MINUTES - Special Council - 19661031\..,p_ .......
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NIINUTES OF THE SPECIAL WIEETING OF COUNCIL HELD IN THE COU"l'I'CIL CHAJYIBERS
ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 31 1 AT 8:00 P.M~
PRESENT
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By-law 17 09-66
?lant Disease Act
By-law 1710-66
Vote On Question
As To Sunday Moving
Pictures, Etc.
MAYOR d 1 F. DAVIS. (IN THE CHAIR)
REEVE S. G. PATRICK
DEPUTY-REEVE R. SilVIMONS
COUNCILLORS CORBETT, DAVIS, ILLINGWORTH, MURRAY,
TRENT AND WILLIAMSON
MURRAY:
CORBETT:
"ResoJ,ved that this Council, from now
on shall have the minutes of Council
Meetings prepare·d according to Section
215 Pa:r-agraph (1 ) , (2 ) and ( 3) of the
l'I!Unic.ipal Act R.s.o. 1960 and. that
Paragraph (la~ be strictly adhered to."
CARRIED.
Thl-rd Reading.
WILLIAMSON: "Resolved that :By-law now before
PATRICK: the Council be read a third time
this.day."
CARRIED.
Third Reading Carried.
First Reading.
CORBETT.:
ILLINGWORTH:
"Resolved that leave be given to
introduce a By-law to provide for
taking the vote of the Electors of
the municipality on a question as
to Sunday Moving Pictures, The~trical
Perfomances, Concerts or Lectures
as submitted to the Electors Under
the authority of By-law #1707-66 1 and that the same be now read a
f.:ir.st time."
CARRIED.
Second Reading.;
DAVIS: "Resolved that :By-law now before the
MURRAY: · Council be read a second time and that
the Council resolve itself into a
committee of the whole for that purpose."
CARRIED.
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BY.··LAWS CONTINUED
By-Law 1710-66 CORBETT ''Resolved .that second re~d;l;hg be taken ai3 r~a.d. io Vote on QUestion PA~RICK
As To Sunday Moving
P:'.ctures, Etc,
:sy-Mw 1711 ... 66
To Provide Fo:t'
Thu Extension Of
Tl:J Right To Vote
fA-~ i.~u:q · c ipal
·:;tions
CARRIED.
second Reiiaini carried.;
Third Reading~
WILLIAMSON:
PATRICK:'
PA~RidK:
DAVIS 1 w:
iiJie<Jolved tfl_at the :By.-.i~w !low be:fo:t'e
the Counc:tl be _read. a. third .. time this
(!.ay a~d that Rtll~ ?2 6:1;' J3y-.:Le,w~~i
1672 be suspended :f'or thfii.t pill:'pose"~;
CARRIED•
''Re.s()1V'E)d thtl.t third reMing be ti'J.k:en as read•" .
dAltaiED~
Third :Reading ca.rr:i.ed.
:Fi±'st Reading,;
COttil:EifT;
ILLINGWORTH:
iiResoived tha~. !eave be given to.·
introduoea Bt.,.J;awto :ptovide :fo:r,'
the e:lttension o:f'the tight to voife''
at MuniOi:p$.1 E:l;eQ~;J.o;n,~ . for tM.
members 9! Co\lrlci:Lt .. 'i!l~ .. th't the
same be now read a first t:une~"
dA:Rr-ttED •
First :Re!ii.d$-jlg carried.
second Reading,
DAVIS, VI:
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iiRefloived . that the :6Y"'ta.w now b ef.ore
the' COUncil be :#ead. a. s&cofid tilll¢ ,and
that the Counc-il resoJ.ye itself into
a c6rnrnittee o-f thewhoie for that
pui'pose,; ''
cARttiED,
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J:::Y-LAWS CONTINUED
By-Law 1711;.;.66
To Provide For
Th0 Extension Of
The Right To vote
At MUnicipal.
Elections
"ly T.•J.W 1712-66
; c 0D Question
As 'Jo 5J.nday
.c::"":''·:::ets
"": 3 .. OOTOBEli 3i' 1966 . ' . ,
WIL~fA!'4sON i
SIMiviONSi
i•Resolved ,that se9orid reading be taken
as read •11
CARRIEDo-•
seoondReaa:i.ngcarried ..
Third ReM:i.rig •·
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ILLINGWORTH:
":ftesolved that the .:B:v;..iawndw before
tM Council be read . a th:t.ril tim~, .· .. ·
this day arid that Rule 2? of :S;V.o:Hl.w
No; <•I468 ~be suspended fdr thid;· .
purpose,"
CARR i:FiD ;
lLL:fuGV{G:Ei'nl :
WILLIAMSONi
"Resolved thatt:fiird reading "be te.ken
as read•"
CARRIED.
TJ:i.ird Reading carried,
:First Reading•
CORBETT: ...... .
ILLINGWORTB: :
"Resolved. that Iea.fe, Oe giver+ to.
introduce a.BYF<law t() p:t'()viilefcir
taking the votecift}l;e :&lectors of
tBe.MUri±ci:P~ity ciri•a Q.'iiestion .as t6 s1lnday,:Pttolio.G8l;iie~:~ ana s!Joi'~s iis submitte<i tO the, ])fe,-ctOr@ 'l.Met ·· . ,
the a1lthdrity of By.;;law N1lm.ber 170,;..;66
and that the s~e be n:Ow reii.d a fiist
tiine •,"
c'AR:riJ:]):D.
First Reading Carried,
second :ReEI.dirig~
TREWT:
:D.Avrs, w: ••:Resolved that the By-iaw n:ow before the
council be read a seCoil.d.time.and that
t-he council. resolve ~tseli in:to 2t.
Committee of the whole for that p\lrpO'seo"
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SP:OOIAL
BY-LAWS CONTINUED
By-Law 1712;.;66
Vote On Q~estion
As To sunday
Sports
By-Law 171},.,66
Repeal By-Law
1706-66
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I'ATRic:!t:
SIJYIMONS I
i;Resolved that second reading ~e taken
a& read." .
CARRIED,
Second Reading carried.
Third Reading,
WILLIAMSON:
PATRICK:
''Resd1 ved the:i; the By-law. nowbefdre .
the Co uno U be re!.\d 0. third . time this
<j.ay and that Rtile 22bf By..;lel.W No;
1468 be suspended for that pu:&pose,11
CARRIED,
:OAYJ:S: "ResolVed thirt; the third reading be
CORBETT: taken as read."
CARRIED.
Third Reading carried~
First Reading,
COR~ETT: . . "Resolved that Ieave be given t6
ILLINGWORTH: introdui;le a -:By.;. law to amend By-la.w
NUmber 1706-66 and that the same
be now read a first time.11
CARRIED,
First Reading Carried,
SeCond Reading,;
DAVIS, Wt
lVJURRAYi
''Resolv\3d that the By~law ni:iw before the
qouncif. b~ read a. aecolj.d tiin:e !¢.d that
the council :t>esolve Hs~lf into a
committee of the whole foi• that purpose. 11
CARRIED.
ILLINGWORTH: "Rescilv\3d that fUrther readiT,Lg l1"f
By~la:w 1713-66 be de:fe:t'l·H~d to .the
Police Committee fo'i-st11dy and
report."
WILLIAMSON:
CARRIED.
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BY~LAWS CONTINUED
Council were advised that bhe notice would he pU.lJli~hod coverir.g all
three questions.
ILLINGWORTH:
DAVIS: ..
CORRESPONDENCE
''Resolved that the Head of the Co1it.aE
or his.n:p:pointee aHerid at the
dbuncil Chamhors nt 11 ortlock of
the forenoon cin the 2:Jt~1. day of
November, 1966 to make thu ap:ppirit-
m~nts required unde±' By-laws 1710,
1711 a~d 1712•"
CARRIED.
A letter was introduced from Urbes Consultants Limited re urban
rtl.no·.va1 and redevelopment. . . . ' ' .
No.aotion was taken at this time,
A letter vvas intra.d.:g._ggcl, :t);'gm Thonias B, IVIacPhursOC! l"O peCies·i;riu"i. cross-
overs ori. Wellington Street~
ILLINGWORTH:
DAVIS:
"Resolved that a crop~· be 0'Jtil.irced
of the. County By-Law Gsta1Jlj_sb.:.ng
jurisdiction OVGr Vv9lliugtrm Stroet
within the Town Limits,"
CARRIED,
A letter was received from the Ontario MUnici;:ie.l Board enclc:sing an
order for. a public. hearing on Byl4law 166'7 i as A.mended by BY··lu.w J$.33,
to be held ori Friday, :bee ember 2•
No further action :i.s requir~d o:t; Council at this t:i.me,
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CO!Vll\UTTEE REPORTS
REEVE PATRICK IN THE CHAIR
A REPORT OF COUNCIL IN COMMITTEE, SUBJECT PERSONJ1EL MATTERS
Co'l.i.ncil :i.n Committee niet on October 24, 1966 1 to discuss :persbn..nei
matters. The Committee recommends as follows:
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COMMITTEE REPORTS CONTINUED
A REPORT OF COUNCIL IN COMMITTEE, SLI:BJECT PERSONNgL }IJATTERS CONTL'l"iJLD
1. That the salary of the Chief of Police be $7,000. per year effective
-,,:LU'~.:t'.'y: 1;C1966 • . . .
2. That the 1:966 agreement with the Police Association conte.:in u clattsc
stipUlating that the agreement applies. only to these actuo.ll? on
the strength Of the· Aurora Pol:j,c e Department e:t; the time the
agreement .is signed, or who join the force subsequent to the
signing of the agreement, ·
DAVIS: "Resolved that the.report of the
ILLINGWORTH: · council in CO:mJ:littee, dated October
28, 1966, re :personnel matl;ers be -
accepted and the seal of the corpor~
tion be attached hereto."
CARB,IED.
A RJ:!:I'ORT OF THE STRIKING COMMITTEE, SUBJECT APPOINTr/IEWI'S TO SEY:I!:JiAL
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
The Committee met on Friday, Ootobe:r-28, 1966 ut 9,30 A,M. to•·conside:r-
appointments to seve:r-al special committees,
The Committee recommends as follows:
1. That the following be appointed Aurora's roprcsent'ltivcs on C;entraJ.
Ontario Regional Development Association:
Councillo!' J. Mtt!'ray
CoUncillor J. Williamson
2. That the following be a,ppointed to the Trmugural l'l.E>nnj.ne 0ommi ttee
councillor c. Co:r-bett
Councillor w. ·Trent
douncillo:r-w. Davis
3. That members ci:f the Planning Committee be confimed as the Airport
Committee.
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DAVIS: .. ••Resolved that the report of the Striking
SIMMONS: Committee dated October 28, 1966 be
accepted,"
CARRIED.
SPEC :CAL
C OMlVIITTEE REPORTS C ONTlNUE:D
lVIAYOR DAVIS IN THlE CHAIR
- 7 ~ OCTOBER .31~ 1966
A report was presented on the decision of the Oo=i ttee of AdjtJ.st'll.ent
re Lot 166 7 Plan 517,
This report is fo'l:' irif'ormation only,
A verbal report was presented on behalf of the Airport Co=~.ttoe re
the visit to the Waterloo-Wellington Airport,
This was a progress report and a written report will be preseni:oi'J later,
It was announced that Mr. J, Lambert has requested ~ meeting with th&
Planning Co=ittee re the ~ld arena site,
~~·. Lambert has been requested to ~ttend a meeting in tho Council
~:'1.e.1Jl.b ers at 8:00 P.M., November 3rd,
A REPORT OF THE PLA..1'ifNil\TG COMIVIITTEE, SUBJECT .TOINT ~:'!EETING -I, TNG AND
AURORA PLANNING BOARDS
The Planning Co=i ttee mot on Thursday, October 27 with tho Pln'mi:tlg
Boards of Aurora and King Township to discuss several i·t;ems of :r:•ttual
interest to the two municipalities,
1, Request for private right-of-way access to property in K:i.ng Td1'm-
ship from Aurora Heights Drive and Kemano Road,
It was pointed out by members of the King Planning Board .tho buildlng
parmi ts for the proposed dwellings could not be issued undel' the K5.ng
Township bui.lding by-law,
In view of this, and in view of the difficulties such a project might
inv-olve with regard to schools, policing, road maintenance, etc.,,
yo·,,_r Co=i ttee reco=ends that approval for this right-of-way no·t;
be granted,
2, P:eotection of the headwaters of streams flowing through Aurora
which rise in King Township.
T11e King Planning Board concur in the desirability of protecting the
aree.s surrounding these headwaters, and will support Aurora Council
in its efforts,
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OCTOBER 31, 1966
COMMITTEE REPORTS CONTINUED
A REPORT OF THE PLANNING COI\ll\UTTEE, SUBJECT JOINT MEETING -KING AJiTD
Ai.JROHA PLANNING BOAHDS CONTINUED
Your Committee recollll11.ends that the Holland Valley Conservation
Authority be requested to undertake a survey of the areas surrounding
the headwaters with a view to determining the best course of action
to assure the protection of the streams.
3. Joint Planning Area
It was agreed that further discussions on the merits and extent of a
Joint Planning Area arc desirable.
Your Committee recommends that we recommend to next year's Council
that meetings be held early in the year to discuss the desirability
of establishing a Joint Planning Area.
Amendment
C~au.s a -l Car:rid. , ..
Clause 2
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WILLIAMSON: "Hesolved "LrJ.aG the recommendation be--
ILLINGWORTH: 'c.mbndcd to include the areas adjoin-
ing the streams.
CAHRIED.
Clause 2 as amended carried.
Clause 3 carried.
WILLIAMSON:
DAVIS:
"Hesolved that the report as amende-·
of the Planning Committee re Joint
Meeting -King and Aurora Planning
Boards be adopted and implemented."
CAHHIED.
The problem of parking at the High School while construction is in
progress was introduced.
ILLINGWORTH:
MURHAY:
"Resolved that a meeting be held by
the Police Committee the Police
Chief, and the Fire Committee on
this problem, and in the meantime
the No Parking signs from the High
School property west to Yonge St.
be hooded for as long as considered
necessary."
CAHHIED.
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October 31;1906
COJ'.'[]iffiTTEE RJ!iPORTS CONTINUED
LOCATION OF
OUTDOOR SKATING
RINKS
SWIMMING POOL
Co~ncil was asked to give consideration to suggestions
for the location of outdoor skating rinFs for the
coming winter;
It was reported that the Recreation Committeets
Swimming Pool Committee had met with some members of
Council and recommendations will be forthcoming from
the ;Recreation Committee,
FIRE COMllUTTEE REPORT
A report of the Fire Committee SUBJECT -FIRJ] riiARSHALL' S REPORT'
1.-Recommend By-law 1303 be repealed and the Fire Department be
re-organized as set o~t in Paragraph 1 of the Fire ]/i.arshall' s report.
Recommend a By-law bo prepared as recommended ,'Ty the Fire Marshall in
Appendix A with certain deletions,
2. Rec0mmend Rules for the Department be made as outlined in Appendix
B of the Fire marshall's Report with certain dele.tions,
3. It is felt that at this time a fUll time Deputy Chief t.s. not
req_uired,
4. It is felt that the position of Lieutenant should be retained at
this time,
5, Recomend By-law 1300 re Fire Protection Agreement with Township
o:t:; Yihi t<Wrch be given third reading.
6, It is recommended that 1967Fire Committee look into this,
7. This has been implemented.
8, It is recommended that 1967 Fire Committee enter into discussions
oqrly in tho year with King and Whitchurch Townships in regards to
a new tank truck,
9, It is felt this is too expensive a piece of oq_uipment for one
Municipality to purchase arl.eh().uld be purchased jointly by two or
more Municipali t:i:o,g,
10, It is recommended this policy be adjoptod but the word "officer"
should replace tho word "Captain"
11. It is felt tba t Aurora :L~ adeq_uatoly serviced,
12, As we do not have a ful t:!.me Fire Department these extra men
are not req_uired at this time,·
13. This is for a f~ll time Fire Department and is not applicable
in our case,
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cm,ll\HTTj~E REPORTS CONTINUED
FIRE COMMITTE.E ru;PORT
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14. The C~ief shoUld recommend any man he feels should attend courses
of instructions,
15. This is in tho process of being implemented through the Fire Th~tual
Aid Radio System,
16.. Same as 15,
17.. This. is being dono
18. It is felt ~uito strongly that emergency power e~uipmont shoUld be
: ..... purchased but as it is not in this years budget it is recommended that
next years Fire Committee give this matter serious consideration,
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19. Recommend By-law 1190 and 1481
20, Committee agrees to this,
21. This applies to a permanent Fire but in essence some of this work
is being done by the Chier and some of his men already,
22. The Fire Chief is a full time Inspector for the Town al'ld has
completed courses,
23. If this pract'ice is not being carried out now, it is recommended
that ~uarterly in-service inspections be carried out,
24. This practice is now being carried out,
25,i It is recommended thathis be looked into,
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.ILLIAMSON:
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3, CARRIED
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14, CARRIED
15, C.l'illRIED
nm;SOLVED that the report of th.e Fire Committee dated
October 28 1 1966 re Fire Marshallls report be discussed
each item separately and accepted,"
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17, CARRIED
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24, CARRIED
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REPORTS OF COMMITTES CONTINUED
FIRE REPORT
BY-LAWS # 1294
AND# 1300
TO BE
REVIEWED
Jr!IEETING WITH
D,O,H, .
ILLINGWORTH:
CORBETT:
"RESOLVED that By-laws 1294 and .
1330 be revi_ewed so ·that the
Agreements woUld define apparatus
and manpower which would respond to
calls.
CARRIED
A verbal report was presented on the meeting with
Depamtment of Highways Officials on Highway
reconstruction, The Department would like a
l'esolUtion from Council supporting··their intentions
A Works Committee meeting is to be held on this
subject,
WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT -SUBJECT -RECONSTRUCTION OF YONGE ST,
The Works Committee met on Wednesday, Oct, 26,1966 at 7.30 p,m, to
discuss the preliminary report on Yongo St, connecting link
reconstruction in tho Town of Aurora as prepared by J,D, REID and
Associates and referred by Council to this Committee for an early
study and report thereon.
Subsequent to detailed discussion the Committee allowed that in the
first instance the financing of such an undertaking was of number one
concern,
Therefore the Committee recommends that a meeting be arranged with the
appropriate authorities of the ~epartmont of Highways of Ontario
during the week of October 31st, to November 4th,l966 and that the
Town Engineer and Town Clerk attend along with committee members,
The meeting so proposed will attempt to ascertain the various nethods
available to finance the project, number of years allowed and of main
importance the method the Department may adopt in the processing and
the payment of applicable subsidies toward the undertaking, if
proceeded with,
This is a progress report, Mr, Mayor. and a further and more comoro-
hensive report will be presented at the next meeting of CoR~cil
TRENT: "RESOLVED that the report of the Works Committee dated
lVIURRAY: October 27 1 1866 be re reconstruction of Yonge St. be
accepted, 11 CARRI:FJD
It was advised that the Works Committee is considering using rented
vehicles and operators for snow removal and sending,
No further action was taken at this time,
WILLIAMSON:
TRENT:
"RESOLVED that the meeting be adjourned •. "
CARRIED
The meeting then adjourned,
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