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on premise jewellery repair m j across from clock tower- stouffville stouffville tribune weekender 172 bullock drive unit 31 markham 4718660 education director given sweetheart deal rick vanderlinde metroland staff public school board director bob cressman will be paid his full salary for a year plus a 48000 consulting fee following his retirement june 30 the weekender has learned estimated to be worth between 200000 and 230000 the deal was approved by trustees during a private meeting april 7 a copy of the contract was leaked to press wednesday afternoon under the agree ment cress man will retain his status as a board employ ee even though he is retiring as director a year earlier than planned he will receive his full salary between 120000 and 135000 a year and his benefits which include the free use of a car he will receive another 48000 after cressman how can it be bowes the york region board of education trustees voted twotoone for the deal to give their retiring director a 230000 goodbye a oneyear contract allows bob cressman to resign as director this summer yet collect his directors salary until his retirement from the board 12 months later in addition hell receive a 48000 consulting fee but at least six trustees voted against the deal according to a board source the weekender asked seven trustees their opinions on the deal harry bowes whitchurchstouffville i dont know how he can be an employee of the board and a consultant to the board ron wallace aurora my preference would have been for bob cressman to stay wallace said the majority of the board felt differ ently and the democratic process prevailed because the contract was discussed in a private session wallace would not discuss its terms ken taylor east gwillimbury the change to pay off cressman made me mad taylor said he added his anger is directed toward the process im not upset with the new director or the old director but im against paying two directors for one job according to tay lor cressman is not getting any extra fees this year although he admitted the director might receive consulting fees heather sinclair richmond hill this trustee refused to dis cuss what occurred in private and said she could be sued for disclos ing the directors contract terms but sinclair said she was disap pointed in what is happening with taxpayers money les pengelly king im unhappy with the principle pengelly said referring to the sudden switch in cressmans role at the board for the 12 months starting in july it directly put bob cressman out the door i dont get an answer to my question whats the rush pengelly would not comment on the question of cressman receiving consultant fees plus his regular salary bill crothers markham bob cressman has created and built an organization if the board is contemplating making changes to that it would put him in a position of disagreeing when asked if it is worth it to pay cressman a consulting fee crothers said the majority of the trustees believe so julie caspersen july 1 1994 for his services as a consultant to the board includ- ed in that fee are three reports he will write on issues facing the board several trustees openly dis agree with the deal but they were outvoted during last weeks special meeting whitchurchstouffville trustee harry bowes accused a group of trustees including board chair man bill crothers of using the package to get rid of cressman its absolutely disgraceful bowes said yesterday they just paid him off they made him a sweetheart deal its as simple as that crothers and a group of trustees once known as the reform team have openly feuded with cressman in the past crothers declined to com ment bowes said cressman had originally agreed to leave at the end of his contract june 30 1994 without any golden hand shakes but that changed last august when trustees decided to hire a new director this july cress man had originally agreed to coach the new director for one year but that arrangement was altered last week when the new compensation package was approved cressman said tuesday he wasnt forced into early retirement ive never been pushed into anything in my life he said this is just a major confict between trustees that im caught in the middle of cressman was angry someone had leaked his retirement pack age to the press the final clause in the pack age says the deal shall not be disclosed to the public cressman threatened to take legal action against anyone who breaks that clause aurora trustee ron wallace said he dis agrees with the compensation package but theres nothing that can be done about it now wal lace said he and other trustees believed they had enough votes to stop the package but three trustees swung the other way when the vote was taken i wondered what the hell do we want to get rid of him a 3 early for wallace asked i dont agree with it but im happy for cressman hes gonna get paid for another whole year moooore to the left ashley carter of orchard park public school brushes down a cow at the markham fairgrounds on friday as part of the york pizza project children learn about how the elements of a pizza are made from the cheese to the sausage to the crust and spices students from across the region take part in the program each year pholosteve somerville tribune to serve on executive the year 1992 proved to be a challenging and often disap pointing 12 months for the whitchurchstouffville cham ber of commerce one which its new president doesnt wish to repeat presidentelect helene johnson said the 1992 execu tive of which she served as 1st vice president to tony arrigo worked like hell please see page 2 society celebrates 70 years the whitchurchstouffville horticultural society is cele brating its 70th anniversary this year and is inviting resi dents and members to attend its first meeting and floral show on mon april 19 at 8 pm at the stouffville united church markhams used car 1985 topaz gs auto ac cert 1989 tempo 4 dr auto ac cerf 1990sunbirdle auto ac 4 dr 999 6888 1988 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