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City will retain Albert St. station Waterloo residents will be paying about $15.12 more in city taxes this year based on an assessment ot $5,500 {allowing approval ot the budget by city coun- eilonsaturxiay. Homeowners will now be paying $146.11 this year compared to the $180.99 they paid in 1914. These amounts do not include any increases in either the re- gional or education budgets and it will be a few weeks yet before residents have a clear picture of their tax expenses. The proposal, made by former Waterloo mayor Don Meston, was passed when the region's chairman. Jack Young. broke a "Halo deadlock The region decided last week to leave the building to help offset the increasing costs ot police work The Waterloo will maintain control of the regional IMF lice building on Albert Street once the police force moves to a new building council was told Monday night by Mayor Herb Epp, The regional council pass- es a resolution calling for the return of the building to the city after " was vacated by the police force Taxes are up for TtrateHoo"" residents with $15.12 increase . V - -. ,__, .. n--- -_. -7." - WM- vva-I" "VI" cum- puter operetor Andree DIetrloh et the Unlverelty of WeterIoo. The two younoetere. both orede eight etudente et " Devid'e Junior High Oohoot. were pert ttf e group of " etudente thet attended e oom- puter eolenoe day et the univerelty. Studente from It. Jerome'e ngh Oohool were eleo In ettendenoe et the eohool. ltudente epent moot of the dey In the computer eeotlon leernlno Fortren. e computer lenguege. end then eeklng the computer queetrone. The UW oomputer lo one of the lergeet end teeteet in Genede. Imo- Igocflv. tongrougd. and Bott Hpjlgway. right. 'ag'iriiFs'W,',?.('i . ' Ir waterloo chronicle :92: The building. built by a 810,000 donation from the American industrialist Am drew Carnegie, was used to house the City's library from 1906 to 190tr It was then used by the police de partment until the regional police force came into " feet in 1973 Ald. Brian Turnbull sug- gested that a public meet- ing into the matter ot the police building should go ahead as planned in spite of the recent developments at regional council, police commission told the region that the Albert Street building was not be- ing used in the most elli- cient manner and should be vacated. £202 IttiptrjieotitmorNal and industrial property.“ said Mr. Schaeior. He said this would hav'e the effect of raising the rates on a home with a Prior to the budget dig. cuuiona. Don Schaeter. the city treasurer. outlined some of the step: be had taken when submitting the preliminary budget, "The Regional budget " established on Thursday will have the ellect ot itt, creasing the regional mill rate by 8.572 mills on residential property and by Council did do its horne- work " they managed to both decrease the expen- ditures and increase reven- ue. The largest area hit tor reduction: was grants to voluntary organizations. or the $129,120 outlined in the preliminary budget, council approved a total at “1.588. The Waterloo Horticultural Society re- ceived a grant ot MM and the Waterloo Sinin Hockey Club received mo. on the typieal "tsem/mont 0108.500. "To accomplish this. ex- penditures must be dooms- od and revenues “waned ly a combined amount ot The K-W Art Gallery re celved c.3130 down mo while the Social Rumba "h possible goal would be to limit the local loom». to , mllll." told Mr, Salaam. "whleh would have the ol- feet ot an lncmu of $tC60 The Kitchener-Waterloo Philharmonic Choir re- ceived mo, down mo from their request and the YMCA received $10,000. “The budget we are considering today (Saturday) ia tor local purpoaea only. Our preliminary eatlmaie would indicate an lncreaae ot Mt mills on commercial aaaeaamenu and 5.198 milla on reaidentlal alma- menu. ”.000 amumont to $19.64 in addition to the city's and the board ot education's budgets. lem. he!" CBM ”0/75 ”on". from com- {mm in original 340.000 estimate Another cut came out ot the capital oxpondi tum tar rowan. funds with a final "mm ttt 3193.831, down from the original tMtutt -titttat., Another may» cut came under - when 818,000 was cut from the "t,800 estimate tor a tittal tigttre ot sick leave and the roam works equipment were also cut in half to mono The city alao allotted 00.000 tor an climber-teat float but the type of float has not been decided at this time. Thia item came up under the civic promo- tion aection ot the budget, Other cuta came under general government " ministration. mom com- pared to the original ea- tirnate ot 8300.000; com- munity planning and devel- opment," 8110.500 from "80.060; protection to persona and property. mum from the $106,750 estimate and fire protection, 81,208.?” from the origi- nal 81.100500 estimate. Other major mount: that wore Mum included; the Home ot Friendship which rocoivod $M00, down from it: 83.500 "gust; the tGW Drum and uh Association moivod $8.500. down iron $5.000; the YWCA was aim 88.000. down from $8,000, Council mind 813.000. down 81.000 from their re- gun}. My "SONIC I Homeowners oppoke town r house project taxpayer‘s money. "I think it tthe 85.000) should come out ot our salaries.“ he said. “ll you insist on spending 85.0” then he lair. don‘t expect the public to pay it, I'll even pay my share.“ He said that the Oktober- fest festival did not ttmtetit Waterloo and that other communities that promoted tourism on a large scale usually suffered in the end. e cited Niagara Falls and New York city as two examples ot this, Mayor Herb , asked Aid, Kominek all at the eity's expenditures were to cane out at the alder, man'g salaries while Aid, Brian mum" spouted Aid, Kaninel‘s proposal laying that he tell the tar. auto? made the proposal to eotmellonApr, "cdrg,td that the 33.000 con come out ot salaries instead of Aid, Rommel. who voiced an objection to the Frieda tlttat when Dr, Jack Aid, Rudy Rommel: was shot down on Saturday dur- In. the annual budget meet. Ina when he suggested that the city allot $5.000 from the mayor‘s and alderman‘a :lalarlea tor an Oktoberfest oat, Ald. loses bid against float Under the preaent tte the townhouses ml not have a baaement or a aar- age tor atoraae or laundry purpoaea and the developer ttt to lnatall a laundry aclllty ln one bulldln; tor the entln development. He told counctl that the project would lower the value ot the present 'ingle tsmtly homes In the area and suggested that I tive. toot wooden tence should be tnstslled between the de. velopment and the home- owners houses. Mr, Campbell also men- tloned how the Slat was opposed to the lne etlon ot an outelde laundry leclll- ty for the town house reel- dente and, felt thle would also lower the retepeyer'l 'TS,' value. nder the Dreeent plane Waterloo clly oouncll bu deterred tor two wool" any doclllon on I Love Con. Ilructlon town-house pro- poul on Boning" Road and Toll Gate [ward following a petition, (ram ltttel rat-men. Herbert' Campbell, of 300 Toll Gate Blvd, repre- aentlng about nlne property ownera that are adjacent to the proposed develop- ment, told councll that thla group dld not want the a. velopment to take place un- leaa there war I" ence In. ata_lled arpund thtprpleet, Wot-doc, Ontario Aid, Rudy ttominek, plan. ning consullanl Ian ' Mae, Naughton, ecologlst Sid Master and trattie engineer Bruce Hulchlson will all be guest speakers during the third annual meeting ot the Waterloo Downtown Resi- denls‘ Asaoclauon. Kominek is guest speaker in will be downtown de velopmonu and the meet- " grill be hold at the Adult Recreation Centre, on May " “Inn. . _ Under the orlalnal plan the developer wanted to hulld N town homes. The plannln' department in. ormed the developer that there was not the required MOO aquare feet of open space per unlt tor town home: only no the develop. er redesigned the plane to lnclude " apartment unlts and elcht town home units. Mr, Dweller eald the department would look into the plans and see It the de. veloper met the __regulred foreman and it ttie by- aw c6tmNd the matter ot bucmentleu town houses. Under ttf/pit from council R chard Danuger. the city'c planner. aid the developer was required to have a percentage “sure ot 40-00. that I: 40 per cent apartments and so per cent town now“. Ian Ferguaon. of we Toll Gate Bled,, told council that he. waa in r21"'f/2 with Mr, Campbel and also mentioned both the fence and the outaide laundry lacllity. Glenn Yantai of our High. Ie'" Ave, told council that was disappointed in council tor approving such a plan" and had he known three yeare ago what waa going to happen he aald he would not have moved into Waterloo, Aid, Bob Henry said that the community should be in- volved with Oktoberfest and the parade was a major part oi the festivities while Aid. Harold Wagner said he enjoyed the festival and that it was a relaxing and fun week. During the My” dis. cussions council approved 5.000 tor a float, Aid, Roy Bauman was in favor at a float but not the auuesied Frieda float as he felt this float would have a limited use. payean money should not be spent on something like "llttt gas ygar.