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tt acton free fvefe wednesday july 5 j67 clerk explains system of government control niiliaeaasshiiii jack me- province they are automatically all road work in the municipal- pend ture and raise r u- ujl having mnro anh mnn tn uv in ifv i under the same strict sup- by tf e issue of debe bjrj tins jni i thought i would try to outline the system of our local novunudent and the con trol that is placed on it by the provincial authorities basically w- suq operate un der the bawwio act of 1m9 and many changes have takes place this old act is still the basis f or municipa govern- we snb operate under a one tier government with the county councd operating certain facets of oar opera tioo such as the county jaa health unit rook for the aged etc several other functiocn can be handled by the county council if the municipal representatives concerned wish to pass the relevant legislation to be a representative on county council you must be el ected as reeve or deputyreeve of your local munacipaiirv and while sittins a a member of county council vuu vote a- you see fit on all m liters pertaining to its operation many of the decision made at county level lerwuilv affect the local municipalities vet the council that is efected to serve the mumcipalitv has no sjv in the decisions made at countv level in fact it quite often hap pens that the local municipalit ies are not even aware of whjt is happening at the countv level this point his been argued many many dmes whether the county represenuuves should act at county level on the major ity decisions of the local coun cils or whether thev are entirefy on char own to vote a thevnce fit even though it is in direct conflict with the opinion of the conncil of the municipality l4 thi smallest county in area in the pmvu of ontario but hat the largest awrwrnem and the sec ond largest population of any county we are rather unique n that we only hare seven mtnv sripafifirs with two of these hav ing approximately 85 per cent of the total assessment in the coun ty so that they pretty well con trol the operation a special act of parliament was obtained so that these two mun have an equality of totes oo county council with the other five and any question before the council must have a majority of three votes before it is passed two operations have been un der consideration for some time particularly be county assess ment commissioner the other being the county welfare ad- ministrator system if these svs- tems were incorporated the county would then be responsi- cfcrt uriiiiliililrator ble for the local assessment and ihe local weltare so thai there would be a better chance of full equalization tor all municipal ities r however the two large mun- cipalitics have separate depart ments lor these two functions nil tlkv kel fprobablv rightly so tlut thev are obtaining first class service and hjvc nothing to ain bv loinm wilh ihe other municipaliues m lact they would lose whatever control thev may have to the countv this whole matter resolves it self in the- fact that no small mumcipalitv can allord to give its residents manv items thev are entitled to that thev could otherwise receive il we wen part ct a larger organization ft is for this reason that the plunkett report was initiated and it is quite possible some new type ol municipal govern ment will be inaugurated in hal- t hi and peel counties within the neat few year recently a rpoit vwi preatsnr- ed to giunlv council on educa tion within ihe ojuniv with this report being compiled by resi dents of the countv representing the several municipalities bas ically the report recommended that all education in the county tcome under one bojrd thereby helping the smaller municipal ities obtain a wider base of ed ucation for its children again the two larger munici palities have no thing to gain by thisj svstem- other than helping to make it possible for their neighbors to obtain what they have with a county assessment commissioner these municipal ities would be assured of an equa assessment so that ev eryone would then be paying their fair share of the costs actual daytoday government of the municipality is controlled by the local council but with the everincreasing demand for more and greater subsidies from the province they are automatically having more and more to say in our operations there b very httle that coun cil can do without having obtain ed approval of some sort from some department of the pro vince some examples would be the signal lights at mill and main streets firstly for years the department would not allow the lights as in their opinion the traffic flow was not great en ough however we finally receiv ed approval as our situation was unique in the opinion of the depart ment the lights would be of lit tle or no value unless no parking regulations were enforced for certain distances from the lights the type number and location were all stipulated by the de partment so that actually all the town had to do with the lights was pay 10 per cent of the cost sup gove works limited manufacturers dp supeiior brand woik gloves and mitts vimy st lwm7 acton ont ftifapmm 9531920 all road work in the municipal- iy is under the same strict sup ervision except ordinary main- enance another major item is the wa ter and sewer operation which has to have the approval of the ontario water resources com mission representatives of the commission visit acton at least monthly to check our opera tions and we are continually changing our methods of opera tion to suit the commission rer resentatives on capital projects first ten tative approval of the scheme has to be obtained and then fin al approval of the detailed plans has to be obtained this last phase goes through about four or five departments of the com mission and usually takes months before it is finalized in addition to this approval has to be obtained from the ontario municipal board to make the ex pend ture and raise the money by tr e issue of debentures other areas of government control are education planning recreation library welfare etc there is just simply no opera tion pf the municipality that is not subject to their control it is quite possible that this con trol is good however you might consider that we operate with an elected council and school board who are people that know their town and are familiar with its idiosyncrasies do you not think they are capable of oper ating properly and economical ly with if the people are not satisfied for a their operation it is a simple matter not to elect them further term of office swimming is popular at actons fairy lake jack ridley cartage i limited livestock and farm service fertilizer bulk spreading service concrete blocks cinder blocks clay brick concrete brick sand stone dump trucks for hire pcvcbsffsftf f fully insurmj tuprwno acton 8530730 gig tht aden free pre wednesday july 5 agon business guide and architect donald skinner 17a mill 2740 auctionests j yvm gibson guelph 8241478 f fetch georgetown 8772864 a spence georgetown 8773306 walter reinhart sneigrove rockwood internationa georgetown 8774101 ftatftsts sam holmes main n joe hunt mill e rons barber shop acton plaza rosss barber shop mill e norm humeniuk mill chiropractor d j armstrong guelph 8227721 contractors moriey allen masonry c r butler rju 1461 frank carney plumbing rockwood 6564501 civiero const rr 1 1646 e eliott rr 2 1967 fletcher plastering rja 2 1807 j b frank decorator 47 frederick 2040 formosa landscaping milton 8783263 e j irving contractor milton 8784020 kent conduction 32 victoria 1747 harvey laverty plumbing and heating rockwood 8569934 j b mackenzie 12 church 1660 albert maltby coal oil rockwood 8569983 ed mcmullen construction main n 1818 mansell nellis construction rj 1 0960 ron saunders excavating ra 2 1429 shortill sheet metal 56 mill e 0270 stanleyjcoostruction acton 0649 norman turner excavating rr 3 1529 pries masonry construction ra i campbellviue 8542672 rainbow landscaping milton earl van norman 125 main n j vender kooy electrical 65 main n a- l rlemer contractor 74 cook 0p40 twins i woodworking limebouse 8779332 george johnson excavating rjt 2 1699 8782741 2694 1615 1624 1585 tbto m town in an t ha beta prepared by tht ckaeaber of to the dttaaw of actoa tad dttrkt aad to taqoiriea we eugjeet yon keep tab directory number tmleaa otherwise noted are town op acton aad the ae a by tht mayor leslie a duby clerkadministrator j mcgcachie office assessor bill ersklne hydro office imbomcy numtrs ontario provincial police office royal chy ambulance guelph to sound fire alarm utuc sbmcts acton post office 53 bower ave canadian customs office 53 bower ave acton high school e a hansen principal m z bennett public school w d e smith principal robert little school g w mckenzle principal sunshine school for retarded homby community centre howard pearce recreation director ymca mill st halton county health unit milton childrens aid society milton halton county administration milton department of agriculture milton halton county mpp george kerr parliament buildings toronto halton mp dr harry harley parliament buildings ottawa churches i st albans anglican rev r mcmurray acton baptist rev s gammon trinity united church rev g turner christian reformed rev w van dijk evangel penecostal i rev is thqrnan p7i5 knox presbyterian rev a h mckenzie 0974 maple ave baptist georgetown 8776665 st josephs rc rev v j morgan 0784 dentists dr a j buchanan 90 church 1750 dr c dey 17a mil e 1300 financial bank of montreal 21 mill e 1100 bank of nova scotia 36 mill e 2420 halton and peel trust oakvilie m571j1 general ac 75 mill e 29 food and lodging cedar springs motel no 7 hwy dominion hotel 14 main n 1600 esquesing mobile lunch rr 4 2339 frostee freeze 315 queen 1997 mae and andys 273 queen 1203 reliable snack bar 9 main s 2570 royal cafe mill e station hotel mill e 0770 watsons restaurant 15 mill e 0300 funeral director rumleyshoemakcr 5 mill e 1350 garages acton auto body 49 main st 1870 acton motors 6 main s 1280 allans collision rja 4 2860 bell bros milton 8786380 franks auto collision crewsons corners 0010 grants motors 252 queen 2930 little motors no 7 hwy 0430 walter lock rjt 1 1709 lous used cars rockwood 8564235 massoh motors 351 queen e 0450 mccallum service station 186 mill e 1500 mclsaacs garage 109 main n 1950 park motors georgetown 8779439 pauls sunoco station no 7 hwy 2730 phillips georgetown 8776471 reids service station rr 4 1831 thompson motors 45 main n 2370 bill toth service station queen e 0660 toth motors 12 guelph w 1840 whithams garage 44 young 0260 acton autonet car wash queen st hairdressers eileens beauty salon 36 main s 1306 elizabethio acton plaza 2775 joyce gervais 32 cameron 1820 rendezvous beauty salon si mill e 2060 russmac 4 main s 2750 vanity bar 17 mill e 2870 industries acton box mfg no 7 hwg 1641 acton limestone quarries rr 4 2230 ajax engineers 238 queen 2910 beardmore and co 1440 blow press ltd 133 perth 2250 comark components 100 frederick st 1770 dills printing and publishing 59 willow n 2010 force electric 163 church 0200 a p green fire brick 159 perth 0840 frank heller and co 59 willow n 1850 keates organ co 100 frederiik st 1510 d h lindsay mill 62 mill w 2850 poly penco cc canada ltd 100 frederiik 0286 marzo glove 145 crescent 1780 mason knitti lg 49 eastern 1970 mcnair mushroom farm rjl 4 2759 michigan bulb 100 frederick 0830 micro plastics main n 1230 hkporter mcdonald blvd 2120 superior glove vimy st 1920 united carr canada ltd 100 frederick 1490 lawyers aldo braida c f leatherland 31 main n 173 main s 1160 1330 miscellaneous acton billiards mil e acton jersey dairy 243 main n 0441 bowling lanes 10 main n 0170 anthony gas and oil explorans 191 mill e 2560 bell telephone co ze 26900 brewers retail 332 queen 0230 liquor control board 256 queen 0790 canadian legion 15 main n 0096 halton cooperative medical services milton 8789712 welcome wagon dolly robinson 0945 hi neighbor laura oittrich 0805 topas ranch it advertising 1422 specialties 3 elgin st 1423 f bryant h4w r s hart gordon 69 f v iain f l e l robert fred h s a a a services acton ere acton aj3 tv acton tv poplar first line caroline highway blue hwy 7 lakeview rr 1 united thompson 45 main d rr 2 g b acton king ken archie rr 2 kitchener acton reimer walnut paconi gibson fergus baynes guelph custom s main stoppt pongs esquesing ful 4 cm tp acuh t