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* 129th Year No. 2 _ Council unanimously decided to establish the committee Monday in answer to a motion filed by Thomas reâ€" questing that a policy be set outlining the criteria used when deâ€" ciding committee apâ€" pointments. Last month, Thomas was criticized by some of her council colâ€" leagues for her poor attendance at council Thomas thrilled by move to study representation Melodee Martinuk Chronicle Staff A threeâ€"member subcommittee of Waterloo city council has been set up to investigate ways of improving representation by aldermen on city boards, commissions and committees. > The committee will be composed of Aldermen Doreen Thomas, Brian Turnbull and Glen Wright. _ force the city of Waterioo to temporarily lay off employees of its. public works departâ€" ment. s . ~ City officials aren‘t 100 per cent certain that the layoffs will occur but Monday they served notice that if there isn‘t a change in the weather soon, as many as 14 laborers may be temporarily laid off beginning January 24. Under the Employment Stanâ€" dards Act workers must be given a twoâ€"week warning of impending layoffs. Terry Hallman, Waterloo‘s director of purchasing and personnel said Monday that the exact number of employees affected and the length of the layoffs won‘t be known for another two weeks. The reason for the layoff he explained, is a shortage of work. "The lack of snow is the big reason...people who would normally do snow removal have been doing other work...we‘ve cleaned up a great pile of work." But, he said, "things could change," and the layoffs may not be necessary. ‘"The weather could change or we could get a project we‘re not aware of now .‘"‘ Mayor Marjorie Carroll said this is the first time the city has been forced to lay off employees. "It is certainly a precedent in the city...it has never happened before." _ But, the mayor added, ‘"we have to be realistic. If the work is not there we can‘t have men sitting around and pay them. They are supposed to be productive workers not sitting around the shop." -â€"3{ mildâ€"aginter weather may >1rc?the city of Waterioo to temporarily lay Tough to find work e shop." J and get it settied once THIS WEEK INSIDE meetings and for seekâ€" ing appointments to only prestigious comâ€" mittees. Thomas had asked for appointments to the Wilfrid Laurier Board of Governors and the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo hospital board. Instead she was appointed to Project Lift and the Kitchener Transit Adâ€" visory Board. She said Monday that setting a general policy * =â€"«â€" SEE PAGE 4 lovers‘ field day Lottery Thomas added that ‘‘*appointments to comâ€" mittees should be made where experience and the degree of interest are used to the best advantage of the comâ€" munity." In addition to the question of criteria, at the suggestion of Turnâ€" bull the committee will also examine: whether there should be a limit to the number of terms an alderman can sit on one committee; the benefits of instituting a system of regular re on committee happenâ€" ings; whether some check should be kept on attendance at commitâ€" **Having gone through that problem," Turnbull said, ‘‘*‘we should take advantage of the issue and look at the thing fro m scratch." governing appointâ€" ments "would be valuâ€" able...a positive step in the right direction which will solve a lot of the problems we‘ve had recently." Wright supported the motion ‘‘in the interest of coâ€"operative spirit," but added that "for the criteria factor it‘s going to boil down to the collective desire of council." In an interview folâ€" lowing the meeting Thomas said she was ‘‘delighted, very enâ€" couraged‘"‘ by council‘s decision to establish the committee. "It‘ll be a great benefit to the community .‘ â€" Thomas expects the committee to "sit down in the next two or three weeks, hash this over â€"â€" SEE PAGKk 20 Papa Potato . *L..\ o,â€",;;i **% "."‘tg; € wi!_ Waterioo cmto Vikings and Bluevale Knights met a week ago Tuesday in a battile of W senior basketbail teams in a game which featured some intense play in the first half as the teams were tied 30â€"30, although Bluevale went on to win 63â€"38. Shown above grabbing the bail is Vikings‘ Dan Pringle, wearing eye goggles to protect from the heat of the action. That‘s Bluevale‘s Rob Fauihammer on the left. For story, see page 21. MINE GOGGLING â€"â€" SEE PAGE 25 Dan‘s UW‘s mal athilete Richard O‘Brien photo g