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Education budget set At the regular meeting Tuesday night Acton council Read and passed a bylaw approving rczoning of land at the corner of Main St S and Church St from CH to CI to allow the erection of five stores and five apartment suites on tlie second floor The by law is subject to the approval of the Accepted the recommendation the committee and appointed J Coy to the Halton County Industrial Committee for 1970 Passed accounts for March totalling SI Passed resolutions recommending no objection to separations for lot belonging to Lake Manor Holdings on Mam Si N on the south side of the tracks and another on Main St belonging to Mr and Mrs Dontld Campbell Endorsed a resolution from the town of Pel ham requesting the Ontario government to amend the provisions of the Planning Act limiting the cost of applications to Committees of Adjustment to or as an all em stive to amend the Act giving authority to municipalities to fin the cost of applications Accepted the of the Acton Development Commission that all or part of the proceeds from the sale of land the industrial park be applied against of services as required by council Requested Planning Board consider a joint planning committee with Esquesing and Narafaweyi township pluming boards Authorized the and clerk to sign a completion agreement for the addition to the water pollution control plant dated January 1970 and also to pay the 57 completion payment Minor accident at MillMain damage resulted from a minor two vehicle collision at Mil and Mam Si Thursday morning at Cons Doug Noteworthy investigated John Peel St was driving a truck for A P Green Company and the driver of the cat involved was William Bannister Churchill Acton levy down Janet joins staff After a two year training course in Journalism at Sheridan College Janet hm joined the news staff of Dills Printing and Publishing Co Ltd She II be working from the Milton office on general news pictures and feature stories A resident of Acton all her life she attended both the Robert Little and Z Bennett public schools and then completed the four year Arts and Science program at Acton Dittrict High School She Is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Rmo 2 Expenses for the County Board will be up 162 for a total of this year All but one of the seven municipalities will realize a reduction in their levy Nassagiwcya the only township without a reduction will see Us mill rate jump mills subject to final calculations Board officials said the rise for Nirsssgaweya was due to a wrong estimation of the provincial equalization factor resulting in an last year which has to be made up this year Both and Nassagawcya felt an adverse effect of this factor The provincial factor is established by the Department of Municipal Affairs With assessment increases last year in it was estimated the factor would rise Instead it decreased The last year which produced a mill drop in is reflected this year as well as the lower equalization factor The second factor influencing the net effect on the mill rate was the arbitrators award When the County Board took over all schools at the end of 1968 some councils had surpluses and some carried deficits on the 1968 operations The board ended lint year with a surplus Had it not the mill rate would have jumped 33 mills rather thai this year If your assessment is 000 in Milton for your school taxes should drop about The same assessment in Burlington would give a reduction of about 32 in Georgetown about 29 m Oakville about in about Acton about If your property is assessed at 000 in Nassagawcya you can expect to pay about more than last year The mill rates are down 46 mills in Burlington 2 mills in Acton I mills in 5 mills in Georgetown 4 76 in in Milton and up in The Board will ask municipihticj for 721415 or 28 per cent of the total Provincial grants account for 49 73 per cent or 528 The remaining per cent is accounted for through tuition fees and miscellaneous incomes The province increased its support this year by close to or 7 11 per cent more than last year The increase in provincial support is significant in because the Board was able to take full advantage as they contained per pupil costs The budget jumped per Arena repair bill back in councils court Engineering reports on the condition of arena documents which town council and the recreation and parks board have been shuttling back and forth like a tennis ball are headed in councils direction again The twinhatlcd Board of Parks Management and Recreation Committee passed a resolution at a meeting Monday that the latest engineering report regarding the of the arena be presented to with the recommendation the town accept the responsibility for funds necessary to repair the building as outlined in the report Estimated cost of the immediate repair job 524 000 he contacted by property chairman Phil outlined nine steps necessary to put the arena back into safe condition with numbers eight and nine not requiring immediate attention The firm estimated the maximum total cost of the entire job would not exceed and would take five weeks complete However the report indicted it would be impossible to know the full extent of repairs unti the job was being done Mr McCnstall said he was assured tlat no one thinks the price would go as high as That would be the worst possible condition he emphasized We arc putting the town in the position of having to borrow the money chairman Peter Marks told the meeting but every member of the board has had the opportunity to see the work is necessary And since it is a structural type of building il must be done step by step and reassessed as work progresses This kind of work costs more money If it is done year by year Councillor Orv Chapman declared indicating he would support to have it done Vicechairman Bob reminded the committee they were only asking for the minimum requirements and a partial repair job year by year would lose mure than the interest on money borrowed to do the job all in one stroke The facts arc indisputable Mr declared Turn arena problem to budget committee Council decided to have copies of the latest report on the condition of Acton arena made and distributed to all members and referred to the budget committee for their recommendations following presentation of the parks and recreation board motion Tuesday Park chairman Councillor Marks told council the engineering firm had detailed drafted using safety as the criteria and this was as far as the board could go They recommended immediate action on repairs to the building Cost How many years do you suppose it will take to collect the money to get the work done asked finance chairman Oakes Arc you suggesting debentures asked Mr Marks Bulldozers clear way for farm soil tests Bulldozers at work on the Rognvaldson farm south of Acton are merely clearing a roadway in preparation for experimental soil tests clerk treasurer French told Esquesjng council Monday night The farm is the site of a proposed centralized waste disposal plant Mr French told council he contacted Will am Lombard of Trecan Associates after a township ratepayer called to ask what the bulldozers were doing there Mr Lombard said his company had received prices on the construction of lagoons but had definitely not started the actual construct on He also said his company had engaged a solicitor lo meet with lawyer Ken who is representing area ratepayers opposed to the proposed plant Earlier the meeting Mr French read a letter from the clerk of Moore township informing council 18 residents in the area of Goodfellow disposal plant near Corunna have had their assessment lowered 500 since the plant began operation May borrow books from other libraries No was the reply Councillor McKenzic was concerned You may have to close the building down he asked it was mentioned last night at the meeting Councillor Marks said reiterating lhal the parks and recreation board was doing only what council asked He noted it would be up to council to raise the money for repairs as the board had no authority to do so Big hearted said the deputy reeve Reeve reminded council that the finance committee would be discussing budget with the parks board Wednesday and would be a lot better qualified to deal with the matter after the meeting There will have to be a decision reached Councillor said with purpose This is an emergency And all council should be called in to make the decision Cor hilt pole Early Sunday morning at 30 ajn a Rock wood driver was taken to Milton by Acton 0 P P and failed their breathalyzer test His car had run into a pole on Mill St Acton with damages resulting Cons investigated cent over 1969 Five per cent is due to Increases In pupil enrolment and nine per cent can be attributed to increases in costs The per pupil cost of elementary students this year Is 33 or an increase of per cent over last year In the secondary schools per pupil costs jumped per cent to 1099 The board will spend 769 138 for the 30 777 average enrolment in public schools and 1 6 955 for the 14 590 average enrolment in secondary schools In Milton education will cost in Acton 384 436 in in in Oakville in Georgetown 1 131 and in Burlington 6 The Board was not asked to accept the budget at the Thursday meeting but will be allowed week to study it and offer questions at this Thursday a Board meeting when they expect to finalize the budget Director Jim Singleton said salary negotiations with staff and teachers are still underway He noted there was a provision in the budget for a realistic settlement and an allowance for negotiations If this should prove insufficient the rest of the budget will have to be examined Don t think because the budget is drawn negotiations will stop or are in any was jeopardized Negotiations are underway and very amicable the director added OBITUARY Hubert Jordan long illness Hubert Jordan was born in Mcbncthon March 1886 to Hugh Jordan and Mary Ann Stewart On February he married Laurema Ritchie in Arthur Ontario Mr and Mrs Jordan moved to Acton years ago where Mr Jordan was employed by Beardmore Tannery until he retired in Mr Jordan had been ill at home for six years He was admitted to Guelph General Hospital in February After a period of three weeks he was transferred to St Josephs Chronic Hospital in Guelph where he passed away one week later on March II Mr Jordan leave his wife Ritchie five sons and three daughters Delmer Gilbert Mel vi Earl Hugh Mrs Harold Andrews Hazel Mrs Kevin Irene all of Acton and Mrs Gaeton Beryl of Milton a brother George of Weyburn Saskatchewan grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Mr Jordan was predeceased by brothers Isaac Will Roy and Alfred and sisters Mabel and Fanny Funeral services were held at the Funeral Home on March 13 with Rev G Turner of Trinity United Church officiating The pallbearers were Harold Andrews Kevin Breen sons in law Howes George Jordan nephews Keith Andrews and Morley Andrews grandsons were Ken Jordan John Jordan Barry Breen grandsons Glen DeWitt and Bill Interment was in Fairvtew Cemetery Motorcycle car collide The driver or a motorcycle and his passenger were both lightly injured when the motorcycle and a car were in collision on Mill St W on Friday evening Nigel Scott 17 was driver of the car which pulled out from a driveway David Blttorf 16 driving the motorcycle hod an Injured right knee and John Last had a twisted leg The motorcycle had 1 damage Com McArthur investigated FirefightersJ plan exercise Plans for a spring training exercise for the fire fighters of s five fire departments were considered last week at the March meeting of Mutual Aid Services Assoc held In Georgetown Mutual Aid coordinator Chief Douglas Wilson of and deputy coordinator Chief A Clement of Milton arc considering dale in May for the exercise They held a mock fire drill at Stewarttown last year to train the firefighters to cooperate members of the other county brigades Mcmbors settled on April 25 as the date for their annual dinner and dance On that night certificates for winning the National Fire Protection Association fire prevention contest will be presented to Fire Prevention the and Milton fire departments plans Council arc presently drawing up phns for a building to house township equipment The building is to be constructed on property adjacent to the present township offices near Stewarttown Tha Acton Press Wednesday March Sacond Clan Mill Number MIS Acton library users will now have access free of charge to library collections other than those of their own local library Member libraries of the South Central Regional Library System will honor the library card from another library within the system For example a resident of Acton by reasons of his work may find more convenient to use a branch I Burlington He has only to present his Acton Public card to be permitted to borrow books from the Burlington Library System HOLIDAY CLOSING Acton Hydro Electric Office Will be Closed All Day FRIDAY MARCH IN 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