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x urges two one hundred and nine coun- cd study a table where close cillors school board chairmen to 1000 copies of the report reporters f and photographers were spread out was emptied from hal ton and peel counties within two minutes as offic- rushed to grab up printed cop- ials and press scurried to get ies of the plunkett report at their hands on the report that 728 pm thursday sept29 was designed to shape the fut- the auditorium of the catho- ure of the two counties lie youth centre on morden plunkettv recommeridations rd in oakville became one of and they are only recommeri- nefrrbedlam thursday when the dations will require careful minister of municipal affairs consideration and serious stu- hon w j spopner announced ty in the weeks ahead mr the unveiling of the long-await- spooner predicted he emphas- new northern county here is a table showing present or recent figures- on the makeup of the 11 present municipalities needs study commis sioner plunkett proposes to band together to form the rural county of peelhalton note chinguacousy figures include bramafea holdings which would be removed and placed in southern urban county if the plunkett suggestion is adopted column designation 1 1964 population 2 1980 forecast 3 1964 assessment 4 acreage 5 road street mileage 6 no of councillors 7 staff employed 8 no boards or commissions 9 no of members 12 3 4 56789 toronto gore 1177 2000 1662460 15410 40 5 5 1 5 albion 3400 32o0 4333540 57410 154 5 11 2 8 chinguacousy 11691 52000 19785020 75954 232 7 111 3 12 caledon 3929 4500 4947360 74460 186 5 9 2 8 caledon east 663 600 529265 400 3 5 bolton 2075 2200 2405685 660 10 5 6 5 24 georgetown ii 374 19400 15393710 2850 46 9 31 6 34 milton 6165 11200 8956080 1033 18 11 38 9 52 acton 4295 6900 6846045 972 14 9 14 6 34 esquesing 6885 76o0 9708375 66071 185 5 10 3 17 nassagaweya 2594 3000 4366435 46080 140 5 8 2 12 totals 54248 112600 78933975 341300 1028 71243 39 206 3 part time employees only the present halton county embraces 236865 acres or 370 square miles the present peel has 300734 acres or 470 square miles the total area of the two counties is more than three times the size of metro toronto there are 21 incorporated municipalities in the two present counties ized the plunkett findings will not be acted on until all the municipalities involved have a chance to study them and make a report back to the minister he expects their written com ments on the plunkett review in his hands by december 31 an indication that the next three months will be interesting ones in local municipal history thursdays gathering was ar ranged simply for the mass dis tribution of the report and not for discussion of its con tents indeed the weighty 126 page report takes nearly three hours to read the minister emphasized that the names plunkett gave the two proposed regional govern ment units the urban coun ty of mississauga and the ru ral county of peel halton the not definite recommenda- lions but only used to describe the two areas we cannot carry on as we are now in municipal govern ment in the province we have to make progress this is the start mr spooner suggest ed now it is up to each munici pality and boards within the municipalities to study the re port fully and comment to the minister he suggested some re commendations in the report might hot be acceptable and io- al bodies might want to make additional recommendations head table guests at the din ner were mr spooner his dep uty minister bill palmer mps george a kerr of hal ton and william g davis of peel dma special advisor dr lome cumming and wardens h h hinton of halton and jack graham of peel north rural county staff photo esquesing and nassagaweya reeves george leslie left and william coulter right are shown discussing the plunkett commissions peelhalton local government review with deputy minister of municipal affairs j w palm er at the unveiling dinner iii oakville thursday evening our forgotten north answers to briefs why did the needs study spe cial commissioner decide to split what is now halton and peel into two new counties one urban and one rural on an eatl- west parallel what were his reasons for not retaining the status quo of local boards and councils what did he think ol the multitude 61 varying id eas presented in briefs by iocpl officials a general modernization of administration was certainly necessary he points out in his 126 page report even the people in the two counties agreed there were a number of urgent problems which could be settl ed by a larger administration unit during public hearings in the two counties in march of this year mr plunkett received 36 briefs 13 from peel and 23 from halton only four of the briefs opposed any form of re organization 20 favored some reorganization and 12 express ed no objections to reorganiza tions not loo many submitting briefs agreed on what form the reorganization should take a revamped county system as some suggested which rules for sitters fire protection ground rules for parent and babysitter sitter has sense of respon sibility likes children prefer ably- lives in neighborhood instructions in writing how to reach you fire depart ment number exit locations furnace or stove operation flashlight handy in power fail ure if theres a fire got the children out dont wait to dress them call for help say exactly where you are if you can turn on the front lights to attract attention dont reenter the place would give the present two county councils more power iwas considered impractical the southern municipalities are lacking in representation by population and if they receiv ed more voice- at county coun cil the voice of the northern rural areas would be muted mrttluirilcett suggested a twotier system of govern ment was suggested along the metro line with the county gov ernment receiving more rcspon- srbility while local councils would be retained mr plunkett thought these briefs were bas ed on strong nostalgia or senti ment to keep the local munici pal units intact he said if the countise gained more power it would leav the municipalit ies little rescponsibility and no thing to justify their existence metro style government would make municipal government more complicated than it is now- he said and would still not solve the areas problems oakvilles suggestion to form a single government embracing all of halton half of peel and certain parts of wentworth and dufferin has considerable mer it but would be inappropriate in that it tries to absorb too iarge an area with both urban and rural patterns of develop ment he noted the status quo requested by some groups submitting briefs was also found unreason able bv the commissioner he his re- chingu- devoted four pages of port to tearing down a acousy township plea totetain the township as is and to prove the socalled bramalea new town development is more a part of the total development of brampton than a separate chinguacousy development does the department of mun icipal affairs really care about the sparsely populated north ern sections of the present hal ton and peel counties northern officials were won dering thursday when the plunkett review of local gov ernment was released to the public minister of municipal affairs the hon w j spooner in brief ly reviewing the special com missioners overall recornmenj dations went into detail in des cribing the proposed urban county at the south which would include the burgeoning burlington oakville toronto township bramplon and bram- alea then he got around to a des cription of the northern rural county proposal mentioning it briefly h read out the pro posed name rural county of peelhalton and then said i wont bother reading the names ol all the municipalities involv ed deputy reeve charles mencfy l milton silting at a table nearby was visibly milled by the obvious slight to the small er areas he sighed and mumb led thanks very much yes lets all go home and cry came the terse reply theproposedtpeelilalton rur al county lo encompass most of the lands in the two present counties north of the base line with the addition of milton and excluding brampton and bramalea includes six town- ships two villages and three towns plunkett favors a single coun ty government of 14 members which could govern the county foul hand back some local res ponsibilities to local public ser vice commissions in milton georgetown acton and bolton the county government would take over planning roads wel fare parks assessment wel fare garbage disposal and debt management the four local public service commissions would adminis trate water supply and distribu tion sewage disposal and col lection garbage collection zon ing road and street mainten ance fire protection police and recreation a lax rate would be levied in each ol these four ihuniciplilit- ies for locally provided servic es a chairman acq two mem bers would form the local com mission and their elections should be consolidated two of the three milton members would also be members of the new county council one each from acton and bolton would sit on both councils and all three members of the george town commission would hold the dual role an executive committee will also be necessary as in the southern urban setup it would be composed ol the mayor plus one representative from the ur- oan communities and one from the rural communities thirteen councillors for the county body would be elected by districts acton 1 george town 3 milton 2 bolton 1 al bion 1 caledon and caledon hast i chinguacousy and tor onto gore 2 esquesing and nas sagaweya 2 and the rruior would be elected at large coun cillors would thus represent be tween 2075 and 4562 constitu ents term of office is suggested as three years with a review of the system every 10 years services required in this new county would be more limited than in the southern urban par cel plunkett suggests depart ment heads would be a director of assessment director of pub- lie works director of planning director of finance and county treasurer medical officer of health and county clerk and chief licence officer a fuhtime fire marshal and a full time welfare officer may be needed he suggests ontario provin cial police could handle policing hrough a contract if not a county police force could be ad ministered by a separate police commission as inline southv a commissioner of administra tion may also be necessary present hydro commissions in bolton acttfrr georgetown and milton should continue as there is no point in considering amal gamation due lo sie and dis tances the townships all pur chase hydro from ontario hyd ro existing library hoards would be abolished and public library service would be a responsibil ity ol the county governmental structure however a citizens library advisory board might bo helpful he suggests robt r hamilton optometrist 1 16 mountain vuw s georgetown 111 mill st acton monday from 4 pm for appointment v 8773971 the acton free press 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