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the HERALD- Community News Wednesday August Zl 1991 Hydro looking to charge developers By BEN DUMMETT The Herald Halton Hills Hydro sion may take the Town lead and charge developers for engineering services The commission at their meeting Friday directed staff to investigate if the Com mission should charge developers directl for providing them with engineering services Commission General Manager Gerry Trudell explained the ty s current policy calls for engineering staff to do electrical layouts for proposed subdivisions without charging the developers directly Comparatively the Town requires developers to hire engineering firms to do the work it requires before a sub division application can be con sidered for approval Mr said the commis sion does approximately worth of engineering work per year for developers Normally it recovers this money when the tender is awarded for the in stallation of the electrical layout The company awarded the tender pays a 20 per cent mark up for equipment bought from the com mission This mark up covers the cost of the engineering work said Mr Trudell How ever financial recovery for commission engineering work depends on the subdivision going ahead and herein lies the pro blem said Mr Trudell Over the past year the sion has done 10 subdivision elec tncal layout designs but no con has yet started on any proposal That means the com mission is not getting a return on the work it has done explained Mr Trudell He went on to say if the proper ty is sold and a new subdivision plan is put forth or no construe begins threetofive after the electrical design is com then a new set of designs must be done The most extreme example of the problem facing the commis concerns an properly on the Fifth Line north of Highway The property has been sold four times and each time the commission has drawn up a new electrical layout to con form with each ntw subdivision application said Mr Trudell Since no construction has taken place the commission has done each of the designs without com in any form and that worries the commission said Mr Tnidell The general manager said his report will go before the commis early next year at which time it will decide if its policy should be changed Turner takes up GST cheque fight By LIS POT The Herald Halton Peel P Garth Turner said he s blasting away at he Minister of Revenue on behalf of an Acton couple hose GST credit was denied after their in come tax return was incorrect punched into a computer We re taking up the cause for William and Pauline Stout with I Mr Bill and Stout of Acton say Reveniip Canada ripped them off by not sending them their GST credit cheque after a government employee made a computer mistake listing the couple s yearly income at 7 million In fact the Stouts are both on disability pension and make less than a year and say they need their GST credit to payoff overdue bills Heraldphoto Turner It s an un fair situation and we re doing what we can The situation unfolded after Mr Stout decided to get the help of local when his GST credit cheque didn t arrive in the mail Having just moved into a new home and up to his in bills Mr Stout was counting on the GST credit cheque to pay for his bill He called Mr Turner who checked into the matter and discovered somewhere along the line when Mr Stout s tax return was being processed a computer operator punched in the family earning at In fact the couple which are both on disability pension made less than last year which makes them more than eligible for a GST credit Mr Turner said the Ministry of has admitted they made a mistake and said they would send the GST credit cheque to the Stouts in October the next time the GST credit cheques will be issued across the country But Mr Stout can t wait that long Why should I have to waif he asked I didn t make the mistake Because I didn t get the GST credit I had to explain to Halton Hills Hydro why 1 could only pay a portion on my bill because if I paid it all I t have enough money to buy food said Mr Stout Besides themselves the couple have two young children to feed I want Revenue Canada to get off their behinds and send me the cheque Mr Turner said hes waiting to hear from the Ministry of Revenue to see if they will cut a special cheque for the Stouts as he requested He said he s personally never faced this situation before Mr Stout said if it happened to him he s sure its happened to other and wanted to make an issue of the mistake so other people won t be ripped off obtain a new skill I increase your lax knowledge convenient times and locations For More Information Call 8737855 at The Paper Factory More than just party supplies we give you ideas to help make your special occasion unique Come in and be a Party Browser The Paper Factory 2 S SI Georgetown 8737403 Hours Wed Sat 9 6 Thurs Fn 9 00 9 DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET OIL CHANGED IN UNDER MINUTES Oil LUBE FILTER VnilD COMPLETE CAR YUUH CLEANING NEEDS AT COMPETITIVE PRICES YES YOU CAN AT YOUR BLENDED CORNER OF 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