HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-12-20Committee of the Whole TOWN OF NEWCASTLE December 20th, 1973
Minutes of a meeting of the Committee of the Whole
Council held at Hampton.Municipal Hall on Thursday,.
December 20th, 1973 at 7:00 p.m.
Present: Mayor Garnet B. Rickard
Councillor B. Tink
Ivan M. Hobbs
K. Lyall
A. D. Wearn
D. A. Allin
Absent: Councillor K. Entwisle
Staff: Clerk J. M. McIlroy
Treasurer J. F. Descent
Treasurers Mr. J. Descent presented a Report on the proposed operations
Report of the Treasury Department. The Report was accepted
in principle subject to the following: -
Borrowing (a) Moved by Councillor Hobbs, seconded by Councillor Allin.
By -Law
THAT the Borrowing By-law for Current Funds be for
$2,000,000.
"CARRIED"
Office (b) It was agreed that the office hours at all the
Hours various offices would be 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Committees (c) Moved by Councillor Hobbs, seconded by Councillor Allin.
and
Boards THAT the present Committees and Boards be dissolved in
accordance with Bill 162 and that the same Boards be
reappointed tentatively on January lst, 1973 for a
limited period.
"CARRIED"
Purchasing It was agreed that control of Purchasing would be by the
Treasurer for the time being.
Tax Bills It was agreed that the Treasurer would contact the
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce for a price for
running Tax Bills and compare it with the I.B.M. price.
It was also agreed that all tax collections would be at
the various branches of the Canadian Imperial Bank of
Commerce subject to the Treasurer contacting the other
local Banks to find out their price for collection of
Tax Bills.
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Office The Clerk presented the following Report on the
Staff placement of Office Staff: -
Clerk's Office - Mrs. Gray
- Mrs. Fice
Treasury Department - Cashier, Taxes, Vital Statistics,
and Cemetery - Mrs. Depew
- Cashier, Taxes, Switchboard -
Mrs. Dunham
- Payroll - Miss Clarke
By -Law Enforcement Officer - Mrs. Best
Works and Engineering Department - Mrs. Kirkton
Building Department - Mrs. Stagg
It was also reported that Mrs. Watson and Mrs. Stainton
of the Orono office had indicated that they were not
interested in working for the new Town if it meant
working out of Orono.
The Clerk's Report was approved.
Inaugural The Agenda and Programme for the Inaugural Meeting on
Meeting January 3rd, 1974 was discussed and it was left for
Councillor Lyall to finalise and attend to the printing.
Moved by Councillor Hobbs, seconded by Councillor Wearn
Future THAT Council will meet after the Inaugural Meeting as
Meetings follows: -
January 4th, 1974 at 1:30 p.m.
January 7th, 1974 at 7:00 p.m.
Both meeting to be in the new Council Chambers at Bowmanville.
By-laws The Clerk submitted various by-laws which would require passing
as soon as possible in the new year. It was agreed to
consider these by-laws at the above mentioned meetings.
Appointment This matter was deferred until January 4th, 1974.
of
Committees
Applications The Clerk was asked to send out a copy of the list of
for applicants to all Members of Council
Committees etc.
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Meeting It was decided to meet with the Departments as follows: -
with
Departments December 24th 9:00 a.m. Works Department
10:00 a.m. Building Department
Letter The Mayor read a letter from CUPE regarding the
to certification of the outside workers unions.
CUPE
Moved by Councillor Wearn, seconded by Councillor Tink
THAT the Mayor and Clerk be authorised to set up an
appointment after January 3rd, 1974 to sign the
certification agreement.
"CARRIED"
Adjournment The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 10:00 p.m.