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Study ban on snowmobiles in town parks but 71 council explores alternative sites Signs prohibiting snowmobiles in town parks but council must pass bylaw before they go up NEWMARKET Although no official action has been taken to ban mobiles from town parks pre parations are underway Signs have been painted and members of the 1971 town council have been exploring alternative sites for snowmobiling areas on the frin ges of town Snowmobiles were banned se veral weeks ago from school yards in York County The county school board has set a fine ranging from 10 to for violation of the bylaw The 71 council steering com mittee members indicated recently they dont want to ban snowmobiles from town parks until they can pro vide an alternative site for them The councillorselect decided to ex plore the possibility of opening the farm on St now in the hands of a land developer and the York County farm on the oppo site side of for the sport Snowmobiles were banned sev eral weeks ago from the Wesley Brooks Conservation Area by the Holland Vallev Conservation Autho rity Resources Manager Derek Ster said the Authority felt snowmobil is not compatible with the other uses of the park He said last winter there were some nearaccidents be tween and little child ren skating on the pond Mayorelect Bob Forhan said last week the developers who own the for mer farm indicated to him they would not oppose snowmobilers using the land this winter they hope to subdivide it next year Mr indicated thai if the town council arranges for a snowmobile park on the two St farms as it has proposed he feels a transit corridor through the Brooks Conservation Area could be staked Mr pointed out all the Authoritys other conservation areas are open to snowmobiles He said snowmobiles can enter acres of Rogers Reservoir park north of town just north of the sewage treatment He said the new acre Scan- Ion Creek Conservation Area can al so be used for the sport during day light hours at the users risk and is open by special permit at night must learn to leave fences alone and to protect young trees or they will kill the sport for themselves Mr warned He said some carry fence cutters with them and this practice continues it will create militantly land Mr also added dont think we should have to clean up their garbage cither Newmarket recreation director Dan Shannon agreed He said last year many small trees in town parks were destroyed and he said after last weeks light snowfall snowmobile enthusiasts tore around the new Den is Park in the Eagle Hills subdivision tearing up a sod lawn that had only been laid a short time before THE lor FACES VOL 119 NO AFTER GIRL TRAPPED 90 MINUTES A Ask area doctors for Sincel hot line phone number Newmarket NEWMARKET York County doctors will be asked to establish a Aurora emergency telephone number for use by police fire departments NEWMARKETAURORAKESW1CK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY 16 1970 FINALLYtown tax bills out today- they are due Friday NEWMARKET Bylaws au thorizing the issuing of town tax bills finally received council approval Mon day night The bills which will be due for payment Friday will he mailed Tuesday and Wednesday Post office officials will give the bills special treatment to gel them delivered as quickly as possible May or Tom Surgeoner told council Late payment penalties will not be charged until after the end of the year Starting Jan delinquents will pay a one per cent per month penalty The intricate taxing bylaw which showed that the tax in crease directly attributable to spend ing by the town council was under the one mill mark was eight months later than normal The delay was caused by town efforts along with other York County councils to obtain relief from tax in creases caused by reassessment and later due to problems in computing the impact of provincial Bill the legislation offered by Queens Park as relfef The bill limits increases due to reassessment to or 10 of last years tax bill and also limits dc- Newmarket this means a home which paid a tax hill of Hill pay this year or more Heres how this figure is calcu lated first the town worked out what Hi homeowner would have paid In if his property has been to market value 19600 In case If this hypothetical IDGD rate is pared to the actual taxes he paid ions that this home would hate an increase of due value reassessment Under Bill 142 he i least of the increase or if it is over that so our homeowner now owes plus or The second step calculate the actual taxes by multiplying the the 3194 mill rate Viewer Third step calculate the tax re lief under Bill 142 by comparing the see TAXES page 2 Killed on Hwy 11 BRADFORD An Aurora was killed when his car smashed Into a tractortrailer Just south of Bradford on Highway last Wednesday night Dead is John 24 of Centre St Aurora Police said the tractortrailer was turning out of a service station just north of Federal Farms when the car struck it broadside Mr was killed instantly The tractortrailer was driven by James Antler 37 of Park Mr dog was guard ing its master when police arrived Humane society officials took the dog to their headquarters in Aurora but the dog escaped as it was being un loaded and is apparently still at large and ambulance drivers as a result of mi turn 15 CENTS police were unable to get a doctor for a trapped minutes in the wreckage of her Dr William Vail of Newmar ket spokesman for the York County Medical Society said later doctors were available the night of Dec when the accident happened He said the incident must have been some kind of communications breakdown Police did call York County Hos pitals emergency ward for a doctor but apparently did not call the hos pitals main switchboard to find out what doctors were available Duty doc tors in the emergency ward could not leave the hospital because they were occupied with three other badly in jured victims of the accident Dr Vail said another doctor who was called at home was a special ist and unequipped- to- handle such emergency cases A third doctor SEETHE WORLD REALLY IS ROUND East Township skaters and hockey enthusiasts had hoped to be skating in their new arena by Christmas but as this birds eye photo by Era Hob White shows the arena is far from complete To get the picture photographer White and his wide angle lens were hoisted to the top of building contractor Norm Mings new mobile The i bottom centre and called by Whitchurch Township po lice apparently also felt he was un able to be of help at the accident scene talked the situation over with the police and said Dr Vail they agreed there was no point in him com Apparently no one else was contacted said the doctor Doctors In this area have an ar rangement among themselves to guar antee that there is always a doctor on call and nearly all the doctors use the same telephone answering service yet no one checked with the service and called the duty doctor He said he will recommend to the medical society that the emer gency number be instituted for use of police and fire departments and am- bulance services In the headon collision which occurred close to midnight Saturday of Newmarket and three hers of a Bay Ridges family HIGHEST REGIONAL SALARY VETO Santa Councillors vote selves 6000 SANTA VILLG NORTH POLE December 16 and Girls he has told you that wc are very hard to get finished week and that It is really cold at the North Pole tn hasnt told you that wc lit of super new cars this year beautiful dolls and some I bet youve never read Santa just called and told tell you we have ling its suppose to bo for Christmas Morning he is saying that 1 have to Gcot He didnt let me much did ho what a NEWMARKET York Region will have the highestpaid regional councillors in Ontario when the new government assumes power Jan 1 After a minute debate last week regional councillors voted them selves salaries of each more than councillors make in the regions of Niagara and Ottawa The decision came after council had defeated resolutions calling for salaries of and Several councillors including Mayor Gladys Rolling of East Gwlllim- bury heatedly objected to the tant to plunge themselves into the deli cate subject of their own salaries pos sibly since the salaries they awarded appointed officials had drawn some criticism in recent weeks But after soundly defeating a proposal by Aurora Mayor Dick tiling worth that would have paid councillors plus a car allowance It became obvious hey were seeking more money Several councillors Indicated they felt should be paid either officially or unofficially for the final three months of 19 during which they worked without pay But acting region al solicitor J Lucas pointed out that legislation forbids any payment for However Mr Lucas ruled in order a proposal by Richmond Hill Mayor William Lazenby that would have based salaries on per cent of a base pay in effect a total salary of 500 with for the last quarter of Like the Illingworth resolution that suggestion drew only four yeas when put to the vote Then Newmarket Councillor Ray Twinney suggested a salary to which Richmond Councillor Don Plaxton replied Mr Chairman 1 think hes getting warm Councillor earlier had Sec SALARIES page 2 Reopen contract raise rates firm asks here he comes I boiler go you Christmas Eve Sklppy you will excuse but ho sometimes gets a J d up Were cheapening aid Mayor Rolling I dont think constituent want us to do this job for nothing Weve been working for three months for nothing and boarding our Councillor Bob Pollock of Gear- who noted that he had quit his teaching post to devote fulltime to the region said its quite obvious that this council feels the 5000 fig ure is insufficient for the work load I havent been asked by my Santa ents here and work for NEWMARKET Newmarkets privotclyowncd garbage collector has asked the council to throw out a fiveyear contract with three years to run and renegotiate a new threeyear contract at a higher price to each householder to cover the enlarged York Sanitation Co Ltd presi dent Robert Stackhouse and secret arytreasurer Mel McCaffrey told the steering committee of the new coun cil last Tuesday the firms costs will be higher next year because the new provincial Waste Management Act will require them to operate our dump a lot more efficiently than we have in the past Although the towns contract for collection within its present boundaries doesnt expire for three years the firms contract with East Township for collection within a portion of the township be ing annexed to Newmarket Jan 1 expires Dec The firm proposed a single con tract for the area covered by the new town boundaries which would cost per capita per year which is approximately per house per mouth Mr McCaffrey said this la about an 89 cent per capita per year increase for Newmarket resl- East Gwillimbury which is bil led by the house pays per house per month now in areas contracted by the municipality and per house per month in areas billed dir ectly by York Sanitation- The steering committee- which Isnt empowered to sign contracts until it takes office Jan 1 put off a decision on the contract terms until it can get more cost data from the town treasury department to deter- Mayor fails to block new planner NEWMARKET A frustrated Aqrora Mayor Dick Illingworth last week failed to block the appointment of the York Regions planning commis sioner when his objections were ruled out of r by Chairman Garfield Wright The chairman aborted Mayor remarks just after the mayor began a bitter tirade against councils decision to pay the new com missioner up to for moving ex penses from Burlington Youre out of order sir Chair man Wright said firmly Youre cri ticizing a decision of this council It seems that this is no longer a democracy where the people of York can know what their representatives are doing here Mayor Illingworth fumed The chairman again ruled him out of order and Mayor parting shot his fellow councillors to listen to his views4hat evening on a Richmond Hill television station Before being cut short the may or noted that the appointing bylaw failed to mention the moving expanse allotment for Planning Com missioner Murray Pound The Item apparently slipped by without con sideration Mayor said But it was on this very point that Mayor Illingworth was ruled out of order Since the bylaw before coun cil dealt only with Mr Pounds 000 salary and not with moving ex penses the mayor could not discuss the allowance Chairman Wright Mayor was absent from the Nov 26 meeting when coun cil agreed to the moving allotment Council then ratified Mr Pounds appointment with only three dissent ers Mayor Councillor Gor don Howe of Richmond Hill and Mayor George Burrows of Before last weeks meeting May or Illingworth told The Era that he suspected the 0 allotment hid been ploy to cushion Mr Pounds salary The If Mr Pound uses the full amount Is non- taxable the mayor said If this Is a gimmick to get around the income tax then the re gion Is breaking the law he said