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30-Day Penalty Moratorium In Vaugha s fight for equitable taxation was carried to the ffairs Darcy McKeough at Queen‘s Park n to take this action was announced at the , Joseph Gibson School Auditorium in Maple. § representatives of Vaughani been active in demanding that council seek Vaughan Township‘ office of the Minister of Municipal A 'I‘hui'sday of last week. The decisio May 4 council meeting, held in the Participating in the Toronto meeting were three Ratepayers’ Association who have relief for the residential ratepayers, whose assessments proportion due to the provincial gover market value). In some cases the reassessment has led to taxes being increased from The association has collected documented evidence of many of cases to present to Mr. McKeough. $400 to $3,000. these ‘hardship” nment‘s guidelines of assessment (1967 jumped out of all Added to the inequitable assessment is a shift in assessment from com- i merciaI-industrial properties, revenue from that section of the be made up by the residential taxpayer. It “as also pointed out thatlwill not upset government pol- all other municipalities in Yorkjicy.” (‘ounty will also be affected.‘. "but Vaughan is hardest hit.lthe sa since it has the most industry.”lacross t Recently York County Counciliince’s guidelines on assessment: resolution backing remain unchanged. “If the private bill doesn't go} through, what then?” asked 8 passed a Vaughan in its appeal to the provincial government. Mr. At the May 4 council meeting ratepayer. a bylaw was passed granting a deferment of the penalty on any'isible way, 1970 tax payment on farm orlFraser stated. residential property for a period, ing w1 of not more than one month.’seeking a pl‘iva it was pointed out that to defer; the application of the tax pen-' alty on unpaid taxes levied through the interim bill would not be equitable to taxpayers who have paid the interim bill. Therefore it was decided to extend the same deferment to any tax payment. so that all taxpayers could benefit equit- ably. i A second bylaw passed May 4 authorized the submission of a petition to the Ontario Govern- ment requesting enactment of a private bill to permit the township to levy for taxes for the year 1970 on assessments made in 1968 rather than on‘ the 1969 assessment. It also asked for addition to the 1968 assessments of the appropriate assessed value for buildings constructed since the return of the 1968 tax roll and provisions for a court of revision on these additions. When asked if the private bill: was the only means of help‘ available by one of the more than 400 ratepayers present. the question was referred to Donald Deacon, Liberal MLA? for York Centre. He explained that a Minister’s bill may be pushed through the Legislature in two or three days. “This afternoon (May 4) in the House. Mr. McKeough stated he had legislation ready to alleviate a similar condition in Mississauga," he reported. “but he had not yet decidedl if this legislation would cure the assessment troubles in Vaughan Township. “If Mr. McKeougli fails to bring in the necessary legis- lation, I will then present a. private member's bill, which will have to be studieddn com- mittee and then passed by the Legislature. This could take two to three weeks.” he ex- plained. “I believe I can rallyr enough support from all parties to get this bill passed and this “We are looking at every pos- ” Councillor David “We are meet- ‘th Mr. McKeough, we are: te bill, and if was revealed by Councillor Gor- angrily attacked necessary will ask you to march on Queen‘s Park." Mr. Fraser also pointed out that there are two problems under considera- tion. “One is reassessment. The other is that the money for education and police costs, over which this coun- cil has no control, has gone up more than a half a mil- lion dollars this year. Coun- cil has not set the amount of money required for the areas over which it has control, but taxes have to go up.” Last year a mill raised ap- proximately $40,000 and to raisel a half a million would have re- quired 12 mills. On your new assessment the estimated in- crease is only two mills.” (A 1970 mill will raise $263,000.). Reeve Williams reported that the 1968 assessment in Vaughan Township had been $39,000,000 and the assesment in 1969 was $263,000,000. “Over what percentage of taxes raised in the township do you have control?” council was asked. Reeve Garnet Williams replied, “Less than 15%.” When several ratepayers council for of action”. President Tony Reale of the Vaughan Ratepayers’ Association, cau- tioned, “We‘ve got this far. “lack Let‘s give council a chance to show what they can do. They’re trying to help us now. mistake was made, it was an honest mistake.” Ifa Later he assured the ratepay- ers that his committee intends to go on fighting until a satis- which will mean a reduction of $500,000 in tax township, 3. difference which would have to out the interim tax bills. so we .could show him our ratepayers“ Deacon also warned that‘feelings". < me problem will go right he province, if the prov-i When a ratepayer shouted.‘ “If it's letters you want we‘ll send letters," Mr. Williams ad- vised the audience to send let.- ters to Mr. McKeough at 801 Bay Street, Toronto, with a copy to council and a copy to the ratepayers‘ grotto. >k )‘r is it Another “unfair” assessment practice within the municipality don Risk. "1 found out last weekend that the CNR is not paying any business tax on its hump yard. I checked and dis-' covered that this is a provision of the Assessment Act. What drew this to my attention was that I saw construction under-1 way in the yards and drove in to‘ see what was going on. I dis-5 covered that the CNR has a‘ large office building, sleeping‘ accommodation for its train‘ crews, a restaurant and a largei amount of warehousing facili- ties. Other establishments of a similar nature in the township' pay a business tax and I estiâ€" mate this could bring us in about $200,000 a year," he claimed. “In 1950, the same thing was disclosed in Toronto. where the' Royal York Hotel built on CPR- owned property was not subject to building tax. City council made application to the pro-, vincial government and a bill was passed enabling them to throughout levy a business tax on the hotel. This means the city gets an additional 3200.000 a year in taxes." Mr. Risk continued. "I believe that this amount money should be spread. Canada and that Vaughan shouldn't have to sub-l of ‘sidize the rest of the country.”l His resolution that similari legislation be sought to enable‘ Vaughan to levy a building tax, on the buildings on the humpl vard property not on theI trackage. received unanimous support by council. ' However, when he at- tempted to introduce his motion following the dis- 1 cussion on the two bylaws t on the private bill and tax i penalty he received no sup- port to set aside the pro- cedural bylaw's require- ment for a two-third vote to add an item to the agenda. This was in spite of an expressed desire by the audience to hear his pres- entation at that time, and in spite of cries of “Cut the red tape" and “If you want to get re-elected". How- i ever. his resolution was heard and supported late in I n'Hire Elementary Teacher County Come to contract agreement. Schools, Contract Talks Continue Although no contracts ha\e yet been signed, both the York County Board of Education and the York County Roman Catholic School Board report that hiring of teachers for elementary grades is ' progressmg normally. ‘ I I I County Board Chairman Jack MacKay said in an interview Monday that all but a few teachers that will be needed for fall have. been hired. and that the remaining vacancies are for the most part in specialist fields. Roman Catholic Board Superintendent Joseph 1 Hodge reports that his board has most of the ‘ teachers it will need for September. 'I‘eachers have ' been hired under terms of existing contracts and I adjustments will be made when new contracts are signed. ' Meanwhile negotiating coniuthat negotiations with the teach- m‘ittees. for both boards al‘eiers had been continuing daily continuing to meet with teach- throughout the past week. er committees in an attempt to Mr. Bone said the county board representatives remained The boycott of secondary adamant in their support of the schools continues, however, but,lMetro Board's refusal to nego- says Mr. MacKay, talks are con-.tiate working conditions such as tinuing at top level between thcrpupil-teachcr ratios. Ontario Secondary School ""â€"’ Teachers Federation and the“ _ Ontario School Trustees Coun-, cil. i '. I us are Reasons I Trustee negotiators for the‘ the agenda. ,county board are scheduled to. A woman ratepayer ques-. tioned the legality and dcmocâ€".tivcs on May 20_ racy of the 1% per month tax penalty, stating that December 31 of the year in.‘ which the taxes were due. Slidgouafions ground to a halt be. suggested instead that 3 Prem’ltwcen teachers and trustees alll ium be paid those taxpayers‘oym-me province‘ who paid taxes before July 1. The OSSTF urged its mem. Some ratepayers POIMEd OPI‘bers not. to seek positions with l' ‘ that there are other errors immetro boards, and the OSTC‘, the assessment notices sent outagreed to put off hiring to thel . MI“ RiSk exPlainedlend of June, or until Metro it, last. fall. that this has also been pointedlcomracts had been settled. out to the assessment section of! Negotiations in York county “‘9 Department Of Mu‘lidpalbroke down when teachers in- -'l “fall's and that ever-V ass955‘sisted an an across the board; ment in York county I5 being‘percentage increase for all leV-l Board offers averaged nine‘ '-_. percent increase with the great-i put through an IBM Machinelels' to find out where there are errors and pick out the prob- est increases lem areas. “Then a physicalqevels' check will be carried out where errors are found," he stated. “We were promised that we would have some answers short- 1y... at the lower ers have resumed negotiations after an interval of weeks and announced Monday Neill Datsun Ltd., the newly established Datsun dealership, located one mile north of Rich- mond Hill on Yonge 'Street, is celebrating its official grand opening this weekend. The company's President Ian Neill, an engineering graduate, is originally from Sydney, Aus- tralia. He came to Canada 10 New Neill Datsun Dealership Officially Opens This Weekend facturing Datsun cars Concord, the centre will be the date for a full release of infor-, mation to the teachers. “The teachers have expressed , situation and have moderated their proposals to assist the parents of the children they toward assembling and manuâ€" in On- tario. He applauded this pos- sibility, suggesting such a move would materially help provide the 100,000 new jobs Ontario. needs every year. Strategically located near Highway '7 and Keele Street, Meadowbrook School in New- market. tiating team. *** Representatives of five county school boards indicated support yesterday (Wednesday) for the meet with teacher representa-I .i When secondary school teach-l ';_ S U C hters in Metro insisted on includ-I ShOUId not apply until afterling a reduced teacher-pupilI ratio in their new contract. The elementary school teach- . several' that May 31 will be the target, grave concem for the rising taxi V teach“, reports David Semple ofl chairman of the ele-i mentary school teachers nego- 45" To Come Where The Action Is! FABRIC and PRAPERY M111 Outlet Now 2 Warehouse Locations Corner No. 7 Hwy. & Woodbine and 2160 No. 7 Hwy. at Keele St. "WET LOOK" JERSEY THE LIBERAL. Richmond Hill. Ontario. Thursday. May 14, 1970 ' iiiiiiiuiiituiiuitummitiiitiiiiiuuuuiuimuinuuuuiuiuuinu “Lex” Mackenzie i Died Wednesday York North‘s Grand Old ; Man. )lajor Alexander A. l Mackenzie thx) of Wood- l bridge died in Peel Memor- ‘ ial Hospital. Brampton at 3 am yesterday morning (Wednesday). He had suf- fered a stroke in the aut- mm. The octogenarian decend- ant of Vaughan Township I 3 THE ONL DRUGSTORE " Between Sheppard Ave. and North Bay That's Open to Midnight (MON. - SAT.) LOW. LOW PRICES ON PRESCRIPTIONS DELIVERY IN WILLOWDALE and THORNHILL L.&S. Dispensary 225-7719 6369 Yonge St. (Ist S. of Steeles) Willowdale pioneers. had represented the old riding of York North in the Legislature from 1945 to 1967 and serv- ed his constituents well. F u n e r a l arrangements 7 had not been completed by press time, but the body will be resting at the Scott Funeral Home. 46 8th Avâ€" enue South. Woodbridge. . from Wednesday until the time of the funeral. I Major Mackenzie will be I t l t I l laid to rest in the famin plot in the cemetery at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church. Concession V a u g h a n Township. .- 4; IIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIImllllllhlhllIIIlllIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlfl .. - 7' 7 'I Corporation of the Township of Vaughan Local Improvement Act RE: The construction of a watermain on Raven- dale Court and Ravendale Gate with service con- nections as a local improvement. Take notice that a Court of Revision will be held on the llth day of June 1970 at 10:00 a.m. o'clock at the Municipal Offices in Maple for the purpose of hearing complaints against the proposed ass- essments or the accuracy of frontage measure- ments and any other complaint that. persons inter- ested may desire to make and that is by law cognisable by the court. F. G. Jaclmian, Clerk Township of Vaughan OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 45" ers. of year. 45" ~ I , Only "iiliov‘élbvti‘iiéf"§‘;331 $ ,49 Green, Blue. Reg. $2.98 yd. Yd' SILKY SURRAH PRINTS Latest S rin and Summer only designs 01:1 wzhite and pastel S .29 grounds. Reg. $2.98 yd. Yd‘ FORTREL AND COTTON Only Twelve beautiful Spring col,- A favorite for this time Open Daily 10 am. - 9 p.m. - Sat. 9 am. - 6 p.m. Free Parking Reg. $2.29 yd. Reund Table R00 HELD OVER High Voltage Band (6 Piece Band) STARLIEA DANCING A GO-GO Join "your friends for an evening of relaxation and dancing in this beautiful new room THE ' . ' RICHMOND INN, HOTEL 69 Yonge si. 5. Richmond Hill - “Fully Licensed” Metro School Boards stand in- . ‘ factory solution to their prob- lems is achieved. Reeve Williams reported that. council had been down to the Department of Municipal Af- fairs three times to ask for assistance. Keough asked to you‘?’ “Finally Mr. ORIOLE LUMBER LIMITED Everything For Do-It-Yourself People WESTERN RED CEDAR OF TOP QUALITY, ALL STORED INSIDE .1x4 - 7c per ft. 1x6 - 10c per ft. 1x8 - 14c per ft. 4x4 - 28c per ft. 2x4 - 13c 2x6 - 20c 2x8 - 28c 6x6 - 75c per ft. per ft. per ft. per ft. We stock a complete line of chain link and swim- ming pool fences. OPEN THURSDAY & FRIDAY "I‘ll. 9 P.M. SATURDAY ’TIL 4 P.M. Free Delivery - 499-1246 7181 Woodbine Ave. just north of Steeles Yonge St. at Levendale Richmond Hill 884-1411 HAVE SOME FUN WITH YOUR PAPER! Read Jack Barth’s . . . HAVE YOU HEARD THIS ONE? It starts next week in this spot. We smile when you bring us your dry cleaning . . . we hope smile from our jokes. you‘ll get a Sanitone Wed Master Dycleancr 271 Bay Thorn Dr. Thornhill 889-6391 distribution point for a revolv- Mc- ‘Who’s beefing That’s why we sent years ago and started his car- eer in the automobile industry, During this period he has sold nearly all the imports and many of the domestic automobiles. Prior to establishing his busi- ness in Richmond Hill, lie was general sales manager for Can- ada’s lfrgest Datsun dealership, located in Vancouver (this com- pany sold over 2,000 new Dat- suns last year). Realizing the dramatic sales increase of Datsun cars and trucks would spread to Eastern Canada, Ian decided to open a .Datsun dealership in the Toron- to area tDatsun is actually outâ€" selling Ford and Chevrolet in lsome parts of Western Canada,‘ he reports, in fact it is out- selling VW 3 to 1). In the last two months of ‘ ‘operation over $40,000 has been spent on the existing facility for this dealership and the num- ber of employees has increased accordingly to keep pace with ‘the rapidly increasing number :of Neill Datsun customers. I“Datsun is a quality product”, explains Ian, "and it is our en-‘ ‘deavor to give service to match." 1 The opening of this new deal-t, .ership coincides with the open; ,ing of the $1,750,000 parts and 'new car distribution centre fort lNissan Automobile Co. Canada \Ltd.. makers of Datsun cars and trucks in Vaughan Township. llThis enormous complex was of- ,ficially opened last week by On- Itario Minister of Trade and De- 'velopment Stanley Randall. Mr. Randall said the centre, one of the most modern in the world, was contributing to On- tario‘s 14% increase in invest- ment this year. He said he understood the ing stock of $2 million in auto parts and will provide a storage area for 3.000 new Datsuns. new centre was a possible step In addition, the 65,000 square foot building will house an area with the latest training facili- ties to keep Datsun dealer per- sonnel on top of the latest auto- mobile servicing techniques. Vice-President and General Manager of Nissan (Canada) Hiraki Miki said the new centre will enable ’Nissan to meet its 1970 Ontario sales goal of 12,000 Datsuns, more than double the 1960 figure of 5,400. Nissan began selling Datsuns in the Toronto area in 1966, a year after the company set up a’ Canadian operation in Van- couver. In the first five years of operation, more than 36.000 Canadians have purchased Dat- suns. The Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.. has eight plants in Japan and built the first Datsun in 1932. Since then the company has grown to be the seventh largest automotive manufacturer in the world, with production of 1,600,000 vehicles planned for 1970. In 1960 the Nissan Motor Corporation was founded in the USA. The same year it was awarded the Deming Prize for quality control excellence and the next year became Japan's top auto exporter. In 1966 Nis- san merged with Prince Motor Ltd. and became Japan's largest carmaker. With Datsun second only tot VW in the Canadian import automobile market, the future looks bright for Neill Datsun and their product. (See Neill Datsun color adver- tisement on Page 10 of this issue.) DON'T MISS ‘ “The Suburban Dilemma" 0N CHANNEL 5 . MAY 29,30, 31 , RICHMOND HILL LIONS CLUB .n NO BINGOâ€"Monday,MayI8 NEXT BINGO â€" MAY 25 LIONS “All. 106 Centre St. East STARTING TIME â€" 8 RM. Early Birds 7.40 p.m. IACKPOT $500 56 Numbers I l I I l l negotiations with the Ontario 3. Secondary School Teachers‘ ' Federation. 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