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Rebate possible for those with metered water rate A threat by some Port Perry residents not to pay their water bill may finally bring some action by Region- al Council to end unreason- ably high water charges to some residents. : About six « Kent residents have decided not to -pay their water bill which is calculated on a water meter. The regional works com- mittee is meeting this week and Chairman Alan Dewar said he would seek a rebate for all the approximately one-hundred Port Perry residents who have been paying on a meter rate. The problem arose when The approved pans to P Hee, 168 " "If we pass these recom- A the old Port Perry council Widen Lilla Street are "pure t is also apparent that ions today, Black- Fe : there is a need for storm set a water meter rate which turned out to be about 50 per cent too high. This was one of the coun- cil's last acts "and the- responsibility was then turn- ed over to the region. The region has refused to take any action since then, saying nothing would be done until a uniform water rate could be established for the whole region. But, Port Perry residents in houses that have been built in the past fifteen months have meters and have been paying as much as $100. for three months for water. The sewage charge for these residents is also calcu- Street won't be ~ set until- mid-December. Mr. Dewar said Port Perry residents have been very patient so far and he said he would ask that those on the meter be reimbursed the difference between what they have paid on a meter and what they would have paid on a flat rate. Coun. Reg Rose of Scugog admitted the old council had made a mistake in setting the meter rate but said since regional government had come into being, things had been taken out of the local council's hands. Mr. Dewar also said the flat "rate in Port Perry is probably too low. The township has asked the region to reduce the 240 per cent water bill surcharge for sewage as it isn't costing that much for sewage services. The region hasn't acted on that request yet, either. Lilla St. plan called blackmail political blackmail," accord- ing to Lilla Street resident Dr. Ralph Price. And he and other citizens plan to do something about it. Dr. Price has started by writing a six-page letter to all regional councillors out- lining the case Against the plan to widen the Street. "The region tells us that if we don't take the big road they want us to have, then we won't get the little road we need," Dr. Price told the STAR. "This is Blackmail." Dr. Price said he hopes they can put enough pres- "sure on regional council so that it will reconsider its decision. "It appears that our two voices on regional council sewers, he said. If we want sewers and - repairs, we must accept a wide street cutting our town in two," Dr. Price said. The plan now proposed, which has been approved in principle by regional coun- cil, would mean the removal of most of the large trees along Lilla Street, he said. Port Perry needs more trees, not less and widening Lilla Street is not the way to achieve this. A widened Lilla Street would also help to divide the town into two, with a east end and a west end section. As it now stands, traffic is only busy at two times on Lilla Street. That is Friday ° Volume 109 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1974 -- No. 1 Six month development freeze for Blackstock sewage study Although Scugog Mayor Lawrence Malcolm didn't get his way, he "isn't too unhappy over regional coun- cil action that will stop all development in Blackstock until May 1, 1975. Durham council decided to ask the Durham Regional Health Unit to conduct a complete survey of the private waste disposal system in Blackstock by May 1. This will involve testing septic tanks in the wet season. Pending the results of the study,. no further develop- ment shall be approved in Blackstock. Mr. Malcolm made a strong pitch for council to vote against this motion as "he said this could be the first step to destroying the village of Blackstock. Temporary freczes often turn into permanent freezes, Mr. Malcolm said. The mayor said that Burketon and Blackstock were about the same size ten years ago, but that develop- ment was frozen in Burketon because' it wasn't on an improved road. Now Blackstock is a thriv- ing; growing community and + Burketon is only a shadow of what it used to be with even the school boarded up, Mr. Malcolm said. stock may well be on its way down," the mayor said. The original motion pre- sented to council said the study should be finished no later than the spring of 1975, but this was changed to the definite date of May Ist. "The ground will be frozen up in Blackstock within a few weeks anyhow," the mayor said after the meeting. "If the study is completed by May, it shouln't be too bad.' - Coun. Reg Rose of Scugog supported the move to have Hallowe'en fairly quiet the arca studied, as he said there is a serious problem in Blackstock. Mr. Rose is also a regiopal representative on the Health Board. Mr. Rose said that the problems with the existing septic tanks could perhaps be rectified in the building of "future Blackstock houses by using larger lots and putting Although extension of regional police service into Scugog township is being cansidered for next year, there isn't great pressure from Scugog council for any immediate expansion. The chairman of the- regional finance committee said last week that one of the major items which will be 'budgeted by Durham for next year is expansion of police services. The Durham Region Police commission is con- sidering expanding service more hill on the lots In a report to the regional works committee the Health Unit said there had already been a few septic tank failures and that there were prospects of many more.in the spring. The main area of concern is a new subdivision in (continued on page 2) 'Regional police coming? into Scugog and is looking into the possibility of pur- chasing new regional communication equipment which would allow communi- cation with the northern part of the region. Scugog is currently policed by the Ontario Provincial Police. Coun. Reg Rose brought the subject of expanded police service up at a town- ship council meeting last month and the consenus of opinion was that if expansion (continued on page 2) aa gS lated by their water bill. The have been unable to gain any and Sunday evenings during Hallowe'en night was Sea del + 3 aks residents must pay 240 per support from regional coun the summer, he said. relatively calm this year in af A, ol en cent of their water bill as cil members," Dr. Price If the road is widened, the Scugog area. - BOX 08 i pe. ai } their sewage charges. said. "And apparently our More traffic is obviously Whitby provincial police ~~ pl. Ji La "Most Port Perry residents two voices have dwindled to Boing to use it," he said. report that there were the PORT PERRY - et Las pay a flat water rate of just over thirty dollars. 'Mr. Dewar said the region- al water rates probably one with Mayor Malcolm, after six months of sizing.up the opposition, deciding he would rather switch than fight." "The "Where is it going to come from?" additional traffic would be "cottage country" traffic that is only passing normal Hallowe'en problems and * that police made a number of liquor seizures. There were about twenty- five policemen in the Scugog . Dr! Price was referring to through Port Perry. This arca on Hallowe'en to keep a TT A Report Mr. Malcolm's decision to isn't needed on a street close eye on any problem. support the proposal to add a= Which is residential from one There were a number of Week Ending October 31st parking lane to the street. end to the other, Dr. Price small fires set on the side of Admissions ............ nner dO It is obvious, Dr. Price hig 70 the road in the area and 2 A hs Births......c.oooooovviii said, that Lilla Street is in or. Price said there is also there was a complaint of a ) Deaths 2 need of repairs. These have danger of children running broken window. 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