy Halton Hills firefighters had a busy weekend putting out car fires garbage bin fires and grass fires The first call came in at 31 a m Friday morning when a fuse box caught on fire at Merlin Scientific Limited on Armstrong Avenue in Georgetown Firefighters say the fuses overheated and caused a fire but there was no damage Firefighters were called by police for their next call Friday at pm to extinguish a small bonfire at 1 me south of 15 S deroad The fire was quickly extinguished with no damage Four minutes later firefighters were called to extinguish a gar bage bin fire that had been del set Again there was no damage and the fire was doused The same night at p a car eng ne started on fire on Ew ing Street in Georgetown Firefighters the fire may have started a leak in the rubber gas line near the rear engine manifold Damage to the 1987 Chevrolet Nova is estimated at 200 Due to unsafe conditions firefighters had to retreat from a party off Alexander Street in Glen Williams Saturday night Firefighters were called to ex tmguish a fire that had been set in an abandoned vehicle but party goers pelted the firemen with beer bottles so the men left the scene before extinguishing the flames Firefighters were there for just under an hour after mid night Earlier that day firefighters extinguished a grass fire on Lot 23 Concession which had started after the property owner was burning evergreen cuttings say almost two acres went up in flames but there was no other damage Also on Saturday firefighters were called to wash gas and an from the Fallbrook Trail after a single vehicle accident ac p There was only one call Sunday which was to 17 Sideroad and 10th Line where firefighters were ask to be prepared to respond in case a man was trapped inside a car Police called firefighters after learning there was a car ac but nobody was trapped in the vehicle Say I saw it in The Herald Continued from Paje Mr Duignan said he is pointed Treasurer Floyd Laughren didn t cut expenditures to run the legislative building and the government own executive offices As well Mr said he would have preferred if a three to four per cent wage in crease gap had been placed on civil servants salaries The federal government re cent budget capped federal civil servant salaries at three per cent Asked by provincial civil ser vants weren t capped Mr said he t know Mr Duignan also said he wish there had been no tax in creases but since there were he supports the increases going to gasoline tobacco and alcohol People can decide whether or not to purchase any of these items said Mr Learn to Drive and Survive with Young Drivers of Canada GEORGETOWN CLASSROOM 1 6 RD S WEDNESDAY MAY 8th Wednesday Thursday Evening 630 m to 938 pm 4 SPECIAL 4 DAY PROGRAM June 24252627 900 am 338 pm 8770751 000 GRADUATES RECOMMEND YOUNG DRIVERS OF CANADA SALE STARTS MAY 2nd TO 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