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=| Vol. 1, No. 3 Wednesda uary 2 993 ike Ri SUB (91) INC. 877-5211 874-3051 28 pages Adantts meats on X IRBAN E/MA: Ul MICHAEL (MIKE) ADAMS ‘Award Winning Sales Rep 232 Guelph St., Georgetown 873-2254 ‘Your independent voice in Halton Hills” Alister MacIntosh pays homage to the Hagis at the Royal Candian Legion's Robby Burns Supper on Satruday. The Gerogetown event was one of many honoring the 238-year-old Scottish poet. Money raised by the Legion was being donated to Canadian National institue for the Blind to purchase taliokng books. Photo by ScottKline Citizen helps Halton Regional Police are considering a commen- dation for a citizen who helped police nab a bank rob- ber Monday. At about 11:30 a.m. a man entered the Canada Trust on Main St., Georgetown and demanded money. "The suspect, stated that he had a gun, although none was seen,” Detective Keith Woudstra said in a press release Monday afternoon. The suspect was handed an "undetermined" amount of cash and fled the bank on foot in downtown police arrest suspect in bank robbery Georgetown. He was followed by the citizen to the McGibbon Hotel and was subsequently arrested by a Halton Regional Police constable. Police are going to recommend the citizen receive a police citation. At press time, the citizen's name had not been relea: A 41-year-old Georgetown resident has been charged with robbery and was being held for a bail hearing Tuesday, Det. Woudstra said. Dump fight 50 cents includes G.S.T. costs continue upward spiral By Dianne Cornish The cost of fighting the Acton Quarry dumpsite proposal is taking its toll on the Halton Hills budget. At Monday night’s council meet- ing, councillors also.suggested that community building projects, like the proposed Acton Arena and a seniors’ recreation centre in Georgetown, are also suffering because of the high costs incurred by the town in what seems to be a never-ending battle to keep garbage from being disposed in a section of the quarry. Mayor Russ Miller joined other. town councillors in bemoaning the continuing pressure on the town and taxpayers as they battle the threat of landfill. The mayor and councillors were reacting to’a report from town administration outlining the 1992 costs of the battle. The total legal and consulting fees required to pre- pare the town’s position and appear last fall before a joint hearing board in opposition to the landfill applica- tion is $306,041. That’s well over the town’s budgeted amount of $200,000 contained in the town’s 1992 operating budget. Ie ym town administra- tor Dan Costea said the extra costs will come out of the overall surplus in last year’s operating budget. Last September when the joint hearing board ruled that it had no jurisdiction to hear the landfill application submitted by Reclamation Systems Inc. (RSI), town officials estimated the town had spent more than $500,000 to fight the landfill proposal over the last few years. In November, it was learned that more legal costs were Ministry of the Environment (M OE) and the Interim Waste Authority (IWA), are seeking clari- fication of the board’s decision on the RSI proposal through a divi- sional court hearing. The town is concerned that the court might overturn the RSI decision, meaning even more legal costs in future months, “Not only has it cost us.a lot of Continued on page 12 Acton planning studies get approval of council By Dianne Cornish Two Acton planning studies— one focusing on residential and commercial development over the next 20 years and the other serving as a guideline for consideration of draft plans of residential subdivi- sions—were approved in principle by Halton Hills Town Council last week. The reports, discussed at length during a special working meeting of council at the Civic Centre last Tuesday, were fine-tuned with minor changes. They won’t be offi- cially approved by council until a public meeting is held Feb. 16 to obtain feedback on council’s pro- posed direction from the communi- ty and affected developers. For the most part, council endorsed changes in Wording pro- posed by Acton’s three councillors Rick Bonnette, Norm Elliott and Gerald Rennie. In an effort to streamline discussions on the Acton portion of the Urban Area Study and on the town’ s Residential Study, the Acton LIVING LIGHTING gon with ALL your Lighting concerns! 245, — 4. Ae 7), GEORGETOWN While Quantities c SALE VALID UNTIL SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1993 EVERY IN STOCK LAMP-8-FEXTURE sibs nw “ALE Ni councillors presented a written report containing proposed revi- sions. Bonnette and Elliott went through the reports, recommending changes in the Implementation Study to help council in its future assessment of individual applica- tions for residential development. Rennie was not present at the meet- ing because of a death in the fami- ly, but his input through the written Teport was acknowledged by his Acton colleagues as well as by other town council members. There were only a few comments directed to recommendations con- tained in the Acton portion of the Urban Area Study report, which provides the framework for long- range commercial and residential development in the town. Bonnette told town council that Acton councillors agree with the Urban Area Study recommendation that. the major community commer- cial area be located on the Coscan property, south of Highway 7 and Continued on page 8 EARANCE PRICE W available in polished brass at 549”