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{#ts. x / BROS. WESTON LIMITED) S 0”7 2209 Weston Rd. @ _ P m un‘ c VOLUME 9, NO. 1 A timely fall of snow around Metro Toronto provides the necessary ingredient for taking an oldâ€"fashioned horseâ€" drawn sleigh ride around Black Creek Pioneer Village. The preâ€"Confederation community is open to the public during Ward two Alderman Joe Gould and ward three Alderman Bob Yuill were among six aldermen seeking a seat for one year at Metro. It pays an extra $3,000, on top of the $6,500 annual salary paid to each North York aldermen. as the sixth North York delegate to Metro council were turned down at a caucas of the new borough council on Monday. Both west end North York Alderman seeking selection The three winners in the "popularity contest" were ward four Alderman Paul Godfrey, who immediately chose to sit at Metro in 1972, an election year; east end Alderman | Bill Sutherland who chose to sit in 1970; and Willowdale Alderman Kenneth Lund, who will sit in 1971. Mr. Gould, Mr. Yuill and Alderman Ian Rogers were rejected. | ,Provi'ncial legislation gives North York six seats on the 32â€"seat Metro council. Sixth seat scramble in North York York‘s lieutenants clash Mayor Basil Hall and the four controllers must be joined by one alderman selected by council. While the legal structure of the municipality in Ontario, according to the Bureau of Munic®bal Research, gives it the pégrogative to withhold informfiation that reflects on the day to day operation of the administration this in most cases is not the pracâ€" tice. Access to civic records What right do members of the public have to obtain information from municipal governments? ; In Ontario any person has the statutory right to inspect any records, books accounts or documents ‘under the control of the municipal clerk with the exception of interdepartmental reports of commissioners made to council or a standing comâ€" mittee of council. Some â€" municipalities maintain a strict control over the distribution of inâ€" formation to the public. Certain matters regarding land acquisition and perâ€" sonnel _ information _ is automatically â€" considered restricted in the best interest of the community as a whole. Although the provincial legislation says the sixth member must serve for three years, council agreed This control, however, can extend to the point, said the bureau, where access to information, which is the key to controlling public policy, can be stifled to a point where effective and conâ€" structive _ citizen _ parâ€" ticipation in policy making can be limited. weekends for winter activities such as skating, sleigh rides and tobaganning on the surrounding hills. It is one of eight areas administered by the Authority in and around the Metro area that offers winter outdoor activities to the public. The policy and practice of releasing information to the public from the civic adâ€" minstration â€" should be reviewed, the bureau said. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1969 e s FOR ALL OCCAS PHONE * B, 241â€"6951 n or &p 241â€"5261 sslle > Send Flowers Anywhere In The World By Wire The caucas indicated, however, that it will select Mr. Gould as one of the four aldermanic members of the 1970 borough planning board. This was because Mr. Gould‘s ward will be inâ€" cluded in a southâ€"western area of the borough, south of highway 401, which will be examined and given a new official land use plan in 1970. Major public hearings for property owners in the ward will be involved. As in the past three year term, it is expected that each of the three aldermen will resign at the end of his year at Metro. Theoretically, however, an alderman who did not resign could not be forced to and could stay at Metro. Members at the caucas agreed this week that the threeman approach lets more of the aldermen get experience at the Metro level. to select three aldermen for one year each. Mr. White observed that the Weston Businessmen‘s Association is deeply conâ€" cerned about offâ€"street parking facilities in the Weston area and that this could be a major issue for York‘s two new controllers crossed swords for the first time at a caucas meeting of the new borough council this week. The meeting was called by Mayor Philip White to obtain agreements on appointments to various standing committees and boards. Controller James Trimbee announced that he would not vote for apâ€" pointments to the parking authority or community centres board since both could be abolished within six months. Controller _ Douglas Saunders f accused _ Mr. Trimbee of having ‘"a poor attitude." Mr. Saunders said Mr. Trimbee was demanding that other members of council play the game his way or he wouldn‘t play. The council agreed to the appointment , of Norman Bensky, Jack Filken and Robert Burton to the borough‘s parking authority. Seven persons were nominated with three seats available for a threeâ€"year term of office. Mr. Filkin is a past chairman of the parking authority. _« The future of the parking authority and community centres board will no doubt come before council in the near future. Alderman Lloyd Sainsbury wondered about the operation of the comâ€" munity centres board. He was told that the board operated skating rinks and community halls. "If that‘s the case what does the Park‘s and Recreation department do?‘"‘ he asked. A member of council said that the department looks after parks. ‘"We shouldn‘t have come to this meeting if that is going to be the attitude," said _ Alderman _ Cyril Townsend, Council members agreed, however, to go ahead with the election of people to various posts. SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS the parking authority in the coming year. There were four acâ€" clamations when four councilmen were nominated for seats on the community centres board. Those from council who will serve inâ€" clude Controller Douglas Saunders and Aldermen Robert Hewitt, Gordon Keyes and Cyril Townsend. Three citizens _ were elected to the community centres board on the first ballot. There were six candidates. Those elected included George James, Norman Buchanan and Mrs. Ruth Russell, daughter of former alderman Walter Saunders who died in Ocâ€" tober. Former _ Mayor _ Jack Mould was given a threeâ€" year term on the York planning board by York council but former alderman Chris Tonks didn‘t make it. Each borough committee includes four members, the mayor is exâ€"officio on all committees and one conâ€" troller serves on each committee. Mr. Trimbee and Mr. Saunders postponed consideration â€" of what borough committees they will serve on until they find out what committees they will serve on at Metro council. Metro council holds its inaugaral meeting on January 13, 1970. Alderman Fergus Brown will represent Mayor Philip White on the Board of Health. Nine other canâ€" didates were nominated for four other seats on the board. After several ballots council agreed on Alderman Ben Continued on Page 2 Standing committee apâ€" pointments by council inâ€" cluded; Alderman Gordon Keyes and Robert Hewitt to the Hydro, Personnel and Public Relations committee, Alderman Jack Gallichan and Fergus Brown to the Legislation and Property committee, Alderman Cyril Townsend and Peter Bosa to the Park‘s and Recreation committee and Aldermen Ben Nobleman and Lloyd Sainsbury to the Work‘s and Traffic committee. FOR ALL OCCAStONS