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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 8 Jan 1975, p. 3

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The issue surfaced Mono day with a planning depart- ment recommendation to repeal a bylaw passed by council in December 1972 and readopted last month containing an official plan In unarmedented fashion, mayor erb Epp was forced to break three deadlocks over the proposed northend shopping centre for Wa- terloo. ter loo. . According to city plans The controversial mall, ner Richard Danziger the proposed by Select Proper- bylaw had to be repealed ties Ltd. for the King St. - because the provincial gov- Conestoga Expressway ernment felt there was a area, has apparently split technical error in the city's the new council in halt.) prttent9rfr-a."r-Panfutit Aldermen Roy Bauman, Mary Jake Mewhinney. Mar- jorie Cw; - and Brian Tumbull "indicated the proposal should be delayed until a downtown redevelop- ment scheme is presented to. the city for consideration. Aldermen Rudy Kominek, Robert Henry, Charles Voel- ker, Harold Wagner and mayor Epp appear in favour of the northend proposal. Brian Turnbull announc- ed Tuesday morning he intends to make sure he will not be charged with a conflict of interest either as an alderman for the city of Waterloo or as a regional councillor. Mr. Turnbull. who owns a planning consultants SELBY DRESS SHOESI SELBY EASY-GOERS Council split I Thanks Santa! I PTject Lift bNE GROUP HUSH PUPPIES I ALL SNO-BOOTS IN-STOCK WWEWBBB sc,,,. . WOMEN'S SHOE REG. TO $33.00 20% OFF ALL SLIPPEIffgmavnd HAND BAGS 15 King St. N. Waterloo 745-7012 Open Tue. To Thur. 9 To 6 Fri. 9 To 9 Sat. 9 - Ir, REG. TO $27.00 SPECIAL SALE Turnbull to avoid conflicts BRANDED LINES FROM OUR REGULAR STOCK DISCONTINUED STYLES AND BROKEN LINES . ALL SALES FINAL NATURALIZER, CARI LYNNQWHITE CROSS, OOMPHIES, HUSH PUPPIES .TO $27.00 SALE S12.99 to $17.99 (iyglRilllXljji?i2(% 'ttttOtto, amendment which will al- low for a zone ch13: appli- cation by Select perties for their 61.9 acre site. SALE j.supeirttr? decision to re- iteal, the byla will allow the official pla amendment to be considered by the province. a ' er said it council t n down the request from his depart- ment there would have been further delays in allow- ing for a possible zoning change. Epp was forced to break ties when council consider- ed the planning request, (passed 5-4), defeated a motion by Roy Bauman to defer the repeal of the old bylaw, and when council voted to pass the bylaw re- peal later in the meeting. firm in Waterloo, said he had -checked through the legislation and spoken to regional administration before deciding to take steps to avoid all possible conflicts. . Turnbull said he will avoid all possible charges by refusing to represent s8.99 s23.95 3.3;) l REG. TO $29.00 10% OFF REGULAR LINES SALE Although he can legally do both if he declares a conflict beforehand, Turn- bull said "it will make any clients at the muni- cipal level and only repre- sent clients from outside this city at the regional level. . dim e, and ' es/err/fi/i', /ttktiuef/s ihe Dear. s , Tha. ht? PS My mommy wrde. _.,.',")? 'sire/ti T: 't ttl an . catt Writ? net " IN STOCK 20% ", Ed orel t.dwU Fish e r" £25K, 1lLdiigstsat veer (O C any contracts that may produce a possible con- flict. life easier" if he refuses "I don’t have to do. this but by doing it I'm going to feel a lot more com- fortable." Turnbull ex- plained. OFF SALE Closed Mon. -2tirloi, ififr ttes. asittyl boird 'IM5 St Waterloo city council ap- proved an administrative committee report Monday that will give Project Lift a four month grant of $5,790. gets part grant The prokct, which pro vides transportation for_tlte disabl: tgRirii'"Gid Cambridge had requested a $17,370 grant from the city to help meet their costs for 1975. The administrative . committee report notes ttfat the pro- ject may be eligible for a subsidy from the Ministry of Transportation and Com- munications but since the city was unable to confirm the availability of a grant the four month provision was proposed. Last year the project was sponsored under the federal Local Initiatives Program and subsidized by grants from the cities of Waterloo. Kitchener and Cambridge. In 1974 the City of Waterloo provided the service with a grant of $4,962. In making the recommen- _tillatrrrioo Chumicle, Wednesday. Jaoyaw 8, 1975 _ Page 3 Employers and Employees . New Employment Standards Act Effective January 1, 1975 the new Employment Standards Act covers the existing standards: minimum wage, vacation pay, overtime pay, termi- nation pay, collection of wages gig. provides for: A, Public Holidays Employees are entitled to seven paid statutory holidays: New Year's Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Dominion Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. (Conditions and exceptions apply in certain situations.) Overtime Par Overtime pay at time and one-half the regular rate for hours in excess of forty-tour in a week. Equal Bttrtefittt The Equal Benefits provision Will be brought into force at a later date. Pregnancy Leave Pregnancy leave is extended to seventeen weeks for employees with one year's service or more and covers all employers having one or more employees. Transportation The Act no longer requires an employer to pro- vide transportation for female employees finish- ing or starting work between the hours ot mid- night and six o'clock in the forenoon or prohib- its females under 18 working after midnight. These are the principal amendments and changes to the Act. For detailed lntormatton regarding exemptions and appllcatton ot the standards contact your nearest Ministry ot Labour office. Hamilton--? West Ave So Kenora-808 RobertsonGt Krngsttm--t055 Princess St Krtchener--824 King St w London--560 Wellington St t9ttawa-2197 Rwevsude Dr Sault Ste Mare-lim Brock St Sudbury-1538 LaSalle Blvd Thunder Bay-MS James St So Toronto-400 Unwetsuty Ave Wrndsor--500 Oueuefte Ave Ontario Notice: dation the committee added that the budget committee for the city would consider the remaining portion of the request if the provin- cial grant is denied. Ministry of Labour, MARTIN'S BEEF This Week Only " th. Grain finished beef. government inspect- ed. _ SIDES: Cut. wrapped and delivered. Phone RON MARTIN 1 -669-881 o Elmira 527-4501 468-3128 542-2853 744-521 1 438-7291 731 -7200 949-333t 566-3071 345-2101 965-5251 256-8278

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