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Halton Hills United Way finds a home Long wait is over The long wait Is over It taken over two yean to ar rive at this stage United Way President Jim He was speaking at the new office opening of the United Way head quarters for Halton Hills Friday at The agency la happy to nave a home of their own after using space donated by the Acton Social Services and Information Centre Marilyn Serieantson a regional councillor was at the opening stan In for Regional Chairman Peter Mayor Miller represented the Town of Tom Hewer was Introduced as the campaign chairman Tom Is responsible for keeping all the bits end pieces together In the cam Mr Hewer outlined two main areas the campaign will concentrate on to reach their goal of In partnership with the Red Cross a residential campaign using about canvassers will be in force for October An industrial campaign will try and reach businesses lor corporate donations but the main thrust will be payroll deductions said Mr Hewer The campaign officially begins Oct l with a kickoff breakfast in Acton and a luncheon In Georgetown Nov 1 then- will be a regional chairman shall It was announced Mr Hewer made a special appeal to those who work outside of Hills to have their Way deductions designated for Hills There Is a special form distributed that must be taken to work and given to the paymaster Without mounting a public cam palgn yet the United Way of Hills as of Friday had raised Mr Kinnear said During the fall fair In Georgetown a bake sale was held and balloons were given out to children The Red Cross Is coordinating the residential campaign but there Is still a need for more canvassers to The United of Hills phone Is OUR It happened Chairman Tom Hewer Regional Friday The United Way of Councillor Marilyn Hills opened an office of their very Mayor and United Way own Seen here at the official ribbon Kl cutting are left to right Campaign Kinnear Herald beptember IBM Page Fire chief wont budge on moving his office Should the fire chief his staff or even the communications centre be In the new municipal complex No emphasized Chief BUI ingham to councillors Monday night He reminded councillors of when he first took over as fire chief His of flee then was separate from the rest of the fire staff and also from the communications centre which fields Incoming fire calls I found it wasn t effective at all Council agreed I should be at Maple Avenue with the rest of the start Mr Cunningham said As for the communications centre being located at the new municipal complex the fire chief disagreed The most important reason is because of accountability and super vision I sec nothing but problems he warned Having all fire department staff working out of the municipal com Sex will slow down response times fires during he day Mr Ingham Fire prevention staff arc also firefighters during the day They are he critical first response to fire calls the fire chief said If they were removed from the Maple Avenue station and put In the ad ministration building our responsi time could suffer from that He pointed out the public is used to going to the Maple Avenue station to talk about their fire concerns and deliveries are made to that station If ire staff move llicy still have to go down to the Maple Avenue station regularly to accept deliveries and bring them back to the complex Mr Cunningham Square footage cost 75 Councillor asks Are students safe from sewage Why has Senior Public School been allowed to open with nearly three times as many studenU as the previous tall when the school sewage system has been found to be Inadequate a Regional councillor asked last week Coun Pam Sheldon of Speyside wanted to know how this was allow to happen and what the Regional health department will be doing to ensure the health safety of Stewart town students A new sewage system is slated to be put in place by next year Board officials have said At last week Regional planning and public works committee meeting the councillor asked for a report on situation town School that answered her ques They have increased the popula at Stewarttown to That all well and good except there seems to me there should be some accountability in making sanitary services are In place prior to making that kind of decision at least prior to students inhabiting the school Sheldon said She pointed out the existing septic system was to be inadequ Hi Tor the students last he enrolment was only 150 By increasing the population you re increasing the pressures on an already weak septic system Coun Sheldon said Along with untiling to how the Board could inert in the population prior muk We re required by the school Board to pump the septic lank so that problem occur An estimate of per square foot has been set as the cost to build a new municipal complex for the own Roland of J and Associates Limited said ktown councillors can look at spending that much for their new 39 000 square foot building Mr explained there are two costs in estimating the cost of a project The per square foot cost Is for the construction of the building only For the landscaping piping and parking lot the cost Is per square foot If the architect says we can come in per square foot why are Burlington new city hall and the Credit Valley Conservation Author new office coming in at and per square foot Coun Joe Hewitt wanted know I can understand that we would be sharpening our pencil better Councillors were reasurcd thai the architectural brief prepared by Reinders stales the architect will redesign the building at his cost to maintain the town budget Sheldon I m really worried this thine won fly unless we watch square footage Coun Joe Hewitt said I afraid we get cold feet when the tenders come in at per square foot He said he would support I t think our town will grow that much that we be adding in door staff With computerization of don grow that much 8779896 TO yes says Board in defending project Parents t be concerned about the septic tank and sewage system at Senior Public School says a Board of Education official Harley assistant superintendent for plant operations says the students now attending Stewarttown are in no danger whatsoever with the existing system If that were the case I would be doing something proactive Mr reassured Although upgraded over the years the Board has been told the schools septic system Is totally inadequate and should be abandoned by Green field Associates Ltd Were abandoning that septic bed because our engineers tell us it not expandable and not worth ding a lot of money to bring up to par Mr Lishman said A whole pew bed Is to be put in In the relative area of the existing bed towards the front of the school He said the school play area will be left undisturbed Ai most the con struction work to Install the new sen ile system will take two days Mr said We ve made arrangements with he principal to have minimum disruption to the school 1 assured the interruption stage will be quite modest he said Asked why the work wasn done in the summer before the school began Mr said there no time when the school Is not be We don have a time that total clear of but I do acree It would have affected less people at school then than now Mr acknowledged He said the school is used for recreation pro grams through the summer The assistant superintendent said a myriad of approvals had to be made by the Board to put in the new septic system Its amazing how the time goes by You expect It would take so much time Mr said of the process We have to get approvals from everybody for any additions or changes He said the Regional health unit Is checking on the septic system at regularly keeping a close eje on it The new tile bed Is to be put In before the ground freezes up and the septic system is expected to be operating temporarily until the March break when work on the tank will begin Built in 1057 Stewarttown Senior Public School septic system has been upgraded over the years with the most recent major upgrading be ing done lust after 1969 That when the Board resurfaced and regraded the tile field because or a percolation problem The system now muses problems when thee is heavy rainfall as in the spring When the ground gets soggy or sodden that when our problems begin Mr said We ve been hauling out there rather than force the system It not expensive We only do it to the level of keeping the bed acceptable adequate Sheldon ants to know how new sin lie nil be installed and operating She also wants to know who is to monitor the situation iht new service is in lo m sun Hit crease in ere a serious problem If a does anse what measures Mill the and lake in wanted to know I say there has been problem beet use tht a major decision prior Inunt their house order Sheldon said of the Bo There I or lot owner who things without all kinds of itiotis they have to adhere to is js stwige witir the councillor snul It seems to rat hire needs foe method by which the school Board is to go through the process as anyone ilhi She said the Hoard has known fir sew system has had problems has set monies improve in its last two The had the entire summer Why wish I new in pint tie kids went to t hoop oun Sheldon demanded Peter Wilmotl the Region s diret lor f environ men til health said bell be into tint question is well He to kniw there was delay Mr said although the potential exists for sanitary service to i health hazard thee t at the mo ment determine If there is breakdown in lilt sewage system the li is responsibility to tell lice hcsiid With a septic system effluent is pumped to the underground septic Held tiles under the sod It flows down through the and lot i the bacteria in the effluent is with the of filtering the soil Mr ex plained When the ground is ry because of lit ivy tie field can flood htsit School board featured on TV Feeling the residents of don know enough about the public school system the Board of Education is getting into TV Cablcnct Cable Systems and the Board of Education worked together 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