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FOURTEENTH. MEETING
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.The' EOURTEEN'l'H. meeting of the Councll was. he~d in the Councll Ohalnbers on
rues:da;r.:lllvenil!g, August 8th. at .8 o'cl.ock, with the Mayor in the Chair a.nd
the fol.l.owing MEmibers present;• Reeve C.E.Sparb, Deputy•Reeve A•A•Cook,
CouncUJ.ors: T-.F~liwi,ndl::~~, A.lt.F+sher, R~!·~1ih·
The minutes ·o~-:l;he thirtee~~-meeting ... ~:r;e adopted s:a read.
COOK,.SPARKS. Th&.t the :tol~owing accounts be paid, that the Mayor issue
ord$rs on. the. Treasurer :tor the same, and that the seal o:r the Corporation
be.-attaehed hereto.
aORPORA.TJ:Oli• Bel~ Phone Co. Phone #65 $ 9 .110
#135: ~.41.0
1/30/li .2.50Q
1/3'3.4 ~o50Q
#:526 2•50a
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' "' -d l Hydro El.ectric(Aurora} Tow71l:Ial.l. 4>.62::.
• "· Clerk-'s Of:tice i.J.7a
.~t Meohanics Hall a.ooc
• Dispoe;aJ. PJ.ant 54. 7oa
Tayl.or & Son Bul.bs &c •. : 2o25a
B.E~:via Cemeilt ... &c• 4;50a
.T.E~uebQiran Gravel. 'l.50a
~er Preas -invel.opes &e. l.3.56o
.. .r~O:.Ad.ams Co. l;loae · 5..2Q.a
()ugh_&. Son_ Iioae &c. a.ooa
· · ,. Braaao &e. .68a
t_t Bol.ta .ua
.!!c IjrooJil · · · · l. •\)Oa
· Dr.Devina , ~ination(Terry)5..0Qa
Auro:=. Greel'lhou:aea Vh."ea..tha ,& .. HAnta ;5!i.25o
SUndry Freigllt & Express .. . · 1.4~78o , {l
T.Jl:aton.eo. Wal.l Paper.:. 1.~;1)6 ~ ;~v,! "" r" 5
F.Jllmham. Qtatai!le tr:Lps 1.0.00
-· . • Extra conat&bl.es 12 ;ooa
.T~Goul.~;tq u~e o:r ear 4.;00:c
··$~eet Lighting·· July · 3l.l..3'Z'o!la:rried
COOK,.SPABKS. That the action of-;jhe :Mayor in issuing orders on the
Treasurer. :tor. the payment of the foll.owing sums be, a.nd that dame is
hereby confirmed, and that the seal of the Corporation be a.ttaohed thereto •
.Tul.y 8 L.Hodgins Corp. ~~50o
A.xiggins • 2s;oao
W~Summers • ~s;ooo
.T~Peters ~ 17;5oo
MeRObillEron · ! · 1s;ooo
Aelliggina Waterworks 21.;2oo
l\II.~Payne •• . 20~60o
!..-Fleury ! ,8.40o
L .Kodgina Corp. 20 ~50 a JL5
A.Kiggina ,. zs;ooc w .SWnmers ~· 23 ;oo c
.T~Peters ! ~7;60o
l\IIi.Robinaon ~ :x.s•ooc
A.Kiggins waterworks 2Q•oao
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RJ!iarrison ~ · :tz;oo o
L;Ji:odgiua Corp. ;?0;5o o
A.W.ggins • 23.oOOo
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w.Summers It ~3~00 0
.r.Peters ~ l7;soa
llr.Robinson ~ JLS•oo c
Aoliiggins Wa:terworka 17.20 c
M•Payne a 22.0()c;;;
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R~riaon It 22. .. 00cCarried.
FJ.:SHER.,,aoox:. '!'ha.t the following accounts be paidt. that the M'a.y.or issue
orders on.the. Trea.aurer for the aame, and that the aeal of .the Corporat:iion
b<& at tached heret:o.
WATERWORKS.
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Bell; .Phone co. PhO'ne #12 ·· ·
B;rdro .. neetrieCAurora.:}. Wa.;t:er!llorka #1.
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Banner Preas Water.~billa ..
W .;r .JI[Qrning; DynaJili te &a •
WiDt.ers Transport Freight ·
O!igii & Son Pipe &a.
· Grinnell co. Pipe ·
4o80a
23..96 0
40.?2a
29.5.90
7 .60 0 ' ' ,j,, .. I
18.05<'\> i'~.-t
2.-.650
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SMITK,.FtSHER. '!'hat the .folloWing accounts be .. paid, that the Mayor issue
orders .on-. the Trea.Surer .for the same, and that the aeal of the Corporation
be a.tt:ache€1 hereto.
RELIE:ll!' • Meltioal Aaan• · o x .56 2.80
l"ravi.J~a Bata.te. Rent. 'ZoliO o --•
Dominion ... Stllres ;ii'ood ll·~3:o
J'olmi's Groe:eteria .. a 13.70 o
· General ... Stare -~ 12.00 ~arri.ed.
:Mr • .Wil.:f'rid Dian attended the meeting to request that the curb on the· Weat
ai.de of' Yonge Street be fixed so that he :mq have better a.cceas to hi.s garage.
Co-rreapondence re~ding the instailla,tion of si.gnal lights at the corner of
Yang:e and Wellington St.lteeta.waa read and ordered i'i~ed, to be brought up
a:t the next regular meeting.
Cto-rrespondl?!lee from the City ·of Toronto regarding the housing situation was
read and ordered filed. . . .. . . .
A ~OllD!lUnicati.on from the County o:f York. in conneaticm with ~e Lejdership
Training Course aponerared bw the Educational Committeebo:f the Countll' of York,
was handed to the Deputy..;.Reeve to 1l e taken up_ ,nth the. Officials of. the
Lions Cl.ub.
SWINDLE"10 F"T"<ISHER:nni!C• Tha-t ~the cerrespondence regarding the installation of' signal.
lights a:t_. the C .J.i.R.erossingaa to the mof.e of' paym.en~. be placed in the
hands of' 0: .E.Spe;rks _the Ree"fe.
Fi.re Chief _Hy-.J'onea appea.red befare Council. asking that the Fire Alarm System
be repaired and put in: proper working· order. Carried.
SWJ:J:IDI.E.cooK:. That the matter of. repairi12g the Fire Alarm Bell i.n the Town
KaJ.l. Tower be l.e:f't i.n the ha:nda O'i' the Mayor. ·Carried.
REPORT OF THE STREETS COMMITTEE. re bad drain, Your Committee beg to report
th?.·t we. had. the . Streets Fo·rel!llMl and one of hi.a · men open the drain about 37
feet frOlll the ~argg-elm tree near the Northerly limi ta of. Spruoe Street. We.
!'~l!lli i'ound the 4" i'iel.d til.e badly-filled With small roots and dirt. We used
the steel eablLe and a.uger bit and cleaned the drain in a north...weaterl.y
direction as far aa the Tawn l.imi.ts extend on Spruce Street. We then clL~~taned
the dra.:in in a: s:outh-ea~rterly direction to approximately l.6f:t .. beyond the
ea.aterl.y limits of' B;pruce street i.nto Mr.Badger'a fi.el.d, the. last 6 or 8 ft.
the cable an·d bi.t aa.me· out practiaall.y free of roots. The water &n the drain
was fiowi.ng qui.te i'reely~ about 1/S of the ti!e'a capac-ity, we, thinking the
remedy waa Mfected, then repl.aced the til.e and fille. d in ....... -e a.pera.tures •
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Abo'll.t a. 1!1Qnth a.fte:r:wards Jlli-..Ba.dger ao.mplJa.ined. that the drain was not '(larking,
aa he had.-opened. the drain, a.Jlao di.soovered. a.n a• seal.ed. ti:le running South
Weaterly-paral.l.e:l nth the. 4_a UeJLd. drain. Mr..Btiger alaima that the 8!1
tUa ~ l.a.id by-the Town in;;fomer years _ tQ drain a. portion!tO:f' the Town
iri the vicinity af' the CJr.R.St&:Uon <md B.al.d:~J!rin'a MiU. .. Weat to Hurat.'a
prope;rV. On inapee:ting-"'\:h~--~vin.e f'ro.m Mr..Ba.dg('t~'s--Une--to the Town l.im.its
'Ire found. aaveral apota 'l¢.ere .. it e.pp.ea.ra aa ,i;hougll .. ao.meone. who either owned
or rented. tha pNpert¥· had allo'(led. the d:ra.in to be· s.evered f'or wa.tering
pri.vUege1<r. We f'oJ.tnd the ,dra::i,n ope-n where it em.ergea fro.m the property-on
Oentre Stree-t. , . I . __ Jfe have sear'ohed through the Town r-ec-Grds and have had our
Cl.el'k make a._ aea.re:h for i.Df'o~ti!Q~U.!~_ if.ng the 8° seal.ed tUe, but have
been unabl.e thus f'ar to obtain &ny-J:Ui?"ol"!!l8iUom~ pqa .. who authorized the
l.ay'ing of tha tUe or Who anthoriz:ed payment for-the same,
we 'I[OtJJUi reaomm.end aa folhwa;-l'l:tat our Solicitor be instru-
ated to as(lertain· the Town's lega-l stat)ts r-espeoUag the ~n tUe, whether it
is or has: b:een used SS:-a aewer or aim.ply' for draining purpeses.If in the
event of' hi.s findings the Town has any respons:ibility-whatsoever~ the.-t aa
eas.ement be 11bta.-ined from ~aars O:alhoun,. Badger <!;nd L.EoFarrow to allow the
Town'a l!m;p~oyees ta enter upon their properties f'or the purpose of f'ttl.fill-
ing tha. Town.' a rea:ponsi.b:illty re the til.e, an!l the Towri b.e sa-ved harm:tes:s
:f'rom any.l.oalf ao~:tts,. or d,~. reaul.ting from the Tovm'a :fulfillment of
amy-r-esponaib.ility-thereo:r. Signed, C.E.Sparks, T.F.Swin:dl.e, R.V.Smith.
SPARKS.OOOK. l'hat .. the report~ of the Streets: Committee. re B.a(lger til.e,
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b:e_adopted.. O:arried.
SPA,RKS:1 SMI:m. Th@;t the Town render,. without pre,tudioe, Mr.Badger aom& asliist-
anc-e-in.etl.ea-n·ing O:Ut hi.s field drain to the extent of Q.Qft.from the Town l.imits,
in: thia fashi.on b.y inaerting the rod and a·nger 'bi.t. up tl);e dra-in to .the said
extent. Oarr-ied.
RE:EORi' OF .:Sy-LA.WS-COMMf'r.l!EE. l'b.ia Oommi.ttee met in the Couna.U C:ha.mbera on
Thurada.y'-Eyening .. J'~ .. 2'lth• Ma¥Ql.'.Linton, ·nepu.ty-Reev;: cook, and Oounoillor
T.F.Swindl.e· were presen1i:,, our . .Sol.icitor Mr.L.C.Lee.:was: aJ.ao present for the
earlier part of the meeting. __ _ _ .. , --.
· · ThEl' pu:tpose o:r the mee·ting was-to . aomsider severs~ proposed
.:Sy--J:a.wa aa follows;• 1. Snow-:removal by-la'lr-• z • .:syoo:taw-to areate a no-parking
area .. :t'olfo..-a .:SUa stop. 3.Ey•J;aw-to clari.f'y-respon:sibUi.ty f'or eul.verta and
entranaea tp p-rivate· driveways. 4. :ay--J:aVl' to provide regul.ationa to aontro~
and wJJ.ere poas:ibl.e eUmina.-te outside tail.ets.
There was: a. goAd free and frank discussion, which resulted in
the-folio~ deaisions;-
JL. Snow ramo'vra1 by-laVl', Vl'e ded.ded to investigate what ;power 111achines weee
ava-ilable that coul.d be used for snow--plowing sid~s, cutting grass on
bal.l. park and vanant lata eta. rt was thought tha.::: ... ~~ahine with suitabl.e
a.*clmlent:;r: could be purahaaed at a. reasonab1e coat, it V{ould b-e the mo-at
sa.tiaf'ac-tcl.'y-sol: uti onftOf the problem. . ·· ·
2.No-parking ar~y-la."l!f", we-all agreed that it woul.d be very diffillllll.t to
selea•t a aui:taibl('t nO-:pa.rking area :t'or a·. bus atop that would not work a hard-
ship on someo-ne, and that it would be impossible-to enforce the by-law without
an a-ddition to the Police Forae. It is: recoil!Illended that no ae:tion be taken in
regard to this by-la:rt at .this time.
s.aul.vert by-la,"l!f"o It was agreed that since Council. has aontrol of street allow-
a.na.es, a by-law is.not needed, at least until a definite policy-is adopted ·
regarding culve:tts: and entrances t.o private driveways.
4oB.y-l.a.w to enf'orc:e sanitary toile·t conditions. This is a ve~eal prob1l.em at
the present. time, and a-~-law t.o aontr-ol. the,. Si tu:ation is hi / desirable.
Our S:ol:ic:titor-, Mr.Lee·, was requested: to investigate-the legal. . gles and prepare
a auitabl.e by•lal! that w;ould a.l! f~ as:. poaaible, eliminate aJ.l outside toilets
where sewer connections are avail.abl.e. Signed,· T~F.S'wi.llldl.eo
SVIINDOI'JJii~SP.ARKS. That the repor-t of' the :By-law Gommi.ttee be adopted. carried.
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SJIMRKS~SWINDLE• Tha..t l.eave be given to introduce EL by•l.a.w to accept agree-
ment-.with-tb.e .. Canadian National Rall\1&Y Com~ for inatal.liJlg a new hydrant
and that the same be read a fira.t time •. · . Carried.
SPARKS,.COOIC., Tlat the by-law before the Council. be read a second tillle and
~t-th~_Counail. diaaol.ve itself into .a. c;olllllli.ttee of the whole for that
purpose. . . · · . . ·· · · ·.... · . ..-· · carrie~·
SWINDiiE,SPARKS. 'rhat by-law novr b.efore Couricil. be read a tli1rd 'tlJIIe this day
~d ~t -~e.22. o~ .. by•l.a'l'f .No.86Z be ~pended for tha'l; pul'pol;le, Carried.
The By~l.aw: waa given it1•r ·thJ:>ee readings and pasaede ·
SWI:NJ:>L:liitSPARKS. That Councillor A..N .Fi.sller be requested to aontaat other
M.Uniaipalittea in ~ging; a. delegation t.o watt on the 'Minister of Highwayel
rega.rdiilg the widening of two bott.leneaka on Highway' No.ll, as a post-war
project. Carried.
council. adjourned at la 0 1cl.cok.
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