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A r·egulm~ meeting of Council 1-lfafl held in the Council
Oham'oer on Nonday, Harch 1st, 1951}, at 8.00 p.m,
PRESE:l,lT: ' -Hayor Dr. Rose in the ohaj.r,
Reeve A. A, Cook, Dep~ty Reeve .D. J,. Jliurray,
Couneillors Jonee,, Corbett, Hoffat,
NUFJUY:' 0)AVIS:
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ACCOUHTf)
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D[\Vidson, D8.yi s, Stocldart,
That the m:lnute:J of meettngB,'Qf Ir,ebrJ.lal.,Y
~c' 'to" ~ ' ·· ··n'l "·l ; ~·>l~·c·eu" ct.~OJ) ,~\.{,. Cl,£3 l)1•lnu .... ( (l!l'..., 0.-.r·r ... L-. e~.V t
E>TODDAF:.'J:: HOFJ<'AT': 'L'hat the·. follov'cng aoeounts be pa:\<1.,
ti~1r;-,t t.·:·.'l~ Hayen-~ inGv.e orct.ers on ,the 'l:reasu:r-er for the
s<:"l.w\") -~-nd the~-See.1 of th.o Qorpor,pttion :be attached t.l..hreto ~-
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Aur•orr.:1. ~~.utom.ot~~ve J_,tflc-,:F'ire DApte Expense........_ ... 3t'J.o'
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Pr,.inting 0{em. Se'-~v. ) 16. 78 -.,!~0·, 52-t'
Of'fiqe · Exp~nse ........_ 4. ~0 "'-
Dispqsa!, I'lant..,___ . . . 28,b5 '-.
Easement Hen 'tal :--'---100, OOX:
li'lo,~ers ( 1\falter Ho J ., 10. 00 ;-, · .. · ..
'1\p··· "'1<:::'1, '<"). 1r.' ~~ ~t.! c:--1. .~ . ...-.. C'OJ. r .... .tJOQ_ .. o,. nu.~.-C ........
Aurore. BuD.Cling Co, .
Greenho'une'n :::. Aurora
. , , . no.oo
AuJ;>ora. Hyrlro-Eleq ,domm •. Str0et J,.ighting · ·• . 564.J4..._
' "-.~ld P~.blio School 11.75 '-·
Hr.e ,hlarm 1.22\
Tovn Hall JO, 38""-
of ~1Mea ~ 82 · -.-.v '' . ./• \
. ClerJ~;s Mfi.ce , 9 .·61:--, " Disj)ona,l Plant 7J,JO"-· t't,
Arena (r.efumlable,) 25..•6:2.\790;07 ~"d..
l~en 'PeL Co,of Can. . ~l'ateruorl~s ........_ 15.45, ·
........._Di11posal Plant'-6.85,.
Clerk;s Office, 18.50"-
l!"ire; Dept. ; '-1}6,65...._. · ·
Police . '-...... ~f8 .?~....._ 136.20~ ~d.
County of Yorl' ..__ In(li;gent Pa;tients'-...
O;;:.rtbonum Ltd~ c: Ofl'i ce ......._
.3.5·85'-..
9.50......_
138 ;-81} '-' _.:-,, 00 < Ca1~pent_~:, l:Iort?r S~.pply,~l:~e ,D~1~t;_ '--
C.unn~.ng.th-... 1, 1\ ~H.8p H;t-11 · .. <:>l'lwe,J. · q;yll uem ..__ . . ,, --·-__ ,-{
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D o.-'· ,:.! 1:) ;, d\TJ..f:)r .~-•.,J.• ~ "'-......
n~vj a G"''""ge ·~~C:~,< •f',~ ·•O.J. (_;._ • .........
Hesf:\~ Drugr; ........_
HieJ1le-11d 011 Go • ...._
Higl1le.nds G-olf Club...._
Joyce Motort.l Ltil,,
LP r::.-.r'·l 6,•)'1 Tt1 '!-">an1.. "' • v ......... '0. ,; .. : .. "· t:>.
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. F-uel. r Clerks Offio~....._
' Trucl: Exp~Jnse,
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Fire Dep'c.'-
p·;ro p ei•t y -0 ld Pub. Soh ......
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13}.80'
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56.80..._
Easement Re.t1tal 100.00 /(
Snoiv G:l:earing 11.2. 00:>._ 2)2. 0\
Truck Expense '-4.61......_
Tree CuttinE;-l'rop' l.j.o.oo, .
Streets "'-. ?O._OO.._ bO.oo,
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COHPOHA'riON ACCOUNTB CONT'D.
'P":rovii1ce_o_:r-oi1'f, '-·---indigent Patients
Postmaster Postage · '-
Rasco Metal & Roofing ilo PP.rking Signs ""
Stiver Bros. -... "\Fuel -Fire Hall '-
Tmmshend & Kent Ltd, , Office ,
Taylor, Nerv., F'ire Dept.
\I' A. ter1,;orl;ts
Ins. Pub.Liab:-...
11.35,
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6,4·2 '
14·,00 :Pd,
22.10 ....._
1211 .• 70,
12.45,
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157.19, Unclerhill, Frank H."
Police Department" Hughes Garage-gas&oil 56,18 ...._
F.Dunham,stamps..... "' 4.oo._
Holms.n C}e.rage gas & oil21,46 81.61+
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DAVIS: JONES: 'J:h!lt the payment of accounts of Highla!ld Golf
Club and Aurora Greenhouses be deferred and that the F:l.nance
Committee meet v11 th Hr, Nesbit to discuss the matters. CB.rri ed~
CORBETT: DAVIDSON: 'Ehat payment of the accounts Dav).s Gt?.rage
be deferreo. until such· time as they have been confirmed by the
foremen of the departments concerned. Carried.
Payment of remainlng accounts 1Ul.fl then approved,
lvAGES
Tii.-e-'Vlage Accounts uere taken ps read. . . . . .
STODDAR9.': HOFPAT: 'I;hat thP \rage 'Aqcounts'be paid, that the
l4ayor :1.ssue orrlers on the Tres.surer for the se.me and. the
See.l of.the Corporation be attached hereto, Garri.ed.
l'IATERWORKS
J:.'iURRA't':DAVIS~ . That the tollo>ving .accounts be paid, that the
Ns.yor i B sue orclerB on the Treasurer f'or the SF..me ~md the Seal
of the CorDoration be attached hereto. Carr·ierl(o
Attridge &; Son -.... Lumber "
Aurora Building Co.'-Grading, etc.
AuroNJ. Hydro-Elec,Cornm.....:_ Po>ver ......_, '
Bassett SuppLy Co., . Supplies...._,·
Can, Brass Co. Ltd:, Supplies _
Construction Equip. Co"-Compre8Aor H.ental'-...
De.niels, Ivan -....... Gas & Oil,,
!tillson, Je.mes \'i, """' · Ji:::xcmtating ::::..__
STREETS
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325,61
171. 79~Pd.
l. 21"
1,}69.]6,
14o.oo,
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DAVIS: MURRAY: That 'Ghfl follm,ring 'accounts be paid, that the
r~ayor issue orders on the Treasurer fol.' the ss.me and .the See.l
ox' the Col'1)0l'atioh be at:tached hereto. ', Carded.
Daniels, Ivar;~ S!1o111 Removal ...._ 94.00,
Toronto Se.l t 1vo.~s J ... tc1, Calcium chloride , 58 .• 00 '-
Harrison, \vm, ' '-Sno'> Removal'~ 22~f. oo,
Rose Bros. H(iulage·:..., Sno1v Remova;L..., , . JL::S.80'-..,
Hope, Donald ......_ · · Sno1·r. Remov~~ """. 20. oo,
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RELIEF,
DAVIDSON: DAVIS: _That i;he, follovrtng accotintr, be paid• th~'G .
·the Mayor issue or.ders o.n the Treasurer for t_h€l samE> aml
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the Seal of the Corporatiorl be a ttahhe.d hereto.:. \': Ca:rrled.l'
Tennent, Miss L Cash
~1itchell, Mrs, Lottie Cash
M:llgate, H.-Cash_
WeJ. t es, l". -...._ Cash......_
Peters, Miss Alice--Casl1, ·
Davis, B"F~, F:ueJ.· ....... Ivils-s
75.09-.... 4o.oo......__
25.00........
25,00' '
15,00 .......
A, Peters ,d~~
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NecUcBl Cert.if:lcates 8 x L 05 · · 8 ,.40. ZOL I.J-0
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GORRESP!JhDENCE . '
L~~Gter~ t)-,o~a l'Tount All:;lex;t, Haple &: queensv:tll~ F:~re Dep!irt-
ments th~nking Counc.il for. the donations mad.e .to ,them were_,-
re2,(l and .pl'clerecl to b.e. filed. · ·
Al~ttex• from Ni ss Lelia A. Heynolcis relt:).oing to the c~ndition
of the. sidet,ralk on Tyler street, 1'his .matter, .1vas refered to
to the. Streets Cornmittee for their consideration.
,A lett>Sr from the Coull.ty & Munici PP-l Section of-the Ontario
School TrJJ.steer, &: RateDayers Association relating to a, .· ·
conv_ention, to be heid in, ArDil w-as read. Thii3 letter 1vas ·
ordered to be, filed, · ' · · ' · · · ·
A ~ette.r from the Planning Bo~,ro. l•ras .. re<'.tl. • This letter
noti fled Council that the Bo.ard hart-aJ?Prove(r Amendme.nt. JJO' .1
to the Official Land Use Plan.;·. This letter 1~as orcferE!d to
be fil~a·~ · · -
A second Hltter from the Planning Board notified Council that
the Board requestec1 that·a sum of ii500,00 be.Jnc.lud€ld .il1 the
1954 Budget fop their. use •. This letter 1-11~s referred to. "the
Finance Committee. · · • .,
A, letter f'rom the Aurora Horticultural Society, ask:l.ng for .·
a grant wa.s, read .anrl referrecl to the nnance Go!llmit·tee.
A second letter from the .1\.;lror&. Horticultural Society .1-ras .··
read, . This letter .notifi(;)d Counci.l that l"lr, Cecil Adair
WO.l\ld r.eprepent tl].e Society on. the Pa:r·ks Bo.ard in 19.54 •.
DAVIDSON: D.I\.V:IS: That the appointment ]Je approved,. · ·
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A lir~hr i;'tbrri Mr, H. E. Seston presen't;ing a repblct :('rbm the
.. Yqf},l; Count;y: Hospi.tal was, x;ead. · ·
Carried,
· rfb.'e' minutes of the York County Council 8.n¢i .tl1e mon,t~11Y report
of ... tl1e Yo.rk. County Health, Unit uere circulat(Jp .. to mem]Jers,
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DELEGATIONS
Mi~:--i-1er~citt, County 1veed Inspector e.ppea:;oeCl before Council
to (tiscuss t\feed Control
Hr. Bob, Case apper-trerl before Council to subrni t a proposal
for building t1•10 multiple chrellings on a lot on Yonge Street
north. This matter ,,1as referred to tJ.1e Buildings Permii;
Committee,
COMJv!:J;,~Tl~E R~f(JRT.§.
~,IBE & 1:/AT~.mMHI'I:''El!;_E ;; SubJect-Ail' Compresecr,
'rlle Committee res}Jectfully submit the ·follofling:
At the Council Jv!ee'c:lng of ,Janua_ry 18th, l95lJ., the Pire &
·Water Committee recelverl permisslon from Councll to lnyestl-·
@3.te the purchase and installation of an ali' compressor, to
increa.se our Tovm 1vater supply by means of an ::Ur lift, ·This
equipment and installation \vas estimated. to cost up to ~J, 000,
The.Committee since that time have studied. and tested var\ious
kinds of equipment, and n01·r have made their decision on 1;rhich
kind of compressor lviJ.l best suit our particular requirements,
The Comm:Ltt ee the~eefore recommend to Council that they pu:rohase
and install a 1iBroomwade" double cylinder automatic compressor,
1-rhose <Ustributorn ·are the Atlas Polar Comp:my of Toronto,·
The co<Jt anrl installe,tion, less fetteral sa]_es tax to be ~p2, 300.00
D, J •. MURRAY: DAVIS: . 1'he. t the To•vn purcheJl0 e. 11 Broom1"rac1e" Type
E.P. double cy).lncler ~?.ir compressor, That th:ts compresr~oP be
purchased e.h.cl inrJtalled by the Atlas Polar Company of Toronto
for the sum of $2 1 300,00, plus if"neceGsS.ry the federal Bales
tax., and the Seal of the Cornoration be attached hereto,. Carried,
Deputy Reeve Hu:r-ray also report eel tpat. he had. received a blll
from the FJ.re Department for •vork put in by 'the Department on.
the Clay after the fire of January 25th, . . . .. . . ·
HURRA_Y: S'J:'ODDft.RT, That the F'l;re Department be pe.icl i~lOO. 00
for extra time at time of bad fire, and ~che ~3ee.l of the
Corporation .be attached hereto. ' Carried.
FHLAJWE C0!4MITTEE:
'The-Comm:L ttee respectf"lUly submit the follmdng:.
The _li'J.nance Commi t'Gee met on JTPiflay, ~,ebruary 26th ln the.
Counc11 Chambers.
L The request of Jv!r" Buchanan for an increase of ~~500. 00
in the garbage di!lpOfJO.l. contract ~ms discussed at. length,
and it i<B. recommended by th1s Oonm1ittee that the present
be increa:s.ecl by \~200, 00, . · . . ·
2·, At the request of the Chairman of t;he l.i'lre & Water
Comm1 ttee the 1"emunera.tion to the Fire Truck l.fechanio and
the Fire Chief 14Ets · giv?n conBideration, The Committee is
pf the oplni,on that .the ICire Truck l'!!echanic should receive
$100~00 instead of .75,00 for 1954 and that the basis of
remuneration for the ~,:Lee Chief Bhould l'ema:ln as at Present,
It is also recommended that tl1e Fire Brigade By-lm~ be studied.
w·ith a view to revision,· . ·
3. The appli6ati.on of the Chairman of the Boy Scouts and
Wolf Cubs· for a donation· Fas discussed, It 1va·s stated that
t.he Game appeal had gone out to a great number of organizs.t:i.ons
in T01m and there 111M\ no doubt that sui'i'iclent funds 1,1ould be
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:WIN.ANCE_QOMMITTEE REPORT CONT.:;Q_.
. . . fo:rthcoming to J:.evive the organiZation. It is ther~-
fore recommended that no action. bE) taken by the Council. . . ·
DAVIDSON: DAVIS: That 1•le donate $25,00 to theBoy Scoutto:J•/dftoiVkfM1l:iJ.
STODDART; COOK: That the Report of .the Finance Committee·
be adopted .and the Seal .of the Corpo:ration l;>e attached b.e:reto, Carried,
SPORTS & !:.UBLICITY COM!4ITTEE: . . . . . . . . . . ·.·
The Cohlmi ttee reSJiectfully submit the follo>~Xng: Oh Monday,
February 22nd, the Committe~ met 1-ri th representatives of
several Tovm organizatiops, and further discussed the id.ea
of holding an Old Home \'leek. It ivas unanimously agreed not
to hol~ the Old Home \"leek this year, and the representatives
will discuss the· matter wi tl;! their org<mizations to decid.e
on the most sui table time .and report back to another joint
meeting on March 22nd., 1954.
CORBETT: DAVIS: That the. 1oeport be adopted~ Carr:i.e<L
BUILDINGS PERMIT COl4HITTEE.
Deputy Reeve_ Murray reported on an application .for a building
permit for work to be done on the store of Bowser's Hard•vare.
This anrl other matter's relating to work donE~ or Yonge Street
were discussed. ·
The Mayor r<Oportec:t that the P:rope:rty Committee 1-rould meet 1vith
Dr, Berry of the Department of Health on Thursday, March 4th
to discuss the ~isposal Plant •.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The condition of the sidewalks on Yonge Street 1•ras mentione•c
by Councillor Davidson,
·The By"·lavr to prevent the burning of w-aste w·as discussed
briefly,·
The Mayor presented fvrther information on the letter from
the Aurora-Board. of Trade reill.ting to the· cutting of the
' pc1ver during the fire.
NEW BUSINESS.
DAVIS: DAVIDSON: That the Clerk be instructed to •~rite the
contractors who dicl the work on Yonge Street to ask them to
arrange an inspection of the street and carry out any necessary
work. Carried,
Councillor Davis
Street North and
It >vas agreed to
local Press.
also raised the
discussion took
publish details
question of parking on. Yonge
place on parking problems,
of certain by~laws in the
MURRAY: DAVIS: ~'hat the Traffic By-lmv be amended
for No Parking on the \'lest side of Hachell Avenue,
to provide
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NE~ BUSINESS CONT;D,_
The appolntment or
Planning Board* 1vas
e.n.d · asked for time
a member to fill the vacancy
disc.u.ssed. 'Mr. Floyd Corner
to oonsldei•. "Ghe appointmen"G.
on the
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'l'he Clerft reported that the Junior Chamber of Commerce were
purchaslng four garbage receptacles and requested permlsslon
to ·olace them on the Streeto.
])AVIS: l'iQFFAT: That. approval be given to the ,raycees to
place .tl:rese 6n the streets. · · · · · · Carried" l.~s
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The removal qf the hyd1"o poles on Y'onge ·Street '"as further
considered. ·
STODDART~ DEP.REEVE l4UPJ\A:Y:: • That the expenditure o'f
~~2, 960. be made foJ'. the removal of the l}ydro poles from
Yonge Street arid that the Ontario Hydro--Electric Commiss~Lon
be asked to proceed. with. the 1vo:rk at the earliest o·opor'Gun:L ty
and that the .. Ses.l of the Corpore.ti_on be 8.ttached hereto. · Carri_ecL
. Deputy Reeve Hurray reportecl thc;.t the Aurora, Bantam Hockey
Team .was pls.ying in the Arena the following night and had
a. good oppor"Guni:ty to t·rin the On'G.ario Championships. He
asked that as much· support as posslble be givEm to .the GJ_ub.
Counclllor Davidsonrnentioned several bad pieces of sidmva111:
in the· Tmm and sam~ dinoussion took place' on this subject.
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