Ontario Community Newspapers

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), September 8, 1993, p. 1

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y kffilkv v- econo taxi to from school runs available book now 6405466 stoujfviile 6405466 vol05 no 36 a metroland community newspaper wednesday september 8 1993 20 pages 50 cents council garbage tender tobe decid tracy kibble staff reporter local politicians were expect ed to decide last night whether to tender out the 23 million garbage collection contract despite informal promises to longtime contractor miller waste that the job was theirs officials called a special coun cil meeting last night at 9 pm to discuss whether or not miller waste disposal systems should have to enter a bidding contest with other local disposal com panies photoaom emmerson hats- off peter wideman makes a grab for his dads hat on the upswing as the two were enjoying a late summers day at the park last week according to environment canada summer is here for a little while longer with a very pleasant fall in store for this area mississaugas mccallion here tonight mississauga mayor hazel mccallion will share economic insight with local business peo ple tonight at sleepy hollow golf and country club the stouffyille bia and the chamber of commerce have joined forces to sponsor the event in which mccallion will talk about running a small busi ness successfully during a reces sion the flamboyant mississauga mayor will meet with local busi ness people tonight sept 8 at 630 pm where the evening begins with hot and cold hors doeuvres tea and coffee advance tickets 20 are still available at the tribune and freckles on main street officials had come under fire recently for secretly waiving the towns tender policy during budget deliberations last march opting instead to- hand the multimillion dollar job to longtime associate miller waste ward 6 councillor ken pren tice has publicly accused the town of robbing its residents of obtaining the best possible price brought on he said by the fair open businesslike policy of tendering the lucra tive fiveyear contract but prentice said he was hushed and was even publicly threatened with a lawsuit dur ing a special taxhike meet ing last april if he mentioned the waiver pub licly the issue became public however just before the sum mer break when chief administrative offi cer merlin dewing confirmed officials waived the tender poli cy regarding the garbage col lection contract although the town is within its legal right to waive the ten der policy dewing has said offi cials may decide to rethink their earlier decision and ten der the work the decision could go either way since the original vote to waive the tender squeaked through on a 43 vote with prentice ward 1 councillor ivanka bradley and ward5 councillor bob ancheril voting down the move miller waste which has a representative sitting on the towns waste management advisory committee had told please see page 3 dewing jsource for sports source for sports source for sports giant hockey darryl slttler hail of famer advisor to the source boyds 8h2im3 mem located on stouffville rd 14 ml eastofhwy 48 6406657 qeenl sun mon closed tues thurs fri1 0 am 8 pmr r- sat9 a wed 10 am 6 pm v v f fif i-v- vv 1 44 vv4 v anv l 4 ityff jjtstcjrttfwtf a 4 4 f i t

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