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THJr. FIFTH Iii!EJ.llTING OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YE.AR 1936 was held in the coun-
cH room on-Vied.ne.iiaaY'eve~Apri.i i&th.~~it:h·h~-mayor pres.iding and the ree.re and
c.ouncill.ora Baldwin Hul.ae Lee and Stuart. in a:i:tendance~
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The minutes. of the preceding meeting were perused. and adopted on motion ocr
the Re~ve !>lld lii';r.Stuart.
A-l.etter.'fr~m the Milk Control. :Boa..rd,detailin(l; their position regarding
the saie of milk by other thaii recognised dairies was read. and tabled.
A letter from Q.ueen Ale:x:and.ra Sanitarium stating they now have:t:ooJil for
Margaret Hawkes. was read and the arrangementa under way were explained and accepte~
KNO\h:.Es HULSE that the motion of April 5th.pertaining th the Whitmore prop-
erty b;e··a.m~nded·-~nd. tha,t when the 1.933 taxes. together with aJ.l cost-s are paid
on the thirtieth of April. l.935othe aeiz.ure be withd.ravm.Tha.t t.he mayor and clerk
be and. they are hereby authoriaed ahd. instructed to aign'-an agreement with Whit-
more to carry out the terms of the resolution passed e.t the meeting· of council
April. 5th .. ,1936,.to be attached hereto;.and that the seal of the corp.be attached
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to l th.ia re.solution. C.arried ..
A deput&tion of ~edical menfrom Aurora to Sutton appeared before council•
with Dr.Dales aa the chief apeaker.He tabled. the"' foLlowing pamphl.et,ll-as a plan
.. ··' for paynent for medical. services rendered. to those on rel.ief or near rel.ief;
That.fue municipal councils in York county north of the sou:l:hern boundary of
Whitchurch and King townships be canvassed by a representative body of the med ..
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ical. profession and an effort made to real.ise a more just and reasonable basis
of payment by the respective municipalities for medical services for indigents.
The plan,(a) ~.ifty per cent of regular Ontario ~edical. association tariff for
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work .done in homes and offices,inc~ud.ing fractures,obstetrics and anaesthetics. j
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and assistants when need.ed.b.,25% of regular o.M.,A..tarif:f' for surgery and obstet•1
rics done in hlispitals,and assistants when necessary~c.This to apply to a.l.l pa.t-.1
ients coming under t~:e definition of indigents as shown by their decl.ared state .. 'I.
ment .. d.All. statementa and applications for medical services must be signed by ··
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the relief officer or the cl.erk of each municipa~ity as well. as by the applicantl
All persons on rel.ief ,pensioners ,mother• s allowance families ,old age pensioners .1
and those who have no assets and would ord'inarily be considered a municipal res-l
for charity
ponsibiiity,gi ven as definition of ind.igency. :Prs Beatty,Wesl.ey,Cook,Devins~
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Stevenson,Urquhart and Wil.Iia.ms supported. the pl.an•
HULSE B.AIJJWIN tha;t the plan for Medical Services submitted. by the physicians
of the dis~~~~t accord.ing to the memoranda a.ttached hereto be adopted. by t~ •
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town of Aurora commencing May ~st,the p~an to be terminable on the part of either
the municipa~ity or the physicians on thirty days notice,and the sea~ of the corp.
a.ttackled. heretc. Carried.•
The Finance c.oilllldttee submitted. a report ~hich was read.0 consid.ered. in committee
and ad.opted. in, the following form. after slight alterations had been made.
"Your cailllldttee have carefully examined the auditors report es.pecia.lly with
regard to tax arrears. In r.egard to tax arrears the committee recommend;a com.p~ete
cheek of pe~ties &d<ied to tax arrears inm order that any s.ubsequent action taken
may not be in error, by the auditor in the ordinary course of his duty•Mter a com.-
p~ete check of pe~tiea has been made on all taxes .• that verification notices are
to be sent out to all thoae in arrears,giving them. fifteen daya to enter protest
if the acc.ount is incorrect.Noticea to thos.e owners living out of· town to be sent
by regiatered.mai10 and to thoae in town to be personally delivered by town offic-
iala;the taxpayer being w&rned that if no protest is entered,his account will be
deem.ed to be correat.we consider it advisable to obtain an immediate opinion from.
the town solicitor regarding the question of penalties added to tax arrears ,from.
the recent em.endment to the assesam.ent act and on those properties in arrears which
are assessed jointly for 'business tax as well as general. rates.1'he committee inter-
' viewed Mr.& Mrs.Patteraon,m.ortgagees of the property .known as the ma:l:ch factory,
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and whi~e we have evecy sympathy for the Pattell!sons po 8 itipn,there is apparently
no so~ution available except for the Pattersons to pay the taxes.or the property
to be placed in a tax sale,and the committee recommend that failing payment after
' the verification notice,has been sent,the property should be inaluded in a tax salei . j
l'our committee recommend to the Waterworks committee that they-consider transferrinl
to a suspense acaount the s= oi.$224.00 deemed to be uncollecta.ble by your comm•
the clerk and the audi tore. We commend the .,, .w .comm.for their efforts to collect
arrears which are showing a decided improvement over past yeara.:vve commend the
E.L.CO!lllli• for their efforts to collect ar11ears which are gradually being lessened.
After verification motice has been sentnout if any protests are made your comm.O
will deal with these cases on a set day.:l!'or those taxpayers making no protest,and
who are over three years in arrears of taxes,a special meeting of the Finance comm
will be held to which all those included in the list attached to this report will
will be invited to attend .Your committee at the meeting will endeavor to arrange
satisfactory and permanent arrangements to liquidate the arrears of taxes and to
avoid a tax sale wherever possib~e.Anyone ignoring the meeting will receive no
further aonsideration and we will recommend that a tax sale be held of the prop-
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erties in these case~Your committee have. considered a tax sale of vacant lands,
a list of which ia at ta.ched to thia report,and recommend that the penaJ. ties be chec,
ked and verification notices. be sent _out without deley ,along with each notice
will be a req_uest to attend a meeting of jlour collllllittee ,on a suitable date,to
arra.age settlement wherever posaible • Those not a.ttenddtng or ~-rranging a sui table
settlement will receive no further conaideration.and the lands will be imllledi:ately
plaoect for tax sale.Notices. in this case are to be forwarded as in recollllllendation
number two of this. report.after check and verification,a. tillle limit of 16 days•
That the clerk be instructed to prepare a lis.t of all outstanding accounts for the ,
~ena. and the Mechanics Hall for your collllllittee~Tha.t an opinion be obtained from
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ing business in town in competition with local citizena.Tha.t the Prop.Collllllittee
---be req_uested to prepare a sta.tement. outlining the revenues,ca.rrying charges,and
dis.buraements for the ~ena since its opening.The report of the eollllllittee aa.
preaented herewith after slight changes was adopted on motion of Messrs L.ee and
-Ruls.e•
The council adjourned,at 11.3.0 P.l\IL;. on motion of Mesars.Lee and :Baldwin •
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