~v' I 4 'Y *~ &y ô* ~ -RN~-Dw~Ye4Pc. R a Town experiences record growth Although the final figures will not be issued for another week, Mayor Bob Attersley has confirmed that by year end the town will have issued $70 million worth of building per- mits, an all time record high for growth in the community. "This year was by far our best year ever ... It's been a record year all around," said the Mayor in an interview last week. And the indications are that the record growth will continue in 1986, according to the Mayor who said the year will be getting off to a big start with an announcement . some- time next week by a major new employer who will be setting up shop in Whitby. Because the company wants to make its own announ- cement, Mayor Atter- sley would say only that the company will em- ploy in the neigh- bourhood of 200 people and that a firm deal had been struck. "They'll be building in Whitby there's no doubt about that," said Mayor Attersley. The lion's share of building permits for 1985 were issued for residential construc- tion, according to the Mayor. He estimated that the year-end figures on residential growth would ring in around $55 million. In- dustrial growth accoun- ts for approximately $5 million and commercial construction should top $10 million. Commercial growth this year was more than double the previous high of $4.5 million in 1983. Industrial growth this year was the highest in ten years, apart from 1982 which Mayor Atter- sley described as unusual because of the construction of the $28 million Ontario Liquor Board warehouse. In that year the town issued $38 million worth of industrial building permits. However, residential growth in 1982 fell considerably short of this year's figures and the total value of all permits issued were $10 million less than the $70 million projected for 1985. The Mayor dismissed critics who claim that residential growth has gotten out of line with industrial development See page 6 Monday, December 30, 1985 24 Pages Yearin Review Remember this shot?'This was the Brooklin- Whitby Minor Bantam team's moment of glory last year after the boys beat Chatham 2-1 to win the International Silver Stick Tournament in Port Huron, Michigan. This and other great and not so great moments for Whitby during 1985 are remembered in this special year-in-review issue, Happy New Year Whitby! Police settle '85 Start talks br '86 It was a cold, white Christmas this year when old St. Nick blew into town on the north wind on his an- nual Christmas Eve mission. Santa was also in Whit- by the previous week to visit with some of the children who stopped by Picture This and That on Brock St. Harold O'Brien, who lives in a Whitby seniors' home, was having great fun playing Santa for the many children who stopped in the store to run through their Christmas lists with the old gentleman. Free Press Staff Photo By SUSAN LESJAK Free Press Staff Only 12 days before the end of the year, the Durham Regional police commission and the Durham Regional police association have signed the 1985 contract for the Region's 379 uniformed officers. The final settlement comes after ten months of often-tense talks bet- ween officers and mem- bers of the police com- mission -talks which broke down last fall with the association's call for the resignation of com- mission chairman Bob Attersley and several other commission members. The key contentious issues - wages, pension benefits, survivor's allowance and compen- sation for court-time - were all resolved through binding ar- bitration last month. But it's taken another month to settle the final issue of gas mileage for officers' off-duty travel to and from court. The matter was left dangling last November after provincial ar- bitrator Peter Barton instructed the two par- ties to meet again and try to resolve their dif- ferences. According to police chief Jon Jenkins, who sits on the commission, an agreement "that meets with both parties satisfaction" was reached two weeks ago. Neither he nor Attersley would comment on the mileage allowance ultimately agreed upon. Jenkins said the time lag between the binding arbitration and the signing of the contract was not an indication that the two sides had had trouble resolving the mileage allowance dispute, but rather "they had been in no rush and wanted to see the matter worked out carefully to the satisfac- tion of all concerned. Police association president Dale Allan could not be reached for comment. Allan was highly critical of the com- mission in the late stages of the contract talks and expressed strong disappointment at the outcome of the Nov. 4 arbitration (in which all but one of the officers' five demands were turned down). The officers will receive a retroactive pay increase of 6.5 per- cent to 6 percent less Sec page 6 w Vol. 15 No. 53 erry Old St. Nick ,1