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silrs its the tribune thursday august mis 13 b 1 special to tribune t 1l j r- i iicourcubastaltena s u s p i c i o u s o a n d resignation thepolice newmarket sometimes belligerent commission should know after 30 years of service attitude towards its nowmuchthejobof chief to york county and york department headsand of poliosis worth regionjack rettie tstaff- making for his be a competent body but you just cant replace i that kind ofexperience tvehad jnany a powerful disagreement with t f rettie but kegion ijaclckettie staff- making fora -fofirpressed- abruptly resigned last continually tense working freasonsfor quitting mr never at any time have i week and it appears- relationship mr ret tie- rettie said- r- w highly unlikely t he feels that tension has not r t 1- tergrity and dedication j- eased since it climaxed ult prepareaai earner this yeatwhen tms time to start another council made drastic cuts ssjssts in proposed salariesfor f and department heads and r refused to give nonunion 0 think the region regions top civil servant will change his mind ji his departure may touch off more resignations by senior regional staff some of whom have stayed on the job primarily because of mr retties leadership and commitment to the regional government concept a startled regional council heard chairman garfield wright read mr retties letter of resignation at a closed meeting thursday morning after a sometimes heated debate coundlvgave the chief administrative officer a month to reconsider his decision mr rettie made the decision to quit the previous tuesday he did not attend the meeting thursday in an friday mr he will think it over- until september- as council requested but the tone of his comments indicated he is resolved to let the resignation stand he declined to give council or the press his reasons for quitting but it vis known that- his frustration has been mounting particularly during the past year as a result of councils posture on two issues v 1 in mr retties view councillors have during thursdays- closed meeting mayori buck rebuked those councillors who speculated that mr to staff the same costofliving pay crease it granted unionized employees councils action gave mr rettie yorks highestpaid employee the lowest percentage increase of any depart ment head he got a 49 per cent raise to 42500 although mr rettie told the press there was yno specific catalyst for his resignation he reportedly was annoyed early last week when he learned that yorks police commission had given chief bruce crawford a j 197 per cent raise and the deputy chiefs 24 per cent he stressed in an jn- interview vterview that he did not rettie said resign for salary reasons newmarket regional councilor ray twinney a police commissioner told the press thursday that he understood mr rettie quit because he thought he was not treated fairly wage- wise i dont know if a chief of police is worth 39500 1 just dont know that mr twinney said the job is a very im mtdarmade a lotof progress in quit because he payn- the past lira ylarsi lus requested p y thinkthe concept is s of portant job and he has caofsaidl she was 313 employees and so for shocked and saddened by sound there were growing pains of course in making it operational ijust felt it was in my best interests and probably in the best in terest of the region if i changed at this time mr rettie who will be 54 on oct l joined th former toronto and york roads commission as- a projects engineer in february 1946 when toronto and york county split in 1954 on the for- mation of metropolitan toronto mr rettie became the tyrcs chief engineer and york countys engineer i dont really have i any immediate plans he hewas intimately gk tm cidng involved m planning and ngs thati promoting the regional con for government concept for somew york and became the new regions first chief v administrative officer when york region wascl formed in 1971 v aurora mayor evelyn buck who has engaged in a number v council battles with the pay increases given to senior police offidals i think that salary j arguments could be a convenient excuse for councillors to use but i think it the resignation is the culmination of a 5 great i many injustices not only to jack rettie s but to the people he felt responsible for mayor buck said in an interview 3 mr rettie said he was not in a position to predict his future oc- 2 cupational plans although he left the dear impression they do not x include working for the region of york the cao j here in the taken a parochial attitude- region to be upset and towards- regional resign over what hap- ifosr lx z government v and have refused to take firm policy stands on im portant matters affecting yorks future some regional politicians op pose the very concept of pened in the police department is sort of stupid if you ask me the next day mr rettie said twinneys- state ment is entirely boats were also apparent on the lake over ihe weekend and there tribune photographer john montgomery managed to catch seven of them in one picture- whileit sianea ouc 10 ne me noiiebt weexenu 01 ine suiiiiiiei sunday brought cooler dryer air government their council inaccurate that the represents he feelsk salary issue is not the his decision to quit he is in my opinion irreplaceable mayor buck said in an interview friday there is no way to replace 30 jyears of absolute dedication and caringand with a hell of alittle creditfor it you can fill a chair with a body and it might ive arrived see me at 91 main street kast ji si coppens cor ners despite recent protests to the contrary problems at jthe macedonian- picnic caiise bage and other com plaints by neighbors had been taken care of jean ward who lives adjacent- to the ground property continued j she said maybe its not as mrs ward said that bad as it used to be the p a system because theyre smaller broadcasting music is than usual mrs ward every item that hes mentioned its quite the reverse she added that in the past picnic- grounds visitors have come over week listhe- tribune had sprinted comments by pauhnanoff a coowner of 1 the grounds lastwcek saying that toilet gar- continue she said that even after new rented toilets were installed that tresspassing by children on to neighbor ing nanoff she said are just stump fencesmade fromextracted tree foots the only proper wire fence 1 was- recently installed by a neighbor indeed obnoxious to neighbors- they donf really know what its like every time thes to t j to bf police come they say l so that e wards wouldnt put up with t r publicnieetirig housies plarinled in deseirted qnnarry that regarding mr nanoffs comments to the tribune last week mrs- ward said that do notfeel they can leave v home on sunday the picnic grounds are privately owned and used by macedonian fraternal organizations s coppens cor ners a public meeting regarding a proposed official plan change -fora- portion of land about 1000 feet west of here was to be held tuesday nightat the uxbridgc municipal building- i jf colicchia group wjy e lo p e r s are rquesting that 24 acres ofrland be redesignated- from rural to hamlet status so that development of a 32 lot subdivision may proceed ev 1 fake chfeques hit four banks mr mrs are on a local newspapers are everywhere they offer maximum local identification with your community more than any other mediumthe local- newspaper is identi fied with your community and isrehed vi upon by almost every family in your community x ili your newspapers prime reason for being is to present thenewsabout you and your town v newspaper reading is a daily habit- with most peopler a local newspaper is a friend most people cant do without its there outside the door every week with all the news with strong emphasis on local news 1 1 v a trip to the moon is news anywhere when local citizens in your community- go on a vacation journeythats news too in your local newspaper- newspapers deliver the local story canadian community i new spa pers association representing th e communit ypress of canada v-3j- the subdivision would be located in a small abandoned gravel pit with vacant lands to the west and north and a regional forest to the south durham region current operations america ssc activities or summer 9 fall t jstouffville syestouffville com- railtee- hasi organized a number of fund raising jfctivities for the summer j andfali j y rv there will be a lot- tery offering s2000 worth aolfood as prizeswinner illv receive a coupon redeemable for 750 1 scfcondand third prizes vnll be vouchers for 500 ahd350- uj 4the winning tickets wiu be drawn at the ssc v ccvnandiweinerroast pljtsifyvill feature tauareiidancingand 1 rouslcby the stouffviue stompers r 1 v- dust and traffic hazards for future residents and the prevention of ex- fraction of aggregates which exist on the site as well as making extraction difficult on adjacent lots the report said the subdivision could not be branch prepared a report interpreted as either- three of the stating that the location infilling 0 as an ex- t cashed 10 50 tension of coppens corners thereby con- tradicting present proposed regional planning policies since 644 vacant building lots 25 acres or under exist in the former townships of uxbridge or scott there is no shortage of suitable lots for development the report added the report did state that thesite had been assessed as suitable as far as thornhill cheques at the fourth close to 2000 worth ofj bank only nine cheques counterfeit travellers t were tendered cheques were passed to two banks of four thornhill banks in a commerce a royal bank twoand a half hour period and a bank of nova last tuesday scotia all located on yongest were vie- v a man presented timized- himself as sam haf of descriptions of the ohio to four banks and at cheque passer vary but was a poor one jor a residential development at this time v reasons given in cluded the large licensed gravel operations nearby which would create noise a third activity will include a bye plane ball to be held oct 10 at st lawrence hall in toronto access negative four he according toall accounts bank of he was well dressed in a travellers business suit t scugog uxbrrdge fcir penitentiary uxbridge one meeting of council it was way or the other its learned thatj federal going to end up in scugog v penitentiary services or- uxbridge- that was representative john how uxbridge councillor bennett hadcontacted bilbballinger described- mr ballinger- saying he sewage water and the prospects for a would be happy to meet 5 go but that the proposed federal withcouncil x 1 i nniianiiin i earlier council had weigh those siderations aspects out- penitentiary reception con- centre at the july 31 1 1 h ber steins stolen j- f 1 v h v y k markham two 17 year stolethebeermugs7romabarn oldmarkhairi area youths who the glass mugs belonging to the pleaded guilty to the theft of 45 markham rotary clubv were beerjsteinslasrsweek were beingstoredt ajocal-batn- granted a conditional discharge according tokcrown fat and placed on a one year term of torney bill gorewich the two accused youths had been aware d v probation vj w ji ouiixu juuuu imu mm anoit y fkevin johnpmining and the beerfest mugs were authe stevejames iotham were barn for some timebefdrcthey chargedmavch12after toconfiscate themr requested a visit by mr bennett to disruss what the proposed penitentiary would entail xapparehtly uhe reaction being received 1 by council has not been strongly negative ac- v cording to two members mayor carl paterbough l- be was very negative replies v while councillor eleanor otoddsaidithat- after 1 letters xconcerrilrtgthe penitentiaryv j received jonly three l v-i- rf fc a