Sales Representative BIG ON SERVICE <lfs 338â€"6550 24 Hour Pager THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Regional council struggles to resolve controversy over chairman‘s legal bills By ANGELA BLACKBURN Special to the Beaver A Metroland Community Newspaper d Vol. 32 No. 135 : Canada s Best mm/iff /%W †: CCNA Better Newspapers Compehhon 1993 NOVEMBER 13, 1994 36 Pages 75 Cents (GST included) _ ‘ lors want to know if the Region is open to lawsuits stemming from controversy about paying $28,800 for Peter Pomeroy‘s legal fees on criminal charges. The payment was made to the regional chair under a poliâ€" B efore their mandate ends, Halton regional councilâ€" cy passed quietly last June. INSIDE Today‘s Paper issA CLASSIFIED..... SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS Food City, Canadian Tire, AP,The Bay, Oakville Place, Biway, Sears, Panasonic, No Frills, M M Meats Partial Delivery â€" Good Year, IGA, Fortinos, Keen‘s Guardian Drugs, Longo‘s, Dr. Sebastian Government Guaranteed Strip Coupons Maturing in 2004 "Rates Subject to Change MARK SLIPP 416â€"359â€"4633 Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435â€"201 CANADIAN u213 It erupted publicly as an issue about six weeks ago. Two weeks ago, council went behind closed doors for several hours to hear legal advice before opting to review the bylaw and putting an indefinite stop to payouts. However, councillors stopped short of accepting the resignation offered by Pomeroy or asking for repayment of the $28,800. At Wednesday‘s regional counâ€" cil meeting, Pomeroy vacated the chair to take a conference call early on. Later, council voted to go behind closed doors again, to hear a report on "potential litigaâ€" tion" by regional chief administraâ€" tive officer John Burke. Over an hour later, council resumed publicly with a motion from Oakville councillor Stephen Sparling and Burlington‘s Barry Quinn. That motion appointed three councillors â€" Rob MacIsaac of Burlington, Fred Oliver of Oakville, and Bill Robson of Halton Hills â€" to an ad hoc comâ€" mittee "to examine potential litiâ€" gation as referenced in the CAO‘s verbal report of Nov. 9th." "This committee will help council deal with a legal matter and will report back to council at its earliest convenience," was all Sparling said, before voting took place. Later, Burke had no comment. Maclsaac â€" a lawyer by trade â€" also refused comment. "We‘re going to be looking at the bylaw, its review, and what (See ‘Payment‘ page 2) ( For A Lot Less lation â€" clusk.:hmg broken teddy . bears : these are Rita Harth § loves to hear people comment on how real her alterâ€" | egos appear. | husband, Kurt, and daughter, Sabina, also a talented dollâ€"make Cabb@ePhtcthds folks), range in size from two inches to two feet, and in price from $250 _ to $600. The heads, hands, and . . feetarecraftedmhfe-like, ""children‘‘. | . $ Dollâ€"maker, Harth says she _ synthetic, 1 i used. The doll bodi@s are soft, made of fabrxc, msetted with wire â€" to make them posable â€" and dressed with intricate detail in fine cottons and laces. Except, of _ _ course, for the Blackfoot maiden, who wears a turquoise bmkskm number, with tin cones fastened to . ‘"*A lot of the dolls reflect my own feelings at the umel am making them," she confessed in a recent interview. "If I‘m having a bad day, the doll will look like she‘ shavmgabadday†e ‘You can‘t really paint a beautiful face when . you‘re sad," the German native added. Just so. Harth â€" a certified doll artisan â€" has had her studio and teaching facility on the North Service Road, here in Oakville, for just over a year. She works with her _ added, 1t was necessary for authentxcny "The Blackfoot believe the sound of the tin cones chattering scares away the wild animals." Contemporary in style, Rita‘s dolls reflect the chilâ€" . dren cfourt:me They have different moods and TheHa:ths collecumlofdofls(fllesearenet (See ‘oompsetad', age [3]18" PLAsSTIC SNOWPUSHER Ribbed. 59â€"6924â€"8 [4]27" SNOWPUSHER Durable polysathylene is lightweight. D grip handle. 59â€"6947â€"4 844-5732 HUPPER DAKVILLE SHOPPING CENTRE 849â€"TRRE