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the HERALD Council Briefs Wednesday lebruary 19 Library closure threatened due to budget restrictions Either the Georgetown or Acton library may have to be closed if the Halton Hills Library Board doesn t receive financial help board Vtce- Chairperson Nancy Brown warned town councillors Ms Brown Andison and board Chairperson Jay Jackson told the board needs help to cover it pay equity costs otherwise a branch may have to be closed Mr Jackson pointed out the board has already paid out towards salaries because of the province pay equity legislation And it is required to pay out another over the next two years he said Both board representatnes stressed the library budget only represents sev per cent of the town s total operating budget vet the board s pay equity costs represent per cent of the town s total pay equity expenditures Hardly an equitable situation said Ms Brown The two requested some of the library board s pay equity costs be absorbed bv other town depart Ms Brown pointed out the board has already cut the equivalent of five full time staff members and centralized services as cost cutting measures Although sympathetic to the board s predicament council mem hers refrained from making any promises In the end they decided to refer the matter to town budget com to review the request Final attempt Squadron 756 Air Cadets in Georgetown made a final attempt Monday to obtain a grant from town councillors The town s budget committee which is comprised of town council recommended earlier this month the request along with several other grant requests be rejected Squadron Cpt Greg Siekierko told councillors the money would be used to take the cadets on special field tnps He told councillors the cadets have a long history of helping to prepare young adults to go on to successful careers during adulthood Acton councillor Gerald Rennie said budget committee rejected the request because similar groups don receive grant money Rennie pointed out local scout groups have similar aims as the air cadets yet they don receive grant money Councillors decided to refer the matter back to budget committee Agreement recom mended Town general committee recom mended Monday the town enter into a condominium agreement with Torontobased Law Development Group in connection with the Kingsmill development on River Drive Georgetown Committee members only made the recommendation after town staff assurred them the developer had provided sufficient to protect the town against the work going unfinished The would allow the town to finish the work if the developer abandoned the project However town Administrative Assistant Stephen Thomson said the developer has been very cooperative with the town and the project is on schedule The recommendation will go to council this Monday for final ap proval Town above average Town engineer staff informed councillors Monday the average household in Hills produces more garbage than the provincial average While the average household in Ontario produces a tonne of gar per year in Halton Hills the amount is tonnes Coun Marilyn Serjeantson said people must realize the less gar bage they produce the lower their taxes will be A major portion of peoples municipal tax rate results from the collection and landfitling of gar Committee members mended staff investigative alter native ways for people to reduce the amount of garbage they produce The recommednation will go to council this Monday for final ap proval Staff directed Town councillors directed staff Monday to investigate the possibility of establishing Ian dscaping standards to ensure when possible that natural vegetation destroyed by development is replaced around the project once it is erected Although unclear if this idea would be possible to include as part of a general policy staff said they would investigate the matter Town Planner Glen Wellings said the issue of replacing natural vegetation may be better addressed on a site specific basis Appeal filed At the urging of town councillor Gail Rutherford general com mittee recommended Monday staff appeal a town committee of ad justment decision to the Ontario Municipal Board The decision involves Law Development being permitted as part of its development on River to install balconies within a certain distance of an en sensitive area Committee members agreed the appeal would be withdrawn if the Credit Valley Conservation Authority doesn have any problem with the location The recommendation will go before council for final approval this Monday Artcast completes commission the Georgetown bronze and aluminum casting companv located at Armstrong Ave has just completed a monumental task An eight foot pound statue commissioned by the Atlantic efs and Petty Officers Association was recently completed b one of the few com pames in the world that do this specialized work We are unique because there aren t manv companies that do this tvpe of work said owner Knoespel The statue called The Sailor was a special project for Artcast Our clients are usually artists But this case the particular association heard about our work through word of mouth said Knoespel The statue will be shipped to Halifax where it will be unveiled this in memory and to com memorate all sailors who served in the Canadian Navy The cost of the casting not in eluding the actual sculpting by Nova Scotia artist Peter was Because of the size of the sculpture a staff of 12 share the work Pieced into 21 parts t entire project was completed in six months The bronze casting process is not only timeconsuming It demands highly skilled individuals who can produce detailed work enjoyed working on The Sailor even though it was a lot of work said Artcast employee Vin ce Graham Artcast is also producing fifteen inch limited addition replicas of The Sailor which will be shipped to Halifax for the Atlantic Ciefs and Petty Officers Association s fund raising dnve Serious carpenters Seven year old Schmidt left and eight year old Cairis Wall from Park Public School In Georgetown whipped out the tools for some building Feb at a special Creativity Festival held at Speyside School Herald Photo Artcast employee Graham Is pictured above with the eight foot statue The Sailor sculpted by Nova Scotia artist Peter and cast In bronze by In Georgetown Graham along with others at Artcast spend six months working on the statue It now awaits shipment to Nova Scotia where It will be unveiled to com memmorate past sailors who served and continue to serve Canada Navy Herald Photo CUT THE RIBBON WITH US CRANFIELD CHIROPRACTIC CENTRE fix Mr THE GRAND REOPENING Friday February 21st from 4730 pm SIS Shut