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st police no jobs cut on york force yet julie caspersen staff reporter although jobs wont be lost now at york regional police it could be just a matter of time cutting 76 jobs this year would bring the york regional police budget in line with provincial social contract laws the police services board has already shaved nearly half a million dol lars from its current bud get and is refusing to lay off any officers to save the additional 1 million need ed to meet its provincial obligation if we tried to meet regional councils demand we feel it would jeopardize the police force so badly said newmarket mayor ray twinney a member of the board the board was asked to cut 144 million from its 1993 budget to comply with the provincial expenditure control plan only 460000 was found and the remain ing 964000 will not be chopped until 1994 you can still only cut so much twinney said adding that 84 per cent of the budget pays for salaries and benefits police refused to use their salaries to meet the expen diture control plan because the department is charged with finding 144 million in each of the next two years as well it will enter 1994 with a 24 million deficit and the pos sibility of police lay dffs well have more control next year to find the man dated cuts through lay offs when we get the bud get early in 1994 twinney said regional chair eldred king also a police board member said cutting the police budget would have been easier in february rather than late in the summer twinney said the board will hand in an early bud get to council next year its easier to spread cut backs from february to the end of the year rather than start now he said yesterday he said most taxpayers would be willing to pay 5 more to keep police ser vices as they are rather than face the consequences of a diminished force although markham region al councillor carol bell criticized the police board for not meeting its target on the backs of taxpay ers deputy police chief bob wilson said all accounts are being monitored and officers have been placed back in the field from court duty to keep up with the increasing demands for service with files from tracy kibble police step up traffic law enforcement york regional police are stepping up road enforcement to save lives so far this year 23 people have been killed in 21 traffic accidents on regional roads this represents a 54 per cent increase over the same time last year this jump in traffic deaths has forced local police to stop up speed and seat belt enforcement and clamp down on impaired drivers high accident locations and peak times will be targeted to nab speeders and more focus will be place on arterial roadways officers in each of the five districts in york region will assist rede patrols to stop up to three times as many vehicles in the nightly roadside checks police said seven people would not have lost their lives if theyd buckled up properly to increase seat belt aware ness daily seat belt spot checks have been started new ratepayers group addresses council after break with sos tracy kibble staff reporter a new ratepayers group called the whitchurchstouffviue citizens asso ciation was expected to talk to local officials last night about fiscal respon sibility for the upcoming year local dairy farmer paul hulshof is chairman of the new group and was on hand to introduce the association to council members and to let them know how it feels about certain eco nomic positions faced by the town hulshofs group is among several ratepay er associations includ ing the save our stouf fville sos group which is expected to keep officials on their toes during the final year of local political careers sos spokesmen marion wells and wells mike schneider are both expected to speak about fiscal restraint a sub ject they have become locally infa mous for which stemmed from the towns purchase of a custom built half a million dollar fire truck earlier this year a municipal election is only about 14 months away and ratepayer groups largely from the rural areas are letting politicians know early in the year that they are watching and monitoring the goingson of municipal politics council expected to vote on tender issue from page 1 the town it could help pare about 100000 from its annual 513000 garbage collection budget but prentice argued the money spent to pickup and dispose of the towns trash could well have been over priced these last few years since the economy has floun dered in order to turn councils deci sion around two politicians would have to flipflop on their earlier vote to waive the policy if only one councillor jumps on the tendering bandwagon the vote will be a 44 tie and the motion on the floor which will likely be to go to tender will be defeated officials were expect ed to make a final decision last night photoaofii emmersc helping cystic fibrosis campaign mix 999 radio onair personalities took on the stouffville kinsmen club to help the cystic fibro sis foundation last week at the stouffviile park diamond vm tribune september 8 1993 p3 three days set aside for hhw tracy kibble staff reporter whitchurchstouffviue will host three consecutive household hazardous waste hhw days later this month to help local resi dents clean up and safely recycle wastes unsuitable and prohibited at the local landfill in cooperation with york region environmental ser vices department the town will hold a threeday hhw collection depot from thursday sept 23 to sat urday sept 25 at the recreation complex with the help of regionhired contractor hotz environ mental services inc residents are encouraged to drop off old paints thin ners medicines cleaners batteries tires and the like from 1130 am to 7 pm on sept 23 and from 830 am to 4 pm on sept 24 and 25 last year 781 whitchurchstouffviue res idents helped recycle and safely dispose of more than 12960 gallons or nearly 60000 litres of hazardous wastes during the septem ber collection organizers are hoping to meet or top that amount this year the annual yorkspon sored event is one of 11 col lection depots set up across the region last year more than 10400 york region vehi cles unloaded about 151830 gallons or 690000 litres of chemicals plus 9273 batteries and tires to be safely recycled treated processed or dis posed of during the autumn programs stouffville residents also turned over more than 1100 car batteries and tires plus paint motor oil and pesticides gas cylin ders needles and syringes the program costs region al taxpayers just more than 1 million each year to operate mmrmmmmmgmgisibbsbbms m kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyers for as little as if a piece so far this year we have delivered 20610697 flyers doortodoor in markham unionville milliken stouffville uxbridge claremont dickson hill locust hill gormley goodwood victoria square brougham hagerman corners box grove cedar grove buttonville sandford goodwood leaskdale 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