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MiibýI Froé ~rsW &eday May 29, ieé.M,aêë3 Separate school t axes hiked Items from Whitby Couincil agenda(s) Monday.Xav 2.19 Recommenda- tions from the Planning and Development Committee Carried Recomimenda- tions. from the Operations Committee That a $22,400 tender from Trio Roofing Systems of Etobicoke for rotf repairs to the Brock Street South tire hall beÎ accepted. The scope of this project Invoives the remnoval and disposai of the existing 6,000-square-foot roof and ils replacement wth a filat tar gravel roof. Crarrdd That a $50,580 tender tram, Street: Level Media Inc. of Unionville for the first year of the contract f'or thé sale of advertising space on Whitby Transit buses be accepted. Based on a fleet of 18 vehicles, the reévenue which couid be generated tram the contract is $157,140 over a thmee-yearneriod. That a $118,966 tender tram Loc-Pave Construction Ltd. of Richmond Hill forconstruc- tion of a water spray pad and' parking lot improvements at Heydenshore Park be accepted, M. ii That a $225,1 76 tender-tram Ron RobinsonLtd. of- Oshawa for reconstruction of Kent Street,' tram' Mary ta Wainut streets, be accepted. The proJect includes replacement of sanitary sewers anmid watermains. Caaied > 1 That the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy be advised that Whitby bas no objection ta Atlantic Packaging's sou enrichment p m ~nta utilizepaper fibre siupa as an organic soil conditioner within the town, provided al IrIuirements of th e mnsrr fuTly satisfied and Providdthe ministry confirms that there are noneative impacts fromusg the sludge (see separate story). Carried That the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy be advised that the Town has no objection to waMvng the need for a hearing under the Environmental Protection Act for an application toa amend Pebblestone Mufti-Services' certificate of approval for a waste disposai site. Pebblestone is seeking to Inomease the maximum allowabie daily limit of waste that Rt can process at its Wentworth Street facility from 199 tonnes ta, 299 tonnes. Pebblestone now processes and then ships Whitby's garbage tram the plant to the United States and is hopeful of doing the same for other Durham Region municipali- ties. agenda, agaming houses» and hale «grave concerna' about the impact Of the communiyendo 'gthem. While it may hurt children if their parents go out and gambie, noted Oshawa trustee Mike Nicholson, «it wiil aiso enhance the lives of other people because theiy wili have jobs ta feed those kids.» The gamblin question will be a, big issue in Oshawa, especiaily since three of the four proposed, locations are close ta achools instead of in industrial areas. Nicholson said he would likely go ta the casino. «Dont we aill gambie? We selI MEE PAGE 30 theii homes. "Are we listening to their p1e for help or are we doingwha we dobet- turn a deaf ear.. making cuts - notice I didnt say further cuts because the few we made don't generate, by my definition, the word cuts - we could have iessened the blow of the crunch ini next year's budget,» she told her colleagues. Whitby trustee Mary Ann Martin said she was «appalled» and "embarrassed& by Austin's commenta. «We did not draw blood. We did not have ta lose atny of our programs... (or) staff. This is called good planning,» she said, ongratuiatig Andrews "and his supeby eplie staff' on their foresight." FORTUNE FI1N AN CI1A L " INVESTMVENT MANAGEMENT " RETIREMENT PLANNING " TAX / ESTATE STRATEGIES SiuDevelopm:nt Canada resure hmines CanadaI * ADVERTISE FR-n SUMMIER IIELP * FEEOF CHARGE Durham's Canada -Employment Centres for Students will help you» fil your sumnmer job vacancies (jobs canri,-ast -a day, a week or. a whole sumnmer) FOR.FREE!- * (SMILES INCLUDED), I* Take- advantage of thisana offer! ~EMPLOYERSC'ALL M OshawalWhitby 725-6319 * Ajax/Pickering 831-7651.I lu dM, .- * '..àndia woriestrustees. FREE l t CHANCE wih-rae oitneu p- By Mark Reesor Whitby parentîr will pay an average $90 -- 2.16 per cent -- more ta, send their children ta, Durham Catholic achools. Trustees dipped inta the reserves for $22 million last week ta hold he increase ta an average 2.74 per cent acrse the re*ion, identical ta, that levied by the Durham public schooi board two weeka alir Unlike their public board coun- terparta, the board decided not ta, support a motion by- Pickering trustee Kevin Ashe ta ceut their salaries by five per cent. Instead, they voted ta cut their conférence aliowanoe budget by $10 000 ¶e increase worka out ta, $259-90 per $1,000 assessment i Whitb, up from $254.40 per $1,000 lstyear. The 1996 _bu4et of $147.8 million is $10 million lesa than !Mst year, despite a five per cent increasle in enrolment and a $233-miilion eut in provincial flanding. Major cuta include reducing spending on plant and main- tenance -by $5 million, eliminat- n nnhour busing for junior and senior kindergartene- minating 10.5 admùinistrative and two teaching positions (by attrition) and cutting back dis- cretionary spendinq. Although the increase was held to the samne« level as the 'much richer assessment" public board, trustees were able to hold on to junior kindergarten and other prograrns and flot eut staff, noted director Grant Andrews. When you exclude capital spendmng - the province has put a freeze on new capital projecte -- the board is spending $136,089 802 this year on ope- rations;, ÏI.3 million more than last year, pointed out Oshawa trustee Stan Karwowski. qI know theres still room to cut, but I think it's going to take a new mindset and a new team effort.w Trustees have to begin work- ing now on the* 1997 budgme rather than finalizin*abu ti when five months ofltheiyear are aiready gone, he said. A miii rate increase of two- poit-nyhiO s wa tee Be h tabl » sid s no'ruteeaCrig Austin Provincial promises to reduce spending at ail leveis of govern- ment have been tough to deal with she said, «but the Regfion of Durha, complied, the City of Oshawa complied, but the edu- cators didn't... «Ail leveis are' facing govern- ment cuts; two out of three are responsible.» Rca payers are "taxed to death» as it is said Austin, with many unemployed and strug- gbingor barelyable to hold on tô Loi kg Fil m -0101 bq il m 1 LI 1 DEBBIE' MORGAN. .1 ý M a- 1 ByMark Reesor TheDurham public achool board has asked Oshawa to «exa- mine and clearly document" potential socialand financial in- p acta of "gambling addictions» efore going ahead with a casino. It also petitioned the provin- cial goverrnment ta study the impact of gambling addictions on "chiildren, faunilies, communities and achools» iinnîdsor. and other areas of Canada before a ,roig any new casinos. 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