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ine inbune econo taxi 6405466 vol 105 no 24 a metroland community newspaper wednesday june 16 1993 24 pages 50 cents economy f on business hats council told tracy kibble staff reporter whitchurchstouffville politi cians are not sympathetic to the needs of local business and dont understand the hard times suffered by proprietors said one officials this week ward 5 council bob ancheril a main street businessman slammed his colleagues during council session for ignoring the needs of local business during the recession out there in the real busi ness world council has no idea what its like you need to put on your business hats if you have one if you dont borrow one ancheril said ancheril was reacting to coun cils disapproval of one antique owners request for a sign vari ance stating the town should do whatever it can to help encourage increased sales for stouffville business people ancheril said the towns strin gent sign bylaw which restricts and regulates the size number and location of corpo rate signs on public and private property is out of line consid ering the economic downswing threatening business survival its high time we strike down this bylaw we need to recog nize hard times and we must have the wisdom to realize that business is in dire need of increased sales if businesses want more signs so be it ancheril said but mayor fran sainsbury said the business in question has two or three advantages to others because of its location sainsbury said the town would start to look like the golden mile plaza in scarborough if the bylaw is not strictly enforced and ward 2 councillor stephen bellerby agreed say ing the size of the sign doesnt necessarily bring in business i dont see the correlation between dollars spent and the size of the sign its no good to have loose sign laws if we do for one we have to do for all bellerby said and sainsbury said main st unionville which allows very small signage is one of the most successful areas in the region the quality of service is what works not the size of the sign sainsbury said youre not in business madam mayor ancheril argued sainsbury chastised ancheril for ignoring councils efforts this year to accommodate at least five variances to the towns sign bylaw we have been addressing business concerns if the bia and chamber of commerce have additional concerns they should be bringing them to us sainsbury said compost giveaway plan to encourage recycling the town will give away 180 household garbage composters to participating residents in order to promote their use within the town officials decided this week president of the whitchurchstouffville recycling group cam wallis asked local politicians to back the groups promo tion scheme that would see 180 composting units given free to residents who would then be willing to participate in a survey the town bought 1200 composters in 1991 and sold about 1000 to residents for 30 each the remaining ones are col lecting dust at the recycling yard wallis said mayor fran sainsbury said she is concerned people who paid for the composters might not like the idea of others now receiving them at not cost but wallis said times have changed and its important the town initiate composting use to divert trash from landfill and save the town money in tipping fees wallis said compost use in stouffville has already diverted 240 tonnes a year a 16000 yearly savings from the keele valley landfill site in vaughan composters are the most costeffective form of reducing waste at the source which is the householder and thats where the responsibility to reduce lies wallis said he added that by giving away the leftover composters this year the town can reduce its tipping fee costs by onethird studies have shown that people are more apt to participate in a program when the units are offered free of charge to resi dents as opposed to them having to buy them wallis said a composter giveaway is a very effective means of reducing waste he said the program would cost nothing to the town because provincial grants from previous years have already covered all the costs wallis said in turn for accepting a free composter residents would be asked to participate in a survey to see how they are doing and how much waste they are diverting officials agreed to support the project at no cost to the tax payer t kibble i would like to nominate for whitchurchstouffville citizen of the year name address phone please include supporting reasons send or fax to the tribune before june 18 1993 sponsored by the tribune g244 main st stouffville ma 1e2 41fi 6405477 fax tt4 4 4 t i r t 4 t i i i tt t