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_5 percent wage _ hike suggested for city council Canadian cities that are already _ mundialized _ inâ€" clude Toronto, Hamilton, St. Catharines, Dundas. Brantford. Ottawa. Halifax. Victoria, _ Niagara _ Falls, Winnipeg. Nanaimo. Oakâ€" ville, Port Alberni, Estevan Moose Jaw and Flamboro The plans to twin or mundialize the Twin Cities with another city . were presented by Dr. P.L. Silâ€" veston, a member of a Kâ€"W Mundialization steering committee. The aim of munidializaâ€" tion would be to expand the horizons of individual citiâ€" zens in the Kâ€"W area by exchanging _ visits, _ inforâ€" mation _ and _ viewpoints with the twin city, to strengthen peace and inâ€" crease â€" the â€" community‘s awareness of the United Nations Dr. Silveston said. The citizens‘ committee also considered a memorâ€" andum from Darcy Mcâ€" Keough, provincial treaâ€" surer, stating that he felt ‘"‘"any move by elected ofâ€" ficials to increase their own salaries at this time can demonstrate _ an _ abrogaâ€" tion of the responsibility to exercise leadership durâ€" ing a period of national restraint." Preliminary _ plans _ to ‘‘twin"‘ the Kâ€"W area with an overseas city of comâ€" parable size and character were endorsed in principle by council Monday. City endorses plan to "twin" with overseas city "It was felt, however. that any recommendation for an increase should fall within the AIB Guidelines and restraint should be exercised in giving this matter consideration,"" said the committee‘s report. Dr._ Silveston said the choice of which city would Committee chairman Bill Moyer, representing â€" the news media, said the comâ€" mittee felt a complete absence of an increase would have the effect of a decrease in salary because of inflation. A 5 percent wage hike for aldermen and the mayâ€" or was recommended Monâ€" day by a ial citizens‘ commitufio:; remuneraâ€" tion for el officials. If the hike is approved by the 1977 council, the mayor‘s salary will inâ€" crease to $15,.275 from its present level of $14,550 and aldermen‘s â€" salaries â€" will increase to $4,460 from $4.â€" The committee also reâ€" § e ts ; f * on". C om qi n e ol t t Te u he c Li t . ... s »&-, * w eR tn Th eohe i I e 28. e e is ‘\5*5;. ‘:‘ ,-'-â€"aA;{:- "§">f .“?’;}%‘; g s‘"‘“‘““ a., '! c s s * t : 1y *-‘_-. cpicat "Â¥ o ~ To * w ta * C n 6 .o , C hok .. + 121st Year No. 44 waterioo chronicle | The Kâ€"W Mundialization steering committee hopes to introduce council byâ€" laws setting up mundializâ€" ation in Kitchener and Waâ€" terloo in May, 1977. Before his committee comes back to council then. it will try to gain community support for the project Dr. Silvesâ€" ton said Financial _ commitments by the city to the project would probably only include the costs of entertaining delegations Overseas cities presentâ€" ly twinned with Canadian cities include Amsterdam, Bangalore, India: Port of Spain, _ Trinidad; Haifa. Israel; and Georgetown. Guinea. Dr. Silveston said munâ€" dialization would expand the cultural insight of Kâ€"W residents and provide an excellent opportunity for school children to learn about another country. be Kâ€"W‘s twin would deâ€" pend on a list of cities reâ€" ceived from the Canadian World Federalist office and the Kâ€"W area‘s preference. In addition to Bill Moyer other members of the committee on remuneraâ€" tion for elected officials included _ Verle _ Shantz, appointed by the Kâ€"W Laâ€" bour Association; James Huras, appointed by the Waterloo Chamber of Comâ€" merce; William Lobban, recommended by the city‘s administrative committee; and Don Schaefer, the city‘s commissioner of fiâ€" nance. viewed the salaries of elected officials in comâ€" parative municipalities in the province to arrive at its decision. Bill Moyer said the final recommendâ€" ations were ‘‘about averâ€" age, or a little below the average of the municipalâ€" ities surveyed". The committee also made its decision in the light of wage settlements between the city and its employees in the last year. Since top management on the city‘s staff received increases of between 5 and 8 percent, the committee decided to limit the salary increases of the mayor and alderâ€" men to the top management category and an increase of 5 percent. Council agreed Monday to forward the committee‘s recommendations to the 1977 council without comâ€" ment. Waterloo Historical Society Museum co Kitchener Public Library, Queen Street North, KITCHENER, Ont. Wednesday, November 3, Damages may reach $435,000 in a fire Sunday which destroyed O.W. Sports Ltd., 92 King St. S., and damaged Waterloo Stove and Appliance Co. Ltd.. Herb Forester Clothing and Laura Sharpe Flowers. Firemen battled for four hours to control the blaze. Kâ€"W Record Photo Council vetos maintenance bylaw The â€"committee â€" report also ruled out the necessity of a minimum maintenance and â€" occupancy _ standard bylaw on the grounds that This _ decision _ followed the receipt of an adminisâ€" trative committee report stating that existing city bylaws regulating building satety, _ health _ standards and zoning would be adeâ€" quate to ensure minimum maintenance and occupanâ€" cy standards in the city A _ minimum + maintenâ€" ance and occupancy byâ€" law, whose merits and shortcomings â€" have been debated by council since May, will not be enacted in the city of Waterloo. Council agreed Monday ‘"to go as far as we can go with what we have on the books now"‘ to ensure buildâ€" ings in Waterloo are mainâ€" tained at a minimum standâ€" ard. rerien t inllal 1;,}@’4’»{.’" comp. k 485 1976 The idea of a minimum maintenance and occupanâ€" cy standard bylaw was first suggested last year in a report by Dryden, Smith and Lehman and Macâ€" Naughton Planning Conâ€" sultants, â€" the _ consultants preparing the city‘s cenâ€" tral _ residential _ district plan. In the final district plan report presented to council Monday, the conâ€" sultants recommended that the city continue to investiâ€" gate minimum _ maintenâ€" ance bylaws and other appropriate means of mainâ€" taining the buildings in the Central _ Residential â€" Disâ€" trict Area Council Monday endorsâ€" ed a motion by Ald. Brian it would be very costly and difficult to enforce. Surveys have also determined that very few areas in the city suffer from deterioration the report said. Waterioo, Ontario Why we‘re late > We‘re sorry we‘re late. The Chronicle apologâ€" izes to its advertisers, readers and corresponâ€" dents for arriving one day late on your doorsteps. A press breakdown at our production centre, Fairway Press, caused the delay. We promise to be back on your doorstep next week at our regular time, Wednesday night. Turnbull _ instructing _ the city engineer to convene meetings between _ the health, fire and works deâ€" partments to _ consider areas for cooperation in ensuring minimum â€" standâ€" ards. The engineer was inâ€" structed to report back to council in one or two years to detail how the program of cooperation was workâ€" ing. "If this doesn‘t work, then we can consider going B w Despite council‘s majorâ€" ity decision to work with existing â€" bylaws, â€" several aldermen expressed doubts that these bylaws could effectively _ regulate â€" the appearance of buildings. City engineer Jim Willis concurred with this stateâ€" ment saying existing byâ€" laws regulate only safety factors not appearance. into a minimum mainten ance and occupancy byâ€" law," Ald. Turnbull said. 10 Cents *"*" T Jost â€"â€" C