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Bus stops lCommued from page 3) has protested the change since it was proposed, to revise the schedule went down to defeat after Mayor Marjorie Carroll broke a 4-4 council tie. Numbers. numbers. numbers About a week ago, The Kitchener-Waterloo Record published a list it called "Big Spenders" The article outlined 15 local. tax-supported agencies and ranked them from the most expensive to the least. The article also listed the number of persons each organization employs. As a trustee, I am saddened by the ever-present charge of "spenfthrir'.1 have listened since 1971 to people who accuse trustees of being irresponsible. l have written numerous articles explaining teachers' salar- ies compared with other persons' (of equal training); the costs of provincially-initiated changes in education; the shift from provin- cial funding of education to local funding. Finally, I have heard (time and again) outside agents, hired by the board to study various aspects of our operation. say that we have made responsible, fiscally-sound deci, sions. Money. money. money _ , _ . Next council heard And so it was with interest that I read the "Big Spenders" list. Yes, indeed! There was the Waterloo County Board of Education right at the top - with both dollars and employees. Cost Per Employee _ _ What intrigued me was to calculate the raw cost per employee (gross dollars divided by number of employees.) The city of Kitchener. with a budget of $116 million and 1.046 employees. tops the list with a cost per OF WATER LOO THE HOUSE THAT SERVICE BUILT Leasea 1 984 32000 PICKUP FOR 0NLY$1 ss PER MONTH from a group of busi- nesses in north Uptown Waterloo who are upset because mainline buses are now picking up and discharging passengers in front of their stores. 'Based on 42-month lease (plus tax and licence) They asked council to Lynne Woolstencroft School views Trustee. WCBE reconsider its earlier decision to move the King Street bus stop from Young Street to a location in front of Team Sports, because this change has meant the loss of three "very valuable" parking Before you cry "Foul.'", I admit to difficulties comparing different kinds of organizations and the services they offer. And the purpose of this article is not to condemn any other tax-based organization. If anything can be extrapolated from another view of the figures, it is that - on the face of it - the Waterloo County Board of Education's spend- ing is not out of line. Of course. there are still employee of approximately $110,500. Looked at the opposite way, if the city of Kitchener employed 4,916 employees (4.7 times as many as now - making it nearly as big an employer as the board,) the budget would be $545.2 mil- lion. ' Waterloo regional government (without police and welfare) comes second at $98,750 per employee. The city of Waterloo ranks fifth at approximately 362.000 per employee. (If you multiply the eity's budget of $15.7 million by 19.7 - to equalize employees at 5.000 - the budget would come in at $307.3 million.) The three hospitals and both universities take up the next five spots. Number 12, the regional police, cost $46,200 per employee; the K-W Hospital (number 13) costs $44,900 per employee; the separate school board (number 14) costs $43,900 per employee and at the bottom in number IS: the Waterloo County Board of Education at $35,200 per employee. m; political judgements about Justifiable education expenditures... " UNIVERSITY AVE. E. 885-5090 spots in an area " ready suffering a shortage of customer parking. Council referred both matters to the engi- neering department to come back with alter- natives. or 16x32' . Bank plan to lngrounda quaMod "um.“ purchasers Ditticult access may require additional charge PRICE INCLUDES: Jacuzzi, and fitter with 36 no pump. stainless steel 3 step ladder. deluxe quallty vacuum set and maintenance set (wall brush. thermomettqr, teal net. etc), a 2' wide "roar reintorced concrete deck completely around pool. 2 stage poured concrete bottom with liletime warranty. a 30 mil plain or patterned liner with 20 year warranty and " gauge wane with extra heavy 2700 galvanized coating and lifetime corrosion ivarfanty BRYCE BANTING POOl SALE! 19x33' Kidney 1 7133' Oval or 16x32' lngroundc “We Will Better The Best Price You Can Find On The Same Pool" CW4TERL00 “INN Kitchener 's Best HAND POOLS OEAI. DIRECTLY WITH THE OWNERS “PAY " SALES COMMISSIONS!" (3313mm EXAMBLE! 0:31:31 per Indoor Showroom with Full Sin Pooh on Dispiay 550 Parksido Drive at New. Watqrtoo WATERLOO CHROWLE. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 6, 1984 - PAGE tt 475 Run: 81 N Waterloo 984-0220 886-3 792 Bryce 8 Greg have been in the pool industry for over " years and have sold over 2.500 pools in Kit- chener-Waterloo and Hamilton areas. HEB GREG BANTING