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Carroll sees tax Iincrease CHALLENGES OUTLINED Carroll told more than 100 people who attended the inaugural meeting that it will be "next to impossible"" to avoid a tax increase next year. By Stewart Sutherland Waterloo taxpayers should expect a tax increase next year, some improvements to parking problems in the downtown core and council to continue its grappling with Kitchener over transit issues. These, among other points, were made by Mayor Marâ€" jorie Carroll in her inaugural address to council Monday night in the packed chambers at the Marsland Centre. 126th Year No. 49 _ Wednesday, December 3, 1980 25¢ at the Newstand **We already know that 1981 will not be an easy financial year and that it will be next to impossible to retain our local municipal taxes at existing levels for the third successive year," she said. ‘"The 1981 budget will be directly affected by double digit inflaâ€" tion, the possibility of double digit wage settlements, a reduced surplus and only a modest increase in taxable assessment. She attributed the recent 15 per cent salary increase recently awarded to city firemen as one of the causes for a tax increase. ‘‘"As the fire department costs reâ€" present 20 per cent of our entire budâ€" get, it is disturbing to have a provinâ€" cially appointed arbitrator make what we believe to be unrealistic deciâ€" sions which will greatly affect future budgets and taxes," Carroll said. But on the city‘s credit side, she said council‘s "payâ€"asâ€"youâ€"go policy should help lower debt charges next year. If the city builds a parking garage. council "must think seriously of disâ€" continuing free parking in downtown Waterloo," Mayor Marjorie Carroll said Monday in her inaugural address to city council. Carroll said it would cost the city about $2â€"million to build a 400â€"car garage with an annual operating cost of $350.000. MP wants volunteers supported SEE PAGE â€" 6 THIS WEEK INSIDE She questioned whether the shopâ€" ping public would be willing to pay 50 cents an hour when people are used to free parking. ‘‘Where would we find downtown employees willing to rent a parking space at a cost of $800 or $900 a year?" Carroll said. "I believe that a parking garage is necessary and justified only when there is insufficient ground parking or when a parking structure becomes a vital and integral part of a new highâ€" rise complex," Carroll said. Carroll said the city has worked ‘quietly and progressively" buying property to meet downtown Waâ€" terloo‘s parking requirements and will continue to do so. The downtown study expected to be released later this month may also provide some answers, she said. ¢ Carroll said that while Waterloo Square was a "unique core area deveâ€" lopment."" it has contributed to the city‘s current parking problems and improvements are needed. ‘‘The Waterloo Square parking lot was designed. believe it or not, by parking experts," Carroll said. "The only apparent answer appears to be the rigid enforcement of the twoâ€"hour limitation. She said council faces many chalâ€" lenges over the next two years which will require "a great deal of realism and difficult decisionâ€"making. I look forward to working with the new council. The people (aldermen) Machine reads to the blind SEE PAGE â€" 13 (Continued on page 2) Fullâ€"time enrolmert at Wilfrid Laurier Uniâ€" versity totalled 3,583 as of Nov. 1. according to statistics released by James Wilgar . lhe\niâ€" versity‘s registrar. _ The figures indicate a 12.3 per cent gain over the 1979 total at the same date and are a cause for some conce n among university adâ€" ministrators. Enroliment concerns WLU These kids had a special seat on the lap of the giant panda bear that was the entry for J.M. Schneider Inc. in this year‘s Santa Claus parade. The float was awarded for being the best in the commercial category. Twin cities residents lined King St. Saturday morning to view the 15 floats and 12 bands and, of course, to say hello to Santa. ENJOYING THE RIDE Neale H. Tayler, Laurier‘s president, said the university just re moved its portable classrooms from the campus and certainly doesn‘t want to go back to them ‘But if this trend back to university among toâ€" day‘s high school stuâ€" dents continues, we could find ourselves in a situation where we Jeffries new Tiger field boss SEE PAGE â€" 25 would find it difficult to accommodate the deâ€" Dr. _ Tayler _ said Laurier has a concern that a close studentâ€" faculty relationship be maintained. That could mean a limiting of enrolâ€" ment in arts and science faculties in the future. as well as in business and social work Dr Tayler _ said business and economics had been contained to 9. 1 per cent by applying continually higher adâ€" mission standards. Stuâ€" dents now usually need an average in the mid seventies‘ for admisâ€" sions to that division The university has seen its fullâ€"time unâ€" dergraduate students growth in the school of . (Continued on page 2)