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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 17, 1991, p. 1

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FLEET MANAGEMENT INFORMATION Perfect For Finals Under Vehicles COST EFFICIENT INNOVATIVE UP TO DATE TECHNIQUES and Jima W Into Pasting SELF TO 1 GEORGETOWN L7G The Halton Hills HERALD Fendley Florists MAKE YOUR PROM SPECIAL WITH CORSAGES AND 8776901 DISTRIBUTION 32 PAGES FRIDAY MAY 17th 1991 Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 IN STORES GST 25 Caledon artist exhibition artist Christine Marshall left greeted visitors incudlng DArcy Kingshott Wednesday night at the Hills Cultural Centre in Georgetown as part of the opening of an art exhibi tlon involving 35 pieces of her work Pictured above is an acrylic on canvas painting entitled Summer Evening Seagulls Ms Marshall specializes in painting North American and African wildlife The exhibition runs through to June Herald photo Doing the Hills shuffle By BEN DUMMETT The Herald A cabinet shuffle it isnt However Halton Hills Council approved a mini shuffle of the Towns Building and Clerks Departments to reduce the Administrator Clerks workload and upgrade the management level of the Building Department an in camera Council meeting Monday An meeting is closed to the public and press Council can hold this type of meeting to discuss property legal or person nel matters Administrator Clerk Dan Costea who initiated the An Inside Look Police Beat 2 Peoples Forum Features Religion Seniors TownGanJenef Health Watch Entertainment Environment 28 And Lifestyles Editorial 10 Sports 22 Poets Comer 10 Youth Page World 10 Classifieds Quote of the Week My theory of the recession is that some of the people who arc cutting back on their spending arc doing it not because they have to but just to participate Thomas Vancouver Florist for the wealthy 2991 reorganization in February and refers to it as a mini shuffle confirmed Tuesday the changes will cost the Town an extra per year in salaries Contacted Tuesday Town Mayor Russ Miller said the extra cost will be offset in the long run by having a more efficiently run Town He predicted less staff will be needed in the future as a result of the reorganization The reorganization calls for the following The hiring of a new Clerk to replace the retiring Deputy Clerk Delmar French this July 1 In turn Mr Costeas job title will be changed from Administrator- Clerk to Administrator Bylaw and Licensing En forcement will be placed under the jurisdiction of the new Building Code and Bylaw En forcement Department effective Sept A new position of Building Code and Bylaw Enforcement Director will be created and filled by September The vacant Building tors position in the building department will be deleted The incumbent Building Director Ron Shettell will step down and become a Plans Ex aminer effective Sept 1 Mr explained hiring a Clerk instead of a Deputy Clerk will reduce his workload by not having to sign bylaws and other legal documents on behalf of the Town However hiring a Clerk instead of a Deputy Clerk will cost the Town an extra per year in salary Mr Costea s workload will be further reduced by having both building and municipal types of bylaw enforcement come under the same umbrella of the new Building Code and Bylaw En Department Current Mr Costeas duties include supervision of all municipal and licensing enforcement This responsibility will come under the supervision of the new director of Building and Bylaw Enforcement The new director will be paid a yearly salary of said Mr Costea That figure equals the current Building Directors salary The present building director will be the new Plans Examiner with a salary of approximately 50000 He will review all building plans prior to building permits being issued He will also do some building code inspec tions said Mr Costea Mr Costea said the new Plans Examiner position will allow the Towns two existing Building Code Inspectors to concentrate solely on site inspections They will no longer be required to review building plans he said That means a vacant building inspectors position that would have probably been filled next year will now be eliminated That position earned with it a salary of between and said Mr Costea The net increase in salary paid out to building department staff as a result of the shuffle will be approximately With building code municipal and licensing bylaw enforcement under one umbrella there will be no confusion in the Towns inter of enforcement issues said Mr Costea also included in the shuffle is the upgrading of the secretarys position in the Clerks Department to Senior Secretary which will add another 1190 to the Towns staff payroll POWER protesters not impressed by NDP stand By PAULINE JOHNSON Queens Park Bureau Thomson Newspapers TORONTO Halton Hills residents put on a real dog and pony show when they demonstrated at Queens park this week about the plan to fill an Acton quarry with garbage About people carrying balloons banners placards and in one case a toilet seat around the neck converged on the Legislature Shouting Stop the Dump and Save Our Water the group tried to get Environment Minister Ruth Gner to halt the application of Reclamation Systems plan to infill the quarry before it came to an en vironmental assessment hearing The group also towed along with them a 400foot long name petition against the dump which Noel later tabled in the House Barbara Halsall president of the POWER group told the crowd that if the setting hearing proceeded the first private sector landfill site to come under the Environmental Assessment Act people could ex pect our internationally famous Bruce Trail to become a hike from one garbage dump to the next She reminded the crowd of past promises by Gner and now Premier Bob that a dump should never be allowed on the Niagara Escarpment which is designated a United Nations Biosphere in recognition of its unique environmental qualities Now were here to make sure some of those promises are kept Halsall said POWER director Doug Young took off his Rolex watch smashing it to the ground and vowing it will not be repaired un til the province stops the RSI plan Now I ask you is this the No Difference Party or is this the We Never Deliver the Pro mises we made party Young asked Halton Centres Liberal Barbara Sullivan told the crowd Its easy to see that noone in Halton Hills wants this Local actress and POWER member Lois attracted Barbara Halsall much media attention when dressed to resemble she impersonated the environment minister copying Griers Irish ac cent almost to perfection Hills Mayor who was escorted from a waiting limousine to the microphone gave a speech the crowd wanted to hear that RSIs application would be thrown out before a hearing Gner of course told the crowd she would not arbitrarily do that and face court action because she had faith in the Environmen Assessment Act Town Mayor Miller said his ancestors would turn in their graves if they thought garbage was going to be dumped on the escarpment He appealed to Gner to act saying somebody has to start making decisions good decisions for the people The town would have to go without many hoped for projects including a seniors home and new if money had to be spent fighting the project at en assessment hear ings he said MPP Noel Duignan did not speak at the rally but he later brought the issue up in the Legislature asking Gner again to reject an environmental assessment hearing NDP stands firm on hearing issue By PAULINE JOHNSON Queens Park Bureau Thomson Newspapers TORONTO An environmental assessment hearing into plans to dump garbage in a quarry on the Niagara Escarpment will go ahead Environment Minister Ruth Grier says Grier told a booing crowd of 120 demonstrators at the Ontario legislature on Wednes day that she cannot and will not unilaterally reject the of Reclamation Systems Inc to dump at the Acton quarry Under the Environmental Assessment Act an act which I as minister am pledged to uphold an act which I believe is there for the protection of the en I have no right in law to reject that application ar bitrarily and without a hearing to date said to the heckling crowd Such an action could result in legal action she told members of the Protect Our Water and En vironmental Resources group in Hills I ask you to think very carefully before demanding an arbitrary and outright rejection of that process by the minister of any government Because the consequences of an action for any government that did that are twofold In the first place the proponents could go to the courts and the pro ponents could challenge my right Contd on Page

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