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lWateflooChronicle homeowners hoping to mount a mammoth campaign against the City of Waterloo‘s choice of the Beechwood West Community Park as the site of a new $2.2 million recreation complex. Making its first appearance before city council Monday night, a delegation of approximately 30 residents lobbied aldermen to say no to the recommenâ€" dations of a city project team, and instead select the University of Waterloo as the site of the new Westside Community Centre. 132nd Year No. 18 Time is rapidly ticking away on a group of Beechwood decided at its April 13 meeting that rena plans anger residents Wednesday, May 6, 1987 the the size of the project (both the building and parking Fischerâ€"Hallman Road and Roxton Drive location was preferable to twinning with the UW Columbia Icefield. Mayor Marjorie Carroll discouraged the delegation from presenting its case at Monday‘s meeting, instructâ€" ing them an informal public meeting will be staged next Wednesday night for that purpose. Despite the attempts of Ald. Andrew Telegdi to allow them to speak, the delegation was forced to tell itsstory to reporters outside the council chamber. "An arena as such does not serve the general interest of the community," said Dave Schaub of 453 Regency Court (Upper Beechwood). In addition to his opposition to the arena site because of Waterioo, Ontario 35 cents The city has appealed the firefighters arbitrated contract, with a court date set for June or September. A first class firefighter will receive an annual salary of $36,725 should the court uphold the contract. Cambridge firefighters currently make $36,800 annually. *"*(Mayor) Marjorie Carroll and her council are probably worth every penny they‘re getting. But she compares her situation to Cambridge and won‘t give us the same benefit," said Hussey. "Obviously she doesn‘t practise what she preaches." Council‘s retroactive decision will bring the 1987 salary of the city‘s eight aldermen to $10,400 from $8,033. Carroll also benefitted from the action, seeing her own salary raise by 25.5 percent from $27,000 to $33,900. In addition she will also receive the same benefitsâ€"OHIP, dental coverage, life insurance, long term disability and extended health careâ€"â€"as any other muncipal employee with the exception of participation in the corporation‘s pension plan. Mark Bryson But of even greater concern to firemen than numbers, says Waterloo Professional Fire Fighters Association president Max Hussey, is the fact that council members decided their salaries should be on par with that of their Cambridge counterparts immediâ€" _ The immediate reward went a'gllnst the recommendations of a renumeration task force which encouraged council to take the increases gradually. Chronicle Staff Waterloo firemen are fit to be tied over last week‘s decision by city council to reward themselves with a 29.4 per cent pay hike, only four months after labelling the 7.3 per cent increase awarded to firefighters as ‘"outrageous". ately. "Our raiseâ€"if we actually do get the awardâ€"will still leave us as the lowest paid in the region, including Guelph," said Hussey. _ _ Council ratified the pay hike at Monday‘s meeting, but not before Ald. Jim Erb added his name to the list of those opposed to the increase. Ald. John Shortreed and Brian Turnbull voted against the action last week. «n Firefighters heated up over parity stance in council raises Kate Sleeman of Waterioo doesn‘t have to worry about what to get her mom for Mother‘s Day. Sleeman and her Grade 1 classmates at Sandowne public school spent Monday afterâ€" noon at the Plant Lady preparing their presents, lovinglyâ€"made decorative wreaths. _ Chronicle photo requirements), Schaub is also concerned about & process of determining the site. It appears to himâ€"and most others in the delegationâ€"that citizens have basically been shut out of the selection process and have not been made to understand how the property will be developed. ‘‘What we want is a full opportunity to look at what those plans are, to understand how that property is going to be developed because there is very limited space on the west side for a community development and we really need to understand exactly what those options are and to Have an input to those," said Schaub. JUST FOR MOM (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 2)