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. > € K\TCHENm Carroll wants > "“““ stronger guide @._ ~ _____ _# 34 Ald. _ Marjorie â€" Carroll feels that a conflict of inâ€" terest guideline does not go far enough and that it should require all elected officials and senior staff members to disclose all of their proâ€" perty interests in local comâ€" panies. or staff were suspect but felt the list of properties would help put council and staff members above suâ€" spicion. _ _ She said she was not sugâ€" gesting Waterioo‘s council Council plans to ask the city solicitor to return a report to council on the recommendation. She said that if members submitted such a list then none of them could be acâ€" cused of patronage and that residents would have the assurance of both counâ€" cil and senior staff memâ€" City turns down request for funds While Ald. Harold Wagâ€" ner objected to the proposal Ald. Charles Voelker asked council where the line would be drawn. He asked if a person had stocks in his _ Waterloo city council has turned ‘down a request for funds for the Oct. 11 Oktoberâ€" fest marathon road race. Council made the decision during a committee of the whole meeting on Monday. In rejecting the request council said it had already allotted $5,000 towards an Oktoberfest float and that the 1975 budget did not have enough funds for other proâ€" motional enterprises. «~waterloo chronicle â€"â€" Waterloo Mayor Herb Epp said that the city did give the marathon verbal support. On June 16 Jack Reid, the secretary of the marathon committee, had approached council for funds for the 2%6.2 mile marathon which would also be the National Marathon Championship. Mr. Reid told council that he expected about 230 comâ€" New bylaw designed to curb water use Waterloo residents may face a $300 fine if they are convicted. under a â€" new lawn watering bylaw passed by city council Monday night. The bylaw regulates the hours and day residents can water their lawns and is designed to reduce the peak demands on the city‘s water supply. Houses with even numbers will be allowed to water their lawns from 6 to 10 a . m. and from 7 to 11 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Houses that have odd numâ€" bers will be allowed to water their lawns during these 120th Year No. 28 wife‘s name and did not declare them then that perâ€" son could be in trouble. , Ald. Brian Turnbull told council that provincial leâ€" gislation covers this matter with respect to elected ofâ€" fi:z‘als but not appointed staff members. He felt the city should seek the advice of its soliciâ€" tor for a report. _ o Mayor Herb Epp said the recommendation from the region was the result of some problems with reâ€" gion employees and it wantâ€" ed area municipalities to pass a similar resolution. petitors for the race and that the budget for this event was about $8,000. He said that the committee still needed between $2,000 and $3,000 to ensure the success of the marathon. ‘We have never had a problem in Waterloo," said Mayor Epp, ‘"but if people wanted to get around the guidelines by using devious methods they could. We can‘t legislate discretion."‘ Ald. Wagner felt he did not want to make his finanâ€" cial interest public. Ald. Carroll said the listings would not be made public as only senior staff memâ€" bers would have access to the file. In addition to the main marathon there will also be a fiveâ€"mile beer doctors race, a threeâ€"mile kinder race and a fiveâ€"mile race for women. These small races would be held in Seaâ€" gram Stadium during the marathon. The marathon would start and finish at Seagram Staâ€" dium and would cover a route along Albert, King, Caroline, William, Central, Conestoga Road, West Monâ€" trose Road, County Road 17, Winterbourne Road and Bridgeport Avenue. same times on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays. There are no restrictions regarding lawn watering on Sundays. o During discussion of the bylaw Ald. Harold Wagner asked council how they planâ€" ned to enforce the bylaw. Mayor Herb Epp said he felt that residents, once they learned of the bylaw, would respect â€" council‘s wishes and comply with the bylaw. The bylaw is the first for Waterloo to impose such restrictions on its residents. The engineering departâ€" ment requested the bylaw as a precaution against water shortages during the hot summer months. Wednesday, July 9, 1975 The first 1975 Oktoberfest coins arrived in the Twin Cities last week and both Waterloo Mayor Herb Epp and Kitchener Mayor Edith Mcintosh were given silver versions of the coins. The coins will feature Frieda on one side and a couple dancing on the other. The Oktoberfest Commitâ€" tee has ordered 50,000 nickel Starlings, both their noise and their droppings, are the main concem of resiâ€" dents of John Street in Waâ€" terloo as city council learnâ€" ed during Monday‘s comâ€" mittee of the whole meetâ€" ing. Lorme Musselman of 49 John St. East told council that area residents had suffered for three years with the birds‘ noise, dropâ€" pings and the smell He said he hoped â€" council could do something to reâ€" ahs dricdicitioudabsinls Aiivatitrentiheiio ind io t tairetied h iscc Sn deikenines ncnen. s on anniiin from Olga McLean of Waterloo. Miss McLean, a member of the Oktoberfest committee, made the presentation following the arrival of coins from the Sherritt Mint in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. About 50,000 coins will be minted with the first 500 being silver and the remainder in nickel. A feature of this year‘s coin is Frieda, the symbol of the festival. Not only did Waterloo Mayor Herb Epp receive one of the first Oktoberfest silver coins but also a kiss mauee 2 Lo s es e e i e e on t d LA Starlings annoy John St. residents Octoberfest coins feature Frieda coins from the Sherritt Mint in Alberta plus 500 silver The nickel coins will have the value of $1 from July 1 to Oct. 31 and are availâ€" able from banks, trust ofâ€" fices or from the Oktoberâ€" fest offices at 77 Ontario St. South, Kitchener. The 33mm nickel coins are available at $1 each while the silver coins, struck move the feathered pests. Mr. Musselman said that the birds created a great deal of noise from 8:45 to 9:30 pm. every day and that the lower branches of area trees had turned white from the bird‘s droppings. He said the birds would start to wake the neighâ€" borhood at about 4: 15 a.m. and that their droppings were creating quite a probâ€" lem for area residents. He said that residents had to shovel the droppings from Waterloo, Ontario the same size as the nickel dollars, are $16.50 each which includes postage, handling and a special colâ€" lector‘s case. William _ Stewart, _ the chairman of the coin comâ€" mittee, said all of the coins, especially the silver issue, will be available on a firstâ€" come, firstâ€"served basis. ‘‘They are one of the most the walks and wash down walkways â€" and â€" sidewalks before _ allowing persons into their homes. " The smell is really bad if it is humid or it rains," said Mr. Musselman. He said â€"residents could. not shoot the birds because of a gun bylaw nor could they use loud noises to scare the birds off due to another bylaw He suggested that the droppings may be a health hazard to youngsters who popular keepsakes of the festival," said Mr. Stewâ€" art, "the coins usually disâ€" appear from â€" circulation within several weeks folâ€" lowing their introduction."‘ Last year the coins earnâ€" ed about $10,000 for the festival and this money was used for sponsorship of various cultural and family related events. ride their bicycles, tricyâ€" cles and wagons through the droppings. â€" ‘‘We can‘t let people into our homes because of the rugs."" said Mr. Musselman, "and we can‘t cut down the trees. I don‘t have any solution to the problem .‘ Ald. Rudy Kominek suggested that the engineerâ€" ing department contact othâ€" er municipalities to see what success they had with 10 Cents (Continued on page 2)