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Bucks BE BETWEEN THE LINES Aurora council honors the towns last reeve Could be that the time of fur and feathers is past at list Hatters which have been argued thus far ma now assume their proper significance is faeeloJaee with a problem which will require D of their collective skill and wisdom and a fairsized chunk of lock to handle successfully It is a spectre of councils past and became so with the amalgamation of school boards into a single county unit Its the main reason York County Council en the principle of regional government When responsibility for school costs was local municipalities were obliged to scrutinize every aspect of development If schools became overcrowded or new ones bad to be built the taxpayers bad no illusions about who POTENTIAL CONFLICT In theory Bll 142 allows local councils to plan But regional council has control of major services Pre sumably if the cost of providing services constitutes an undue burden on the taxpayers approval of a subdivi sion could he withheld There hi lies the potential for and Richmond Hill retain their own planning staffs Aurora and as NO CAUTION When the county school system came into being caution was thrown fo the wind The cost of new schools could be obscured by new programs and nigh costs of administration salaries which shocked local people to the core Politically it was safer to attack a school board NOT composed of local citizens Assessxaeat require ceased to he a vital factor hi Assessment wealthy iiipiTilii i be sharing their assets with less ccauuntties aid proceeded with residential Lot levies wbirh bad been carefully husbanded to keep the tax rate down became available for programs which might not otherwise have been undertaken the The Toronto Centred Plan Design for Development Phase Two is not to be taken lightly If the Region does not assume its responsibility the Province will The regional council may well perceive the wis dom of pooling resources and exercising control over deve lopment But if they forge ahead and hire the necessary staff to implement a program without municipal coopera tion and municipalities in turn also exercise autonomy in retaining their own planning staffs the costs of duplica tion could be prohibitive results would be negative con flict would be inevitable and the Region would be the fall guy Arguments presented at the last council meeting showed that the southern members were aware of the dilemma Mayors Williams and Roman of Vaughan and were absent William is chairman of the AURORA Auroras last reeve earned tributes from her colleagues last week when town coun cil held its final 1970 session Evelyn Buck the only member of town council who wont return next year is the last person to hold the The position will be abolished under York Regions new government Mrs Buck was defeated by Mayor Dick in her bid to gain a seat on regional council in the Oct 5 election All other councillors were reelected One hundred and seven years have passed since Charles was elected Auroras first reeve and the abolition of the reeve and deputy re eve positions marks the end of an era said Mayor Dick Illingworth Were going to miss you ar ound the council table the mayor told Reeve Buck although were sure well hear from you from time At the county level the picture became downright frightening Planning at a level where the costs of pro viding essential services schools hospitals roads health Now the moment of truth is at band At the last regional meeting the report of the planning consultants to the region was tabled for consideration Three clauses were recommended to the council for immediate action Two dealt with the appointments of committees to meet with the Province and Metro to discuss our southern boundary they passed The third that the Regional Corporation offer to assume the cost of all planning services excluding the use of p consultants retained by area municipali ties and to provide necessary planning staff acceptable to the area municipalities in the Municipal Offices was tabled the council Rutherford and pleaded for time to present the case to their councils and And to allow the mayors to be present for COULD HAVE TIED My bet is that with the absentees the vote would have been a tie broken by the chairman in favor of the resolution The offer would have been made to the muni cipalities to assume costs of planning and by so doing SHARE the responsibility Its a sensitive question In effect it asks the municipalities to surrender an autonomy which has been granted in theory at least under Bill 102 In practise that autonomy may be worthless any every taxpayer within York Region IN OUR NEW YEARS PRAYER World Love Community Prosperity National Peace Individual Joy doane hall PHARMACY PRESCRIPTIONS YONOE ST N at NEW YEARS DAY 12 NOON 6 PM The Era Councillor Walt Davis said Buck has been a real benefit to Henderson So did Councillor Pete Miller who said he learned a lot from the reeve despite their many clashes of opinion in council These four years on council- have been very gratifying said Re- hasnt been wasted I have joyed being a member of this coun cil and I wish you all the best She added that she is putting her experience to good use by ment of her final meeting with the FORMFIT ANTRON SOFT CUP BRA PETER PAN LACE CONTOUR BRA Regular SALE 299 Regular SALE 299 White Lycra bra featuring Comfortable Lycra and lace f brefill bra styled support under cups Lycra sides and adjustable semistretch straps Sizes A3436 B3438 semistretch C3440 Also available In contour styling at lingerie straps White only B3436 NEMO PANTV GIRDLE PETER PAN BRiEFS Special 549 Special 299 Average leg girdle I Lycra tricot briefs to wear over hoso finished Lycra with grip Feauireg comfortable cling per band and laco tummy con- elastic legs Honey trol White sizes ML XL shade in sizes ML XL BE A WALKERS WATCHER Watch for the great savings coming Sale NUAL F 0 U N D A T I 0 N S A L E DAISY FRESH PANTY GIRDLE Special 399 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