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7 f reject system georgetown agrees burlington oakville milt on and halton county all pres ented briefs to the commission urging that burlington remain with halton or become part ol waltonpeel the steering committee 6n regional government is made up the georgetown herald thursday may 1st 1969 page 0 of seven representatives from halton the seven reeves and seven from peel plus one member from orangeville which might be included in mc- keoughs super region skate club presidents cup tom pettingrll president of the georgetown figure skating club presents the presidents tup to sharon watson at the conclusion of the clubs season the presentation was made in the memorial arena lobby the presidents cup is presented asnually to the intermediate skater showing the best combination of technical merit progress willingness to help others and a genuine interest in figure skating also in the picture are six runners up from feft debbie jarvie tinda finney mr pettingill and sharon watson ann kraus heather moores and kerri hegstrom absent is another runnerup sharon hewitt halton county council oppos es- the metro type super region of halton and peel as proposed unieipal affairs minister darcy mckeough tuesday april 22 represent atives of five of haltons seven municipalities voted in favour of a halton regional govern ment separate from peel coun ty only the representatives of oajcville and georgetown want ed tue council to endorse mc- keoughs plan the reeves and deputy reeves all voted according to the wish es of the majority of the mem bers of municipal council which they represent voting in favour of a two- tiered metro region for halton alone were representatives of burlington milton acton es- quesing township and nassag- aweya township halton area the motion reads the county will work to get a two tiered halton county regional govern ment but if it fails to achieve this purpose then will work for the best possible deal in a haltonpeel region oakville deputy reeve wil liam- gillies said mckeough doesnt care if the county coun cil is opposedjbo his plan or not he made his recommenda tion and hell carry it out gillies said he said halton should work for the best merger with peel for peel will approve the merg er and be far ahead of halton georgetown reeve wf hun ter said if halton approves the merger now it will give the county council a chance to neg otiate actons two representatives replied that mckeough told the steering committee studying his proposals that the first thing to decide is whether to have one or two regions there was an attempt made last week to delay the matter and turn it over to a committee of the seven reeves however representatives argued the hal ton committee had to be told where the full council stands so that it can prepare a brief the plans for halton peel that mckeough announced in january are aimed at overhaul ing the existing municipal struc ture within the two county re gions he favours setting up a re gional council to govern the overall haltonpeel region with seven borough units operating in place of the many local level councils the twotier plan is similar to- the one now in oper ation in metro toronto question mark the question mark in mc- keoughs plan is burlington which will either become part of the haltonpeel region or be lumped with a hamilton-went- worth county region the final decision will be based on the findings of the steele commis sion which is now studying re gional government in the ham ilton area photos by adams photography committees cup the most improved junior skater in the georgetown figure skating club this year denise hatcher receives the committees cup from club president tom pettingill honourable mention was given o the six runners up from left robyn alcorn david broomhead kathy elsligej mr pettingill and denise hatcher rebecca pettingill kris barber and nancy richardson new assessment cant operate chinguacousy farmers complain the provincial court of revi sion has been told farmers in chinguacousy who make their entire income from their prop erties can not exist under the 1969 basis of assessment in the township toronto lawyer william w chambers at the opening day of appeals to the assessments made the statement mr chambers represented wngate farms owners of eight properties in the township to talling 670 acres more than 700 individual ap peals have been filed evidence was given by win- gate farm manager mel arm- strang that any assessment much over 300 per acre would diake farming economically im possible he was backed up by farmer tvilliatn shoard who said no one can buy farm land at over 300 an acre and make ny profit 4 j poei county assessment de partment has rated the eight wingate farms at figures rang ing from 676 to 741 per acre a suggestion by mr cham bers that the new figures were basedn speculation as to what the land will be used for if sold for a use other than farming and that the assessment act docs doesfiot state that specu lation should be included in assessment was refuted by the county assessor m williamson these figures are based on ac tual sales from farmer to far mer in this area or of a similar type property he said i suggest that any sjlc of farmland from one farmer tc another at 700 an acre includes a sum that is speculation for the future use of the land said mr chambers the bonrd reserved its deci sion on the wingate farm ap peal advertise regularly it pays manor addition cost county taxpayers about 900000 the addition of martin house at halton centennial manor cost 1750000 halton county councillors were told during the budget meeting- last week treasurer miss m maxstcad reported the county share of the project is expected to be 900000 of which 855 000 was financed and a provincial loan of 123000 which was forgiven left 150000 to be financed the current budget includes 10000 from revenue this year the remaining 50000 is expec ted to be financed next year health attendants for all halton secondary schools all secondary schools in the county will now employ health attendants georgetown high school has had the full time services of a health attendant i jfor several years but less than vhalf the county schools were in tnis category i at the halton board of edu cation meeting held in george- 1 town thursday night the i board approved the hiring of a full time health attendant in secondary schools which arei composite or have an enrolment of over 1000 pupils half time health attendants will be used in all other secondary schools i in answer to a question from ernie bodnar georgetowns representative about the cost of the move o a gilmore super intendent of instruction stated 32000 had been allocated for salaries and 3300 for supplies j c ronson in repiy to an other question pointed out he had contacted the county health unit but felt they had no facil ities to handle the schools as well as their public health nur sing attention farmers home owners gigantic spring specials on 8772279 phone 8772279 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