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NINTH MEETING APRIL 17th. 1950
The regular semi-monthly meeting of Council was held in the Council
Chambers on Monday Apl. 17th 1950 at 8.00 p.m. Mayor Bell in the Chair;
members present, Reeve Cook; Dep. Reeve Corner; Councillors Corbett;
Davies; Glass; Jones; Murray; Pringle.
CORRESPONDENCE
~ A letter of appreciation from the Secretary of the Library
Board was read, thanking Council for the recent aetion in connection with
alterations to the building.
Letters from the Ontario Municipal Board, re vacations; The •ec~eation C0mm
regarding Mechanics Hall lease; & Mr. w.B.Redfern re Collis leather Co.
were oadered filed.
A letter of explanation re Phripp property was read and tabled,to be
further discussed under heading of unfinished business.
DELEGATIONS
Mr. R. Caldwell presented a brief in connection with an employees pension
plan. As the matter of deciding what plan to adopt was considered too .
important to be dealt with at this meeting the following motion was tabled.
GLASS, DAVIES; That the brief be lett with the whole Council tor further study~ Carried~
Mr. J.B.0 1 Donohue ot the A.C.Horn Co. Ltd. Toronto, explained to Council
the advantages ot useing the Air Entrainment solution tor concrete work.
wm. Dunning appeared before the Council asking the reason tor changing the
name ot the street now known as Dunning Ave. Mr. Dunning explained the
reason that he wished the street to ~ retain the Dunning Ave. name.
Council tabled the discussion, to be dealt with under unfinished business.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Reeve Cook presented the report ot the Fire Committee regarding purchase
of equipment supplies etc •
. A further report was tabled in connection with waterworks projects.
COOK, PRINGLE; That the report ot the Water works committee be aeopted
and the Seal ot the Corporation be attached to this resolution. arried.
Councillor Jones of the Property Committee gave a verbal report on the
progress at the Library building,.in that the ceiling had been completed
and the new wireing had been 4one, and asked that permission be given
his committee to proceed with the decorating of the interior.
DAVIES, JONES; That the Property Committee be authorized to ask for prices
and proceed with the work or· decorating the Library at an approximate
price of $130.00 and that the Seal of the Corporation be attached to this
resolutiion. Carried.
CORNER, COOK; That the Clerk be authorized to advertise for prices on 3/4"
crushed.gravel & pit~ run gravel as well as prime oil applied on the streets.
Carried.
Mayor Bell, chairman of the Police Committee presented the report of that
committee meetin~ held Apl. 8th regarding the appointment ot Mr. Robert
Rank to act as Police guard for the Public School crossing at Church St.
CORNER, DAVIES; That the Report of the Police Committee bS accepted and the
Seal of the Corporation be attached to this resolution. arried.
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MURRAY, OOOK; That the Town streets be reChecked with respect to proper
placing of stop signs at all intersections when needed and that this be
handed over to the Streets Committee to check and bring in a report~
That stop signs be placed immediately at the intersection
of Harrison & Wells making Wells a "THROVGH" street at this intersection.
And that one stop sign be erected at the south east corner
of Wells & Connaugbt, leaving Oonnaught a •THROUGH" street~ Carried.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Due to the iilness.of Mr. M. Robinson, no street cleaning has been done
so fa~ this spring, and that it was now time to have this work looked
after, was made known to Council. Mr. F. Waites had asked that .he might
take over these duties until Mr. Robinson was able to continue.
DAVIES, CORNER; That Mr. Fred Waites be temporarily employed as street
cleaner pending the return of Mr. Robinson~ Carried.
The matter of the account submitted by W.S.Gibson & Sons was discussed
at this time. The account was to be again placed on the agenda for the
next regular meeting~
The.matter of adopting a name tor Dunning Ave. was again discussed and
the following motion presented.
DAVDES, JONES; That the street proposed for the location of the new
Area High School be named "DUNNING AVE." Carried.
•eeting adjourned~
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MAYOR