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T~fE EIG~TTf 1:1_iflfiBTING OF Tr:-ill GOUEG!L FOR TT~ Y3 .. ;..;'1. 1933 W8.~:; held--in the
Council room on j,'[onda.y eve.I:l'l.y lst.o.t 8.15 with the members e.ll in attends.nce and
the Mayor :presiding.
of the aclo:ption .,
On the 'iucstion of the minutes of the preceding meeting,Mr."'tuart
moveC'., e econdeci by W.r .3unn, that the wording11 l'he E.L~Comrai ttee re;~ortecl that we ha.ve
not 2. meter on.harict t-o take care of the U.C~servic.e".be changed to read,11 l\tt.Know-
J.es,Ch:;.irm:m of E.L.Gommittee,re:portecl etci" ~On division the medon wa.s adopted, and
the m.i.nutea were 8.:p:flroved,wi th this correction~
BJ.,.:.Y }J:..'~l:,I,OY, th:J. t the s.ction of the Mayor in issuing orders on the
-'reasurer for the :pa:Yment of the following accounts be and. the same is hereby~
confirmed.,G.nd_ th2.t the se2.l of the Co:l:p.be 2. tte.ched hereto;
Corp. Apr~Sth. Freight C.N.R. ord.ll94 stone
:Mrs. Waites cs.retaking
G.N.R. corrected freight bill
15th. Mrs~Yis.ites caretaking
J .Gould·ing . I wages
}iii~Robinson II
22mt.Mrs .Wa.ites II
J.Goulding "
lJ!~Robinson II
29th.J\1Irs.Waites "
J.Goulding "
M.Robinson "
55.00
?.oo
4.35
7.00
1'5.00
9.oo
?.00
15.00
9.00
7.00
15 .oo
9.00 carried ..
BLAY LEGGE, that the following acco8nts be :pe.id,that the Me.yor issue orders.
on the Treasurer for the same and that the seal of the Corp.be attached hereto;
Corp • .J.Black teaming
1iii. Gr a)j.e.m "
Aurora Hdwe.Lib.Bd. 15.8? ;Jvrkt.10.20
Clerk stamp13
H.E.Gilroy fire equipment 4301
·'1\T .. C .. "t.r{?ite rim exchan.ge
Collis Leather Co. cinders
Il.liii.Galbrai th truck liab .premium
Kirkfield Crushed Stone 6o. car stone
Aurora Electric Shop. ]Jolice acct.
1194
1153
Bell Phone Co .65, 7.23 ;326 ,2.50;123 ,2.77 ;135 .3 .35
Williamson Bros. wood Mech Hall 4311
u coal T.Hall 1196
~ relief
.1.; 3 County reas.Rosp-.,;-a.ccts.
let tri.dge & Son lOr .Lib .Bd.
3 .G .'lllii telaw carnival acc.t.
Merchant & Case relief
B .F.Davis "
69.60
10.0?
26.0?
6.00
9.oo
2.00
2.25
2.00
42.89
45
15.85
6.00
27.00
8.00
59.30.
53.,.02
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11.22
18.50
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Stiver Bros.
,~\uror: a Geno.Stare
:f .:w 6 Teasd_al$
Dam. Stores
A~J\rtu:rray
:[ .F .'HiJ.J_.is.
J ~'I' •:Bonet
F~MOrris
F ;gowland.
li'IfE;.3laney
.G ~R • .f\.rdill
H~}i: .. Gilrov
Do.~~;J"S~ns Grill Gass_ers
Geo.Neal·
ll' .J .Smith
Vi ~,!tfa~tson
:3ca.nions
Dans Cafe
Crowtl).crs Dairy
~no.vrles & Sons
2
W.Brown Westons Bre.o,d
Aurora 5 ... to 1.00 store
4;caruso ·
W •• Pxofit Hawkes rent
F·.Rowe Hutchinson "
A~D--ClarkeAtkinson 11
C.Willis Preston '! "fl'· .• 1 -.,' 11' .. ,tts .Ru~se . G~_Jnn ..
F ~Hale Jilgan '~
M.Rank clock Dis~.:plant
B2.nner Press :printing
Banner Press Deb.acct.
C~Cook relief fuel
relief
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D8:1Tis Ltar8,ge fire 50 cts .1&:.-& .B.
Cousins Dairy relief
Plaza Cafe n
28.94
12.60
183-ll
19-5.6
05.70
3.00
5~69
40.75.
29.24
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4.84
1.88
3.75
1.71
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1~35
1.25
29 .6.3
6.25
15.05
39.58
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12~00
12.00
4.00
3.00
10 .oo.
9.00
3.00
3.69
1'€!3 .63
12.00
1.50
29.44
22.90
14.50 carried .•.
BLAY KNOVII.::l:S, that the following s.ccounts be paid,that the Mayor issue
orders on t}le Tre.asurer for th·· same and that the seal of th.e Cor:p.be atte.ched;
Ss.nz;am.o· Co.Ltd. test meter 5.00
:t>ine and Cable Accessories order 1189 3.57
13J:T.Whitelaw 1:1.51 1.35
Ht>E.P"'C~of Ont., l\lf2xch :power 192.8.70
J.Petch poles,voucher 4323 20.00
Ferra,nti 1Uectric 1185 45.90
Ben Phone Co. #240 2.50
J .Black teaming 3.40 ca:criea ..
BLAY STUART, tha.t the following accounts be
era on the Treasurer for the saJne and that the seal w.w. Bell Phone Co.
:paid, that the Ivia:-yor issue
of the Corp.be attached;
carried.
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A depute.tion,headed by Mr.Richarde,f'rom the Jj,ootbe.11 club s.sked the
:9rivelee;e of holding a street dance on June 2nd .•
l\l'<r.W.H.Taylor,the AsseDsor,eskecl for two weeks extension of time in
returning his roll.
A letter was· re"d fro>'! thr> Toronto Bo;:;.rd of 'I'rade,requesting municip-
alities to stipula:te British }i;mpire goods,sevond only to Canadian .. :~ re]'lY we.s
ordered, indicating 9.:9:9rova.l of the :9olicy e,nd the letter fileo .•
Jvt-r-.J .1vt.Peterman,compla.ining that the Uontractor for the sewers had torn
up his drive and destroyed some cast ir6n pipe.
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Miss Ellen Bircharct,complaining that the sidell'{clk from her property to
the north 'Valk on Tyler St.he.d not been replaced. "'eferrecl to Engineer.
J:;:..YQes Procto~ e.nd nedfern,indicating many of the items they expect ]IIr.Ta.ylor
to repair 9 2.YJcl stating he h2.s ~e~n notifit?cl to ~r:~:~in ir1/'l~diatr-:-ly ::-~fter lliL::.~y 1st.
The .tiorticultural Society,sta.ting they woulcl he una.ble to carP for McMahon
Pc1rk this yea.r,due to c'.ecreased grants,but that they would continue to keep the
centra.l ]!ark in shape.They have flowers available for the centre bed in the park
if c"lesired .. The Clerk was instructed to thank the Society for their efforts i.n the
:>Jast,::ond. to st~.te tr10.t the flowers and. bulbs would be ar>preciated.
The Di.v-i.r3 ional Su:;?erintendent of the C .n.R. cwknowledging receipt of the
I letter outlined by the w.w.Coimnittee o.nd stating that they would acquaint us of thl
ir decision in the matter.
A l.etter from the Lindsay Council re u.nem:9loyment •.•ms refer:eed to the Relief
Cerami ttee •
The Hospitalization Committee of t"te County Council,req_nesting coo::;Jere.tion
refe:ered to B.of H~
in reducin:o tr.e hospital accounts was ordered. te-~6'-al4B-¥.'e:!!>ed.,s.tl).ting that we are
in sympathy with the id.ea.
A resolution from the Reforeeta.tion Oomm.ittee of the Countv Council '!!8.s ordere!
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request from the Aurora Flour and Feed Co,for perm!i:sJion to construct a
switch e.. cross Wellington St.·va.s read.
BLAY MJ\I,LOY, the.t the reCJ.ues t of the Aurora Flour and Feed. Co .8.skine; for :;Jer-
mi~1si.on to cross Wellington St.·,rith a railway S'Nitoh he Zl'c1.nted,:"rovidecJ. that it dec!
l not entail any expense to the town of Anrora,e.nd t1o8 .. t the work i .. s 2Jroc~P0ed with
8.nd com::;1leted to the satisfaction of the R.&<B.Committee of the town of Aurora,and
to oe do"le i"l st•oh D. WP.Y e.s not to interfere with traffic on Welline;ton St.while
the work is 'being done. This work to also have the "'-:":Pro val of the T .& • Y .l1oo.ds Comm.
if neces:Ja.ry,before heing :proceeded with. Carried."
Mr.Knowles introduced a Bylaw to proYide for a credi. t of three thousand
dollars at the Bank of Commerce for the Electric J.,ight account.
T:he Bylaw was given its flil.rst read.ing.
KNOWLES STUART that the Bylaw now before the Council be read e. second and
third time this day and. that rule 33 of Bylaw # 10 be suspend.ed_ for tha:j!: purpose.
Carried.
The ByJ.aw was read the second time in Committee,Mr.Bunn in the chair.
Co•nr1i ttee rose and reported the Bylaw.
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On the c1uestion "s'"all_ the Bji:le.w be now rea.d the third time?" The motion
was decle.rect loat.
JV[r .D:FCLaH?.c'e on behoJ_f of the Fire Cotn>''i tt ee te:>Jorted buying two :pair of
rubber boots for the Fire De:9a.rtment,the Clerk securing the best :9rice for sa..'lle.
The F • .uept .e.re keertng the sp<tre ladders 1-n the fire hall on S}lecie.l benches.
The re}lort was adopted on verbal motion of .!ii.essrs.Stuart and Malloy.
Mx .M2,lloy for the .l:'roperty Cornmi ttee reported as follows; "We have enlarged
the 1ibre.ry floor space by about 250 sq.feet,which we feel sure should meet the
extr?. :'l.ccomoria.tion required_ for some tim~.This change has met with the full app-
roval of the Library Board. The work h:o.s been r'!one with the assmstance of men on
relief ,with very li-ttle extra cost to the town~Rege.rding the dressing room in the
park we recommend that owing to the present fina.ncial situation,in the town,it
would_ be unwise to go into any extra expenditures at the ?resent time as we under-
stand the splendid_ accomodation in the High School can be secured at e. VPry
coB t .. Our Junlor La.c_ross e has o.rre,nsed e. :9re-season series ,o-f whlch 50% of ga~nes
are to be played in Aurora .arena and remainder at Hichmond Bill.At :present we are
doing all_ we c:c-cn to have the rink in playing condition.We recorn1nend that the :per-
centage granted lacrosse tea'lls using rink 1Je divided same as in 1932..11
Re:9ort adopted on motion of Ivlessrs .Blay and DeLaHaye.
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Mr.Blay reacl the ""reasurer' s comparative statement for the first four months'
of 1930 and 1932~
Mr.Blay,for the Finance Committee submitted the following re:port;"Tho_t a
f this committee
rne-·ting was held since our last regule>.r IDPr>tinrs,with Mr.IJucas ,representing Il[r.
Lennox rec;e.rding assessments and taxes a.e;ai.nst Conover and Lennox,and T.H.Lennox.
after inspecting the property recently occu:9ied -by l\!Ir ·""eid on Yone;e St .and we .expec·
in the nee>.r future this will be settled to the satisfaction of all concerned.We
also are pleased_ to advise that to date ~~15000.00 in Debentures have been disposed
of,a..lso that the bank e>.dvised today that the interest ra.te on monies borrowed by
the town will be 5% from this ds.te instead of 5-~% as heretofore.We wish to acknow-
ler:lge receipt of the Audi. tors report and it is the wish of this commi. ttee that each
member of Council e:ive thc. rc.:r:>ort careful study }Jrior to a finance cmn.>:1ittee meetin1
which will be called at 8.n early date to r:Hscuss thoroughly the contents of' this
report."lvir.Blay also gave e. statem'lnt from Il[r.IJane;man of the gasoline consumed.
:rhese reports were adopted on aoti.on of Messrs.Legge and 13unn.
1\IIr.I,egge on behalf of the R.& .B.Cormnittee submitted thi.s report;"Your
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Com.;nittee CJrocured one car of stone s.rvl ho.cl it :;ut on the roads,also have the
roac,s drs.gged and some ,c:;ra.cling done,and have put in twelve sewer connections made
by the town men.We recommend that 200 sugar maples,lOO elms,50 soft maples,5.0
oak and 2.00 s.ssorted. cone bea.t.inES trees be procured .from. the Prov.?.efo!'esta tion
aept~and. that 25 ma.ples andceda.rs for a hedge be procurecl loce.}.ly' if possible.
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i-lerort 8.d.o:pted. on motion of Messrs .3lay a..nd. DeLa.Ha.ye.
STUART :amrn:,tha.t the R.&..B.Camntittee c•11J for tenders on a.s:pha..J.t d.ust layer
for tl1e-:,;.;.rio us roads in Aurora, and. ths.t they be authorised to purchase the nee-
essa.ry rJn.ount at the lowest tender to the satisfaction of the Gomm.ittee,a.nd that
-the s ea.J. of the Corpora.tion 'be attached here to. C2.:r.rieda
The ~3pecie.l. Conm.ittee ,l!Jir.I,ego-e Che.irman reported. thc\t they he.d. 1Jeen unable
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1\fr.Bunn for the Bylaws "ommittPe r~T'Ol't~d;"Re cul'few law,we finrl. t,'ho.t thPl'e 1
i.s ' Provincic>.l ~urfew .tiy-la.w wh.ich cen be enforced at any time,and thi.s commit,tee! ~ ~ I
reco,ni:nencl that the nolioe 'be instructed to enforce this BvJ.Pw to tl"e hPst of thei11
g:oilit~r.Re.dogs,We find that there i.s a s_trong C0:)112int from our cit~.zPns eb~ut
t"le deJ:'la(!;e done to le.wns e.nd f] ower oeds ojr, dogs .lhe ::~resent Bylaw whlcb conflnes j
1 dogs periodica.lly goes into .-,ffAot on Me.y 15th. We fec>l that this date is too late j
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in the season.Thc>r..,fore we "'ElC<Ol11.'"-end that the Bylaw be chPnq;ed to read Apr.l5th. j
. I "7 . • instead of lviay 15th."e a1.90 recorm'lend t'c2.t t\oe 5icyc:.J.p :S:r1 .sw ':1<> 'lnforced and thatl
the po1ice be instructed forthwith. l
'.rJ:1e re:oort was a.do}lted on moti.on of Messrs .I,eq;r:;e a.nd Blay.
1\[r.Stut=lrt f'or th2 iV ... 'V.,C!o!:t~'litt.Pe rr>~::o~·"'t'"'c-1_;'"P,~-~ !J,,-r.,r"~~1~:-;v~ .0,q}',:p(l_ ~f'n~ B.n eight J
tnch main to give a direct sun>:JlY to thPir standpipes on th0 :9lo.tform ::;iving a
direct su:':9lY to the locomotives,thus doi.ns: 2"ny wi.th the present supply tank,
which at the present ti.me is in o. very le2.ky concli tion.This 'vouJd involve s.n
ex:p~nclitn::-0 of ov-r.:-.r 'J. th0uss.nd n_·olJ..B.rs.Your co""n.~'l.i-l::.t-~0 h2.Y? inf'or!'J.E"d. the Q .. Ne:R. ..
that tb_is Commi. ttee 'Nould recor:mlend. to the Council t.ha.t we would install an eight._,
inch me.in to the str-~et 1inP on :Bercz""r St ... ~."~~-rc;r~">Yi,.,.r-~-'::::.'Tt'"'( . .,;~r +~..,,~ -" --...
t:Lr:tP ~/3 tfJ.e :present cont.ra.ct ez:>ires in two ;;rears tj_m~ your com~1i tt~e '~.Vould not
fePl I_j_~z-:: ~ot::1s tnto ~-1'l.ts eztr~. ex~ense '.".rithont :-:->,n extension of the contract.
1 \ojq re,.>ort wa~ ~--lo.,....+a..:! on "f)lo+-i..-.Yl "'f l;ilec~Q""c.:! Ynowlnc.~ ,.,.J,l "')nT,c,T.T.,..,_r-,-:.. ~'--·'-' ..... , __ ..., r. ... -...._.;••1\..--.<. ·--. '-'-·-~.i·-v. ___ ,_,,_..!.._,;:) ... \_,, ·., '--""' '-•---~-·--'·"'···· .J-
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t 1 .. ~~~, I''~inti.ng of the "dater ta.rlk s of· the 3nildi.ncr He~~nirs n_,_ld _t:.,l t.ere.tj_onz Co .I.td.
be B,cceptedi'~:,nd tho.t tl_~_e w·ork Oe proceerlsn Y.dtl~_ T'1C::~'""'t :-:,-,_..,.-,_y'J:·':}: t~-,~-'.t '; _,_, t ~1 0-o-.. l) e--·
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z·_tlons. ... \·lc_ fu:-('ther reco~':\_:'.'17:~nd thr<.t the w::.t_ter te,x. of fifty ~c:~t= r~~r yee.::..~ on ·::::te:.tio-·
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if necessary .. ue further reco1nmerid that vvhere there Lre tvlo tr::nD.nts in one house
that there be no change in the "\vate:r ra.tes ~::ovid.Gcl
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1'he :portion of the re:nort dee.ling with charges was ad.o:pted on r10tiom of
Jl;tescr.s .. DeL;:.Haye a.nct Eunn ..
BL.\Y J3UNJ\f that t:c.e tender submi.tte<i by Building ·"e:pairs 2.nd Alterations
Ltd.covering the :nrdnting of the tank 1Je accepted and that they 1)e authortsecl to
comnlence thework at once at the tender :nrice a.nd that the seal of the Corporation
he attRched hPreto~ Carried""
J)J[r. ~Stue.rt for the reli.ef Commi ttecc ''A:po:~ted e.s f61loiJvs ~ Tr-e o.!Ylount of relief
for tJ·.e month of l .. pril wa.s $594.9i 8.s compared with :~7?7.9? fo:~ the month of March
e.nd $741.?0 i.n the month :r'f Fe'bruary.For the month of },lay the number on relief will
l iJo<:P ly 'be J. on 4 days, 9 on 3 days, 8 on 2 cl:o.ys 1md 2 on 1 day ,All relief vouchers
have been cut ten :per cent for the sumr~er months.Your committee rewommend that all
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work in connection with the town be conducted on the )rccsent relief system.Com:pa.ring
the amount we shall hs.ve to expend on reli.ef "on the :present ba..si'l of relief,with
t.l-·.e ens t of town work i.n former years the comparison is very favorable. The GonLmi t teP,
further recommend. that in future ay;~JlicP.tions for reliccf will be considered only
from :persons who have had 6 months continuous residence at the time of a:c'plication
"' in the town r>f Aurr>ra.l!,,rther that e.pplications for relief from ma.rri.ed men will
only be considered after being married one year or over.All applications for relief
have been considered on their merits.
The report was a.do:pted on motion of Messrs .Blay and Legge. ..-.j
!Jir.Kno·!rles for thP E.L.Comuittee.made the following re:port;"That the jjllan
for Electric Wat:er heaters a.s ou:tlined by the H.E.P.c. of Ont.has been investigated
by this Committee 8nd '"'e find that the same i.n our opinion are not available to
the town of Aurora as we are not. an official Hydro town~ ( 2). ~hat e. sca~le fc·.r the
local churches be rated on the follovring basis ;Prcsbyt.erie.n and Baptist .$1.00 per
mont.h;Anelican church and sc:hoo1,~~2,00 per month;United Church,~i3.00 per month.
(3).1'hat.·,the recommendation of t.he .E.L.Su:perint.endent with regard to the .T.Fleury
c;ons adjustment. of :power charges 'be accepted as folTows; thD.t t1-JP mr>.ximum dema.nd
e"t. :nresent is 45 Ktlowat.t and that power charges he based on this demand.
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(4).That the E.I,.Su:perintendent bw instructed to install a lie;ht on
the summ.it of the tocm ,;,ter tower,at an estL'lle.tecl cost of -!~25.00
(5) .'l'hat tenders be obtained for the sup:ply of E.L.bulbs. required
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for the current year.
On motion of Messrs.Blay and Leg(Se the clause referring to a flat rate for
chur~hes we_s referred back th the Committee.
On motion of li!essrs,Stuart ano. TieLe.lia.ye the clause referring to power rates
for J'.Fleurys Sons--we.s referred to the E.L.and Finance Committees with the :pro-
viso.that their decision become operative .. tH once&
:CJJlTI:,AHAYE l\IJ:ALLOY tr .. at the Council accept the report of the :E:.L.Cornmittee,subject
to the reference of the two clauses as above noted,a.nd th2 .. t-the seal of the
Corporation he attached hereto. Co.rried.
STUAB.T BUNN that the Aurora J!'ootball Club be grs.nted the use of Wellington
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St.to hold a street dance on June 2nd.and that our electricia.n and town forema.n
coorera .. te with the cl.ub to make the street :i.n d2.ncing condition. Ce.rri.ed.
l\!:.':L::',QY "',J,;,y that the roquesy of 1!1Tr. W .H. Taylor for an e,xtension of two weeks
in which to retumn the assessmrmt roll 2.nd com)1lete the work -De granted.Carri.ed
R-"';:-Afij[fij tl]li!!lllil'm.Wl1llfil ~J!i'A!tl!! eaei&!Hi!l!!g&:6fR €hini!.e;i,&Jti:Bci!a:t-t:Bc s-'.: e se ,..:;;;~" !'! t-*&:l,.:le -i!e J:<-the-tew
STUART KNmviEs that a Courtof Hevision for the town of Aurora be held on
the even inC!: of June 5th.l933 e.t 7 .P.M. and he composed of the Mayor Reeve and
Counclllors Blay Stuart and Bunn. Oa.rri.ed ..
The question of sewer connecti.ons was introduced and referred to the R.
~.nd B.Co=ittee.
The Council adjourned,at 12.P.M· on moti.on of Messrs.Blay e.nd Legge.
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