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the tribune 25000 copies vol 2 no 15 mail box mess upsets council a metroland community newspaper saturday april 12 1986 44 pages 25 cents canada post corporation has been criticized for allegedly creating a muddy eyesore in stouffviues urban area at tuesdays council meeting jim sanders of ward 6 voiced his concern about the piles of earth surrounding new community mail boxes installed this winter and hes anxious for postal offi cials to begin cleaning up the va rious sites i cant understand why cana da post doesnt get on it and do a little bit of decent public rela tions councillor sanders said mayor fran sainsbury has been informed the corporations cleanup is scheduled to begin april 14 in conjunction with the works departments spring streetcleaning effort removal of the earth is expected to be com pleted within four days but mr sanders said the cor porations overall track record leads him to doubt if and when the mounds of dirt will be cleared he claimed corporate manage ment is to blame in this instance not the local postal workers several councillors noted theyve received letters from ratepayers concerned about the mess charge councillor sanders wanted to send a letter to canada post offi cials placing a time limit on the work he suggested that its not complete by april 18 the town should finish the job and charge canada post for the mess they made his motion to that effect was la ter voted down by council mayor sainsbury jokingly sug gested such a letter should be sent by courier to avoid any mailing delays ward 5s wilf morley said he couldnt support mr sanderss motion because inclement weath er could still interfere with a defi nite completion deadline ward 1 representative margot marshall questioned the planning sense of the installation schedule and she claimed the funds allo cated for the steel and aluminum units wouldve been better spent for research on how to increase efficiency within the postal ser vice council members finally de cided to forward a list of rate payer complaints to canada post authorities regional tax increase 572 the average whitchurchstouffville ratepayer will pay an extra 572 following approval of york regions 1986 budget thursday this figure is based on a home assessed at 23000 a 14 per cent levy increase over 1985 has been cushioned by an assessment increase of 93 per cent on new homes and businesses this leaves 47 per cent to be raised by regional taxation close to the current rate of inflation the regional tax hike precedes an anticipated municipal in crease to be announced by town council in may still also to come are the public and separate school board budgets ilia t make up over 70 per cent of the total tax bill key expenditures in the 1986 regional budget arc 24g million for the york regional police department and 98 million for the re gional engineering department york regional police chief donald hillock said the commission approved the hiring of an additional 30 constables this year we need an acceptable level of policepopulation ratio the chief said ideally we require one police constable per 700 people the current ratio is one policemanpolicewoman for every 810 residents based on an august 1985 census other provisions treasurer john hlynski has included in the 1986 budget are funds for two additional regional council members this year five per cent salary increases for council members and 100000 for an emergency 911 consultant whats inside ian findlay takes chess title7 directory comment p4 entertainment p15 to p19 sports p21 to p25 real estate p29 to p34 classified p35 to 41 childrens page p43