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WLIl TBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1981, PAGE 3 Expeet tax hikes of about $100...0 Residents face large 1982 inreases Some residential pro- perty tax payera in the Town of Whitby are fac- ing property tax hikes of about $100 in 1982 because their homes have been re-assessed by the Ontaro Ministry of Revenue. Many politicians on both the local and regional levels have been angered by these re-assessments because they mean too great a juznp in tax in one year. Homes in both the Bowman Ave. and Dun- lop Street West areas are known to have been re-assessed and many of their owners are plann- ing to appeal the in- creases. Many of these home. owners have com- Inquest says A recent inquest into the deaths of two young dirt bike ridera, killed in a head on collision in Pickering this faîl, has recommended that al dirt bike riders be lic. ensed. The jury of three men and two wornen took only one hour of deliber- ation to reach their deci- sion after five hours of testimony into the Sept- ember 27 deaths of Kevin Sparrow, 20, of Ajax and Peter Koch, 21, of Pickering. According to testi- mony the two men and Timothy Serroul met at Koch's home about 3 p.rn. September 27 to work on their bikes. Over the course of the afternoon they drank a quantity of beer and took "acid" (LSD). Afterwards the three decided to go for an evening' ride down Valley Farrn Road, nor- th of Finch Avenue in Pickering. The bikes the three Trans fer pro gram aborted CONT'D FROM PG. 2 The aborted plan would have seen patien- ts of a Toronto mental health centre sent to the Ballycliffe Lodge. Three of the firat ten patients were recently returned to Toronto because of a moral cornritment to their regular residents to ac- cept only those who can be compatable, accord- ing to operatora of the Ajax home. A rninistry of health official said that tenta- tive plans now caîl for former Queen Street Mental Health Centre patients to be housed at the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital, whe.n renova- fions to existing cot- tages there have been completed. plained that the assess- ment officers did not t.ake tirne to determîne the real value of their home. The re-assessment is being dune in an effort to introduce what is commnonly referred to as "mnarket value assessment". In other words, property taxes paid should reflect the value of the home. While Mayor Bob At- tersley is not totally happy with the re- assessment, he knows of no other fair system to determine on what basis property taxes should be paid. "I feel sorry for those peole who got it 'bang,"' he said adding that the were riding had no headlights and the tree lined road no street- lights. "Peter took the trail and me and Kevin stayed on the road side," said Serroul. "There was no speedo- meter on my bike, but I was in third gear, §o I was probably travelling at about 40 miles per hour. "Kevin was right beside. me. We were going to see where Peter was and we were going to take the trail with hirn ... I wiped out firat, then those guys wiped issue of assessment re- volves around what can be interpreted to be "fair and equitable. " Attersley agrees with the concept of rnarket value assessment. "Ml I know is that market value rnakes some sense and it should come to the commumity to be fair to everyone. " He also contends that "icertainly some areas in the town need to be re-assessed." The mayor points out that many people, rnost notably senior citizens, will not be able to afford their increased taxes and that there is no way for council to give these people a break. However, he adds that a a 0 out. I don't know how it happened. I heard sort of like a big crack ... I just remember picking rnyself up and getting back on the bike ... I -yelled to Kevin, but I heard nothing. " Serroul went to Koch's bouse where he told Koch's wife Cheryl. He then dropped Cheryl off at the scene in Koch's house where a friend called an ambu- lance. A coroners jury listed the cause of the deaths as accidentaI cerebral injuries due to ingestion of alcohol and drugs. ~Ticipa~> Fitness. I your heart you know PIZZA & SUBS m 118 ATHOL ST. «Womamm666-3366 For pick up or delivery we can f 111 your party noeds. Hours: Mon. - Thurs. il a.m. - i p.m. Fri. -Sat. 11la.m. -2 p.m. Sun. 4p.m. - 12 p.m. 1TYPE WR ITER ADDINGAUNES @ CALCULTOR SALES e SERVICE * RENTAL PRl,,a %D OFC-SPLE 21 ,1-.d S jx nai "lt's ~ ~ 68 a19r68 hnw hvnthepdacutmr senior citizens are avail- able for property tax grants from the provin- cial government. The Ministry of Revenue grants Up to $500 to each senior citizen to help off- set their property tax bill. "There's no alterna- tive and that's what the problem is," Attersley said. "If somebody could corne up with a better way (of assessing property tax), I'd be the first to support it."1 At the last meeting of Durham Regional Coun- cil, the region's eight mayors and Regional Chairman Gary Herrema agreed to seek a meeting with Durham West MPP and Ontario Minister of Revenue George Ashe to discuss the problem. While Ashe's ministry is responsible for pro- perty assessment, it is the municipality that levels the tax based on the property's assessed value. j.- At the same Urne, the Town of Whitby will in- vestigate the local situa- tion in an attempt to find out how, why and by what method the new assessments were arrived at. However, Ashe said last week that there is little his rninistry can do about the situation. "There is nothing we can do," he said. "We can't phase in assess- ment." Ashe said that the .goverment will not aid homeowners facing tax increases because of re- assessrnent. The new assessments apply to properties that have increased in value by more than $2,500, in- cluding the installation of garages, pools, recreation roorns or other improvements made duringthe last ten years. Ashe also maintains that the government is' conducting the re- assessrnent at the request of the munici- palities. "It's the rnunicipali. ties through their muni- cipal voice that are telling us to do it, " he claimed. "We (the provincial government) don't derive any revenue from it. " Attersley believes that while the purposeeof market value assess- ment is a good one, its implernentation causes problems. "The- purpose is to rnake it fair and equit- able to everyone," he said adding, "What's the alternative, there isn't any. " McALLISTEI<S Present Our Best January Sale Ever!' 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