WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEP>TEMBER 15, 1982, PAGE S Bruneilé -m centre wr a pin INVITATIONS- war,~~ -Ip ' A second person las corne forwardto contest Centre Ward Councillor BarryEns' bld 'for re- eeect i on. -Marcel Brunelle an- nounced Monday that he would- join Lynda Buf- fett in challenglng Evans this November 8. S The 40-year-old ward resident has served two terms as president of, the Whltby District Coundil of' the 'Boy Scc>uts' of. Canada and served' for three years as district commi ssion- er. Brunelle is currently the past-president of the Whitby district 'and, 18 the originator of Trees for Canada for the town. S.In 1976, he was Whltby Town Council's appoint- ee to the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Au thority, (CLOCA) and 15 aiso a charter mem- ber of the Ajax Junior Chamber of Commerce. In bis written state- ment, Brunelle indicat- ed that the key issue of his campaign will be personalities., "Although 'there wil be many issues brought Up and discussed durlng this election. campaign, 1I feel the most import-, ant issue before the peo- pie will be Wliat kind of person tbey want repreý- senting them," he said. ."Because there le an increaeing tendency to Aistrust governmfents, I believe It 'is important that a 'councillor be known and trusted by the, people, he repre- senteé" Brunelle also attack- ed the incumbent town coundil (ail of 'whose members are eeeking re-election) as, being presumptuous about the resulte of the municipal ballot 'II think it le presumip- tÛus' for any elected politician to assume a 'right of re-election', and assume that newcomers >wilI not bavea signifi-' cant contribution to of- fer.. Like Evans, Brunelle was pleased tohear of the provincial govern- ment's $250i,Ooe neigh- bourhood improvement. grant for, Port Whitby Taxp ayers may et two bli-ls next year Beginning, next year, Whitby property owrnrs will receive two tax bill& - one for town and regional purposes and the other for education- al purposes. Whitby Town Coundil wae expected to endorse the, recommendation of treasurer Ai Claring- bold at their meeting Monday night. I 1x bn is report, Claring- bold said that, the town currently issues two tax bille par year payable in two instalmenitseach. The Interim tax bll is based on 50 per cent. of the prvi' year's tax- tion and is designed to generate sufficient revenues to allow the town, the region and the two boards of education to operate until they strike their budgets. After each body deter- mines its mil rates the second tax bill is sent. out. dlaringbold said in hie report that the new bull- ing_ method would- not affect the total taxes, payable, but would af-- fect the composition of each bill. However,, it woùld also present a problemf for the town fathers. If they were to-implernent this syetem, the' towr 'would bave to set mii rates-. for itselfý and, the Region, of Durham' be- fore January 15 of each year. Since the region does flot strike, its budget that early, any under or over levy on the town's part would bave to be refleeted in the next year's tax bill. The current bilings service works on 50 par cent of the previous year's taxes. "If the alternate e ystem of taxation is imitiated, the town would then be able to bu the total requir*e- ment for the municipal portion of the tax bl," Claringbold said. The treasurer pointed out that 52 par cent of the taxes raised are for municipal purposes, however, that is quickly cbanging.,. "A 'review of the last five years' taxation lin- dicates that fthe educa. tional portion of the tax bill bas increased from approximately 43 Par cent' to approximately 48 per cent," he sald ad- ding that this is,.advan- tageous for,' the town's cash flow. "Howevýer, this finan- cialadvantage in »cash flows would be reversed if, the present trend con- tinues and the tax levies required to' pay for education purposes in- crease at a faster rate than those for municipal purposes by percent-, age."y But the move could bho to bave a- small ,cost saving advantage to the local taxpayer. This' year's interim' tax. levy wae $8.2 million. If the town had levied for' local -.and regional purposes the levy would bave been $Q.7 million. According to Claring- bold,, the extra money would bave -earned about $75,000 in, addi- tional interest. "This additional inter- est would translate into an overall tax saving to the taxpayer'of appro- xiniately $4 per year." Should the new* billing system be imhplemented it wil mean, that the taxpayer will bave to pay about $85 more at the beginiung ~fthe year, he added. Brunellie although he hopes "no single individual' would be egotietical enough to attempt to take credit. " Howev er, he does query where the town will get its« $250,00 from. 1 Would there be a tax increase, a ýwith- drawal of some services- or' Would th e funds be covered in éxisting.bud- gets?"P Brunelle also had con- cerns about a recent newspaper report that said Whitby. residents pay more taxes than do residents in nearby FREE INSTALLATION* 0F 26 CHANNEL CABLE TV SERVICE.WILL BRING YOU MORE ADVENTURE THIS FAIL! You'll meet more people, see more 'places and enjoy more good fun when you join the gang this fait on The Great. Cable TV Adventure! \Select your favourite channel with this power-packed littieý adventurer! 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