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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/07/1965 -. . COUNCIL MINUTES The regular meeting of Bowmanville Town Council convened at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 7th, 1965 at the Council Chambers, Town Hall with His Worship l~yor Ivan M. Hobbs in the Chair. All members pre sent. I LORD'S PRAYER: II ADOPTION OF MINUTES: Moved by Con. Hooper, seconded by Con. Chant. THAT the minutes of the meetings held Monday, November 15th, and Monday, November 29th, 1965 be received and adopted. "CARRIED" . III PETITIONS & DEPUTATIONS: 1. ~~. George Cawker: " Mr. George Cawker appeared before Council protesting the decision of the Bowmanville Arena Management Committee regarding the tender to operate a Summer Hockey School at the Arena for the summer of 1966. A lengthy discussion took place regarding this matter, following which it was: Moved by Con. Hooper, seconded by Con. Prout. THAT this Council go on record requesting the Arena Board to re- consider the applications regarding the Summer Hockey School at the Arena. ! Recorded Vote: Yea: Con. Hooper Con. Rundle Con. Prout Con. Fice . Nay: Reeve Little Deputy Reeve Stevens Con. Chant Con. Hughes IVJayor Hobbs "MarION LOST" 2. Mrs. T. Westover: Mrs. T. Westover, High Street, Bowmanville, appeared before Council requesting permission for the use of the old Library Building to have a rummage sale for the Girl Guides. Moved by Deputy Reeve Stevens, seconded by Con. Hughes. THAT permission be granted providing the Town still owns the property at the time the rummage sale is to be held. "CARRIED" e < . IT . e . j - 2 - COMMUNI CAT IONS: 1. World Heritage Organization: "To mark Canada's Centennial by sharing with newly emerging nations, standing at the same threshold on which we stood 100 years ago, we ask your municipality to join others in helping to provide school text books for children in Africa and Asia. Five out of every ten of the millions of children in these countries cannot read or write, and will never be able to support themselves. l~ny teachers, voluntarily enduring hard- ships to help these children are handicapped by having as few as 2 books for every 100 children who are eager to learn. Canadian Institute of Cultural Research sponsor World Heritage in supplying free books, where they are most needed. Joint Canadian effort made possible the shipment of 80 tons of new text books to Nigerian schools last month. However, it will take great effort to continue shipments, and in particular to fulfill a committment to supply school books in French to Gabon, made to the late Dr. Albert Schweitzer at his Lambarene hospital. Names of municipalities are included with shipments. As it takes time to assemble and effect deliveries in remote areas, financial support is urgently required now, so that school children may receive the books before our centennial year begins. It takes $1000 to equip a complete school library - $500 for a moderate one - $250 for a smaller one. Books for an individual child cost $25 for junior grades - ~?50 for senior. I hope that you will join with other municipalities in Canada's Centenn~al Gift to school children who so desperately need your help. Your cheque to cover the cost of a school library or a child's books would, indeed, be most gratefully received at this time, as another large shipment of books is now being assembled. It Moved by Con. Hughes, seconded by Con. Prout. THAT the letter from World Heritage Organization, dated November 26th, 1965, be received and filed. "CARRIED" 2. Department of Municipal Affairs: "On September 20, 1965 a statement was issued announcing that the policy of the Government of Ontario with regard to the effect of the Canada Pension Plan on pension plans for the employees of the Province, provincial agencies and other plans for which the Govern- ment is res pons ible, would be that these plans be "integrated" with the Canada Pension Plan as of January 1, 1966. As the result of the adoption of this policy by the Government the regulations under The OMERS Act were amended on September 22, 1965 to provide for "integration" with the Canada Pension Plan. I attach a copy of a Memorandum which I sent, under date of Sept- ember 24, 1965 to all municipalities and local boards participat- ing in the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, outlining the statement on Government policy and the principles upon which the pension benefits available from O~ffiRS would be integrated with the Canada Pension Plan. . . . . - 3 - As may be seen from an examination of the statement of September 20 1965, it was the intention of the Government, in the interests of' equality, that the above mentioned policy apply! r:ot <?n~y to the pension benefits available to employees of munlclpalltles and local boards who are members of OriliRS, but also to those employees whose pension benefits are provided by an "approved pension plan". An "approved pension plan" may be defined as a pension plan established under any general or special Act that has not been discontinued by a municipality or local board by reason of an election to participate in OiffiRS for present employees. In accordance with the policy of the Government the following are the principles upon which the terms and conditions of an "approved pension plan" should be amended to give effect to "integration" with the Canada Pension Plan: (1) pension benefits earned for service rendered before January 1st, 1966 are not to be reduced and (2) Pension benefits under an "approved pension plan" for service rendered after January 1, 1966 shall not exceed the pension benefits provided under The O~ffiRS Act and the regulations for service rendered after January 1, 1966 except to the extent that the pension benefits under an "approved pension plan" before January 1, 1966 exceeded the pension benefits under The OMERS Act and the Regulations. Amendments submitted to the Department for approval under Section 248c of The Municipal Act will be approved only in conformance with the above mentioned principles. The officers of the Department will be pleased to disCUSS the significance of these principles with any municipal official." Moved by Con. Hooper, seconded by Con. Chant. THAT the letter from The Department of Municipal Affairs respect- ing the Canada Pension Plan, dated December 1st, 1965, be re- ceived and referred to the Finance Committee. "CARRIED" 3. Jaroslav Trejbal: "Enclosed is a copy of my letter to Bowmanville Town Council from September, 1965. Despite the urgency of the matter, nothing has happened until now, in fact, I did not even get any answer. The north side of the approach to the crossing has not a proper ditch on the east side, the culvert was nearly flattened on the west side by the grader this spring and made it more or less usless. This culvert is too small anyway and many times in the winter the water runs hundreds of yards in the middle of the road, then freezes and makes the approach to the tracks impossible and dangerous. It was so bad a few times last year that you could not even walk on it with ice underneath and inches of water run- ning on top. - . . . . - 4 - I would appreciate it very much if you could look into this matter and ask your V{orks Department to repair the crossing so it responds to the basic safety conditions. The absolute mini- mum that should be done before winter is a new culvert further north of the old one capable of taking the water away in the spring, a few loads of gravel to level the north side of the crossing and fill all holes. The ditch on the east side must also be made longer." Letter dated September, 1965: "vVith reference to your letter, dated February 16th, 1965, about the dangerous conditions of thc C.P.R. Crossing on Mearns Avenue, I would like to bring to your attention that nothing has been done to repair it until now. Hundreds of cars and trucks were using this road on the way to Mosport lately, causing big holes on both sides of the track and between them. I asked the C.P.R. lf~nagement to look into the matter with the result that the Inspector said he seldom has seen a crossing in such a miserable condition as this one, but the responsibility lays exclusively with you, he claims. I ask you once more to consider the immediate remedy to bring the crossing to minimum safety standards before winter time, as follows: (1) To make the crossing wider so the cars can pass. (2) To fill the holes and pave the crossing. (3) To make the oncoming cars visible by making the north side approach longer and to prevent the collision in the middle of the track and prevent damage to longer cars and trucks which catch the track with the bottom. (4) To bring the road on the north side to level and use the right size of culverts to provent them washing away each spring. Plcase do not shelve this letter again, because it is only by sheer luck that a serious accident has not happened until now on this unprotected, badly damaged, faulty built crossing with poor visibility of oncoming trains and no visibility at all of on- coming cars." Moved by Con, Hooper, seconded by Con. Prout. THAT the letter from Jaroslav Trejbal, dated November 30th, 1965, be received and referred to the 1966 Roads & Streets Committee and that the Deputy Clerk be instructed to send a reply to this letter. "CARRIED" 4. Bowmanville Public Library: "A meeting with the auditors, Duputy Reeve Stevens, Acting Clerk, C. S. Oke, and myself was held in the Town offices on December 6th to discuss the matter of the rent on the new library building. The auditors have suggested that a rent of $2700.00 per month would be reasonable and advised us that they would forward a letter to Council to this effect. . . . . - 5 - In order that the Library Board will be able to m~et this com- mitment and also to cover the additional rent of $200.00 per month which has been paid on the old building during 1965, an additional grant of $7400.00 will be required. This amount would be made up as follows: $2700.00 per month for November and December, 1965 and (~200.00 per month from January to October, 1965. The Library Board would like to have the rent for November and December paid in full before December 31st, 1965 in order that the new figure may be included in our audit for 1965. Your early attention to this matter will be appreciated." Moved by Deputy Reeve Stevens, seconded by Con. Hooper. THAT the letter from the Bowmanville Public Library, dated December 6th, 1965, be received and that the rent be set at ~2700.00 per month and that we forward to the Library Board the ~7400.00 as requested. "CARRIED" 5. Durham County District High School Board: "I note that your appointments for Trustees on this Board are as follows: (1) L. A. Parker for 1964 - 65 - 66 (2) Alex McGregor for 1963 - 64 - 65 (3) Alan Strike for 1965 - 66 - 67. ~~. Alex McGregor's appointment expires at the end of 1965. The Board vwuld welcome his re-appointment." Moved by Con. Hooper, seconded by Con. Chant. THAT the letter from the Durham County District High School Board, dated December 2nd, 1965, be received and that Mr. Alex McGregor's appointment be extended to 1968. "CARRIED" V REPORTS OF COMMITTEES: 1. Board of Works Committee: Moved by Con. Chant, seconded by Reeve Little. THAT the report of the Board of 'i/orks Committee, dated November 30th, 1965, be received and adopted with the exception of that part regarding Mr. John Rizne~ which is referred to Council. "CARRIED" Part regarding ~rr. Riznek: "That a letter be sent to Mr. John Riznek advising him of the situation and that the site be r~stored according to the plans submitted by our Engineer and that no further building permits will be issued to him if he proceeds to destroy Town property without first getting the proper authority to do so." . . . e . - 6 - As amended, it was: Moved by Con. Hooper, seconded by Con. Hughes. THAT we adopt the second plan submitted by lf~. W. Dempsey, P. Eng., regarding the sidewalk. "CARftIED" VI REPORTS: 1. Welfare Department: Moved by Con. Rundle, seconded by Con. Prout. THAT the. report of the ,Jelfare Department for the month of November, 1965 be received and adopted. ItCARRIED" 2. Building Inspector: Moved by Deputy Reeve Stevens, seconded by Reeve Little. THAT the report of the Building Inspector for the month of November, 1965 be received and adopted. "CARRIED" 3. Roads & Streets Dept.: Moved by Reeve Little, seconded by Deputy Reeve Stevens. THAT the report of the Roads & Streets Department for the month of October, 1965 be received and adopted. "CARRIED" 4. Police Dept.: Moved by Con. Hooper, seconded by Con. Chant. THAT the report of the Police Department for the month of October, 1965 be received and adopted. "CARRIED" 5. Health Unit: Moved by Reeve Little, seconded by Deputy Reeve Stevens. THAT the report of the Northumberland-Durham Health Unit for the month of October, 1965 be received and adopted. "CARRIED" 6. C.L.O.C.A.: Moved by Con. Hughes, seconded by Con. Hooper. THAT the report of the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Author- ity, dated October 26th, 1965, be received and adopted. "CARRIED" . . e . - VII - 7 - ACCOUNTS: Moved by Deputy Reeve Stevens, seconded by Reeve Little. THAT the accounts of the PAID PRIOR in the total amount of (~3 5 .166.60 be and are hereby passed for payment. "CARRIED" Moved by Deputy Reeve Stevens, seconded by Reeve Little. THAT the accounts of the FINANCE DEPT. in the total amount of 01.016.35 be and are hereby passed for payment. "CARRIED" Moved by Con. Prout, seconded by Con. Rundle. THAT the accounts of the DOG CONTROL DEPT. in the total amount of ~56.19 be and are hereby passed for payment. "CARRIED" Moved by Con. Fice, seconded by Con. Rundle. THAT the accounts of the FIRE DEPT. in the total amount of ;:~275. 70 be and are hereby passed for payment. "CARRIED" Moved by Con. Hughes, seconded by Con. Hooper. THAT the accounts of the I]WUSTRIAL COr~1ISSION in the total amount of $46.00 be and are hereby passed for payment. "CARRIEDlt Moved by Con. Hooper, seconded by Con. Chant. THAT the accounts of the POLICE DEPT. in the total amount of $393.19 be and are hereby passed for payment. ltCARRIED" Moved by Con. Chant, seconded by Con. Hooper. THAT the accounts of the PUBLIC PROPERTY DEPT. in the total amount of $1,015.$4 be and are hereby passed for payment. "CARRIED" Moved by Con. Rundle, seconded by Con. Fice. THAT the accounts of the WELFARE DEPT. in the total amount of $1.703.54 be a nd are hereby passed for payment. ltCARRIED" Moved by Reeve Little, seconded by Con. Hooper.. THAT the accounts of the ROADS & STREETS DEPT. in the total amount of $8.516.19 be and are hereby passed for payment. "CARRIED" . e . . - - $ - VIII NEW & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Bernard Street: 2. Sturrock Road: 3. Matters Referred to Roads & Streets: (1) Prospect Street - drainage. (2) Lamb's Lane - drainage. (3) DeVries - driveway. (4) Department of Highways - Audit Report. 4. Works Department Shed: 5. C.P.R. Bridge: 6. Third Street Lots: 7. Conservation Authority Matter: 8. Special Committee re Auto: 9. Special Committee re Old Town Shed: 10. 401 Intersection Lighting: 11. By-law re Service Station Operators: 12. Subway under C.P.R. - Liberty Street North: Moved by Deputy Reeve Stevens, seconded by Con. Hooper. THAT we advise the Board of Transport that we are awaiting our Engineer's survey. "CARRIED" 13. Proclamation re Boxing Day: Moved by Con. Chant, seconded by Reeve Little. THAT Monday, December 27th be declared Boxing Day and a proclamation be placed in the local paper. "CARRIED" 14. Santa Claus Parade Committee letter re lighting; Moved by Con. Hooper, seconded by Con. Prout. THAT this matter be referred to the Public Utilities Commis- sion. "CARRIED" 15. Matters Referred to Finance Committee: (1 )//. T. Dempsey re BOWInanville Investments Subdivision. (2) Ontario Municipal Board re Capital Forecast. (3) General Accident Assurance Company - reports. " . ,. .... . . . . . - 9 - 16. Garbage Collection: Moved by Deputy Reeve Stevens, seconded by Con. Hughes. THAT this matter be referred to the 1966 Council to review the method of collection and financing. "CARRIED" 17. Travelling Expenses: ~r,oved by Con. Hooper, seconded by Con. Fice. THAT Constable Ian Smith be reimbursed the sum of $60.00 for travelling expenses while attending Police College. "CARRIED" 18. Removal of Plague on King Street in front of old Post Office Building: Moved by Deputy Reeve Stevens, seconded by Con. Hooper. THAT this matter be referred to the Public Property Committee. "CARRIED" 19. Direction Sign at four corners for Library & Town Hall: Moved by Con. Hughes, seconded by Reeve Little. THAT this matter be referred to the Public Property Commit- tee with power to act. "CARRIED" 20. Retrospects of Bowmanville: Mayor Hobbs suggested that a number of these retrospects be placed in the Library and the remainder be placed in the Museum. 21. Mr. R. Heydens: "Mr. R. Heydens, Music Teacher for the Bowmanville Public Schools, would like permission during Christmas week for School children to sing Christmas Carols at the four corners. There will be about 300 children each evening singing. Time will be about 7:00 p.m." Moved by Con. Hooper, seconded by Con. Rundle. THAT permission be granted. "CARRIED" IX ADJOURNMENT: Moved by Reeve Little, seconded by Con. Hooper. THAT we do now adjourn - 10:15 p.m. "CARRIED"