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Economic growth is goal of combined committees Nope Instead. it " a formula for what city am titV h 1pc will hr omen-m, co ordinated and rapid ttorrttrtic development in the city of Water loo Wl)(‘ stands for the Watvrloo "evvlopment Committee. a new administrating body to hr formed through the amalgamation of the city's existing Economic Ireveloprtwnt Committee (BBC) and Civic "evelopment Committee (CDC) Ann Marie Sehl. chairman of (hr rummittev. told trusteex that in light of the fact that nu mm additional significant information or suguvxtmn has developed. the committee sm-x nu further need In study the situation ll also recommended that tiw board indicate its decision on the futuro of Ihn- school itt its mm-tinu on April 12 ' CDC ¢P1|1C=WDC What's this sumo complicated algebraic t-qun tion" DECISION APRIL " Parents keep fighting for St. Louis school The committee has studied the problem of declining enrolment in St. Louis and all separate schools in the city of Waterloo since May. l98l. According to school board figures the school is operating at 24.8 per cent of its capacity with six of its 13 classrooms being used for teaching. There are presently 97 students enrolled in the school which is designed to hold 390, The board's projections over the next three years brings the enrolment Figure down to 70. The board made a motion of intent to close tho school in November, 1981. and sinm- that time members of the St. Louis ad hot committee have met with parents on four occasions for additional clarification and input Tho organization of thc whool fur 1982 will include triple grading, a unuquurtcrtinu- mn- class, it one-quarter-timc librarian and a half tinw principal Freiburgvr told Irwin-m that hy closing h't Louis school they would be “signing " tbutth warrant" and putting an end to the St Luna's parish community Waterloo's aldermen Monday night gavr their unanimous approval to a proposed structure for the new development committee In thc new plan the HIK' and CIM' will continue to function, with the same members and objectives, as sub-com Christina was one of many St Louis students who composed poems and short stories express ing their love for the school. The results were published on the children's page of the Kitchener Waterloo Record. On Monday evening Waterloo County separate school board trustees listened to some of these works as Larry Freiburger read them in an attempt to convince trustees of the importance of keeping the school open. Freihurger was spokesman for a delegation of 15 parents who attended the meeting where trustees considered recommendations concern- ing the organization of the school for September 1982 and the dissolving of a "Local Study Com- mittee". Declining enrolment has placed the future of the school in jeopardy" By Terry James Nine-year-old Christina (’9‘\l'l'ibf‘d St Louis "You separate school as her honw where fellow steel in students and staff make up “one big happy fami said FI ly." Familie Taxes, As well. thc city sharc of lcwal Impruvv ment proiects scheduled for lhu your, estimated at $313,000. wax dropped from the budget to be either paid out of surplus funds or through tiebertttsrint,' Requests for grants from 26 volunteer organizations, totalling almost $1HtANt0. wru- cut hy cltrxt. In $27,000 Thc mmmil tee rul a request trom K W Oktoberfest Int for te:.t,7ootots,sttttartdthrtti,tttttthat the KAN Drum and Hutde Corp had asked for wax reduced by Slum timates line by “no, and mime-mus capital projects were Ctti, dvlayc-d or w! asttie for possible debentu'ring Notable among the. um made own- $50.00(), which wax to hr mud In Impruw the Waterloo Arena parking lot and $1099!!! earmarked for thc beautification of King Shoe! from “upon! to f'rincev, By Melodee Martinuk "otioer1 “(mu “an" ll mittees under " miller The vxrcutivv committee, In be chaired hy Mayor Marjorie Carroll, will cnvnrdhuu- row and industrial development in (hr city and report to council on the. actions and decisions of the two sub committees The executive. explained Carroll. will also direct the actions of a lulltime development unit-er. it hiring of the "Hirer is approved by council in the I962 budget, Also sitting on the executive cumming-e will be Ald Robert Henry, chairman of the cure subcommittee (CDCl Robert Kaehler, chairman of the industrial sub-committee (EUC) and city treasurer, Don Schaefer, During the past few weeks members of both the [CDC and CDC. city staff. and aidermen have met in private to iron out plans for the consolidation of the lwn committees In these discussions, Carroll said, there was concern that um- group not take precedence uvor the other, that the development otficer not encounter a situation of having to answvr to two bosses. and that t-xportiw not be lost through the merger of the two committees The new strut-(urea explained the mayor, should eliminate these anxieties. as well as vliminatv ur reduce duplication of effort hy the two commit tees." shc- said in a written nwmn to council Following the council meeting Carroll said that m planning the mm structurr. it was important lo "make mark that mn-mln-rx of both committees still have considerahlc input into decision muk mg ., Tho next step for (hr WDC, sand Carroll, is u budgetary question, to decide how much is to In- spent "" industrial and rnrr development In Waterloo this yvar As well. thr hiring of the proposed development "mu-r still mm! gr! [hr nnal okay from mum cil "A lot will depend an how (1":an deals with the budget." the mayor pointed out A letter outlining the organization of thr school for bieptvrubvr, P.M2 will be sent to parents. and trustm-x "xperl to receive input from parents on this matter bmwm-n now and April 12, who: thy board will mdicatv the futun- of thv school Speaking to the parents' recommendations, Mac Zettel, board chairman, said that all separate schools in the city of Waterloo are operating at 63.7 per cent efficiency. . “If you move school boundaries the operating percentage is 63.7 per cent efficient. It doesn't change. The efficiency of a school is 80 per cent," said Zettel, The chairman said that if St. Louis were to close in June l983, the efficiency of Waterloo schools would rise to the 80 per cent h-vel. Trustee Charles Yates spoke against the recommendation suggesting,' that Bill '82 students be housed at St Michael school He suggested that placing special education students in a school and labelling them was contrary to the iroard's principles. The parents recommended that the school be permitted to remain open; that the school board hire an outside firm to study enrolment and make recommendations; that the board consider 'tra- duated boundary changes; that grades 7 and 8 students be phased out of St, David's and be replaced by grade 9 and to students from St. Mary's (which Freiburger indicated was over- crowded) and St. Jerome's; that the board make an effort to have Roman Catholic public school supporters send their children to St. Louis; that the board stop discouraging non-Catholics from attending separate schools, and that St, Michael school be a receiving school for Bill 'ti2 children. The spokesman suggested that by uprooting children the board was breaking ties which have taken time to develop. "You are not dealing; with bricks and glass or steel and wood You are dealing with people.“ said Freitsurger "People with ties to a school Families deeply rooted in parish lilo" On behalf of the parents, FYeiburger presented a list of recommendations. newlrcrcated executive com Local firm wins tendering dispute Council wrestled with the question of the construction contract last week when a representative of Simoanood, Bob McKittrick. told council his company':, bid had been unfairly rejected By Melodee Martinuk Waterloo city council elected Mon day night to savc ovcr 360.000 by awarding a contract for under ground services and road construc tion in the northeast section of the city to a local firm, Simon Wood Ltd, In rejecting thc Simon Wood hid, Hallman argued that it was quali fied and Iheretorv, according to city policy adopted in 1978, mus! hr declared invalid In doing so, they ignored the advice of city staff that the bid be rejected because it had been quali tied by [hr inclusion of a letter with the offer The Simon Wood otier was $63.394 less than the bid of a Brantford firm, which director of purchasing and personnel Terry Mailman was recommending iw approved In rejecting thc Simon Wood hid, McKittrick mid council last week that the Ivtter was attached no! as n qtoalitiration of their bid hut only In correct an oversight in the lender specifications which allowed the city up to an days to award the run tract "This Is required to protect thc integrity of the public tendering process," he said In a written rr port Friday was a day of celebration at Waterloo Spring Co. Ltd., as the Phillip Street firm marked its 70th anniversary. William Garth (loft). vitto-proaMetoot, and president James Huras light the last two candles on a giant cake. Earlier in the festivities, employees and guests took turns lighting each of the 70 candles. The company, which employs 1 25, is one of the largest Canadian suppliers of furniture hardware and springs used in home furniture construction. its products are exported to the U.S., Australia, United Kingdom and other countries. (Photo by Karla Wheeler) CELEBRATION DAY wAvsmgg gnngmg; M UNESDAJLMAEQH P, 1982 _ EN“ According to Aid. Glen Wright. the solicitor's report, not made public, recommended the Simon Wood bid be rejected because it was qualified, Last week, the mayor said. the representative of Simon Wood told ruunril theres was something "strange" about thc tender, parhr ularly with respect to the comple tmn date And she pomted out. city vnuinm-r Jim Willis confirmed that thc m-day clause Was an oversight “II is not a black and white thing to mv that thc bid is qualified." Carroll said, and “an there is a gn-y area in such a decision. I bvlicv" wv must q-unsidq-r the Such a delay, he told council, would mean that the contractor would only have three days to complete the first phase of the project, estimated to take three weeks. Council deferred making a deci sion on the contract for one week pending a report from the city solicitor on whether the letter con stituted a qualification. However, Mayor Marjorie Carroll rejected this recommendation and argued in support of the offer "When there is any doubt in the minds of the members of council we have to be extremely carvful of our decision," she said “I sincerely believe that they had no intention lo qualify (hr tender M Were only pointing out a discrepancy" sh? said 1Loototoorl or, paw" bl