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P ',E 22, WEDNESDAy, NOVEMBER 7, 1979, WHITBY FREE PRESS rhe proiis-h spendin tax dollr BY MICHAEL &NELL Free Press Staff GJove2nmnent is often ac- cosed of spendtng money titi I.ecessMtly, but one local rc gional councillor doesn't btiieve that to be the case, e':'irely. Wltby's Gerry Emm says tinit "I don't thtnIk we do a'iytilng that is un- iï,-essary." in an interview, Emm p:ve lits ltsts of priorities Shen it cornes to spendlng tre tax dollar. At the reglonal level Emm gave the followlng prlority addlng that it 18 flot necessarily in. this order: protection for persons and property (policlng); avenues for transportation; the-supply of freoli water for domestic use; santtary sewage and the treatment of sewage waste; the "lorderly disposai" of solid waste (bth industrial and residen- 'tial); social services (welfare, care for the elderly etc.)";J planning m NOTICE is hereby given that the Corporation of the Town of Whitby intends to pass a by-law to stop up, close and seil that portion of the road allowance munlcipally known as Beech Street as hereinafter described, namely:- That portion of Beech Street being com- posed of part of Lot 25, Concession 2, Whit- by, designated as Part 3 on Plan of Survey 40R-3445 and Parts 2 and 3 on Plan of Survey 40R-1624 deposited in the RegistryOffice for the Registry Division of Durham (No. 40). The by-Iaw to stop, close and seli this portion of Beech Street shah flot become effective until KIlberry Drive, as shown below, has been con- structed. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that the Operations Committee of the Council of the Town of Whitby will, at the hour 0f 7:30 p.m. on the l9th day of November, 1979, in Committee Room No. 2 of the Municipal 'Building, 575 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario, hear in person or by his counsel, solicitor, or agent, any person who dlaims his land will be prejudicially affected by such by-law and who-applies to be heard. DATED at Whitby, Ontario, this 24th day of Oc- tober, A.D., 1979. Wm. H. Wallace,1 A.M.C.T., C.M.C., Clerk-Administrat'or, The Corporation of the Town of Whitby, 575 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario LUN 2MV8 iTHE CO.RPORATION 0F THE TOWN OFWH ITBY v P-2ffl NOTICE 0F INTENTION (maklig sure it meets with the regional future, growth opportunities for industrial' land etc.) The priorities at the local level are for Emm: local roads and streets; stor m drainage,, local planning; fire protection; bylaw en- forcement; issueing of building permits;, plurnbing inspections; recreation and llbrary services. According to the il1 year veteran of municipal politics the amount of money spent is based on "what we feel IwiI provide an adequate Ilevel of service" and one Imajor concern i; always the "rnaintaiming the level of service we have now. ". But Eznm says that the biggest factor lies, in "irecognizing the needs of the people."' Emm says that sometimes discerning those needs is the roughest part of the job because people have corne to depend _toc much on gover- rument. "A lot of people have corne to depend on these services we provide, " he says. "They always expect as much as they can for their dollar."1 People expeet these ser- vices and begrudge paying their taxes. "Taxes are demanded, flot voluntary,"1 he says. Emm points out that if taxes do not increase this year, the taxpayer-will ac- tually pay leas taxes because of inflation which bas increased their salaries. The intention of botli the town and the region ta to hold the line on taxes he says. The problern is, in Emm's view, is that local gover- mient tends to get involved wtth the "spinoffs" 0f their services rnany of which are duplicated by private business. Ernm gave the new squash club as an example. He believes that the town should not provide this service because it is not gover- nent's job to compete with business. "Why should the town compete with these services and probably at a loss to the taxpayer" he asked. "If private business, provide a service, ther shoùld We db it?"1 He also maintains government may be too much and spendin much money. "I think we're gettini too much," lie says ac that "I'rn very disappo that we have tended ti away from the basic t tenance thlngs and more recreational thtng "We must not neglec old for the new," lie sayE One of the problenn government spending is budgets have tended to f new capital expendil and not maintain pre services. Despite this seemi, bad portrait of governi Emm does give a word o assurance to the taxpaye "I like to let people k< that we can provide the vices that'they want to and that they will be rtu efficiently and as managed as possible." He is, howevýr, concer about the apparent lac] ti doi Igt cddi mai t t] S. 's ithi ravi tur, ing] nei f rg er. nel se ina wel rne 1 M Store Cat. price $l9.~ $ 99 "SNOOPY" D %ItE e gis ~M ATTEL" TALKING Pull th tn TELEPHONE Dept store price $8.99 "Farchld" JIG SAW VALUES PUZZLES TO$7 uMATTEL"9 C.B. BREAKER TRUCK. w/2 Way walkie-talkies HUB-BUBS WORKSHOP can nment altbough he believes vhy that may be changing. "Local governrnent is thati much closer to the people ing and should remain that toc way,"1 he says addtng that "lit may not sound as ex- into citing as heads of provinces ing or as heads of nations but ied maybe thats due to the ex- get posure it gets." fi- Emm sees achangein the ,to focus of people's awareness Pt 0f government to include the the municlpaltty. "People are becomtng of more aware of local Issues, " hat he says addlng that'people vor have a "lbetter realization of 'es what they're gettlng for ent their local dollar. " On this note Emm says gly that the community bas a nt big role to Play in the 'e- keeping down of local government costa. w "The cornrunity lias the cr- responsibiiity 0f keeping ýe costs down, too, " he says. as Emm, a member of the el region's finance committee, said that government costs ed could be kept down if people of helped to police their own r- neighbourhood, Emm says and by engaging in a little crime prevention. "If we get away from ex- pecting 111e government to do everything," Emm says would save a lot of tax dollars. "A sense of duty to see what we can do," Emm says is another way of keeping costs down. There are only 50 many dollars and only 80 many ways to spend it tliat Emm's advice may do us ail a bit of o smioking course inte RetmuiiaoE : BRAND THAN TOYS 5 "MATTEL"OCTIN "PARKER" AS LNOCTIONS </,5I-WALKE M I Durham Region Lung Association, in conjunction with the Durham Board of Education, will conduct an evening workshop on Wed- nesday, November 7, to in- troduce a new teaching package on the respiratory- system and smoking. Ail regional schools have been inivited to send a representative to the workshop, which will be held at Adelaide McLaughlin School, 630 Stevenson Road North, Oshawa. Registration is at 3:50' p.m.ý The teaching package (iitially* designed by the Chicago Lung Association) comprises 11 lesson outlines, 14 full colour overhead trafi- sparencies, instructions for 4 "effects of s'noking" ex- periments and knowledge test duplicating masters. Its objective is 'to help grade six, seven and eight students understand both the structure and function of the respiratory system, and the far-reaching effecta that early smoking have on health and wel-being. Each teacher attending the workshop wili receive a complete package, and ful instructions on its correct implementation. These materials are being supi'ed by the Durhami Region Lung Association as a free' Christmas Seal Service. e j. 1 PLI Luvu Plush dog, walks, sits, begs on your command. MANNING ROAO PILKIN6T T T" UVNOAU§5. ESr ________ 'MUSKIN" 1978e Ca Dp. e$1. 1 .-.-