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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 14 Dec 1977, p. 23

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Pm 24 - erloo Chronicle. Wednesday, Dumber to, 1977 . By Jim MacDonald Regional couneirtnmor. row (Thursday) will be asked to approve in prin- ciple a scheme which sewage Fates by 1933. However, commit could back out of the decision next year if they wish. "The phasing-in proposal should remove. the con- cern that a decision made before the year-end would be irrevocable," says Regional finance com- missioner Mac Gregg in a' reporttocouncil. Ttie need to approve the scheme in principle be- Model 760H Model 750H KODAK SLIDE PROJECTOR KODAK SLIDE PROJECTOR KOIMK TEL! IISTAIATIC CAMERA Idol 60L. iiikr 3P Region to discuss scheme to phase-in rates SHE A preliminary report earlier this tall indicated those shifts would cyst both Cambridge and Wat- erloo money over the next few years while the other five municipalities .wouid save money. fore the end ot the year is to take advantage at $1.1 million in provincial as- sistance offered tobelpde- But revised information in Mr. Gregg's latest report indicate that Water- fray new policy. The provincial offer lapses at the end of bitesomc homcfor Christmas time v is a family time - a time for presents, roast (whey and good cheer. And Christmas means memories, the kind you'll want to capture and preserve with plumes. Make those memories wanna and brighter with Srivartia's famous Blue Dot phototUsh, Magicubes, Hip Hash, Flash bar and tUshttuibs. ttuf $iiliiiiiiiiitjijiiull [3111mm MAGIGUBES Pkg. Mt _-_--- lose " 'much as antici- pated earlier, and Kieth- other four municipalities also will show decreased sewage costs. But Regional chairman Jack Young pointed out Shifts only apply for the short range while the costs will balance out over the long term. Currently, each of the seven municipalities in the Region pay only the saw age treatment and dispos- last J B Woods St3 Oxbow I .99 1 .99 vary. Under the uniform policy, each municipality would pay equal rates. Over a five-year period, Cambridge and Kitchener would have their sewage rates gradually increased to reach the ultimate uni- form rate by 1933. Por- tions of the provincial assistance would be paid each year to both cities to help defray those increas- Meanwhile, the other municipalities would have their current rates lower- ed over the same period aimmuttttttetroqmaNten- KODAK -. INSTANT CAMERA Model EK6 by Kodak FOR KODAK EKG OR KODAK HANDLE ONLY The HANDLE [1mm to the uniform rate. A per- outage ot their swings each year would be placed in a sewage rate stabili- zation fund. The fund would be used to keep the rates stable af- ter the phamAn period is completed. No chooses would be made next year to allow Regional council a longer period to study the policy's impact and leave the door open toopt outot the policy. Mr. Gregg emphasized that point, noting the pre- vious report did not con- tain a phase-in method. "A clear impression was left carousel Tray MO Slides I’ll-lo FILM For Kodak "ISIAH CAMERAS ”375° 639 [ali BEE? Waterloo Liberals elect new president would have to tNmtggteqtee January t, M8 With the provincial assistance mon- ies being used to reduce the impact on than mm- Ieipalities which wuuld The 1977-78 president of the Waterloo Federal Lib- eral Association is Marilyn Lawand. She was elected to a one- year term recently. when about 85 local Liberals gathered at Bingeman Park for the association's an- nual meeting. She was pre- viously the group's vice- president. Wash your km ya: that " right. Other executives elected last week were Frank Now- ak, vice-president; Carol Gould, secretary; Mel Friedman, assistant-sect- tary; and Fred Mikel, treasurer. All were elected to one-year terms. The past-president is Bev Fol- lion. method of implementing, the scheme, it created possum to make a quick decision on a major policy The association members also selected seven dele- gates to the national federal Liberal association policy conference to be held in Ot- tawa on Feb. 23-25. They are Rob Brown, Pe- ter Folliott, Bev Folliott, Doreen Thomas, Audrey Reitzel, Frank Nowak and John Zelir. Six alternates were also picked for the con- vention held every two years. gives council some breath- ing room. lit supporting the policy, Mr. Gregg pointed out sewage disposal is the only regional service where Guest speaker was Kitch- ener MP Joe Flynn who substituted for Postmaster.. General Jean Jacques Blais. Mr. Blais was grounded in Ottawa due to inclement weather. The riding association ex- pects to pick a candidate sometime next spring for the next federal election. Run around with yopr wife costs are not recovered on a uniform basis. For example, the Region has uniform water rates. Regional officials Mon- day visited Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo councils to explain the policy. They met with Woolwich Township coun~ cil last night. "It does not seem very logical to have a uniform rate for the system that supplies water but not for the system that disposes of it," hewrote. WHPBUWI'

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