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Truman phoned the city to find out why he had received the warning, and was told bylaws regarding sidewalk snow removal are enforced on a "complaint" basis. He was told that a single individual in his But because he‘s out with his snowâ€" blower after every snowfall, clearing snow in the early hours of the morning, he doesn‘t feel he deserved a warning citation from the City of Waterloo‘s engineering division. If Bob Truman were the kind of home owner who rarely or never shovelled the snow from his sidewalk, he probably wouldn‘t be so angry about the "warning" left in his mailbox Friday. Deborah Crandall Chronicle Staff Chronicle Vic Heibert, an administrative coâ€"ordinator with the city‘s engineering division in charge of snowâ€"reâ€" moval bylaw enforcement, said city employees investigating complaints are instructed to chern h;:uses in b: con;lplair]xt a.reav,l not just t plained about. He also said city emr‘ instructed to put the warning notice o door knob, not in the mail bomuum a« u s «s I *â€"@n"removal bylaws leave residents fuming lahorah Crandall Pnd e n n n t en ons ie Heather Munroe, Waterloo‘s Queen of the mountain For the average homeowner (with a property valued at $150,000), that will mean an increase of $17, bringing the Chronicle Staff Despite a few last minute "surâ€" prises" during the budgetâ€"makâ€" ing process, Waterloo residents will see no more than a 3.9 tax rate increase in 1992. 10 en mmemmmmemnmmmmmmmatem 4j Just put on a red nose «a " LIGHTEN UP, CAl e J 4# ** . ‘ E 9e x :‘s s j P M =~ \ \ fi 3 4 © E> i j‘; € § ».," i y o s ‘ 4 7 a+caR 2 a % R N | S KTE #% waa o h\ JW Temovalâ€"â€"â€"â€" revnmmmmmmemmmemingt , A ui Vic Heibert, an administrative coâ€"ordinator with finey" \ e city‘s engineering division in charge of snowâ€"reâ€" ar % f oval bylaw enforcement, said city employees , /; ivestigating complaints are instructed to check, g °% g puses in a complaint area, not just th se ained ahout He alan usid situ am.‘ Deborah Cra ; | se $1 Chronicle Staf?d. i fvorage yearly tax bill up to One per cent in the budget put more than a ner serr kuslk 1__ . e Page 27 An unexpected "lastâ€"minute" bill from Kitchener Transit, for Waterloo‘s portion of the conâ€" struction of the new bus terminal and the city‘s portion of student bus pass subsidies, put a $160,000 wrinkle in the budget Friday morning. As did a $80,000 shortâ€" fall in expected provincial grants. After receiving the complaint, Finlay MacLennan of the city‘s engineering deâ€" partment visited homes on Grangewood Drive, Dunvegan Drive, Sandowne Drive, Lee Avenue, Kane Drive and Concordia Crescent, and left warnings at the 39 residences. The warnings advised the residents that if the sidewalks were not cleared within two days, fines would be charged, as well as city cleanâ€"up costs. Truman said he is upéél" because the city‘s snow removal bylaw states that "all" snow must be removed from sidewalks, and Lincoln Village neighborhood had comâ€" plained to the city about 39 residences where snow was not removed adequately. Last year the city received approximately 230 complaints in total. Network offers relief from persistent pain M ds laterloo, Ontz Page 8 "We thought we were doing rather well, until Premier Rae‘s $80,000 shock, plus the $160,000 transit bill," said Coun. Joan McKinnon, who chaired Monâ€" day‘s lengthy budget meeting. "It so the “_srurrâ€"pvll‘i.s.e“s.rc.éuncil f:aced’ affected the budget by more than a percentage point. Une per cent in the budget equals approximately $229,000, JAN 2 9 192 "The intent of the bylaw is appropriate â€" we clearly don‘t want people in flagrant violation of the whole exercise," Truman said. "But I think the bylaw as written is not enforceable." The bylaw states snow must be shovelled within 24 hours of a snowfall. It snowed Thursday night, and the warnings were issued Friday afternoon. Because Friday‘s windchill factor was extreme, Truman feels shovelling snow in such temperatures would be injurious to health. and feels leniency should be exercised he feels that is unattainable. He said his snowblower leaves behind a very thin layer of snow, and according to the bylaw, that is not good enough and he is in violation. Departments Opinion .......... Community ....... Entertainment ..... Business ......... Sports ........... Classified ........ Council has frozen it‘s own honorariums for 1992, while the mayor‘s salary sees an increase of 4.4 per cent. Waterloo senior managment | salary _ increases put more than a per cent back into our budget, and on Friday, we had to find another per cent to knock out. That‘s certainly what you‘d call reworking the budget in the eleventh hour." Bâ€"K MOTORS ys 485 KimypStr No Wateigggeas!o’v CANADA:! Kifgytr Nort Mss erllgg égéfiéa E_T ‘ , h Pn ‘ -"@ < Truman is also frustrated that the individual who launched the complaint selectively chose the residences to be reported. Some residences were jiven warnings. while neighboring ones with just as much or more accumulated snow did not receive warnings "In my particular instance. there are three houses in a row. I‘m in the third house â€" the house in the middle was not cited, and the house bevond that was cited," Truman said. "I have pictures of m\ yard and my neighbor‘s (who was not cited), which demonstrate that the ~now pack is the same So I would suggest that the bylaw officer did not properiy ds charged his duties 7 Advertising _ supplen with tonight‘s Waterioo United Brethren Church * Cloudy with periods of rain. High 4 C Thursday‘s weather and publisher Waterioo Summers, ality Jack help but the ‘"other a big. red Well if you thin couldn‘t muster up or smile, not if your life de on it, think again. CFC personality Jack Ca has a sureâ€"fired remedy "blahs". And it‘s as plain as t foam rubber ending down? Hey, you. Yeah. you with the intense scow!l and wrinkly forehead. LIGHTEN UP Has the seeminglyâ€"never ending â€" recession â€" got â€" you Three "Our senior managers have agreed to these reductions. and this is bottom line â€" these are dollars that go straight into the budget," McKinnon said have been reduced from five to three per cent, and the city‘s chief administrative officer‘s salary in crease has dipped from five to two per cent. supplemer other guy‘‘ looks with . red nose on his face 1 if you think you n‘t muster up one little . not if your life depended think again. CFCA radio nality Jack Carpenter sureâ€"fired remedy for the as pl ce â€" the big. red r nose on your face (Continued on page 5 Rick _ Campbeli, City Coun. John and radio personâ€" Carpenter can‘t think how funny r guy‘‘ looks with aln (continued on page 3 as the nose distinâ€" 5)