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J Z v r absolutely unreliable HP i jugaHUfiun v 5 Jill It began with the com list month that staff investigate the need for a It bureau The request was the second in months The last report was put tocher by chief administrative as office Jack who con- and eluded in Feb that it would not appear feasible to institutes new regional service committee purely advisory and which that would appear to be of limited assistance to a very small proportion of people within the rational Not satisfied with that answer the committee now chaired by Mayor David Schiller of Richmond Hill requested that Social Service staff take a second look at the need for such a The request was prompted by reports that the provincial rent review office in Richmond Hill was receiving many land lordtenant calls and by a situation in both Aurora and Richmond Hill where tenants were without heat because a landlord failed to pay his utility bills The report tabled last week showed the following about a dozen calls went through municipal offices in July six calls went through the region during the same month calls were received during July at the rent review offi in Richmond Hill How do they work sec story on several calls were received during July at the bureau in Peel- and in Metro Toronto about 1500 calls from York were handled last year for a total of about per month Based on that need the report recommended the establishment of a oneyear pilot project funded by the federal Canada Works program to determine more accurately what the need might be But when committee members met Thursday to consider the report they found that Mr Rettle had prepared an alternate report distributed at the beginning of the meeting that argued against establish ment of the bureau Present to defend the ad ministrators report were regional chairman Garfield Wright regional solicitor Ted Oakes and his assistant Bruce Allen As the discussion began and quickly grew heated it was clear that the rift went deeper K v i a a TIT- r I VOL A HO Since CENTS S ows union vote a i 7 I A IE it a J SLIDING INTO SEPTEMBER Ken Kerr photo Ron i y Grid talk Everyone wants the opportunity of taking an ride up the salary grid Schoolboard the latest current may depend on settlement SI It seems like only yesterday the school bell rang for the last time and students traded school books for But as sunsets seem to gobble more summer daylight each evening and changing temperatures warn us of cooler days ahead its Just about time once again to hang up the baseball mitt and begin thinking of readin and Sevenyearold Tommy Green of Newmarket at left and 10yearold David of Holland Landing were found making the most of summers remaining moments in the giant at Park Ave School TENDERS 300000 OVER BUDGET St Pauls plans redesigned By CHRISTINA MONTGOMERY Bra staff reporter NEWMARKET The Childrens Aid Society of York Region last week completed a confidential investigation of its internal delivery of service and its Hues of authority The report was presented at a special board meeting Aug exactly one week after Ontarios Labor Relations Board issued of the societys caseworkers an interim certificate of mem bership in the Ontario Public Service Employees Union In describing the report to The Era board chairman Rev Alfred McAllister said that it was a matter of cost ef fectiveness Weve got good people but we wonder if were organized so that they can work at peak efficiency He added that the report dealt with personalities and how effective some staff were in their jobs Several board members confirmed that the study was put together following reports of unrest and dissatisfaction among the societys employees In a notice lo staff members posted in the societys Cawthra Blvd headquarters the board explains that the review is being done because the current method of service has been in effect for some time it also says that the board reserves the right to retain the services of an individual consultant to do further study of the agency The current method of service referred to is the team system under which York is divided into areas and each area managed by a team of case workers It is an alternative to an individual caseload for each worker According to board mem bers present at the Aug meeting the services of an outside consultant will not be considered until sometime next year Meanwhile two executive assistants to director Don Van Camp will act as supervisors to the teams as the first step in a move to establish team captain positions that will not be part of the child care staff In addition a catalogue of job descriptions outlining the SEPT I page than the disagreement about a bureau B The Rettie faction argued that the figures from Toronto were absolutely unreliable that there was no demonstrated need because calls municipalities were very few and that the bureau work is in fact legal in nature and not of the sort the region should take part in When committee members grouped in a defense of the report Mr Oakes suggested that if therewas in fact a need for the bureau it should be properly and permanently established and the idea of a pilot project scrapped It was at that point the committee split in its response While Mayor Schiller continued to defend the need for a bureau Markham Councillor Ron Moran began to question the merit of hiring unemployed people to run a bureau Under Canada Works regulations at least three people must be hired on a grant and they must be unemployed people hired through Canada Manpower offices While Mayor Schiller said that he thought Mr Rettie was going to buck this thing till it fades into the woodwork Chairman Wright argued that see PUN page GEORGINA INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE KESWICK Gcorgina Townships Chamber of merce will continue to focus on industry and tourism with or without councils help As the Chamber continued interviews with eight people to find a replacement for Tom Foster trie industrial and tourism commissioner who resigned in June council pulled out of all funding for the project The motion to withdraw the 24000 annual grant to Chamber pending further study passed quickly and without comment at council here last week The move caught the Chamber of Commerce by surprise The industrial and tourism post had been advertised and the fast of the top eight applicants were interviewed Monday night The three top candidates for the to a year post are expected to be known this week said Chamber executive member Neil Johansen This council action came like a bolt out of he blue he added NEWMARKET The threat that two weeks of near- continual rainfall had posed to vegetable crops in the Holland Marsh appears to have passed In spite of porous ground thai soaked up much of the rain fields began to look like tossed salad as the Holland River pumps clogged with weeds and water began to build up Hut the rain as much as inches in a single storm caused less damage than had been expected said Malt Valk crop researcher at the Marshs Muck Crop Research Station About 10 per cent of the celery crop which is planted in low ground and sat for a long period of lime under water has been lost Most lei luce a more delicate crop planted on higher ground has been harvested and the remainder is safe Damage onions and carrots will not be determined until the crops are pulled So although quality and supply will be down for a while there will still be vegetables this fall Mr Valk stressed The reason Salad lovers have the cool weather to hank Had temperatures risen and the weather become humid most of the crops would have rotted Mr Valk said fei RICHMOND HILL Faced with a low tender almost higher than expected the York Region separate school board has called for redesign of its St Pauls Separate School plan Hills facility was approved by the province in April and sketch plans and working drawings for the unique school were finished shortly afterward But when tenders were let only 10 specification plans were picked up arid only four of those resulted in tenders Lowest tender for the job The approved cost for the project was almost less than the lowest bid Stunned by the news the boards committee of management early last week expected that major redesign of the building which was to have a peaked roof a pod system of classrooms and a large in dustrial arts and home economic facility would be necessary But plans to drop a wing of the building or leave out the industrial artshome economics complex were discarded when it was later learned that without those areas the grantable portion of the expense would not be high enough to make the omission worthwhile So committee members have approved a series of what seem like minor changes omission of a sunken area in the library change of the roof from peak to flat that should add up to substantial savings in con struction costs without reducing the total of the project The plan will now return to Us architects who will draw up new specifications before the tender is let again in late Sep tember By requesting only minor changes in the plans design the board hopes to meet its original target of a September opening New name and home i y NEWMARKET Come Monday youll hardly recognize the old Childrens Aid Society For one thing its going to become the Family and Childrens Services The name of the agency has been changed to reflect a growing emphasis on the family unit and family counselling rather than the oncestandard attempt to remove children from their homes For another its going to have a brandnew symbol a sort of stylized version of the letters Family and Childrens Services and a drawing symbolizing a family unit And then theres the new building The twoacre site behind York Manor was developed by the region at a cost of about and will be leased to the society which moves in this weekend The building has been specially designed for use by the society with a number of therapy and counselling rooms and a craft centre for children The Chamber no said is still committed to filling the post Were going to have to do it somehow lie noted In addition to securing funding for the industrial and tourism officer the Chamber will have to find the finances to cover office operations balance of the now defunct 24000 municipal grant Friction between the township and the Chamber dates back before Mr Fosters resignation but with his departure the entire industrial development agreement kind of fell through Mr admitted Several months prior to the resignation Mr Foster signed two firms to a letter of intent that committed them to locate in the original Sutton industrial park There were two firm offers with deposits explained Mr Johansen and three or four other firms were also interested When Gcorgina council opted for an alternate industrial park in the Sutton area all negotiations stalled and were lost Were getting to the point where were very frustrated noted Mr Johansen We fell we did our part So now the Chambers part could include taking full responsibility for development of industry and tourism This is not unusual noted the Chamber executive mem ber Many chambers function in tourist promotion Rut his discouragement with council is obvious We kind of stopped four mouths ago until we could see what was happening with this council he recalled The fact that theyre not interested in tourist development and in dustrial promotion is so evident Council however may have other thoughts At a special meeting Friday it finalized changes in the township administrative staff creating a new a year post called the building and development director The move according to council finance chairman Howard is an at tempt to upgrade what was the building department bringing in people more technically qualified for the overall operation r cm to receive ice awards NEWMARKET- Three Newmarket citizens will be awarded civilian citations by the York Regional Board of Commissioners at the next board meeting York Regional Police Chief Bruce Crawford has recommended that the board present the awards to Bruce of Magnolia Ave Fred Snider of Gibson Ct and Shelly Fry of Septonne Ave in appreciation of outstanding citizen participation in the maintenance of law and order The three provided in vestigating officers with vital information which directly led to the apprehension of a driver involved in a fatal hit accident in December