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The award‘s selection committee will include Couns. Bruce McKenty and Bruce Alexander and representatives from manageâ€" fighters and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1542 5 ihicict The director of the city‘s human resources department, Kathy Durst, said in a report although other groups in the city (such as service clubs) already sponsored community service awards, city staff felt there should be an award in which nominations came from staff and city councillors. A budget of $4,000 has been recommended for the first year of the award to account for design work and the purchase of a maxâ€" imum three awards. The first "Waterloo Award" is scheduled to be handed out at the Oct. 6 council meeting: ity of life and community in Waterloo," at its meeting Monday wmmdwmdyhhadmv ing a "Waterioo Award" to "annually recognize those individuals who have made significant contributions to the qualâ€" "It is felt that the benches are not esthetically suited to the image of Waterloo and the visual effect that we wish to have in our right of ways," Mann wrote in her report. Thc&mdwwwmm mittee says the commitiee may announce a new possible :.‘:y*m ahter uk its next meeting in August Mmdhnmwhdbmm Mhafiu@_w-nmd;fimldh-uq very soon, likely in August â€" *There are a few other things that are being contemplated for the whole parcel," Fahel said. "But it‘s too early to even comment on it right now." The committee was originally set up by Waterloo council to help find a use for the two abandoned warchouses, located just west of Caroline Street and south of Erb Street West. Officials with £. and Sons Lid. told city council if the ismm se h maman they would be demolished in July, 1998 Jones, who was first elected in 1994, said last Friday he decided to run in the new Southwest ward because the majority of his curâ€" vent, Westmount ward will end up in the Southwest ward. He will actually end up living in the new Uptown ward. represent the city‘s new Southwest ward after this Nov 105 municipal election. Jones, 39, formally registered to run in the new Southwest ward flfl%mddymdbdefluhw bmhflndwfihhcfiyhmbln,m Westmount ward will be swallowed up this November by the new SouthWest ward in the west and an expanded Uptown ward in the The city would have rec¢ived a negotiated percentage of the IEWS DI6EST "And 1 think that you either sit back and wait for whatever‘s going to happen to happen, or you try to influence that change so that there‘s a positive outcome rather than a negative outcome," he loo and would be leaving municipal politics in November. "I do have a strong concern for this community, love for this community," Byron said in an interview last Friday, when asked why he wanted to run for mayor. "And 1 think that we‘re in a twremendously volatile time in our history in terms of potential changes that the government of Ontario has demonstrated it wants to see happen in the public sector." A former City of Waterloo chiel administrative officer has offiâ€" cially announced he will be running for mayor of Waterloo in this November‘s municipal eléction. Bob 6B, made the announcement in a news release issued 1988 to 1994. Byron is the third person to officially register to run for mayor of Waterloo in this Nov. 10s municipal election. Current city and Region of Waterloo Coun. Joan McKinnon formally registered to run for mayor May 7 while 28â€"yearâ€"old Waterloo resident, Henry Hon, formally registered to run for the position May 16. Current Waterloo Mayor Brian Turnbull announced this past April 21 he would not be seeking a fourth term as mayor of Waterâ€" Byron officially to run for mayor DON‘T THROW OUT THAT OLD JUST HANGIN®‘ OUT Mess ow Chronicle Staff §$§$ in laviasa vâ€"vwâ€"vâ€"w Woupnuge 3># # in Waterloo since 1988, is married and has three children In 1995, Byron was made an Honourary Life Member of the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators. He has lived as senior assistant to the acting viceâ€"president of fingnce and i neusra Changes the provincial government is currently considering include making municipalities take on more funding and adminâ€" : istrative responsibility for a mamber of different services lormerty funded and administered by the province. It is also putting pressure on 2 number of mumcipal govern ments to consider amaigamation, supposedly to save money and increase elhiciency. > Byron said because of his exiensive experience as Waterioos chiel administrative officer, he would be an excellent candidate 1 deal with any proposed changes by the province to the city‘s govâ€" emmental and administrative structure And he also said although he didn‘t have any direct polmcal experience as an clected ofhcial, his experience with Waterios council as the city‘s chief administrative officer and as the chairâ€" man of the board of governors of Keyano Community College in Fort McMurray, Alberta from 1983â€"88 made him quite aware ol *political considerations and political sensitivities." © As well as working in Waterloo, Byron has served on the cal net of the United Way, on the management board of the Newield an collection, as viceâ€"chair of the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery and as a member of the RCAF 404 Wing. Currently he is under contract with Wilind Launer University Only Couns. Morty Taylor and Mike Connolly vored agzins: city siall recommendations that called for council to reject the applications. Couns. Scott Jones and Tricia Seemens are currently on holidays and did not atiend Monday night‘s merting. In a staff report to council, city planner Scou Amos recomâ€" mended that council not approve the two official plan amendâ€" ment and zone change applcations and insiead asked council 10 maintain its support for a continued supermarket at Conesiogy Mall. If Zehrs Markets is ever allowed w build its new giant storr 4 Northheld Drive and King Street North, it plans 10 dlose its current 36,000â€"square Aoot stote in the mall Amos asked council to reject the two new proposed stores because Conestoga Mall is soon to undergo 2 major expansion and already has proper zoning in place for 2 supermarket The 7 (Continued on page 5) Council vored 7â€"2 against approving two proposed olhicial plan allowed the development of the two new giam ‘new 4ormat gro cery stores ut its regular meeting Monday night One application was for a new proposed 66 265â€"square 4001 Zehrs store to be built at the northeast corner of King Sueet North and Northfield Drive. The other was for 2 new proposed 85,000square loot grocery sione to be bouilt as part d a Norih York developer‘s (First Professional Management‘s) proposed ‘power cenise that would straddle the WaterloofTownship ol Wookwich border at the southwest corner of Highway 86 and King Street North . Waerlbo council has turned thumbs down on the develop ment of two new "bigâ€"box grocery stores proposed lor north JM DEPENDABLE SERVICE SINCE 1959 46 King SL. N., Waterloo 886â€"2040 CLOSED SUNDAY AND MONOAY lighy s 4& REAR OF STORE