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Lo en mnnione imne i esnt Comner Braun, Nicholas Power and Tessa Uez from Winston Churchill public campaign, in support of the Food Bank of Waterloo Region, last Friday in fr Centre in Kitchener Heloina unload thair c 4 41 ..102 _ C 220 NUSy in 9 uo o eooo s se e e e e ty m etne € Lentre in Kitchener. Helping unload their truck full of groceries was Brandon Byers. The 105.3 KOOL FM and Oldies 1090, raised 38,321 pounds of food and collected more than Dr. John Carter has assumed responsibility as interim coâ€"chief at St. Mary‘s General Hospital. "Doctors Waldbillig and Carter are well respected by their colâ€" leagues, nursing staff and manageâ€" ment at both hospitals and we are very pleased that they have stepped Dr. Dave Waldbilllig has assumed responsibility as interim coâ€"chief of emergency at Grand River Hospital. l :nchener-WaterIoo's two hosâ€" pitals have announced the ppointment of two interim coâ€"chiefs of the emergency departâ€" ments at Grand River Hospital and St. Mary‘s General Hospital. Local hospitals appoint interim coâ€"chiefs of ER departments forward to provide leadership in our departments on an interim basis," said Dr. Ashok Sharma, common chief of staff for the two hospitals. "We continue to recruit for a comâ€" "This is good news for the hospitals and our communities." Stuffing a bus â€" Dr. Ashok Sharma chief of staff . last Friday in front of the Zehrs store CITYy NEWS school donated food to the annual Stuff a Bus Ne Zehrs store at the Laurentian Power The 13th annual campaign, put on by han $18,400 in donations. "We have an excellent group of core emergency physicians in our two hospitals. The willingness of Dr. Carter and Dr. Waldbillig to assume this additional responsibility signiâ€" fies that we are on the right path in rebuilding our departments. We continue to work toward achieving our goal of ensuring that our comâ€" munity continues to have access to two fully functioning emergency departments." "This is good news for the hospiâ€" tals and our community," added Sharma. mon chief of emergency for our two departments." BOB VRBANAC PHOTO This appointment runs until Nov. 30, 2008. At Monday‘s finance and strategic planning meeting, council also approved the schedule for the upcoming budget, which will be released to the public on "I worked very closely with staff, and spent a lot of time understanding what the nature of the problem really was, understanding what our options were, and coming up with a plan that would be acceptable to the public in terms of a combiâ€" nation of tax increases and other mechanisms to be able to pay for RIM Park." Councilior reappointed finance chair; council _ reaffirms symphony aid During his first term as chair of this committee, d‘Ailly said he took a leaderâ€" ship role in dealing with the fallout from the RIM Park financing fiasco. And he has a master‘s degree from the Ivey busiâ€" ness school at the University of Western Ontario. D‘Ailly said his career has always included longâ€"term, strategic corporate planâ€" ning. "He brings a lot to the chair." "Since we‘re a relatively new council, we‘re going to rely on his past experience to carry us forward for the next two years," she said. Mayor Brenda Halloran said d‘Ailly has shown great leadership and direction in this position. "Reappointment for me is just a bit of a reaffirmaâ€" tion that we did a good job getting the city back on a solid financial footing (durâ€" ing) the first three years, and really a great opportunity to be able to continue that stewardship over the next term." Coun. Jan d‘Ailly will continue in this role, which he "thoroughly enjoyed" during his first term on council. veteran Waterloo city A:nuncillur has been eappointed as the presiding authority over the city‘s finance and strategic planning meetings. By Jennirer Ormsron Chronicle Staff "The community and this council have certainly shown they‘d like to support the symphony, but we want to make sure any money we invest in the symphony is going to ensure the longâ€" The symphony must present a recovery plan that reflects its longâ€"term viabiliâ€" ty strategy, and the funds will not be paid until it is evident the organization will not declare bankruptcy. That money â€" which will be funded through the tax rate stabilization reserve â€" is subject to a number of stipâ€" ulations though. Council also reaffirmed its commitment of a oneâ€" time grant of $85,000 to the KW Symphony. "We‘ll really make sure that we have predictable taxes, a longâ€"term tax policy and a clear set of business planning objectives as determined by council." "Over the next term, we‘re going to introduce some additional discipline into the business planning and budget planning processes within the city hall," he said in an interâ€" view. D‘Ailly plans to take a steady approach with the new budget. And council is expected to approve the 2007 budget on Feb. 17. Jan. 15, 2007. The community will have the opportunity to give their input at a town hall meeting to be held on Jan. 25, Continued on page 4 Ward 6 councilior Jan d‘Ailly