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WATERLOO PUBLlC LIBRARY ' i “i - g‘XL‘ a 1 8 - l9 ‘ w i: , - lllURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2009 - WA'l‘hRLOO, ONTARIO $1 INCLUDING GST r‘ booze buy m . 4" 4'." I . . not a policy as .. g , g fit ' ° ‘ " ' V ” 4% t 2‘ at , to . '. . a ‘ Vlolatlon , is: is .» .t~. By (EH/mum PROMO Pumtu . v j I . it . ( lira/rule 5111/] i ‘ i l a A M g , V urchasing Wine with dinner at the ' l. V LIFES LE public school boards annual retreat ‘ ‘ t. ’ Torchbearers does not Violate school board polity. , , -_ ' .‘ s . ' Pa 9 10 said dinxtoroftxiuaation Linda Pabi. . ' ‘ .. x r: ~ g A list of expenses for the ZUUBi‘ZUOQ I: _ '- \” school year revealed that $8.3“) was v ' . _' N ; f”, Q, g -Q_ spent for an overnight stay for trustees ‘ . ‘ g; ’5. ' 7 y ' ' and senior administrators at the lilrn ,, . , by; ‘ ‘., . a Hurst Inn in lngersoll in March. . é "v‘r _ _. Included in that was an expense of 3.1- ;- v9 ‘1 f -. about $300 for wine with dinner. K ' ' y n '1; , l y The school board's travel. meal and ‘ $ 7 _ ‘3 f» . hospitality expenditures policy says the .l ' ‘ _:. . .. r} . :1 board will reimburse employees for g g , -. ‘ w. '7 “costs incurred in providing hospitality :‘ M .4: 3? " ‘\ It .11. g on behalf of the board.” it also states that ‘ 333‘,” :27} .» A ‘ ‘ , hospitality expenses should be “neces- I: y , .. If ‘ J I Q sary, reasonable and considered desir» ‘4’”- (_z 1,47%" ‘ - able as a matter of courtesy." ‘ ' ‘ ’~ .1? ' ’ Consumption of alcohol beverages is " “ ' . , , permitted for hospitality events only. . According to Fabi. hospitality does not f.“ f» ARTS infer the hosting of someone else. but Jig”; ' ” W I can be for trustees and administrators y - .4 » “If” 00 themselves. ,5. » l , _ Regzonal 'Our definition would be a little / ‘ ». g; . Museum broader." she said. “i wouldn‘t look at it as " ; , ‘7 '»- \\ . . P 20 hospitality just for good times It should ' y ‘ j ' f7 ,' . ._ .. j; \ 5-1 . age be related to business in some way. We ,1 , l ' k . ~ ’ to: q ---s x -, . ‘ ,1 s ' 9' look at it ptettycarefully.” ' '4 :1. ‘ in ' t ‘4. "A ' " i For example. only wine and not mixed . ‘ - x 1 4 ~' .‘ .- ;~ .. “is“; :53;- . V: i: ' l drinks can be expensed. she said.,"The " ‘ - ~ . ' “at“ > '.1r,_h‘ ~ f5" . . . ' . .‘I‘ l chair or myself. because we want to be _‘ 5.5;: , , .7 a; :y. ‘ 33"}, - (A; 2‘ $1! ‘ ‘ . accountable to the public. we chose the ...-f.;;~ :0.ng 9" 1‘; 75%;, 2‘ 317' a 3 ' W'figfle f. ,3". ‘ _ if H I wineforthetable." 3â€"7:; A.‘ " ’. ‘ 4,549 â€" ; ”if? 33"; ,.; 7;. _'.‘ a, FIR T 1 lb Fabi said if. for instance, the chair of if" .=‘ - _ 1'52 g, y: ’1'" Fe m it“: t " 7 5 . f- ' ' s: the board was having dinner with the ’ '“ ' " “V" " J“ ' ’ " i " ' ’ mayor. an alcohol expense “might be . I ”WWY" FREE permitted.” ‘ The annual retreat began three years . , ‘ santa m the 5 ll“ E ' ago when the Waterloo Region District it was the unoffrctal opening of the skating rink in Waterloo‘s public square last Sunday, and a special RESUllS GuafantEEU School Board had a particularly difficult guest stopped by to give the kids a thrill, Santa took time out of his busy schedule to help unwrap the year. she said. new ice surface and was joined by more than 300 enthusiastic local skaters. For the full story see Page 3. Continued on page 7 . \ ‘1! . . . .gtmy ., u I a; I ‘k .35 m- MAS Wu it” 9 r . * r" s 6(0( I wrunow worms 7/ 1‘0de &' moor- (gal/eta; O O From Our Family to Your Family 2236 sung arm. Kitchener ‘ , 510.578.3938 7 Have a Safe and Happy Holiday mm”... _