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DRYWALL TAPING S 'i: WHO CEILINGS APPLYING DRYWALL PLASTER REPAIRS Wally Lucyk ORONO Councillor K. Lyall reports on 1974 Monuments and Family Memorials Our quality and service leaves nothing to be desired Ask the person who bought from us, a neighbour, neighbour, friend or relative. The Rutter Granite Company 73 Ontario Street PORT HOPE Phone collect V. W. RUTTER Office - 885-5316 Home - 885-5233 Orono Towing GENERAL REPAIRS Phone 983-5249 Orono e e • • • • • • e • • • Hamiltons Insurance Service Your Friendly Agency YOUR All Personal and Commercial insurance 1975 CALENDARS AVAILABLE at the office. Sadie Hamilton Sue Sawyer Jim Hare For dependable service 983-5115 8 « * ® a ® ® » ® • » ® • i It is the accepted thing for politicans who Can communicate, communicate, to review their stewardship stewardship sometime during the New Year season-. So working with that idea, here is how I, 'Kenneth E. Lyall, Regional Councillor for Newcastle, Newcastle, Clarke and Orono saw the first complete year of Regional Government here in Durham. As the current saying goes - "I have some good news and I have some bad news." I will start with the good news first. In discussing the first complete complete year of our Regional Government it must be realized that we are talking of the first year of action following a great political upheaval. We are discussing a year of tremendous change from the Baldwin-type government of the 1870's to a more sophisticated sophisticated Regional-type government government of today. Here is the way that I see it. The men and women elected elected to commence Regional Government here picked up the local governments-- some 23 communities spread over a 1000 miles area composed of a population of 220,000 souls - and put this amalgram in one lump. Then this group of Councillors Councillors -- both local and regional - in 1974 formed this lump into a municipal business that is operating in an acceptable - though rudimentary - manner. manner. Do not be mislead, we are not badly off. Four_ Durham Regional Government, in comparison with the other eleven Regional Regional Governments now operat IT TAKES A MIGHTY JCONSCIENTIOUS MAN Tf* -ILL THE DIFFERENCE |Bl EEN WHEN HE'S iTIBED OR JUST LAZY. J PUMPING OUT SEPTIC TANKS Bert Tompkins Phone 716-2558 John De With Real Estate Limited Realtor Bowmanville 623-3950 and 623-3111 For prompt, efficient service when buying or selling Contact: Joe Barnoski 786-2202 Ross Davidson 277-2321 Ldve s Plumbing Heating Electrical Industrial - Commercial Residential Free. Estimates 786-2471 R.R.l, Oror.o ing in Ontario, is near the top with regards to operating efficiency. In my way of thinking, the next group of Councillors who will be elected in 1976 - and I hope to be one of them - will take this Regional Government Government roughly shaped in the years from 1973 to 1976 and refine its operations further. In 1978, the following group of Councillors will have the job of really getting this community of ours to work as it should work as one of the finest areas in Ontario's Golden Horseshoe. We shguld not have expected expected too much in the first year of Regional Government - it will take at least six years to get the Region fully functional because there are simply too many policies to be established established before the- mechanics of this new type government flow easily. Now to specifics - according according to Ken Lyall and starting with the New Town of Newcastle. Here the Ontario Government Government of Uncle Billy Davis with his Bill 162-An Act to establish the Regional Municipality Municipality of Durham - swept away one village, one police village, one town and two townships replacing these five historic communities with the New Town of Newcastle. The fact that representatives representatives from each quadrant of the New Town of Newcastle sit down together at meetings and make decisions is an amazing event, For, is it generally realized just how much parochialism and small town thinking existed between municipal leaders and residents of the former village of Newcastle, the Police Village of Orono, the Town of Bowmanville, the Township of Clarke and the Township of Darlington? It is no secret that the reason why Clarke High School was located out in the fields of Clarke Township on Highway 115 was due to the inability of municipal leaders of the former Police Village of Drono to come to an agreement agreement to place it in either community. So, as I said, the fact that representatives from each quadrant of the New Town of Newcastle sit down at meetings meetings is an amazing thing in itself - though it must be admitted it is something else to see the Councillors from Darlington and Bowmanville in there awheeling and adeal- ing. I am happy with my year's work. At times I Was frustrated frustrated over my inability to impart facts and ideas that were ver> apparent to me to my fellow Councillors both at Newcastle and Region, but one can't win them all - though 1 did win a few. I was very pleased with my share of input during the time of assembling the Town of Newcastle's new building by-law. , Council wanted to write a by-law that would include a section giving a Town building building inspector the right to enter any home at any time for the purposes of inspection under the terms of this by-law. Voicing very strong opposition opposition to this section - after all, not even police officers have the right to enter a orivate horde without holding a search search warrant -1 battled Council and was hooted for my pains. The by-law went to the Town lawyer and when his decision was received back at Council - the bylaw had to be changed to read "with the consent of the home owner." In consequence my stand, well supported by Councillor Entwisle was substantiated. I was also pleased over the results of my battle concerning concerning penalties for overdue taxes. The Town of Newcastle was asked by another Ontario municipality to support their proposition of raising the penalty for overdue taxes from 1 percent to 2 percent. I was horrified because the requested hike would amount to 24 percent per year which would be usury and I spoke vehemently against such a proposal. However, some members of Council, with dollar signs for eyeballs, supported and carried carried the proposition by motion ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, JANUARY 8th„ 1975 -3 and the matter was referred to the Regional Government at Whitby and there the Regional Finance committee had enough sense to order the idea to be dropped. A penalty of one percent is high enough for anyone in that much trouble that they can not pay their taxes. I was happy when the Town finally concluded legal steps to purchase the former Brown's School on Golf Course Course Road east of the former Village of Newcastle to be used as a community centre. This was a long time hatching but it is now a reality and the people of Newcastle secured at an excellent price the nucleus of a fine and needed spacious municipal centre at this location. In view of the unpleasant December election day that we had weatherwise to select our Board of Education Trustees Trustees A day marked by icy roads coupled with slippery sidewalks, I introduced a motion at Region requesting that Region petition the Ontario Ontario Government to hold elections in September or October to get away from bad weather balloting. I was very pleased that 1 I received unanimous support on my motion and it will go forward to Queen's Park though proper channels. I am pleased with my year's work for I missed few meetings. I found my work as Chairman of the Town's Committee of the Whole very interesting. As a sitting member member of the Region's Social services Committee, I had a hand in pushing along the successful project that saw a Day Care Centre established • in Bowmanville. The Centre will cost up to $250,000 and will totally be paid for out of Provincial funds with the maintenance costs being borne by the Province paying 80 percent and Region paying 20 percent. 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