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a a ied ee ge ee ee Le ae aa ee ae ee a ae rr eee. ae eae ee ee ee Oe ae ll Tee ee ee $94,878.72 in costs You can add another $100 to the long list of expenditures Township of Tiny has_ spent fighting Midland's bid to annex 2,600 acres of prime real estate from the township. As of this morning Tiny has spent a total of $94,878.72, reports Clerk Guy Maurice. As was reported Wednesday the town- ship is hopeful most if not all of the above costs will be awarded Tiny during an OMB hearing ealled for Dec. 7 to discuss the matter. Tiny was assured in a letter dated June 11 from Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing that it could apply for costs. Initially Midland, in 1981, announced plans to annex the lands in Platt is not worried Councillor Richard Plattisn't worried, as are other candidates for the mayoralty of Midland, that annexation of a part of Tiny Township will cost the town about $100,000. Mayoralty candidate Al Roach raised the prospect at the Wed- nesday meeting of the Midland Rotary Club, at which all three can- didates for mayor of Midland, Platt, Roach, and Art Argue, spoke. Tiny Township has asked the Ontario Municipal Board to order Midland to pay Tiny Township $94,900. the amount of money Tiny Township calculates it has spent fighting an annexation action by Midland. The matter is now to be negotiated. Platt told the Rotarians that research by the town solicitor showed that not once in the past 20 years has the OMB awarded any costs of one municipality to another municipality when be oeteh municipalities were involved in an an- nexation dispute. And the town has paid to date about $3,000, not $7,000, to Tiny in con- nection with the an- nexation, he said. Platt said the $94,000 is "an imaginary figure. There's no likelihood of this figure ever being awarded to Tiny Township."' The OMB will con- sider the township's application on Dec. 4. Argue argues his case Mayoralty candidate Art Argue apologised yesterday to the senior students at Midland Secondary School for the fiscal policy of the past council. In 1982, Argue said, the town took out $1.9 million in debentures, when interest rates were at or near their historic~ peak, despite advice that the rates would soon drop '"T won't be around to pay this debt. Al Roach won't be around to pay this debt. Richard Platt won't be around to pay this debt. On behalf of the generation which created this debt, I apologise to you. It is not right."' Argue said he opposed annexation in any form at any time, the town's policy on damaged connections between residents' homes and the main sewer in the streets, and caucus meetings ""Caucus means drinking. Maybe some of that goes on." Caucus meetings are both an unwarranted expense and the op- posite of open govern- ment, Argue said. The town is _at- tempting to annex a portion of Tiny Town- ship to the west for the Same reason it suc- cessfully annexed land in Tay Township to the south, Argue said: to stop development. Argue supports open council meetings and open caucus meetings. He would repeal any bylaws prejudical to the best interests of the taxpayer, he said. The money spent to sent a delegation representing the Midland Chamber of Commerce to a trade fair in Germany earlier this year was a waste of money, producing one visit here, and no jobs, he said. The "'ruling establish- ment" of Midland drove Algoma Steel to Sault Ste. Marie, he said, and and closed the shipyards here with their cheap wage policy rates. This adversarial position has to change, he said. Richard Platt Mayor Leadership Page 8, Friday, November 5, 1982 question via an OMB hearing. Since then the municipality has with- drawn its first ap- plication choosing in- stead to negotiate an- nexation. under new legislation set out in Bill 62, An Act' which amends the Municipal Boundary Negotiations Act: The amended Act allows the OMB to assess costs incurred by a municipality whose territory was the sub- ject of an application under Section 14 of the Municipal Act, against eh Ge anaep pale eat net municipality. As for the - $94,878.72 being out of whack, Tiny's Deputy-reeve John Lackie was quick to point out yesterday, "There's no bloody way that we can inflate these figures. They have to be sent to the OMB. We weren't going to the OMB unprepared. "TI can assure you the above figure comprises the bulk of Tiny's preparation." Where did the $94,878.72 Tiny spent go? According to Clerk Maurice, local legal fees to date have amounted to $5,638.93. Fees from Toronto lawyers have amounted to $22,349:59. One consulting firm in Metro has charged the township $2,977.25 while engineering and planning costs to date are $14,796.59. A marketing study the township ordered cost $34,218.35 while an environmental impact Annexation bid costly! study pertaining to Midland council with the town's plan to Midland's Little Lake budgeted $35,000 for annex 2,600 acres from cost Tiny $14,892.01. paperwork connected Tiny. Investment Certificates 13" 13%" 1 Year 3 Year Annual Rate Annual Rate Min. $1,000. Min. $1,000 Rates subject to change mA Sst "€ the municipal py OS Savings & loan corporation Member: Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation yo Soe Bi 248 King St. (Just South of Dominion) 526-4296 AiROACH MAYOR OF MIDLAND Annexation Costly? YOUBET! Look at the facts eT iny's cost to fight Midland to date- $94,000.-plus eMidland's costs? The Town has budgeted $35,000. eOMB could award most, if not all, Tiny's costs. WHO WILL PAY? YOU WILL! if youlive in Midland 'Vote Roach for a new Approach!' TOTALLY OPPOSED TO ANNEXATION Will work for ¥ OU) as Mayor of Midland ee Pn Ar hee ti te . met --s -