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santa at micro parly waitino fok santa at the micro plastics christmas party was a real ordeal for somo children saturday two of them occupied his chair until the lolly old elf appeared in the window of the music centre staff photo santa claim appeared at the micro plasties christmas party saturday with gifts for over 175 children the program in cluded movies a trick rope and whip exhibition and lunch staff photo 1 ninety fourth year no 24 acton ontario wednesday december 11 16b eightoen pages ton cents council grants all employees 10 christmas bonus hard bargaining for a union contract between town employees und council was apparent in a discussion over a christmas bonus at tuesday nights meeting of acton council a recommendation from no i committee of council that a christmas card and 10 voucher be sent to all salaried employees of the town was turned down in favor of a resolution that the bonus be extended to all employees of the municipality only reeveelect dr frank oakes voted against the motion councillor bob drinkwalter questioned the original reeve ads auestioas recommendation asking why it just included salaried employees reeve hinton chairman of no 1 committee said it included everyone not under union contract he maintained it was better to abide by the contract and not upset anyone mr drinkwalter agreed but argued it was the practice in the past to treat all employees equal its the wrong time of year to set a precedent he maintained maybe mr drinkwalter can get the rest of the town under union contract the reeve suggested he maintained the town was treating all employees alike its i poor gesture in llns day and age charged councillor t tyler theres too many scrooges around im for giving it to all employees he suggested salaried employees should be given extra if the town winted to show appreciation councillor perry a member of no 1 said he had never agreed with the resolution at committee level councillor l masales said everyone was aware of no 2 committees feelings this is a goodwill gesture not a bonus for better jobs mr hinton suggests union people get something salaried personnel dont councillor c mcken7ie said however he had supported the resolution because when the bonus system was started town employees were poorly paid the new contract gained them many more benefits they are still on par with other industries in town countered mr masales thats got nothing to do with it mr tyler maintained this is a christmas gesture most of us receive something from our employer at christmas why did they join the union asked dr oakes sewage overflow tiling tyler advises on contract reeve hinton was assured at tuesdays council meeting the discharge of effluent into a ditch by an acton company was unintentional and would be corrected mr hinton was questioning a report in the minutes of no 2 committee winch revealed the ontario water rescources commission had investigated the complaint the committee decided the matter be left for the o w r c to settle with the company told the industry was the ii k porter co the reeve asked why it happened mayor duby replied that something had gone wrong with the discharge unit mr hinton said other industries had been criticized for this and that council has the responsibility to direct that no one should discharge effluent into a ditch where the water goes on into i airy lake the committee left it with the o w r c to handle explained clerkadnunistratoi joe hurst they have asked changes be made so it wont happen again it was not a deliberate attempt the mayor insisted they were having a problem with gnndings it was pointed out that the sewage plant had difficulty handling any surplus effluent at the tune how is the o w rc involved asked councillor mckenzie theyre taking samples all the time replied the clerk mr hinton also questioned if work was going to proceed on tiling of tyler avenue despite information from tin department of highways that grants probably wouldn t he available until l you voted for it replied councillor ted tvler lone objector to the resolution passed at councils last meeting mr tyler felt the matter ol a grant was too unsettled to vole tor the motion we were assuied by the ivpartment to proceed and giants would be available said councillor drinkwalter if there s no payment this year vvc ii have to reapply in l the cleik stated the work has been accepted by the department as a subsidized project i in unite sure theyll accepi it in ill ommittec ot the whole t hjiimm c has ierry said there was no sense in turther discussion regardless ot the cuitcomc work has started there s no recourse the mayor concluded theres no point in deterring work that has to be done mr milium speaking to councillorselect peter marks hill c oats jack orcer and orv c lupmin who attended the meeting as observers said that thev should make themselves informed on the south spring waicr contract with ik udmoie and o which soon conies up tor renewal he said the town sold water at lower than cost under the present contract he advecutcd the contract should he tciicuotiatcd at a new rale no consideration was given to the capital costs involved mr hinton claimed about the charge of cents per thousand gallons he said other firms felt the town was subsidizing ucardmores he suggested however that beardmore and co would not be difficult to deal with among other things council passed a resolution proclaiming thursday dec 2t as boxing day reviewed possible openings on committees appointed by council heard the reeve express his appreciation to the press tor their reporting of the election especially to lsther taylor whom he said deserved a tremendous amount of credit for her coverage mr hinton said her reports were fair and accurate he also commended the cton i ree press to better themselves answered mr tyler at the expense of the taxpayer retorted the deputy reeve lets show our joyfulness by giving a bonus other years we negotiated successfully but they called in the union task force to bargain this time they started it youre just putting another rail in the barrier councillor tyler said you wouldnt have the present employees on the contract and wages paid before mr masales stated i support unions 100 per cent mr hinton maintained saying he had taken the management side at the bargaining table but had always supported negotiations well i certainly dont support unions retorted mr tyler anyone who knows anything about the teamsters will know why mayor duby reminded council it was too late to go back to the original idea of giving fresh turkeys to everyone councillor mckenzie said he supported the bonus as a good will gesture but that ins idea of the gift was to benefit salaried people and offset gains made by others the amendment authorizing the s10 bonus passed with dr oakes still opposed two newcomers county council two new members one ol them a woman wdl join halton county council when the groups uiaugurai meeting is held ut early january mrs anna macarthur nassagaweyas new deputyreeve wont be the only female on halton s senior municipal body butlmgton s deputyreeve mrs evelyn buike joined council a year ago to start her twoyear term the other newcomer is actons new deputyreeve ted tyler jr the halton council is comprised of the reeve and deputyreeve of each of hiltons seven municipal councils in the five towns the reeve and deputy are ranked second and third to the municipalitys mayor in the two rural townships esquesing and nassagaweya there is no mayor and the reeve and deputy head up fiveman couneds with no elections scheduled in mdton oakvdle am burlington in 1q6k it left just four municipalities and eight county s resolutives open to challenge for their s reeves allan day of oskvule austan iwith of milton and gordon gallagher of burlington and their deputies wduam gillies ron harris and mrs buike all automatically return to round out the second year of their twoyear terms reeve george currie and deputyreeve tom h1u of esquesing successfully delended their positions against challenceis in last week s township clcdiems in nassjgaweva when the silitnc reeve william oultcr decided to tetue deputy reeve william llocy slcpped up to contest the leeveship and won it in a twoman ruce mis macrthur a councillor in the township toi seveial yeais was acclaimed to the post ot deputy reeve actons sitting reeve ii 11 hintun decided to contest the may oralty seat and lost in the battle ot the ballots this lett his seat open tor an acclamation toi tormer deputy reeve dr t c oakes councdlor tyler stepped up and won an acclamation as deputyreeve gsoigctown reeve wdliam hunter was also acclaimed to the same post he is just completing a year as warden ot the county council his deputyreeve arthur speight trounced one challenger in last mondays election to return to the county chambers as georgetowns second representative now the membership of the councd for ld has bctn decided the campaigning should start soon for the wardens seat although no public announcements have yet been made probable challengers are reeves allan day of oakvdle and austan ledwitli of mdton while councillors unofficially use the turn system noone has evei down to define any regular older toi turns the unwiitten ground rules say a municipality cannot have a waiden two vears in a row he must be a reeve and the same man should nut hold the olfice twice even ji intervals votegathering often starts in early december as soon as the municipal elections are over and the candidate often has a pietty good assurance of the seal betoie the early january inaugural session convenes ol the seven iceves pundits predict a djyledwith fight reeves galhngcr hunter and turne are being ruled out because they have already held the post reeves oakes and hoey whde experienced on county councd are new at being reeves and not likely candidates for a race miltons last warden was dr c a martin who took over late ui 1962 when warden wdfrid bud died in office and held the post for the remainder of that year and all the fallowing year oakvdles last man in the top seat was helb merry in 196 reeve ledwilh was nominated for the post one year ago but declined to make the election of warden hunter unanimous blackout blamed on overload an overload on land fuses is blamed for monday nights power failure that left nearly a dozen acton streets in the dark during supper hours acton hydro superintendent doug mason explained that his men had to replace a land disconnection on the corner of river and main streets in addition a 200 amp fuse opened up on the queen and young corner the power break occurred at 5 10 p m cutting off homes along main street north churchill road north mill street east arthur and several streets in lakeview subdivision it took two hours to replace the power mr mason denied that the sudden cold spell had anything to do with it ha said he felt it was simply a case of overload with the addition of christmas decorations to regular prime time consumption similar breaks have occurred before but not for some time making a big deposit ys man president gary bateman handed over robert little schools uniclf barrel worth 766 88 to teller sherry morris at the bank of montreal i riday parking bylaw receives two readings committee a group of men who individually can do nothing but collectively can meet and decide that nothing can be done an amendment to a bylaw to regulate parking at streets leading to the beardmore and co plant entrance on elgin st received two readings at the regular meeting of council tuesday night it was opposed by reeve hinton mr hinton objected to the bylaw on the grounds parking should be allowed through the week on elgin and intersecting streets on ut least one side for the convenience of people who live on the streets the bylaw would prohibit parking in some areas through the week but relax rules for the weekends councillor bob drinkwalter said there was no room for parking on either side the mayor reminded council the resolution leading to the bylaw had been discussed at great length before it passed the bylaw can not proceed beyond two readings until a new council is in power the reeve said he felt the main requirement was to get the snow plow and garbage truck up and down the street one side should be left for parking he insisted and recommended the south side as suitable council turned his suggestion down it means widening the street the mayor claimed a matter taxpayers will appreciate its not a matter of denying the ratepayers were just making the best of the situation phoney bank inspector foils in attempt here last thursday afternoon a phoney bank inspector phoned one of actons older women residents who lives alone after wow on thi iono discuss ed tiling of the water course on tyler avenue started this week the huge cement tiles will be laid along the street from one end to the olhec emptying into fairy lake th job will cos approximately 50000 about 20000 of which council anticipates will be supplied by grants steff photos she had talked to him die called police who watched in vain for the crook to show up at her home both hanks were advised to watch for him the caller had told the woman he wanted her help in catching a thief a stranger also obtained a copy of the voters list this week however police wonder if this man might have another racket on the go as a phoney insurance salesman no incidents liave been reported yet but they are urging residents to be wary the phoney bank inspectors have had luck with victims ut milton and georgetown recently two tort ttltde wfcf satmsfonn during last thursdays snowstorm two cars weie in- collision on queen st raymond patenaude r r 1 acton was driving east on queen and william george macdonald 49 roseford was attempting to come onto queen from the acton plaza when the accident occurred the patenaude car had about s75 damage and the macdonald car s5 damage no chares were laid