WHJTBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1984, PAGE 3 Residents want't'own to refund sidewalk mô*ney The Michael BIvd. plementing a recvelin&u amiti ....eà .1im - area could become the site of a pilot project to separate recyclable materials at source by the Town of Whitby. At last week's meeting of Whitby Town Council's operations committee, public works director Dick Kuwahara said that im- Water and Sewer rates will jump 6.8 per cent for the average Witby resident begin- rning Jafi. 1,1985. Durham Regional Council set the rate at its meeting last week without debate. However, Reg. Coun. Gerry Emm, chairman o f the region's public works committee, said in an interview after- wards that the rate in- crease was as small as the region could possibly make it. "The rates are as low as we can keep them," be said. The increase means that the average Whitby resident will pay $52.50 every three montbs for water and sanitary sewer services. This is $3.36 more than in 1984. The Whitby rate is a few points off the unifori regional rate. Bieke bylaw CONT'D FROM PG. 2 sidewalks near shop- ping plazas. She also noted that of- ten younger bicyclists will "manipulate" an intersection causing traffic slow downs and even accidents. "Wbat we bave to bave is a bit 0f cour- tesy," Cormack said, "I don't think that's too much to ask, 0f someone wbo's riding a bicycle." After hearing the delegations, the corn- mittee bas sent the en- tire matter back to staff wbo will bring in another report sometime next-montb. LET'S SEE YOU DO IT.. OUFDOORS! e A~?UUP» program would have many benefits. Currently, materials SUCh as newspapers, glass and metal cans are disposed of with other solid waste. "Recycling is a relatively new way of solving the ever in- creasing problerniof The average Durham resident pays $53.06 every quarter for water and sewer. Wbitby's rate is sligbtly less because of a reserve fund that was established when the region assumed respon- sibility for water and sewer services from the old Whitby Public Utilities Commission (now the Whitby Hydro- Electric Commission). Emni says that this reserve fund wlll be exhausted in a couple of years bringing Whitby's rate up to the- regional average. Emm said that before the final rate increase w as set, bis commit 'tee carefully reviewed next year's water and sewer prograni (wbich is done in conjunction witb both local and regional road programs) and cut a number of items. "We did a lot of chop- ping, we totally reviewed next year's road prograi, " be said. If it hadn't have been for the cutting and a marked increase in the number of water and sewer users across the region in tbe last year, the rates could have jumped by as much as 13 per cent. The region also earnt a $1.8 million surplus on its 1984 operation. This money was applied against the user rate, bringing it ,own. "This is muchbebtter bhan the 13 per cent we were potentially faced vitb and bave had in the past, " Emm said. This year, the region vill spend just over $29 miillion to operate, naintain and improve he water and sewer ;stem tbrougbout )urham Region., The region also plans D spend about $654,000 nproving water and ewer services in arious parts of Wbitby 11985. The major Ihitby project will be ie replacement 0f ipes under Brock St. Btween Victoria and ront Sts. Improvements are so planned for Asb St., Tron St., Reynolds St., DID YOU KNOW? CMCARELTD. PROVIDES HOME HELP - W. can help you stay at home by providlng MEALS and LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES To find out how we 5130 Can help youcai5 1 30 .5una waste IuposaA', Kuwahara said in bis report, adding that suc- cessful recycling progranis can increase the lifetime of landfill sites and provides raw material for manufac- turing industries. Whitby currently produces 12,800 tonnes Of non-apartment Ontario St. and Green St. However, Emm said that the long awaited sewers for the Elizabeth Cres. area won't be con- structed until develop- ment plans for the area are approved. resiaential waste an- nually. "If we assume 100 per cent recovery were possible some 1,200 ton- nes of newspaper, 850 tonnes of glass and 700 tonnes of rmetal cans could be diverted from the landfill sites,"1 Kuwahara said. "At the current tipping féeof $lS.50/tonne, $42,625 could be saved each year."Y However, the director noted that recycling programs in other municipalities have varying rates of suc- cess. In Kitchener, they are experencing a 70 per cent success rate because of the use of a "'blue box" which is supplied to each household for the recyclable materials. The "blue box" which costs $7 was supplied to the homeowner free of charge. Kuwahara said that the success rate in Halton is about 30 per cent and in Etobicoke its about 15 per cent. The director added that 30 per cent is a con- servative estimate of a recycling programs success. "Using this recovery rate nearly 800 tonnes of materials could be directed from landfill," he said, "This tran- slates into a savings 0f $12,400 alone."1 While he doesn't ex- pect to bring in a firm recommendation until sometime next month, Kuwahara says that the town has two alter- natives If it wishes to implement a recycling prograni. First, it can turn the project over to a private noted that the monthly a final decision. operator. Secondly, it can im- plement the program it- self. Kuwahara says that if the town im- plemented a six montb pilot project, the net cost would be about $11,500. He told the committee that the Ontario Ministry of the En- vironnient would provide haîf of the $26,000 needed to run the project. The town's half would be offset by about $1,500 earned from the sale of the recyclable materials. While most members of the operations com- mittee gave cautious support to the -idea, most were concerned about the impact the project would have on the Whitby Boy Scouts. Coun. Joe Drumm paper drives conducted by the boy scouts are their major source of revenue. "I have some concern for the boy scouts, that's their main source 0f revenue,"' he said, "I have somne real reser- vations on that count."1 Kuwabara , told Drumm that staff discussed the matter with the Wbitby scouting organization and believe they would have no objection to the program. Reg. Coun., Gerry Emm gave bis support to the report saying that recycling bas been suc- cessful in other coni- munities. However, he wants to study the arguements for and against a municipally run program before making i.nursery garde'n centres 1625 DUN DAS ST. W. WHITBY 668-8190 (Just east of Durham Rd. No. -23) Open 7 Days a WeeIc TII Christmas WONDERLAND CHRIS IMAS Hwy. 2 _j AJax/Picker Oundas St. S««IDurham Rd. 23 "ColiINI9RSt.97,Su. 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