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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 6 Mar 1996, p. 2

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rncnumbcrolndsfm;nmlofivt. Alexander said he campaigned during the November, 1994 municipal election on reducing thcnumbcro{wdsinth:city(mdfildylhe number of counciliors) from seven to five in a municipal referendum in November, 1994. The results were 10.991 in favor of the reduction and >,090 in favor of maintaining the current seven wards. ~ Alexander said he campaigned during the wards issue. 1t also decided to make 4 decision on the w-ibucmha&nw 1996. Sianau.Counly.dMnmnfly on vacation and did not attend Monday night‘s During recent interviews , Alexander and Cityfl-ewprmambudw wndopdautomdlonAplils.Anyuhi- mate decisions would be implemented for the 1997 municipal election. bmcddmd&bedosntbdiacd:mbu of wards should reduced, the majority of his constituents who voted in the last election do. But McKenty said any reduction from the curâ€" rent sevenâ€"ward system to five was foolish. "Because if you only have five ward councilâ€" lors, the workload on them would be astronomâ€" "I want to maintain the promises 1 made," he said. "And 1 think it was a pretty overwhelming statement that the people made at the ballot box dkwkflwd“.' However Turnbull, Connolly, McKinnon and Jones said they would favor the reduction in v-&innmwfinbuodyfm three current regional counciliors were not removed from city council. If the three regional councillors (Connolly, McKinnon and McKenty) were only to sit on regional council in the future, that would mean the city would be left with one mayor and seven ward councillors and no other councillor reducâ€" tions would be necessary. Andmonsaidhcpmomllyvasinabind (Continued trom page 1) L L abmicisnizmm rrrgramenes... *« neve nanenenenan4040 4 MDommnnavirtimesetamcmm n bevdo ho divalnc uts aivinate diediniind to the organtzati don for sorting retail outlets. "This is part c residents to take of waste from ber, the food ber of 1995 has | that saw record at 578â€"7430, deal with gov enced., It is he chase the kits 1995 was 747â€"

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