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TWELVTH MEETING SEPT • 7th 1948
The regular monthl~ meeting of Council was held in the Council Ch~pers on
Tuesday Sept. 7th 1948 at 8.00 p.m. with Members present. Dr.C.Rose, A.A.Cook;
R.H.Corner; W.C.Corbett; Chas. Davies;H.N.Pringle; V.Jones;T.F.Swindlet~
CORNER, DAVIES; That the Reeve take the Chair until the arrival of the Ma¥or.
Carried~
The Minutes of the previous meeting were adopted as printed.
SWINDLE,PRINGLE; That the following accounts be paid, that the Mayor issue
orders on the Treasurer for the same and the Seal of the Corporation be
attached hereto. Carried!;
CORPORATION
C.N.R.
Burroughs Adding Machine
Postmaster
Petty Cash
Aurora Hydro Comm.
Bell Telephone Co.
Provincial Treasurer
J.W.Bowser & Son
Collis Leather Co.
Davis Garage
Ernie Holman
Mingay Transport
Wm. Knapp
B.G.Whitelaw
B.F.Sturtevant Co.
Nonnan Hope
C.H.R.
Newmarket Era & Express
J. Goulding
C.E.Hickey & Sons Ltd.
Can. S.K.F .• Co. Ltd.
F.D.Lacey
Wilson Hardware
J .E .Buchanan
Grand & Tpy Ltd.
Aurora Bldg. Co.
Attridge & Son
L.Joslyn Rogers
County of York
Frankooms garage
R.L.Boag
~reight, Compressor unit
Co. Service agreement
Stamps
Express,sts. etc.
.Clerks office July
Town Hall July
Disp. Plant July
Clerks office Aug.
Town Hall Aug.
Disp. Plant Aug.
St • Lighting Aug •
# 1
65
135.
305
314
361W
500
Health Dept.
Fire,Sts,Prop. Depts.
Used Typewriter
Truck
Assessor
Gas etc. Fire Dept.
Cartage, Sts.
Painting at Town Hall
Office Supplies
Compressor attachments
Mowing park
Flasher ~une 1948
Printing (band concert)
Use of oar July & Aug.
Ladder staps, fire dept.
Bearing, compressor
Prop. dept.
Supplies
Gravel
" II
Swlks
Disposal
Park
" Streets
Office supplies
Cement, swlks
Sewers
Lumber, swlks etc.
Blood samples (Polioe)Dept.
Hospitalization
Gas assessor ~uly
" Town truck July
Property sales
Oil
9022 gals. oil Streets
Oiling 88 hrs ~rader
8" & i2 culvert
W.L.Milgate & Son
Miller Paving Ltd.
Municipal Praying &
Armco Drainage Co.
Sediment testing Supply
F. Dunham
R. Marshall
W.H.Spragg
Co. Milk testing equipment
o/s trips, stamps etc.
Trip to Whitby ·
Assessor Aug.
Repairs etc •
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9.40,
1.42,
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51.23\
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5.31,
56.17,
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'2.79,
3.34,
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20.30,
22·:.93,
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8.75,
19.13,
5.61,
12.00, 9.oo,
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1.48,
58.25,
15.75,
10.50,
7.oo,
1272.40,
12.40, 1oo.oo,
1.30,
141.42, 1o.oo,
29.25,
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23o57,
2.56,
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1790.82, 44o.oo,
291.46,
29.00,
44.55,
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PRINGLE, SWINDLE; That the Wage accounts be paid, that the Mayor issue orders
on the Treasurer for the same and the Seal of the Corporation be attached
hereto. Carried'~
JONES,PRINGLE; That the following
on the Treasurer for the same and
hereto. Carried.
WATERWORKS
J.M.Offord
Aurora Hydro Comm.
Bell Telephone Co.
Snow Welding Works
J.W.Bowser & Son
accounts be paid, that the Mayor issue ordeB
the Seal of the Corporation be attached
Repairs to pump
#1 July
# 2 July
1 Aug.
2 Aug.
# 12
Repairs to water tank
Pipe, couplings etc.
12.00,
68.51\!1,
37 .74,
67.52'
37 .86,
3.90,
. 7 .75,
18.80'
SWINDLE, PRINGLE; That the following accounts be paid, that the Mayor issue
orders on the Treasurer for the same and the Seal of the Corporation be
attached hereto·~ Carried:.
RELIEF
Medical Assn.
Traviss Est.
Aurora General Store
DELEGATIONS;
4 X 56¢
Rent
Food
2.24 z.so,
34.oo,
Mrs. G.Lawson appeared before Council on behalf of Mr. Agnew
pertaining to plans for a building permit. As no plans are on hand at present
the matter was left until such plana are submitted:~ ·
CORRESPONDENCE
A letter from the Loyal True Blue & Orange Home was received,
asking Council's permission to hold a tag day in Aurora on Sat. Sept. 18th
CORBETT, JONES; That permission be granted to hold this tag day
as requested··~ Carried,. ·
. The Hart Mfg. Ltd. asked that a suitable direction sign be placed
on Yonge St. to direct traffic to their plant'~ ·
DAVIES, CORNER; That the Hart Mfg .Co. be notified that the Coun·cn
has no objection to the erection of a directional sign being placed at the
S/E corner of Kennedy st.E·. thesame to be no larger than the sign of the
C anadian Anodized Co~ already at this point. And that the request for a
further 2 di.rectional signs at Gurnet & Connaught and Connaught & Edward St.
be approved and installed under the supervision of the Town Foreman. Carried:•
The Woinens Institute asked permission to hold a tag day on Sat~
Sept. 25th in aid of the Navy League of Canada.
JONES, COOK; That the request for permission to hold a Navy Le·ague
tag day on Spet" 25th be granted:~ CarrieO:.
Miss N. Simpson asked for approval of a building permit for a
house on Kennedy St. E·~
COOK,CORBETT; That the application of Miss Nellie Simpson to erect
a building 20' by 14' on a lot owned bp her to be a portion of a 5 room hous:e
to be completed within the next two years be granted:~ Carried:~
The Horticultural Society drew to Council's attention that the soft
maple trees at the Arena were hindering the evergreens that had been planted
by the Society, and asked that the matter be given attention'~ This letter
was handed to the Property Committee to correct the situationr~
COMMITTEE REPORTS
The Planning Board brought in a report pertaining to land to be
used for park purposes, as a result the following motion was pas~redi'
SWINDLE,PRINGLE; That the Council approve the policy of accepting
from Sub-dividers, land designated for park or public purposes and in so
doing, assume respossibility for its maintenancei~ Carriedii
Streets Cbmmittee,Chairman Corner submitted a detailed report on
an ineerview with Dept. of Highways officials in connection with the paving
of Yonge St~ ·
CORNER, COOK; That the report of the Streets Committee be accepted.
Carriedi~
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CORNER, COOK; That tbe Council authorize-the Clerk to write-the Dept. of
Highways, advising them that the Council of the Town of Aurora would app~
eciateXHBM them sending thier engineer here to look over the situation
re Connecting Link on Yonge St. and report to Council or Committee as soon
as convenient or earliest possible date. Carried'~
The Recreationx% Commission asked Council's approval for the
Commission to undertake certain alterations at the arena according to the
plan submitted!~
. JONES, DAVIES; That permission be granted to the Aurora Recreation
Commission to make the alterations in the Aurora Arena as outlined.on the plan
presented, and permission be granted to commence the necessary work at once.
Carriedli
Mayor Rose gave a verbal report of the discussions at the recent
Police Committee meeting.
DAVIES 1 COOK; That a notice be inserted tn the Aurora Banner, warning
operators of motorcyclessin the Town of Aurora that the provisions of the
Highway Traffic Act regarding motorcycles must be observeffiand that no
further warning will be given after this date. Carriedii
Mayor Rose presented a report of the meeting of the Board of Health
held Sept.lst. in regard to Milk Inspection, School Health Plan and services~
ROSE, SWINDLE; That the report of the Board of Health be accpted.
and adopted. Carried!~
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
CORNER;COOK; That the usual interim Statutory grant for subsidy from
the Dept. of Highways be applied for~ Carried~
CORBETT, JONES; That a letter be sent to Mr. J. w. Bowser expressing
sympathy in the loss of his wife • Carried'i
BY.;.LAWS
DAVIES,CORNER; That leave be given to introduce a EW-law to Authorize
the sale of Lot 24, Plan 30, Town of Aurora and that the same be now read
a first time. Carried'~
SWINDLE,PRINGLE; That the By-law now before the Council be read a
second time and that the Council dissolve itself into a committee of the
whole for that purpose. Carried.
JONES, CORBETT; That the EW-law now before the Council be read a
third time this day and that Rule 22 of EW-law # 862 be suspended for that
purpose. Carried~
COOK, JONES; That the third reading be taken as read. Carried.
DAVIES, JONES; T_hat leave be given to introduce a EW-law to Authoj!~;f«
construction of Sanitary Sewers on Yonge st.s. from Lot 176 to Lot 178.
and that the same be now read a first time·• Carried.
SWINDLE, PRINGLE; That the By-law now before the Council be read a
second time and that the Council dissolve itself into a committee of the
whole for that purpose • Carried·~ _
CBRBETT, JONES; That the EW-law now before the Council be read a third
time this day and that Rule 22 of By-law # 862 be suspended for that
purpose. Carried.
· DAVIES,SWINDLE; ·That the third reading be taken as read. Carried.
DAVIES, JONES; That leave be given to introduce a EW-law to Authorize-"
the leasing of the Aurora Arena to Aurora Recreation Commission and that the
same be now read a first time. Carried•
SWINDLE,PRINGLE; That the EW-law now before the Council be read a
second time and that the Council dissolve itself into a committee of the
whole for that purpose~ Carried.
JONES,CORBETT; That the EW-law now before the Council be read a third
time this day and that Rule 22 of EW-law # 862 be suspended for that purpose.
Carried·.
COOK,SWINDLE; That the third reading be taken as read. Carried•
NEW BUSINESS:
. A petition for Sanitary sewers on Yonge St.s. from Lots 179 to 184,
and Lots 81 to 814 was received!~
DAVIES, CORNER; That the solicitor be authorized to prepare a
construction By-law for the installing of a sewer as requested by petition
for the south end of Yonge St • Carried;;
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DAVIES, SWINDLE; That the Recreation Commission be authorized to purchase
lumber necessary to complete the Aurora Tennis Club fencing and that the
Seal of the Corporation be attached hereto. Carried~
A verbal report of a condition existing at the Hart Mfg. Ltd. plant was
reviewed by the Mayor, pertaining to sidewalk approach and the driveway,
in order that.the street will not be impaired. The Streets Committee have
taken the matter in hand and wlli.ll act upon it at once~
Meeting adjourne~~
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