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Council I1 ColumnJ How are spent By COUNCILLOR JOE DRUMM East Ward My sincere thanks to the Whitby Free Press for this oppor- tunity to address their readers. In my first column I would like to talk a littie on the budget, !~ITOWN OF WHITBY NOTICE 0F INTENTION NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Whltby lntends to pass a by-law to Stop up, Close and SelI that untravelled portion of the public high- way munlcipally known as Maria Street, as more speciflcally described as fol lows:- The Southerly 50 feet of the untravelled portion of Maria Street, as shown below, lylng between Frances and Henry Streets, bounded on the south by properties munlcipally known as 501 Newman Crescent and 500 Henry Street, and belng composed of part of Lot 28, Concession 1, Town of Whltby. TBE1 oTA 1NE D AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Cor- poration of the Town of Whitby intends to pass a by-Iaw to Stop up and Close to Vohicular Traf lic only that untravelled portion of the public highway municipally known as Maria Street, as more specifically described as follows:- The northerly 16 feet of the untravelled portion of Maria Street, as shown above, lying between Frances and Henry Streets, bounded on the north by properties munîipally known as 407 Frances Street and 412 Henry Street, being composed of part of Lot 28, Concession 1, Town of Whitby. (Note: It is the intention of the Town of Whitby to retain the northerly 16 feet of the subject Maria Street road allowance for possible walkway, hydro-line and sewer purposes.) AND FURIHER TAKE NOTICE that the Operat ions Commit- tee of the Council of the Town of Whitby will, at the hour of 7:30 p.m. on the l6th day of March, 1981, in Committee Room 2 of the Municipal Building, 575 Rossland Road East, Whîtby, Ontario, hear in person or by his counsel, solicitor, or agent, any person who dlaimns his land will be prejudicially affected by such by-laws and who applies to be heard. DATED at Whitby, Ontario, this llth day of February, A.D., 1981. Donald G. McKay. BA., A.M.C.T. Town Clerk The Corporation of the Town of Whitby 575 Rossland Road East Whitby, Ontario LUN 2M8 - Mailb and just how your dollars are spent. If last year your house was assessed at $5,000 your total taxes would have been $901. The breakdown would be: Public School $23050 High School 188.50 Region 154.50 Garbage Collection 18.00 Transit '7.00 General Government 3W.00 Total $90650 There is a $5.50 rebate from the region which of course means your total tax bill would be $901. As can be seen the total arnount the town receives is $333 and from that amount we look after parks, arenas, snow ploughing, garbage pick-up, transit, firefighting, planning, clerks department, finance department,. roads, sidewalks, storm sewers, salaries and all the everyday things it takes to run a town. Even though the town acts as tax collector, we have no input on thie other $568 that makes up the $901 total. So when homeowners get their 1981 Tax Bill before you The 1980 Presîdlents TRIPLE CROWN AWARD Presented to OMS for dedication to the spirit of professional leadership. Glenn Willson president of Ontario Motor Sales is pîeased f0 thon k Murray Silver and Gary "Red" Dionne for their contribution towards the "TRIPLE CROWN AWARD". Both sales representatives have had a very successful 1980, each selîing over 200 cars. Murray and Gary wish to thank ail their customers for their patronage and look forward to any future deaîings. They realize loyal customers make the wheels go round and try ta earn that Ioyalty by coming up with the best possible deals. 0 0 Corne and see them at.0 ONTARIO MOTOR SALES e OLOSMOBILE Serving the Durham Region for over 55 years! L140 BOND ST. W. OSHW SHAWA725m6501 eCHEVROLET eCADI LLAC eCHEVY TRUCKS ,Y FREE PRESS, WEDNISDAY, FEBRIJARY 18, 1981, PAGE 1 S complain try and remember only 37 per cent of your 1980 taxes went toward running your town. Your assessment is done by the provincial assessnient department whose office is in the regional building on Rossland Road. Our planning department is presently involved in a special study of Port Whitby, we are also contemplating a special study of the Thickson-Dundas area. 1 frankly believe that the planning departmnent had to spend so much time on the Brooklin Study, areas like these were put on the long finger. This year has been narned by the United Nations as the Year of the Disabled. Mayor Attersley has appointed me the Chairman of the Task Force for the disabled. It's a challenge I arn pleased to accept. We will be holding our first meeting on February 26 at t.he Town Hall. Pîçase consider this an invitation to attend and get involved. I t.hink you will agree it's ime we started to rehabilitate our thinking toward the disabled. I enjoy council even though sometimes it gets pretty frustrating, however, one must take the bitter with the sweet. If I can be of any help to you, please caîl.