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x-w Symphony presents plan to minimize tlittatttgttl risks tter months of waiting, Waterloo Agty council heard the Kitchener- aterioo Symphony's plan to address its recent financial problems. at Monday night's council meeting Robert Astley, the chair of the sym- phony board, first came before council in October 2006 to ask for a pledge to the organization's $2.5 million Save our Symphony campaign, launched to keep the group afloat. At that time, council voted to grant the struggling organization $85,000. which was part of a one-time financial package totaling $505,000. with the Region of Waterloo pledging 5250.000 and the City of Kitchener donating $l7th000. But that decision an: whh several conditions - one of which was that the symphony would have to present a business and recovery plan to council, which Astley did on Monday night, before it received the funds After hearing Astley's presentation. Mayor Brenda Halloran said she believes the symphony. which plays an important role in this community, has developed a strong business proposal. "We're very pleased to see them come forward with a plan. It's really good to be moving forward in a positive way with the symphony" Hum l of the kymphony's "new era" business plan included hiring I new music director - Edwin Outwttter. " also involves finding the best can- didates to an a number of roles, includ- ing a permanent general manager and a director of marketing and develop- ment, "-tuilledwiththeimpact he is having and has already had on the future ofthe symphony.“ Miley said. Outwater and the symphony's artis- tic planner developed the 2007/2008 season early on with a strict budgetary approach, and Astley said they've put together a "ttemendous" season. "were aimed at younger audiences with more distinction among the dif- ferent series, with different venues" The organization has also gained access to improved firtancial intormm mu m "ir?tW')rrte?a7b_rurt mar.- ts m ass-writes was Warm-nun "r-tmar-r--"'-'-""- Fwr'ehrq'wru6rr5 mm'mnowvmwww "a-sorta-v-tttmt--.--"-'.---"'""."'"' wam mumwvmmyqummwm-‘uwmWulmmmmwmhmflmm "rrqrarrrtVe "r' m“ g Wrnmmr'uwympmdmwwvasmmlmmha-Wfiwm Samm‘ovm” Mlmmmmsmu 9120i“? Staff Camtinoedmtpi9 U331 water users have finalty ugu a break, It's been determined that recent abnormally high waste- water runoff numbers were the result of a metering problem and not an infiltration of water into the system, Diagnosis saves taxpayers millions in capital costs That potentially saved local water users millions of dollus in capital costs as Watertoo's public works department scrambled to find the source of that infiltration problem. - Hast year there wm. an increase in waste-water volumes through- out the region." said Bill Garibaldi, Water win Jenna Falk, 17, takes part in a planting even! put on by the Laurel Creek Citizens committee at Wmchestet Pond, by Fischer-Hallman Road, on Saturday morning. Brno-WM: otrrmirheSaalf the city's manager of water servic- es "Butirt Waterloo it was matad- ty litter than 'nrthere ersf. . "ihat was last September and October, which everybody sort of attributed to a wet fall. It was affecting everybody but it was attectirtgWhterioott lot worse." The Region of Watcrioo. which supplies Waterioo’s water, and the city. which distributes it, I started looking into the causes. The region looked at the local waste-water plant and its meter- ing. while the city reviewed its water collection system to see if there were any new sources for the additional Bow. That was an expensive proposi- tion for the city because it would rum tom! hmhhnumm-OMUWUWMI Mm“ Mmuwmumhm qhvtrqirtrmesM%rstrMt0n 'rqm.yrNNtr-qtr.tre_ttoi, mean possibly ripping up some of its existing wage-water infrastruc- ture to find the scum-e of the infir [ration Meanwhile. two reviews of the region's meters showed that every- thing was reading normally, and that elevated waste-water Bows in Waterloo continued into the win- ter months " was only after the Ontario Clean Water Agency asked for a more detailed review that the inspection identified a failure of the bracket used to connect the flow sensor to the mounting bracket, The agency repaired the meter's (manned on m 4 kaarot was“ new Theatre offers ‘Cash on Delivery' Page 26 Junior Tigers use one of nine lives Page 29 SUBARU Drayton Feqfiual ARTS 'Ii0ilSj LESTYIE Quilt festival Page 12