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June 12,1974 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER 13 B ates re p o r t leads to critic ism of c h a irm a n HOTRODDERBY The Oakville Optimist Club Annual Hot Rod Derby held on Robinson St. Sunday afternoon drew youngsters of every age and size. The little tike in the middle didn't enter the race but enjoyed a ride with the help of some friends. BURLI NGTON -- Contrary to expectations, H a l t o n r e g i o n a l councillors took their tempers out on Regional Chairman Allan Masson and p u b l i c w o r k s com m ittee Chairman Jack Raftis when a highly-critical regional solicitor's report was presented. T he r e p o r t , s u m m a r i z i n g t he mistakes made by three levels of government in the region's failure to execute five 1973 works projects, pointed finger after finger at staff members, councillors' attitudes, improperly worded provincial bills and a general over all lack of communication. Prepared by solicitor Noel Bates, it was expected that he and his co-departm ent heads would come under the gun for the problems leading to a possible increase in project cost of $1 million. H o w e v e r , w i t h i n m i n u t e s a f t e r t he discussion opened on the regional floor, it was the regional chairman and the Burlington councillor who were taking most of the c ritic ism , even though Bates, regional treasurer Donald Farmer and regional works director Robert Bailey were on hand to take their share of the blows. According to council, Co u n c i l l o r R a f t i s , chairing the public works c o m m i t t e e mee t i ng where the report was first presented, should not have released the document to the press. And Chairman Masson, they added, should not subsequently have taken it to a meeting with John White, Ontario Treasurer an d M i n i s t e r of E c o n o m i c s and Intergovernmental Af - fairs, prior to sending it to council. Defending his position, Councillor Raftis argued that the news media heard a synopsis of the report at the committee meeting and he preferred to have them "get the facts" rather than hear bits and pieces through discussion. Cha i r man Masson replied he had directed a copy of the document to Queen's Park before all councillors had read it because a meeting on the issue was being held with the ministry two days after. T he p r o v i n c i a l government has been asked to take up some of the cost involved in the lapsing of the projects but a cabinet decision on the reques t is not expected for several weeks. 1 THE TOUGHEST NAME O N TW O WHEELS | ★ Sales | ★ Service 1 ★ Parts ■ ★ Accessories 9* ENGINE SALES 6 SERVICE A K 1029 SPEERS ROAD, OAKVILLE Just W est of 4th. Line 844-9348 MOTORCYCLE SALES & SERVICE SINCE 1965. FORGIVE and FORGET! Amnesty W eek Oakville Public Library Amnesty week, June 17 - 22. Return all your overdue books and we won't collect any fines, slap your fingers or send you to bed without sup­ per. This year we are offering the convenience of returning books af our kiosk on the MALL located near the west end at Navy Street, as well as at Central and all three branches __________PLEASE! Scour your house from top to bottom for any overdue forgotten books you may have. The people who may have been waiting for these books will be very happy and appreciative . . . and so will we. W atch "O UT OF PRINT" and "W HAT'S G O IN G O N HERE" Tuesdays 6 p .m . on C able 8 , C hannel 1 7 OAKVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY C entra l W oodside W h ite Oaks 8 4 5 - 3 4 0 5 8 2 7 - 3 3 2 1 8 4 4 - 8 4 6 4 presents A X & S /y 3 5 IN STOCK 547 TRAFALGAR RD O a k v ille 8 4 4 - 2 3 7 0 -- Burlington 6 3 7 - 6 5 0 8 -- Toronto 3 6 4 -S 0 6 4 UEENSTON T h e p la c e is Q u e e n s t o n T o w n e C a s in o ! UEENSTON OAKVILLE - .. ... ...... Jmm ̂ ■■■ikL