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'l'IJESDAY) th2 NI::JTH day of DEC-
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1. 2·lINUTES-
On motion of Mrs. Earle" aeconded by Mr3.. Spang and carried
unan~~ously the minutes of the meeting held on November the
11th were adopted.
II. ACCOUNTS -
On mot ion of Mr. M cLea:;1, secon,ded by Hr. Parkin and carried
unanimously the following accounts were approved for payment:
D X Oil Company
Ontario Hydro
$ 9.07
24.32
The Secretary brought to the attention of the Board an
invoice received from t1"1.e Ontario Hydro i::1. the amount of
$1,,838.74 representing the balance of the cost of moving
the Oddfellows Hall. H"'! also read to the Com.ltti t·tee a
letter he had sent to the Hydro ].:-,eguesti.:lg an explanation
of this =.:rr.:nmt partic'_11,iirly in view of ti"',2 fact that the
origina: ~stimate of $2,437.0J had already been paid.
Neithe:c the Secretar.y !"lor 'i:t,e Board coul,i..c'.1ders'tand how
an initial estimate of $2,-'D7.00 could be ;,1,238.74 out.
The Board noted that in all previous deë:.:i.ngs with the
Ontario Hydro their initial estimate had'"".! ~1ays been high
a'.1d in almost all instances the initial Q.\":'osit had been
partially refunded following the move. ~c was agreed that
this matter be deferred w:ltil a rep.ly had been received from
the Ontario Hydro office.
III. FlNA}1CES -
The Secretary prese~ted the Board with a detailed financial
analysis of the expenditures for the year reflecting both
the experience for the year 1969 and the budget apportion-
ments for the years 1968-69 and 1970. w~ile the revenue
portion of the statement was yet to be finalized by the
Treasurers Department the Secretary was satisfied that the
expen~iture side of the statement was reasonably accurate.
A cignificant deficit was noted and this could be attributed
to the expenditure on non-budgeted items such as the repairs
to the Hasting;3 .Boiler, the construction. of. the ::ist.ern, and
the renovations carried out to the Hotel arrd Harrress Shop.
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il~ cne 8pe~~tions of the Board refle~ted the deficit
;'1.) :-:>.d '::l'l2 Board ac:,;:nmvledged the fact tha'c 'the deficit in
Q<i2,:.ìti'J11 togetl1er ~ilith much of the Board's expenditures
;-: ;.;'l-1e current Y2ar hadcesul tad in a dir:ect increase
~.~ ue of the various assets
L·'L2~.ber3 a-greed tl1at the entire
h,,? deferred until s'lch time as
'¡as available and at that time
~tb Council in order that tl1e
;Cl1::;l.:ce financing 0:: ·the ~Jí\l.5eurn
administered by the Muse~~.
question of finances should
a definite revenue figure
a meeting could be arranged
entir2 question of the
could be thoroughly aired.
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T~= Secretary had mentioned that he had contacted a
:\[r. Bob Dixon of the Bay Ridges Area as a result of a
3~ggestion of Councillor Kitchen. Mrs~ Earle mentioned
that she had been i;J. touch ',.,i th a iYlr ~ Spencer of the Bay
;::,idges Area as 'Hell. Both of these gentlemen were apparently
i~terested in the activities of the Board and may be in-
C:;2r,ested Ü1 sitting on the 1970 Board.
v. ARCHEOLIGICAL SITE - Miller Property
T:-:e Sacretary reported that he had been in touch with
~!r. ;'ia1ter Kenyon of the Royal Ontario Nuseum w'ho had
suggested that the site in question bore little significant
:/3.1ue at the present time. Evidently there are hundreds
J¿ sach sites throughout the Province and the one in
question has been thoroughly studied by the Museum and
:1'13.5 no further historical value to this particular gen-
aration. He explai~ed t~~t i~ digs such as this the archeologist
'],~nerally speakin.g St:2:;:'-;:S ":Jt,.,ith a question. and continues
his studies until (1,- ,', ,:~le answer to ·the question. In
t;,his partic'.11ar i;~.3;":2i·'("":: ." has been the case. He did
ì1tsntion -:::L;.:.;~ C~I):(!,..;->iT"2:;_ ~_" ::::1.. ,.c: c::;nerati~:1s might have
r.'1 iff2!:' e''', >'~1-:2"è':::1' .' :::.:.i:S Lllt :.,1 further study
DE ':he '---. .,-,~ . ., ~,~ ·'.'.i.,~w of tl-.- presence of many
a L-rril,c_ ..cE ",: ")"èJ(':e~'le could ~";'~ Y10 purpose -to
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VI. '1'he ;",):'_..~.:: ezamined the r::l=?;~'.- j:Üstorical d~c~unL2nts generously
donat.:.:c ;:0 "the Huseum lJ~,,~:.·. Brian Hint·,· ~~:;:chivist of the
rTni tby Historical Society. The members II ,bd his request
£G::C a reciprocal e},change and were in agr~:_':~ent that any
items 9resently in their possession of inte::,:est to the "ÇIJhitby
Group should De made available to them. Noting Mr. Winter-s
specific:: request for the ~'Thitby Cronical presently on display
at the I1useum the following motiQn ~das put:
On (;lotion of Hr. .NcLean~ seconded by l>Irs. Earle and .carried
unanimously the Curator, ,l'-1rs. Ruth Hay is hereby authorized
t;) Eo:c;!ardthe copy of the ~'Ìhitby Cro~'1Ü:al of 1871 to
¡Ir. .Brian ~'Tinter 4 Archivist of the 'iThitby Historical Society.
rrh,= n:;",mber-s were in agreement: tha'c anv' other items associated
v1Ítñ :.~l.e Fhitby area that ,:-;ere uncovered by the Curator or
merr,::'ers or 'che Board should be made available to the ~\lhitby
Group. l'I!.". Parkin mentioned that he had a couple of printing
plates us<,ed :,)y the Samuel Trees & Co. firm who manufactured
3JlanJ:.:ets and harnesses.. This firm was originally located
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~~a:;:8 these plab~s 2,vailable to the 'i:vhitby Society should
~~ey be interested in them.
i:/[!:'. lIill':::?::' discussed the moving of ¡::~'13 Old Hunicipal Build-
l.n~í witl'1 2'1r. Harrison.. Hr. Harrison admitted that he did
noi: 1lave su:Eficiently heavy equipment to handle the move
hLï:1self '!Jut \.,¡as of the opinion that the r.1atthews Brothers
p~<::':)bably \vould have. In all liklihood the building would
have to be rolled because of its tremendous 1,,¡eight. Con-
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an.d -the recent 2::,(perience i,;7ith the Ontario Hydro in re-
locating their I'¡ires it ,;"as conceded that it 'Was highly
unlikely that such a move could be carried out economically.
A i:1oving::ost of $10 I OJO. was mentioned to which would have
to be added the :::ost of the utility comparries.
:No further action \:¡as taken on this item.
VIII. VO~TTEERS -
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,Hr. Hiller explained to the Board that if a group of men
were available that one good day would complete a sufficient
amount of work to permit most of the buildings presently
closed to the publit;:: to be opened on opening day, 1970.
He explained that much of the material stored in these
various buildings could be relocated in other buildings
notably in the loft of the Steam Barn and the Gas Barn.
It was suggested that probably sufficient volunteers could
be recruited if some of the local Church groups could be
interested in putting on a dinner for the workmen.
Nr. Uiller conceded tha't this might be a strong incentive
to such a work force 2nd agreed to pursue the matter £urthe~.
It 'was his hope ths.t:the wor1': ~ould be completed well in
advance of openir~g day, 197J.
On motion the meet~::g ad..) -_...E:::':1.
Chairman
Secretary
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