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CSB cut back again City council has put Waâ€" terloo residents on a tight budget for 1972 and managed toâ€" reduce the residential mill ratéfor municipal purâ€" poses slightly. Aldermen met for several houts on Saturday and cut the preâ€" liminary budget by $250,000 thus avoiding a tax increase for 1972. Big savings in city taxes come from cuts in the eduâ€" cation mill rate for both public and separate school supporters. _ Residen t i a l public school _ supporters ’vere granted a 7.6 mill deâ€" crease and industrial and commercial public school supporters an 8.5 mill deâ€" crease. But the dollar amount paid by citizens will inâ€" crease because the tax reâ€" duction grant previously paid by the province will not be credited to homeownâ€" >rs and tenants this year. Instead it will be an allowable deduction on a person‘s 1972 income tax. This means that the taxes on an average residential assessment of $5,000 for a public school supporter will be $357.51. Last year they were $332.10 after the $63.90 grant was deducted. Separate school supportâ€" ers face an increase of $28.60 without the tax reâ€" cuction grant. For Separate school supâ€" porters, the residential rate was reduced about five mills to 19.46 and the commercial rate about four mills to 21.63. The education tax cuts were mainly the result of increased grants from the provincial government. The preliminary budget for the city called for a 3.7â€" mill increase but trimming by city aldermen and an inâ€" crease â€" in _ unconditional grants from the province to municipalities provided a .OAâ€"mill decrease for reâ€" sidential â€" taxpayers. The commercial and industrial rate for municipal purpose Judy Pearse displayed fine form on the balance beam to place fourth in the advanced event at the CWOSSA gymnastics meet at Waterloo collegiate Saturday. WCI won its sixth CWOSSA title. (Story. more ;‘:::b q:‘:;" â€"'D‘m in$ ~~~13,087 copies _ **~ _ _ delivered by egtrier _ A¢*a to every w Budget changes bring lower taxes in WATEREOO V eC 2l oo t e nian t t Lt eC ".' 'v. j(w'fi:fiu D s o l3 # Bhe ,,_. + * uo was &, 1 118TH YEAF '”{"r::\' K %b::’? fi There has been an inâ€" creased assessment of more than $5 million in the past year and this will provide $400,000 additional revenue The assessment in the city is now $98,914,775. was increased by about 1.3 mills. The 1972 municipal budget totals $10,325,010, a reducâ€" tion of about $260,000 from last year. The reduction is mainly® attributable to education cuts. There were reductions in only four of 16 sections of the municipal budget. _ Most increases were kept around 10 perâ€" cent. The main cut in the preâ€" liminary budget was to the community ‘services board request for $700,000. It was lowered by about $150,000 to $552,000. The reductions mainly affect the board‘s parks maintenance â€" proâ€" gram and provision for fuâ€" ture parkland. ~ Ald. Bob Cruise, council‘s finance chairman, said this would keep the CSB increase in line with the 10 percent allotted most other city departments. An $11,000 request from the Kâ€"W social planning council was reduced to about _ $6,000. _ Alderman have expressed _ reservaâ€" tions about SPC activity, in the past specially concerning duplication by various agenâ€" cies. The Kâ€"W art gallery was granted $1,800, the same as last year. The Kâ€"W symphony orchestra _ will receive $500, an increase of $400 over 1971 . The Waterloo police comâ€" mission requested $765,000 but council trimmed this by .$15,000. Several alderâ€" men _ expressed _ concern over _ rising police costs. The provincial government is providing a $1.75 per capita grant to help meet this. Other organizations to reâ€" ceive grants were: Waterâ€" loo Horticultural Society, 118TH YEAR NO. 16 oi C13 e im' igs %o ns ols . .f&m% d " Waterloo Society for Crip _ Homeowners with ~an pled Children, $2,000; Flyâ€" assessment of $8,000 to ing Dutchmen Drum and $9,000 will recover comâ€" Bugle Corps, $500; Waterloo pletely this loss when they Junior Expos, $200; Parkâ€" file their 1972 income tax minster â€" nursery _ school return. Better grants allow L education tax cuts $3,900; Waterloo Historicat Society, $100; Waterloo Siskâ€" in Hockey Club, $200; Kâ€"W Philbarmonic Choir, $100; Kâ€"W Musical Productions, $100; Kâ€"W YMCA, $10,000; The House ofâ€" Friendship, $1,500; federal provincial youth travel, $100; North Waterloo Society for Cripâ€" pled Children, $2,000; Flyâ€" ing Dutchmen Drum and Bugle Corps, $500; Waterloo Junior Expos, $200; Parkâ€" minster â€" nursery _ school City of Waterloo public school _ supporters were granted a 7.81â€"mill reducâ€" tion in their education taxes when the Waterloo County board of education passed its budget April 13. Most other county municipalities also had their share of the education load reduced, at least in municipal taxes. Although the board‘s $44 million budget is higher than in 1971, the provincial grants to the board have inâ€" creased to cover necessary additional expenditures. The grant‘s were enough to force a reduction in munâ€" icipal levies since, if they had been applied to the budâ€" get the board would have exceeded its provinciallyâ€" established cost ceiling. The reduction means that on an average home assessâ€" ment of $5,000, the Waterloo homeowner will be billed for about $39 less than last year. The millâ€"rate cut is an â€" approximate â€" average between the residential and commercial mill rates for the municipality. The resiâ€" dential reduction is actually slightly less than 7.8 for Waterloo. Commenting on the budget Fred Stiefelmeyer, board chairman, said he thought it more than justified the hard work put in by trustees T9 +C PeeRcne eEUE C ho. 6 AP bus + 1i â€" Pn uy( Don Schaefer, city treasâ€" urer, said the reduction in the tax rate this year will help offset the loss of the tax reduction grant of $63.90 grant of $63.90. $600; Labor Day parade $50, and St. Leonard‘s Society, $150. and staff. Discussion of the budget was minimal Thursâ€" day night but trustees had had seÂ¥eral lateâ€"night sesâ€" sions in the past few weeks aimed at trimming prelimâ€" inary figures. Ordinary expenses were allocated on a priority basis allowing for the fact that the ceiling imposed by the proâ€" vincial government mustn‘t be exceeded. The board received _ full â€" advantage of increased grants by setting the recognized orâ€" dinary per resident pupil cost at the maximum allowâ€" ed by the province. Provincial _ grants _ this year â€" totalled _ $23,475,180 or 53.4 percent of the total budget. Grants in 1971 totâ€" alled $19,491,745 or 47.91 perâ€" cent of the year‘s budget. This has reduced the munâ€" icipal tax levy an overall five percent from $19,284,476 last year to $18,800,412 this year. ‘Part of the additional grants were allocated to the instructional budget which is $1.7 â€" million higher than last year. Officials noted that this increase, depending on futâ€" ure _ salary _ negotiations, will ensure that no academâ€" ic programs are cut back and that no student proâ€" grams will suffer. Watertoo, Ontarie, Canade inA ‘Council wants â€" _ SPC tie improved _ Ald. * Turnbull‘s motion said that the city was pleasâ€" ed with the establishment of the central volunteer burâ€" eau and the community inâ€" formation center but that it was difficult to identify the SPC‘s direction since it was involved in too many projects. which asked for more comâ€" munication between the city and the Kâ€"W social planâ€" ning council and a greater coâ€"ordination among the SPC‘s member agencies. . The motion was put by afl_. Brian Turnbull and seco ed by ald. Bob Henry to council‘s finance commitâ€" tee. They are the council‘s representatives on the soâ€" cial planning council. There are also two other city representatives. It also said that the city wished to foster closer communication with the SPC on an ongoing basis by regular meetings between its staff and the city‘s adâ€" ministrative _ committee The administrative comâ€" mittee would then report to council. The meeting willâ€"take place. every two months. Council had cut the SPC‘s request for funds by $5,000 at the budget meeting Saturâ€" day. The grant for 1972 is $100 less than last year‘s. Ald. Harold Wagner asked what would be accomplishâ€" ed having the administraâ€" tive committee take part in such meetings. ‘‘The four of us actively involved with the social planning council favored Ron Weekes, president of the Waterloo County shrine club helps out Elizabeth MacLean with a coloring set in the pediatrics ward at Kâ€"W hospital The club donated $500 worth of toys to the hospital last week. Waterloo â€"council passed motion Monday night wonspay, apRrit z0. 1072 N â€" ° closer communications. We didn‘t feel the regular monâ€" ‘thly meeting was enough," replied ald. Turnbull. _ Ald.> Wagner said it should be aldermen Henry‘s and Turnbull‘s job to have clear communication with the SPC. â€" Ald: Herb Epp said he wasn‘t entirely in favor, particularly of binding the two parties to meeting once every two months. ‘"We‘re trying to accomâ€" plish something positive with the social planning council," said ald. Turnâ€" bulil. â€" ‘"They‘re spending our money and instead of just cutting their grant, we‘re trying to improve the situaâ€" Ald. Henry said it was an attempt to clarify the SPC‘s role and activities. "A diaâ€" logue will begin and at the end of it we may decide we don‘t want the social. planâ€" ning council,‘‘ he said. - Ald. Wagner continued to object but ald. Roy Baw man said it was a good idea since the administrative committee could give coun cil a better evaluation. _ ‘"At the end of the year we would have a better idea about the council and the future of its grant," continued ald. Turnbull. Finance â€"~chairman â€" Bob Cruise also suggested that the meetings could be held less frequently. The motion passed 43. It was then incorporated into the finance committee minutes which were later approved by council. PRICE 10° â€" Recard gphoto