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'rhemsiamtuie-itwotttoater1oocotmtvcter1teroCttr, HeartandSu'ohel-‘oundationoiomariohassurpaasoditsgoalof $80.“ by 87,000. _ 'l'hedriveendedli‘ehruaryzsbutmail-insandothercontributions will continue until the end af June, said campaign chairman Erna "iiiGii,rideou-ereesetptap,attr.t1titstheutttt1ri.t which Cambridge will be part of the Waterloo County campaign. It (aaGii/isitGueuAaiitntasrtntttersar,takinginGalt, Preston. Beepeler and part at North Dunn-lee. The Waterloo unit will be known as the Kitchener-Waterloo Regional Chapter h nature. Special events, Jump Rope for Heart, corporate and In Memoriam contributions axe well up over last year. The over-all goal for the year is men. The recent fashion show at Binge!!!“ Park, chaired by Hail-a Wilson, raised over $4,”, double the figure of last year. him Sunday. April s, at 1 pan. at Waterloo Inn. On the fashion rump will be iii our tax hike in line? An attempt to reach that magical seven per cent solution last week fell slightly short as the finance committee only managed to trim to the tune of 7.8 per cent. An additional $102,000 in expenses must be trimmed today to reach the target goal. A, - - . 2t_.___, -A____ Lag]. mm, W .....-.. -- ._-,-v cw“ Regardless of the outcome, many citizens appear both shocked and upset that the seven per cent solution comes in a year with four per cent infUtimt and at a time you can hear nothing but good news from anyone remotely connected with the operation of the city. The Chronicle has by no means been swarmed with complaints about the 1m tax bill. but there have been calls and even one strongly-worded letter. In it, a resident who wishes to remain anonymous, says he has a great deal of difficulty accepting tax increases which are greater than the rate of inflation. "it seems the mayor and council are hell bent to keep the city expanding at an alarming rate and sticking it to the taxpayers to pay for this booming economy and expansion that they (the taxpayer) do not want. especially with the yearly tax increases they are being subjected to," the letter read, noting that Waterloo council has a " per cent increase in assessment to work with in MBT. But Mayor Marjorie Carroll says to blame increased taxes as the price of the growth is untair. Granted. it does means increases in the provision of municipal services. but there are other factors that are equally at fault. Perhaps number one on that list is the reluctance of past council's to hike taxes when they should have. Case in point, "" and use. With igtfUtioet running at " and 11.2 per cent over those two years. the council of the day opted for a zero tax hike. in retrospect. that may have been quite a blunder. “We were definitely foolish as a council several years baeUriGiaesaiiemseortteirstrrt-riseanthtound Alcontml Homes of Waterloo is Heart and Stroke campaign over top co<,-oitutrta-rt-rt't-ttrrttrxtqrrt"tt. mumumpummdm iiiariiiriaaairiki-t---1oe1t- "iitii,tttiitutukiii-qet_t'etqeartf.yy'. tGiiiiiGaikiiiGa,tirutiuttmt-mt"ptrte aGiituiiakituiiiittrtatr'mto-ftm_ Celebrity fashions to _pppttfir/Nlk?.o.ppr?rfil,ttr.p.tt 51.1707 ‘7. 8t A” iGiiiiiricuarCiaiifbt gm _u-u' up lj " " " Herb Em. Liberal MPP for Waterloo North, Eitehener's Mayor Dom Cardlllo, Mayor Claudette mm: of Cambridge, Waterloo alderman Mary Jane Mewhlnney, CKCO news anchor ".1617 81.173 " 4.8 " " " "We let maintenance items slide paying; fpr_it."__ - .. . . Aid. John Shortreed said last week that he was "strongly opposed" to the direction he and his colleagues took over those two years. What the tight-tinted approach means today is that Waterloo is in an unavoidable "eatetop" situation. The city has no less than seven major capital expenditures either under way or proposed and the money simply must come from somewhere. Immediate renovations to the often-maligned public library, as well as the major purchase of the m Wing for senior citizen activities. are jutrttwouthermgeeuititeneTtewyearrrttttrew.i, also be new Waterloo and Westside arenas and the city willlfinally construct the long-awaited indoor swimming poo ' But rather than blasting a 1m tax increase that may appearoutofline, perhapsitismoreimportanttogeta better understanding of where the seven per cent ceiling comes from. Since IMH, the City of Waterloo has maintained a philosophy with respect to capital expenditure. That philosophy states that capital expenditures increase by “inflation plus two full percentase points on the mill rate." Prior to 1964, Waterloo had not been a municipality to plan future projects and long range capital reserve funds were passed over. In addition to the two per cent for capital expenditures. Waterloo has, since is“. added one First Class tirefigttter to the mill rate to provide for the eventual expansion own service. In 1087 this adds up to $45,!“ or, .4 per cent. Taking these two factors into consideration. a seven percent ceilingdoesnotappearwtofline. However, what is slightly misleading about the m7 budget is the exclusion of sewage maintenance 110.41“ ttt .66tt mm now new leads! 0mm T“ 1.66) Punch W. 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If the whopping water increases were included on the 1937 budget, they would effect it to the tune of $329,995 or 2.7 per cent. _. OEcouid also compare Waterloo’s proposed seven per cent hike to other cities in the region such as Cambridge and Kitchener. but this too can be misleading. A U Kitchener last week came in at 6.5 per cent over 1988 while Cambridge managed a 4.8 per cent increase. But what the percentages won‘t tell you is how much it affects the citizens of each community. _ In Mm, according to City of Waterloo supplied statistics. Kitchener homeowners paid $332 towards municipal taxes on the hypothetical $1,000 tax bill. Cambridge and Waterloo paid $380 and $841 respectively. With these hares taken into consideration, Waterloo ratepayers will be faced with an additional $16.87 compared to 821.58 and 818.24 in Kitchener and Cambridge respectively. Rounding out the 1008 31.000 tax bill in Waterloo, 8196 went towardstheregioet whiie$568were spentoneduca- -iii, a much larger scale, over the put 10 years Waterloo residents havepaklgu} per_c¢pt inereyeir! taxes. During that same period. with igtfiatimt running at 77.2 per cent. the region has hoisted its taxes by 85.3 per cent while the school boards have instituted 94.0 per cent Hummer the next few years, Wategloo gill colgdnue to practice the "tnfUtimt plus two” philosophy until such a time that all the major capital expenditures necessary for a rapidly expanding city are in place. Then, says Stockie. well will have the option of simply abolishing It. tcoettirtoodfrmrtp-U " " " F.t " " " " "I " " 4.4 " 4.6 " 57.“! “JI7 51 J96 " 4.0 " " , ' "