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st tribunetune 16 1993p3 ltwmt- t frsf cp photonom emmerson norm hartzman and daughter lindsay took advan- first dip of the summer season at bruces mill tage of the warm weekend weather to get in the conservation area sunday ontario budget cuts mean 70000 less for stounville road repairs tracy kibble staff reporter whitchurchstouffville residents wont see as many local road repairs this year as the town had originally planned and once again the province is being blamed some local politicians stressed concern this week that the towns approved three per cent tax hike wont cover planned road improvements and other operational costs because of ontarios late budget announcements the ndp government said its forced to cancel about 176 mil lion in municipal grant money this year in order to keep the provinces mounting deficit in check ontarios grant reduction means at least 70000 wont enter the towns vault this year money the town had estimated into its budget to offset operational costs and in order that the shortfall wont affect local taxpayers fur ther officials agreed some road improvement projects may have to be pulled in order to hold the line taxes for 1993 municipal roads are in dire need of repair this year due to an exceptionally damaging spring frost break up and rural patchup jobs are being named the towns number one priority town road expert paul whitehouse earmarked about 1 million worth of high priority road repairs but officials have only enough money to fix about onethird of them reports show the 70000 cutback to the town will mean starting 1994s bud get talks in a deficit position officials said but agreed keeping taxes at its approved three per cent hike is essential bradley in deep after suggestion to close pool ward 1 councillor ivanka bradley was swimming in the deep end without a life preserver with her sugges tion last week that the town should close the stouf- fville outdoor pool bradley suggested perhaps the town close its sole swimming facility because of a staff report showing it will cost about 6000 to repair before opening season the report shows several deficiencies during inspections of the memorial park pool in may includ ing replacing fence posts and the filtration motorskim mer basket as well as installing a new lighting system now deteriorated beyond a safe level staff suggest the repairs require immediate atten tion before the pool could be opened to the public and in time to begin scheduled activities and lessons but bradley said the town should close the pool if it costs too much money a suggestion that was greeted with sour looks from her colleagues town recreation director marlane mckee wetheral said the pool is operating at 96 per cent capacity for instructional lessons and is busy all year for public swimming if council wants to close the pool the decision should have been made at budget time weve regis tered and advertised swimming programs and have 300 children ready to swim 1 dont think you want a bradley lessons to begin next month delegation of that size mckee wetheral said she added council would be in for a large number of complaints if it takes away the only swimming facility the town is likely to see for many years the director told local politicians that the pool is not losing money and asked council to give us a chance at running the facility officials voted to spend the 6000 on repairs to be undertaken in time for town may need new building staff to comply with act tracy kibble staff reporter the town has no choice but to accept sweeping changes to ontarios building code act even though municipal build ing departments across the province have vehemently opposed them whitchurchstouffville build ing director bob bennett told local politicians this week the town will just have to adjust to ontarios bill 112 legislation bennett said building depart ments across the province complained and lobbied against the act to no avail he predicts many of the changes will be vigorously pursued and will cost the town thousands of dollars and hun dreds of extra hours in staff time under this new legislation chief building officials will find themselves spending a growing town new cao arrives in stounville the towns new chief administrative officer is on the job this week and spent the majority of his first day meeting with staff and councillors merlin j dewing formerly employed with the township of charlottenburgh began his top post with the town on mon june 14 as a result of an interview in may dewing who previously held a senior man agement position in charlottenburgh was cho sen over 140 potential candidates by a six- member selection committee comprised of four councillors and two senior staff members dewing has 20 years of municipal govern ment experience under his belt including four years as a chief administrative officer in the- township near cornwall r r dewing replaces former cao bob panizza who left his threeyear stint with the town on feb 15 to pursue a career with the town of markham panizza said he left stouf- fville because of planning road blocks imposed on stouffville from higher levels of govern ment dewing job will be to oper ate coordinate and oversee town staff and their depart mental functions and duties dewing will also act as commu nications spokesman to poten- dewing tial developers etc amount of time either in court under subpoena or in provin cial offices responding to an increased number of inquiries and demands for information bennett said in a report to protect the towns inter ests it will be necessary to examine our present methods of information collection and recording bennett said in a report bennett told officials the act could mean additional staff requirements for the towns building department to meet new demands on current staff because of many of the changes the town will know how the changes financially affect it by july 1 when the legislation including combining the build ing and plumbing acts take effect some of the most significant changes to the provinces build ing code include subpoenaing building department staff as court wit nesses and an increase in requests for information cur rently deemed confidential making the town liable for inadequacies and defects which will be alleged to have arisen from improper inspections bennett said higher fees may have to be imposed in order to meet stringent demands under bill 112 officials received the report and will wait until july 1 when bill 112 becomes law wfwipbwmflw ball hockey returns to strawberry festival ball hockey is making a wel come return to this years straw berry festival organized by the playsafe ball hockey league which has more than doubled its number of play ers from last year the showdown skills competition is expected to attract an excellent turnout at this years festival said league vicepresident brfoio ddrocchis the league had 120 players reg istered last year this year there are approximately 300 players including a new womens divit sion the expansion in one year has been excellent but not really surprising its popular all over toronto so why not stouffville the competition takes place wednesday june 30 from 7 to 10 pm- at the recreation centre and will feature the top players from the junior womens and mens divisions of the league thursday july 1 from 3 to 5 pm is when the playsafe bajhockey league invites members of the public to take part in a show down and skills contest which is open to everyone in the commu nity look out for location details in the tribune kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyers for as little as 4 a piece so far this year we have delivered 14842794 flyers doortodoor in markham unionvillc millikcn sumflville uxbridge clarcmont dickson hill locust hill gormley goodwood victoria square brougham hagerman corners box grove cedar grove buttonville sandford goodwood leaskdale greenbank udora sunderland zephyr 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