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economist suntribune police thursday oct 24 2002 11 new milliondollar helicopter to patrol york skies by jeff mitchell staff writer york regional police are viewing their jurisdiction from aloft once more the force took delivery earlier this week of a new 125 million helicopter air2 made a flawless land ing wednesday morning in front of york regions admin istrative building in newmarket impressing onlookers gathered for its unveiling the aircraft offi cially went into service yes terday afternoon this is a great day for crime prevention in york region said dave barrow chairperson of the police services board york region has commit ted 900000 a year in operat ing and financing costs to maintain a program that supporters say promotes safety and helps cops do their job better the program receives top deputy chief retiring york regional police deputy chief of operations terence kelly is retiring deputy chief kelly announced yesterday he will retire in december bringing to a close a 34year career in policing the whitchurch-stouff- ville resident is the second highranking officer to announce his retirement chief robert middaugh will retire in the new year and deputy chief of administra tion armand labarge has been named to succeed him deputy chief kelly said the fact he wasnt named chief had nothing to do with his decision i knew going into the process of selecting a new chief that the police services board wanted a fiveyear commitment he said i was ready to give three years with a twoyear option he said he went through the selection process so i wouldnt secondguess myself after retirement he said he is willing to continue serving past his retirement date if necessary to provide a smooth transi tion for the new chief and the two new deputy chiefs who now must be appointed marks from police brass deputychief armand la barge who will be sworn in as chief of the force in a few months told reporters air2 will continue to be an integral part of operations in york youre going to be seeing the helicopter up there six days a week the deputy chief said in addition to being on regular patrol for several hours each day the helicop ter will be available for emer gencies suspect searches and missing persons inci dents mr la barge said our officers have become very reliant on the helicopter he noted its a view of the world we didnt have before purchase of the fourseat eurocopter ec 120 was approved by york region councillors in june originally police brass had budgeted to buy a new helicopter next year to replace the twoseater donated to the force a couple of years ago but mr barrow said at the time of the availability of the eurocopter an aircraft designed for police use an attractive price was reason enough to make the purchase ahead of schedule the region was able to obtain more than 400000 in tradein credit for the old copter he said the purchase is being funded through debentures ongoing operation of the hel icopter including paying for contracted pilots will be part of the annual police budget in addition to being better suited for police work the new helicopter is quieter than the old model the program has come a long way york police first took to the skies in 1995 in a helicopter loaned to the force for a trial period in june 1999 york joined with durham region cops in an initiative that saw the two forces share a copter for a sixmonth period in early 2000 charles burnett a member of the weston family donated an enstrom 480 chopper vffit markham board of trade make money in markham at the markham board of trade membership means business networking functions credit card- merchant dis counts low cost group insurance free use of our board room free brochure insertion in our magazine join now and start increas ing your prof its call 9054744730 for details or visit our website at wwwmarkhaniboardcom this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune mi sco canada inc first annual warehouse sale 1 71 esna park dr at 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areas only no one delivers results like we do to find out more about howto reach your target market and get the same great the regional municipality of york important notice to well owners a public information meeting will be held at the town of markham offices canada room 700 pm on wednesday november 6 2002 notice of public information centre 16th avenue trunk sewer the regional municipality of york is committed to ensuring residents who may be potentially affected by regional infrastructure projects are fully informed the sixteenth avenue trunk sewer project is part of a proposed 700 million multiyear phased expansion of the york durham sewage system ydss master plan to meet the needs of growth within york region to the year 2026 and beyond york region has recently completed construction of the ninth line trunk sewer project along ninth line from the existing ydss trunk sewer located north of the box grove community near rouge bank drive to just south of major mackenzie drive york region has awarded a designbuild contract to mcnallyaecon joint venture for the 16th avenue phase 1 trunk sewer between 9th line and stone mason drive the trunk sewer is approximately 2900m long and has a completion date of 2003 york region intends to award shortly the 16th avenue phase 2 trunk sewer to the same contractor this sewer is approximately 7100m long and will commence in 2003 with completion expected in 2005 the location of the trunk sewers are show on the map below u a public information meeting will be held to keep residents apprised on the status of the 16th avenue trunk sewer project and to address potential impacts to private well users from current and proposed dewatering activities the public information centre will be held wednesday november 6 2002 starting 700 pm canada room town of markham anthony roman centre 101 town centre boulevard markham ontario should you require further information about this project please contact mr steve kyle project manager water 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