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GORDON COOK SAYS Grants offset police cost boost Regional grants expected to top more this year than lor police protection rrilonil police commit the police grant York per capita grants for police from to this year and this Increase will offset the budget boost sought by Urn police commission should further cull In the Ike budget Commis sioner Cook added The original police budget stood million an inc Unnamed town has run out of parking tickets municipality has filonnl police enforce Its parking bylaws Chief Crawford said Monday Med by The Era aftcrwan polity the chief declined off aw after being re quested by council to cut This was not Bled year population of the use the new mw grants will the budget regional over 1971 If the population fig- would still leave about for police conn- he from the taxpayers However grants could of offset the increase be er cause Yorks population the In- Is somewhere Continued from page I was formed It is to be re duced gradually five years The figure for 1072 reportedly Is larger than province had Intended and resulted from a delegation of York officials asking Provincial larc for help In their financial crisis Application of this grant picture In Preliminary budget will reduce tax revenues required from million to in million If council agrees to 427100 In budget cuts proposed by Mr Itellle and his the levy would drop to fill million And If council applies half Its 1071 surplus of to the levy taxes would drop further to 600 mil lion In his report to council Mr Kettle suggested 250000 of the surplus be applied to the levy Under the current picture that would bring the levy to mil lion but a council seemed to indicate only half surplus would be applied with lug capital Allot hi fund 10 said he does morrow he ing for worn Out before the paid off The tax boost resents a reasonable and cepialilc increase- Mr let told The lie noted that York will be operating treasury department plain lianeh and legal department basis contributing his helped boost Yorks GARDEN CENTRE 693 DAVIS DRIVE NEWMARKET ONT 8954537