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Lime The Acton Free Press Wednesday Aug 31 1977 3 approves kennel CAS fights province Planning Board agrees JIM SHEWCHUK new member of Halton Hills planning department Planner added to town staff An intermediate planner lim Shewchuk has been idded to the staff of planning department Mr Shcwchuk started Monday morning and been hired at a salary of The new planner tame here from the town of Richmond Hill where he in planning department for three years after graduating from York University in 1974 Before going to York he attended High Mr will be concentrating the area of development control includ ing plans of subdivision project land sever and minor policy formulation He will also establish an information bureau for all agencies Mr and his wife livemDownsuew hut plan to move to Georgetown even The Niagara Escarpment Commission has approved a permit for kennel building on the Robert property on the between the Fifth and Sixth Lines In addition the town solid tor has told Hills council they have no alter native but issue a kennel licence since the application complies with lha by law according to Councillor Roy Booth At planning board last week Booth a member of the NEC pointed out the NEC had approved the building permit A letter was being discussed at the meeting asking If the building would conform to the Official Plan and Zoning by law Booth explained the letter was sent prior to the Com mission approving the permit at a meeting the previous week He said approval was given pending a reply from council Planner Mario Venditti explained that if the town recommended against the issuance of the permit the NEC would review the decision and may or may not change their mind Councillor George Ma It by termed the E C action of sending a letter asking for comment Chen three days later making the decision without having received a reply presumptuous Chairman Roy Booth pointed out the kennel can operate without a building to house the Siberian Huskies and claimed the kennel was being erected mainly to alle viate the nose The C looked at it that way too He said the E C was simply asking if the dog kennel contravened the Plan and Zoning Bylaw The planner has already said it conforms with our existing by law Councillor Marilyn Ser said Mr McLeod bought the land alter receiving tentative approval from council In October that a kennel could be operated subject to the approval of the health and budding depart men is Both and Serjeant son wanted to set conditions before sending the letter to the NEC but Booth mointaintd the N E C would do that anyway Planning Board voted to tell the N C they had no objections since it conformed to the Official Plan Residents in the area pre sented a petition to council a month ago objecting to the kennel claiming the noise was disturbing the neighbor hood Committee talks tough line on budget Halton Regional Solicitor Mike Martin has announced his resignation He will leave the region to join a firm of Toronto lawyers Martin joined the region in 1975 as an assistant to Noel Bates Region Administration Committee wants to take a hard line on budget increases this year The committee instructed staff to stay within a it per cent increase in lhls departmental estimates During the committee Wednesday Chief Administrative Officer told the committee that the level of service would have to be reduced and he indicated the impact would be a very real one id a goal of per cent would be more Committee members agreed that 7 per cent in crease should be the goal and the goal should be met Burlington Councillor David Coons wanted a commitment from the treasurer and ehiif administrative officer tint the two would take a tough arbitrary position with department heads when bud arc submitted Held told the committee it should set realistic and then be to the cuts when staff mends Ihcm He objected to the torn mittet setting goal and then telling stiff that if need bit more come for per mission If you per cent It can be done It will be tough and it will mean a reduction in the level of the service of fered but it can be done Treasurer Don farmer said the guideline is good idea but he suggested there should be some flexibility We haven I put pen to paper yet but we know we have ad ditional debt charges for sewage phnts that will be on in On one hind the committee was adamant that staff take tough and arbitrary position but on the other hand the committee suggesled staff take an inflexible J I don t want the staff to say it is 7 per cent and that is it Coons said Mayor Horry Barrett said restricting new programs and cutting back on existing ones is the only way to control the budget We did it in and it worked and should be doing it here LI About 18 children currently living in homes operated by the Children Aid Society could be transferred to institutions outside the re gion if the society Is not per milled a per cent budget increase according to the CAS director Ron Coupland The Halton agency has re jected a per cent Increase offered by the Ministry of Community and Social Ser vices and requested that a Child Welfare Review Com be appointed to examine the budget re quest for a per cent in crease to The 7 per cent increase had been approved by Halton Regional Council The original CAS request was for a per cent increase The Child Welfare Review Committee will consist of a chairman appointed by the province and appointed representatives from the re gion and the Ontario Assoc i a tlon of Children Aid Mr Coupland said If the increase is not allowed the Society will have to dls charge nine employees and send about 18 children cur in homes to institutions outside of Halton because there t proper facilities in the region to handle them The society is now working on a line of credit and having to borrow money to pay bills based on the per cent budget increase which had been approved by the region If they arc held to a per cent Increase Mr said they would have to apply for a supplementary budget 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