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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOctober 12, 1951 MUNICIPAL -B~ILDING BROUGHAM A meeting of Council was~held on FRIDAY, October 12th, 1951, commencing at Seven Forty-Five in the evening. PRESENT: Reeve W. H. Westney, in the Chair Deputy-Reeve N. E. McEwen Councillor C. A. Balsdon Councillor M. B. Burk and Councillor F. E. Zinkie. The following persons, on Motion, were heard: ~ 1. Alex~Gray considered our Valuator had not placed a high enough price on his sheep killed by dogs. Council recommended that he_get a Provincial valuation. ~ 2. Messrs. C~m~bell~ Lynde and D~nny, Trustees of S. S. 3 E, asked that Council pay"lO0% cosb of school guards. 3. Delegates of interested owners in proposed Ditches and Waterways Award headed by R. Kimura. As it was impossible for a distributor of costs, Mr. Kimura asked for an Engineer's Award. ~. JOseph Amos asked Council to assist him in getting his lands drained .... by-Cana~a~ ~pam~i~c~ ~lway and Hydro-Electric Power Commission. MOVED by Mr. Balsdon, seconded by Dr. McEwen, that the request of Pickling Beach Ratepayers to place a sign at Base Line and Powell Road, "No Parking in Picketing Beach", be turned down as Counqil believe this not to be in the ~nterests of the area as enforcing it would cause hardship on owners. CARRIED MOVED by Mr. Zinkie, seconded by Dr. McEwen, that. Council assume 50% of cost of guards for Dunbarton School Section No. 3 E for period, September l, 1951, to December 31, 1951, providing the Secretary of S. S. No. ~ E School Board will agree by letter to pay the other 50%. CARRIED MOVED by Mr. Balsdon, seconded by Mr. Burk, that the Court of Revision for 1-~"i--- 1952 Assessment Roll, sit on November 6 and 7, commencing at Ten O,clock in the morning. CARRIED MOVED by Mr. Balsdon, seconded by Mr. Burk, that Mrs. Elsa Neal be permitted ~-~ rent the South-West room upstairs in Municipal Build~g_a~.te~porary measure until.room is required bY the Township, at a rate to be set not to exceed Ten Dollars per month, including Hydro. CARRIED MOVED by Mr. Zinkie, seconded by Dr. McEwen, that as the Department of Health recommend an increase of from Ten Dollars to Fifteen Dollars per clinic for Dr. Blair, that such increase be granted. CARRIED Dr. McEwen gave notice of the followin~ Motions: 1. That the Municipal electors be given the right to vote on the question of water in an area to be defined south of the Third Concession, that said vote be taken at the same time as the Municipal election to be held on December 3, 1951. 2. That the people of the Township (South of Third Concession), on December 3rd, 1951, vote on question, "Are you satisfied with the present Police service, or do you wish the Provincial Police to take over." 3- That Council recommend to the Department of Education that all school taxes be absorbed by the~ Provincial Government and that when the Motion is presented, a copy be sent to all Township Councils in the County of Ontario, all County Clerks in the Province of Ontario, Department of Education, and Department of Welfare in the Province of Ontario. Clerk's Instructions 1. Write Attorney General's Department, advising them that as Picketing Town- ship has a population of 10,500, and as our limited Police Force now - 2 - has to wait hours for Township cases to be called at Whitby, that their Department permit the Township to establish a Police Court in the Police Village of Picketing. 2. Contact Police Village Trustee.s as to the availability of £he Town Hall as a Police Court. 3. Ask A, A. Grills to tender On a stucco ~b for Municipal Building. 4. Write Mr. Griffin, Canadian'Pac!fiH Railway at Trenton, and R. H. Saunders, of Hydro, re Joseph A~nos~ drainage problem at Concession 2, Lot 35. 5. Phone Mr. Redfern, of Redfern Proctor Engineers, for suggestions re cost of a water system and area for southern part of Township. ON MOTION of Mr. Burk, the meeting adjourned.~ APPROVED...~...~.~. ~.~. .... 1951 ·