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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJanuary 20, 1958 >~" MUNICIPAL BUILDING BROUGHAM A Meeti}1~ of Council was he Id on MONDAY, the ' TWENTIETH __ day of JANUARY, 195~, at EIGHT o'clock in the evening. PRESENT: William G. Lawson, in the Chair J. Shermal1 Scott Sidney S. J. Pugh Edgar J ame s Mrs. Jean McPherson H. Ross Hawthorne Robert L. Stewart L. T. Johnston, Clerk MOVED by Mr. Stewart, seconded by Mrs. McPherson, that Minutes of Meeting held January 13, 1958, be adopted. CARRIED 1. Sam Kinrys asked for information re a proposed Wrecking Yard in Concession 1, Lot 30. Clerk advise license necessary and he may make application. Have Mr. Thompsol1 canvas the area. 2. Press release re addition of twelve-bed addition to Ajax-Pickerin~ General Hospital at cost of $50,000.00 - funds "virtually il1 hand". 3. Metro Toronto Industrial Commission Annual Meeting January 29th at ?:30 P. M. As a member they ask for a delegate. AGREED Reeve Lawson attend. 4. Our Solicitors advise gravel pit injunction decision will be handed i!own later. 5. De»artment of Health report 011 seven Township Cemeteries. 6. Clerk has all of Metro Toronto Licenses in one By-Law and recommends that a Committee consider repealiJ1g all our licensing By-Laws and aqopting theirs with chan~es for December 31, 1958. AGREED Mr. Thompson and Clerk brin~ in a report. Mr. Crichtol1 was heard and asked that Council endorse their resolutions t.hat: (1) If the Conservation Authority build a dam in their proposed new Park in Concession 4, Lots 12 al1d 13, that it be constructed of such a form and stren~th that it will act as a restraint on the dowrward passage of ice and water in Spr~ng break-up and unusually heavy rains. (2 ) That in view of the present state of widespread unemployment, and the fact that a need to control flood waters in the Duffin's Creek Watershed does exist, now is the time to implement the Kilbourne Report - Plan B - both as a conservation measure, and a means of relieving unemployment. The Reeve appointed a Street Namin~ and Numberin~ Committee of Messrs. Scott, Stewart and Hawthorne. AGREED t.hat a Banquet be given to members of the Planning Board, Court d' Revisior, Fence Viewers, Game Committee, Industrial Committee, Recreation Committee and High School members on Thursday, February 20th, and to Firemen on March 6th, if it can be arranged-with the Brougham Ladies to provide such dinner'¡ RESOLUTION NUMBER 13 MOVEDòy Mr. Pugh, seconded by Mrs. McPherson, that Mr. T. Moore return all papers 'r'e Township claim agatnst the Griffin Hotel. CARRIED RESOLUTION NUMBER 14 ROVED by Mr. Pugh, seconded by Mrs. McPherson, that if a dam is to be built I.. . _,o-rì or rear the Metro Area Conservation property, (a) That the construction be . '-of such form and of such strel1gth as to act as a restraint on the downstream passa~e of i·ce duril1g the sprin~ break-up, and (b), That controls be in cor- I porated in the dam to restrain any surplus water during heavy rainstorms. I CARRIED t " ./ v v t/ v " J v I .¡ - 2 - RESOLUTION NUMBER 15 MOVED by Mr. Stewart, seconded by Mrs. McPherson, that in view of a letter from the Riverside Ratepayers' Association to the Metro Conservation Authority re~arding a project to ease the unemployment situation, that the Clerk be instructed to write the Minister of Labour and find out what projects this Muricipaltty may undertake with federal assistance to help relieve the unem- ployment situation in this Township. CARRIED RESOLUTION NUMBER 16 MOVED by Mr. Scott, seconded by Mr. Stewart, that the Township of Pickering Cemetery Committee comprise the following members: Mr. S. S. J. Pugh (Chairman) Mr. Edgar James Mrs. Jean McPherson Mr. Ross Hawthorne 1/ CARRIED BY-LAW NUMBER 2292 Mr. Stewart, seconded by Mr. Scott, moves for leave to introduce a By-Law of the Township of Pickering to appoint members to the Township of Pickering Planning Board and that same now be read a first time. Mr. Stewart, seconded by Mr. James, moves that By-Law Number 2292 to appoint members to the Township of Pickering P~anning Board, be now read a second time, and that Council go into Committee of the Whole thereon. The Committee of the Whole arises and reports the By-Law as read. 'II Mr. Stewart, seconded by Mr. Hawthorne, moves that the report of the Committee of the Whole on By-Law Number 2292 be adopted, and that the said By-Law be now read a Third time and PASSED; that the Reeve and Clerk sign the same, and the Seal of the Corporation be affixed thereto. CARRIED BY-LAW NUMBER 2293 Mr. Hawthorne, seconded by Mr. Stewart, moves for leave to introduce a By-Law of the Township of Pickering to authorize an application to The Ontario Municipal Improvement Corporation for the purchase by it of certain debentures, J and that same now be read a first time. Mr. Hawthorne, seoohdèd by Mr. James, moves that By-Law Number 2293 to authorize an application to The Ontario Municipal Improvement Corporation for the purchase by it of certain debentures, be now read a second time, and that Council go into Committee of the Whole thereon. . The Committee of the Whole arises and reports the By-Law as read. Mr. Hawthorne, seconded by Mr. Pugh, moves that the report of the Committee of t~e Whole on By-Law Number 2293 be adopted, and that the said By-Law be now read a Third time and PASSED; that the Reeve and Clerk sign the same, and the Seal of the Corporation be affixed thereto. CARRIED CLERK'S INSTRUCTIONS 1. Submit to Council Members all salaries of employees and comparative wages ,¡ paid other Municipal road employees, and last year's budget, and pound fees for dogs. 2. Ask Mr. Godson to bring in report on which is cheaper - to buy more land ~ for fill on Four1hConcession, or draw fill from pit, and report on survey of Pickering Beach. On MOTION of Mr. Stewart, the meeting adjourned. APPROVED ':þ ~ f'. ~~ J 1958 Clerk