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" When you make your apples-to-apples Mini-Van comparison, you'l probably find the Nissan Quest is, well, a real peach... PRICED FROM$9 LEASE $ 9'o (Lease based on 36 month term with $2,560 down. Security deposit required)* Plus freight and prep, taxes and licence. e - À * e - - - e -à Spending goes down FROM PAGE 1 ters of the money te be spent on capital works projects in 1996. Although adoption of a no-tai mncrease budget drew only token interest, four persons did make presentations te council. Former mayoral candidate Pat Perkins, community schools exe- cutive committee chair Keith Stevenson (see separate story) sud council watchdogs Jim Priest sud Bill Lovelock were critical of different aspects of the budget. Perkins chastized councîl for not repiacing Whitby's rece ntly retired deputy fire chief Bob Marshall. She ciaimed that council was asking too much of fire chief Tn VanDoleweerd in not filling the $81275 job.. "By e&imîatin the position of depuy fie chef~ you are effec- tively leaving our fire chief te stand alone" said Perkins. VanDoleweerd will now be solely responsible for ail fire halls, vehicies, emergency cails, as well as Whitbys65 fuil-time firefighters, plus volunteers, «24 hours a day, 365 days a year,» she said. "Mhe burden is more than we can reasonably expect suyone te hold. briug it te our attention sud he has not,» said Bruneile. «We have been assured 4y our staff, nciudn the chief, that we waiii stjli b wI, protected,"he "If there is ever sunoo 'tun to investigate -this, it's rnow, agreéd Mitchell.# «Mrs. Perkins May very weil be correct, but my suspicion is that we have a number of people who can 11il in adrnirably.» Decision on JK Noting that the budget pro- vides for more empioyees at the senior citizens' centre, Perkins said council should re-eramine g4> don't kow how you can add to the seniors' centre s3taff sud take away the deputy fire chief,» she said. Perkins said the city of Guelph tried the same tact sud then reversed itself sud while Wel- land, for example, is stili without a deputy chief, its fire depart- ment consists mostly of volun- teers and that it is now a grow- iig community -You said that y ou were wise to wait two years before making a decision on additional lce pads,» she reminded council. «Well, I think you should view this item with more concern sud gie it the time sud research it ned before making a final deci- sion." Perkins expressed concern with the Town's potential liabi- lity under Ontario s Ooeupationai Health and Safety Act, but Clariugbold said that issue had been considered and not fouud te, be a problem. Councillor Gerry Emm objec- ted te removing the de puty chiet's position snd asked Van- Doleweered if it was possible te retain the position without adding te, the budget. VantDoleweerd replied that «by shifting maupower, there are a nuznber of options available,» but would not elaborate in great deta2ll. Although "somewhat hesitaut » councillor Dennis Fox was wil- lingrto *ve the proposai a try. _ButI hope if it doesn't work out, we hear soon,» said Fox. Councillor Marcel Brunelie concurred. "If there was a real concern sud danger, the chief would ONRTARIOPRICE IN LEADER492 COMPLETE MIN IVAN THE 1996ACAG AEROSPORT XLT e Roof Rack *U S A DN e *Colour-keyed grill MIVA N VALU e IL± '±RJ *Front bumrper valanoe* *Seatlng For Seven! Special sport striping *4-Speed Automatlc *Air Condltloning *Gas-FIlied Shoclcs L ATN EX R *3.01- V6 Engine C A G W *AMIFM Sterea Cassette *Full Instrument Panel E 24 MONTH LES Sale pnice includes cash back f rom Ford. Frelght & taxes extra. 2 year payment. based on $2.500 down, plus freight & taxes, mileage. Restrictions apply. O.A.C. N 1I S, . 9L ER4SER N ~15 W mine the fact that we are the iowest spending school board per student in- the GTA sud look at what we're doing sud find out what were doing right; Some of the Toronte, boards spend 50 or even 100 per cent more per student, he says, sud itfs unfair to, ask hie board te «take the ame- cuts and bits as somebody whos spending twice as much as you... "I vryone were te sopend what we re spendingthere wouid not maybe betthe short- fail.. that the ministr seems te be trying te, identify wîth.' Free Press" second in competition The Whitby Fr-ee Press fin- ished second in the front page category of the Ontario com- munity newspapers competition, for 1995 editions. A July issue of The Free Pres was ruuner-up te the Milton Canadian Champion in the cate- gory of best tabioid front, page (black sud white). Town budget: PROM PAGEZ1 gram this June. The boards JK program has some 80 teachers sud more than 2,000 students this year. Direc- tor Grant Andrews estimates it would cost about $341,000 te keep it ini its present form. Droping it wouid cost about $164,66-Ã"because of bast provin- cial grants, he saLys. The board's budget problems are aIl the more teugher te deal with because they corne in mid- year, says Oldman. «Let's say, for example, that you cut su empioyee from your roster who was making $50,000 a year. Weli, for this particular budget, you're oniy saving 40 per cent of that because the year is 60 per oent over by the time September roils along. - So when vou start talkiuoe about $3.4 million, youre talkiug about a lot of money; it's a very difficuit task.» The Durhamn separte board aiready spends the east per stu- dent of auy board in the Greater Toronte Area, he notes. "We spent $4,,656 combiued per student lu 1995,, compared te... the Durham (public) board who, on a provincial basis, is considered a cost-effective board, sud they're spending $5,360 per student. 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