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-WB1TBFREE P8%, WEDNESDNAY, JANUARYUn 99,PAGES NOV. 12 MUNCIPAL ELECTION Plannriing and Developýment. Committee That there b. a road.< * wdening an'VictoriaStE. ju t West cf South Blair St., to permit Bell Canada to *construot a 440 sq. ft. structure for teiephone equlpment.,ta m eet the increased demand for telephone service ln the Whitby area. Recommenmdd o counoil -That council approve a bylaw changing the name of Progress Rd. to irwin Dr. south of Bums, east of Brock) ta complet., the street namne link. Irwin Dr. ls situated north and south of the new subdivision road, west of Bllings St. Progres Rd. was origlnally envisloned as part cf an industriai subdivision. R«cmeueto councl Operations Committee That a bylaw be cmeated to increase bingo loftery licence foes by appraxImately five per cent ta caver the higher costs related to licence administration, supervision, -and control. This will Iincrease annual licence fee revenues ta about $36,000 from $34,000. Recommeded té council That a notice of Intent be given ta, close a portion af Grand Trunk Si. about 85 mnetres ln iength) for the construction of a grade separation at the Canadian National Rtaiiwaycrossing at Victoria St. E Ail home- owners wiil st111 be able ta have accese ta their properties through Watson St. and Gait St. The work on Grand Trunk St. wlli flot Interfère with any of the meconmmnded t. council That further meetings be held between the Town's Park and recreation department and the Ashbum Centenniai commnity centre board and the Brooklln and District Kinsmen Club ta review the deveiopmnent*of Ashbum Park. Knsmen Club donated $1 5,000 towards the deveiopment of Ashbum Park. This wiil lower the estimated cost ta $82,400 ta the Town for the next phasesQ agenda .L K7.# vW AALC4 B UtMarlo Bouhe I 1 Whitby aid' godye ta Iongtime orBoa A e0' e and Vwelcomed TomEdward sa his' sucssfor. .But- the -year started. with Attrly announcing hsws for a fth term in thie 1992 municipal election> on Nov. 1 '2. He was flrst elected as a coun- cillor in, 1964 and, became Whitby's newmayor in 1980.ý In' March, Gerr Emm declared, his candiacy for mayor. Emm had bast by about 1,000 otes. ta Attersley in 'the 1988 >mayoralty race. A month later, cauncillor Ross Batten -announced his desire to run for a regional, seat, leavinga spot for a new councillor. ta b. elected i the north ward. By early. May, élection fever was tep"mngta take pac1 a Edwar4sanLynda Bu eftt bath decided oomthe mayors'race. .With Jo. Bugelli announcing h. wauld not seek re-election in the west ward, there was sud- denly gaig ta b. at least'three new councillors in the fali. The. maLyoï'alty race turned ito a three-way race when Attersley had a change of heart and announced he would flot seek a flfth term. Bymid-June, 16 candidates ha official:y registered for the. election iLncluding Marcel Brunelle and Jo. flrumm seek- ing anather term as regianal councillbo. Dennnis Fox was the only i- cwnbent i Whitby's four wards as the representative for east wardL In July, Jim Priest announced bis candidacy for regianal, seek- ing ta unseat either af the incum- bents Brunelle or Drurnr, or finish aliead of Batten. September saw most of the races heat up as mare filed their candidacies. Geoif Pison was the only can- didate ta appose incumbenât Fox i est ward while i tii éther three wards, 10 candidates were creat1 h iterest ieach race. Onte schaal boards, incum- bents Patricia Bowman and G!eorge Milosii were, two of the. six candidates seekng ta b. one of three trustees for the Durham Board af Education while Tam Oldman was the only icumbent aFainst faur. newcomers for one oftreposiftions on the Durham Separate Schoal Board. 1Chairprn of the two, achool boards Whitby truste. Cathi- arine 1unney of the Durham separate board and Whitby trus- te. Ian Brown of the Durham Board of Education, did flot sek re-ebectian, stating their. desires ta move on ta new challenges.' ,At the. last miute changes.in the races icluded l5erek Glass as the fifth candidate for regional councillor and Jo. Bugelli seek- ig a seat on the -Durham separate board. Themr were 50 candidates i ail for the Nov. 12 élection. The. big winner was Edwards who emerged as the Town's new mayor wivth 6,226 votes against 5,462 for Emm and 2,786 for Buffett. Drumm had the mosft votes,- ýyor, "councilors, rustees On the Hydro-BEIctric, Com- mission- Gerir Cox ,Bill Lawler, John Heiiges and Ralph Blank were the winners. Patricia Bowman, witii 6,090 votes, doubled the total of ber nearesto p panent, easil r nng one, of the. tbr.e positions for truste. -on tii. Durham Board of Education. Allan Gunn: and Tanya KLoch w.re the. other two victoirs. Jo. Bugelli, with 1731 votes led the way,*and Oldmàan sud Judi Morris were alsa elected as trustees on the, Durham separate school board. Robert Boisvert of Whitby and Katiiy York of Oshawa were cho- sen as the two French trustees for the Durham separate sciiool board. I a pack.d council chaniber at the inaugural Town council meeting, new mayor Edwards urg.d more public input in Town matters by creating thr.. com- mittees of private citizens ta make recommendations on coun- cillors' salaries, on ways ta, expand the. tax base, and on tii. pprblem of increased urbaniza- tion. Oldman was later elected as new chai'reron of the Durhamn separate school board with Pick- erxng trustee Mary Zecchino vice- chairman. Pickering truste. Louise Farr becaine chairperson of tii. Dur- ham Board of Education and WhitbY trustee Patricia Bowman vice-chairperson. 1~ I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I li - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - I I i $5.0OF with a minimum purchase of $1 5.00 or more* with this ad. 1 0 exciuding tax. and alcohol. I~w. . ......:.. ~ ~ \< ...\...... ..., 666-492>3 4- IAnderson & Manning Plaza Whitby I Not valid ln combination with any other offer. Expires Jan. 31192. m ql £