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stouffvilk suntribune thursday april 15 2004 15 iitem library hours reduced from page 1 arrived at the meeting that council voted to add firefight ers the increase in personnel accounts for one per cent of the departments 32percent budget increase this year the new firefighters wont be hired until september increased call volume more accidents on hwy 404 and the low numbers of vol unteer firefighters respond ing to calls prompted the chief to request more staff about a year ago new firefighters are to be hired from the current volun teer force chief beckett is in discussions with the- york central fire department to improve coverage in the varidorf area which is at least 20 minutes from ballantrae and stouflville fire halls the department is cutting costs by charging for calls after the first false alarm and by eliminating specialty training for volunteers all departments kept their hours of service the same except for the library councillors agreed with a proposal that the library open a half hour later at 10 am and close at 830 pm instead of 9 from monday to thursday friday and winter closing hours would be 6 pm p the library would also be closed sundays from july 4 to sept 5 however these changes have to be finalized by the library board before they can be put into effect user fees were increased by 57 per cent for the arena resulting in an additional 17000 revenue over the year for leisure services the towns largest department it means minor hockey players now pay 140 an hour plus gst up from 132 summer prime time cost is up 5 to 125 per hour the last ice rental increase was in 2002 leisure services director tom graham said ice rates in stouffville have become cheaper than most other municipalities mr graham said train station money j- administratortreasurer nick kristoffy was given the goahead to investigate charging rent for train station office space other options discussed included reducing hours at the outdoor pool and leisure centre closing the skate park and cutting back on mainte nance of flowers and planters on main street but they escaped unscathed council agreed with his recommendation to reduce the budget for road salt and sand by 10400 from the original 90000 allotment there will be four more large article pickups for the remainder of the year with collection every other month next year instead of monthly council voted to fill a vacant planners position and hire a building inspector on a contract basis these are very critical positions because of the development coming our way councillor clyde smith said it is critical we have all the staff we need the annual operating budget for whitchurch- stoufiville is almost 10 mil- lioa ncome tax m 905 6401 778 fax 905 6401769 george wbr0die accounting financial services inc e filing 6138 main st w stouffville ont callaway pencil range bags ri0w 49 adams original tight lies- steel 99 g 19 please dont drink and drive this message brought to you as a community service of the economist 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