WHI.TBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1980, PAGE 3 Council as ked to raitse water rates $2 7 Durham Regional Council will be asked to increase the water and sewer rates by 20 per cent before the end of the month. Should the 30 memnbers of regional council approve the recommendation, the average Durham user of water and sewer will pay $168 a year for the service. That is $27 more than the current average rate. The increase in1 has been blamed things: the loss ofj the rates on three major in- dustries; a drop in lot levy revenues; and, an increase in the rate that the province charges the region for the use of the Durham-York Sewer System. Regional Counillor Gary Herram (Uxbridge), chair- man of the region's public works committee, said last week that the provincial government and the regions of Durham and York have come into an agreement as to how much Durham will pay to use the new system which has been operating since April. Herrama said that while he would not reveal the exact price that the region will have to pay until the province gives its final ap- proval, did say that the rate would increase "close to a dollar" per 1,000 gallons by 1985. Durham currently pays the province about 49 cents for every 1,000 gallons of sewerage treated at the Pickering facility. While this facility services only Ajax and Pickering the rate directly affects all users of the water and sewer service in Durham. Herrama also said that he was not happy with the agreement because Durham pays the same amount for using the plant as does York. York should pay more, he said, because of the cost of extending pipe to that region to the plant is higher than that which Durham pays. The maintenance and operating costs for York's pumping stations are higher than Durham's, he added. Because the user rate is set by the cost of the system, Herrama believes that Durham should pay less because the * art of the systemn serving this region was cheaper to build. 11I think we're subsidizing the far-away places in York," he said. "It's fine if we're in the same region but we' re not. " The water rate was also affected by-the closing of the Whitby Firestone Canada plant in July and the closing last month of Oshawa 's Houdaille Industries. These two companies paid the region more than $300,000 a year for water. To recover these losses, Herram said that the rates would have to be increased by two per cent. The water rates will also rMiALLISTEgS &CH RI1STMAE be pushed up because of the expected $3 million drop in development levies in 1980 over 1979 when the region collected about $5 million in these taxes. The increase in the water taxes was supposed to be discussed at an mn-camerai meeting of council's special tri-coinmittee. Also on yesterday's agen- da was a recommendation to reduce lot levies by about 20 per cent. If that measure is ap- proved by the entire council, Durham could expect a large dEcrease in revenue that it gets from developers. Several local nominations have been made for the country wlde Canda Jaycees Five Outstandlng Young Canadians program in- cluding one of Canada's top competative roller skaters, Kim Crouch. Kelth Wagar, a spokesman for Whltby Jaycees, expects more nominations before the programs' deadline of November 20. Crouch, the son of Whitby fire chief Jlm Crouch, is currently preparlng for the roUler skating Olympica and in the Canadian pairs cham- pion. Other nominations this far include Dog Manuel, a parapleglc who heads Oshawa's Handi Transit; Rhona Vanek, of the Durham Centre for the Developmentally Handicap- ped; and Sister Giselle Pilon, a teacher at Oshawg's; Corpus Christi School. Wagar said that any resident between the age of 18 and 39 is eligible for the award to be given to five people acroes Canada. Anyone who wlshes to nominate a candidate for the award should contact a member of the Jaycees. People have been com- peting for the award for the past 14 years. A panel picked by the Jaycees wWl do the judging beginning the day after nominations close with the winners to be announced at a banquet in Toronto in Mar- ch. According to Wagar a din- ner will be held soon after the Toronto banquet to honour local nominations. Olde Tyme Xmas The Station Gallery's Olde Tyme Christmas will have something for everyone. If your taste in art is for Eskimo prints, the Gallery -will have a specially com- rnissioned series of reproductions on hand from Mintmark Press, Toronto.* The Gallery bas exclusive rights t(, bande the print reproductions in this area. The works are by a variety of artists from the West Baf- fin Eskimo Co-operative in Cape Dorset, and are sold through the Gallery as an on-going fundraising ac- tivxty. Two framed reproductions -will be given as door prizes duuring the olde Tyme Christams. Other activities during Olde Tyme Christmas are: a raffle for a 20-pound cheese, a tea room, country store, a wide selection of painints, wallhangings, jewellery, Christmas decorations, weaving, pot- tery and much more. The celebration kicks off Friday, November 28 at 6 p.m. with a Chistmas Wassail, which features a buffet supper, festive pun- ches and the Sweet Charity Singers. Tickets are $3 and are available at the Station Gallery, Flavours, and the Kitchen Cupboard children are free. On Saturday and Sunday, November 29 and 30, ad- mission. is free, and the Station will be open frorn 12 noon to 5 p.m. both days. 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