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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1985, PAGE 3 Durham trustees voted themselves a 15% wage hike Members ai the Durham Board af Educatian have voted themeelves a 15 per cent pay hike effective Dec. 1,1985. At the board's meeting last week, the trustees voted 10-8 ta in- crease their annual salary from $8,500 ta The contract dispute betwesn the Durham Board of Educatian and its elementary school $9,800. Also receiving pay in- creases were the board's vice-chairman and chairman. The vice- chairman of the board will receive $10,8W. The position now pays $8,5w. The chairman af the board's four stan- ding committees will teachers will be sent ta arbitratian. Bath sides decided ta take the arbitration receive a similiar in- crease. The trustees also vated unanimausly in favor of increasing the chairmnan's salary ta $14,700 - almost $2,000 more than the position currently pays. Trustees agreed that the increase was justified route after a marathon bargaining session held last wesk failed ta produce a new when the workload assumed by the chair- man is considered. The salaries paid ta, trustees wilI be frozen for the board's next thres year term which begins Dec. 1. Accrding ta Trustes Sandra Lawsan, chair- man of the board's agreement. The elementary school teacbLers, represented by the The Whitby Cancer Society has raised over $52,000 ta date thîs year. Part ai the fund raiser drive in- luded a draw for several different prizes, ail donated by local merchants. In the photo above, cancer society campaign chairman Marlon Irwin presents Anna Houston, a teacher at Florence M. Heard Public Scbaol, with a certificate as one af the prize winners. For more information about this year's campaign, see story on page 9. Free Press Staff Photo j finance committee, the increases will cost an additional $25,650 an- nually bringing the budget amount for trustee salaries ta $204,900. These increases were the resuit of a set af recommendatians sub- mitted ta the board by a Durham Elementary Teachers' Association, has been without a con- tract since the begin- ning of this academic year and if no agresment is reached before schaal ends in June, it won't t.ake ef- fect until Septemnber. The major stumbling block betwesn the twa sides is salaries and benefits. The elementary teachers are seeking ta regain the wage parity tbey enjoyed with their secondary school caun- terparts until about tbres years aga. Elementary teachers are now paid between $15,981 and $41,591 a year depending on qualifications and ex- perience. The teachers went in- ta this collective bargaining session sesking a seven per cent across-the-board wage hike. Hawever, the board has offered just under five par cent. The current gap bet- ween the salary scales af elementary and secondary school teachers la about 1.4 per cent. As ai presa time, it was nat knawn when the firat arbitratian hearing would be held. mittee headed by Whit- by Chamber of Com- merce president Don Frise. In bis report to the board, Frise said that the salary paid to trustees should do several different things, including: -encourage good can- didates ta seek electian ta the school board; -reflect the level of responsibility indicated by the size af the budget, the number of schools and pupils; -be similiar ta those salaries paid ta other elected officiais in the Regian af Durham; -continue ta, keep the board trustee position a "part-time" one, 'lhowever, it should pay enaugh ta be over the 'low incame cut off, <'poverty level') so that no individual would be prevented from running for office regardless af econamic circumstan- -recagnize that bath the vice-chairman and the chairman have ta spend considerably more time an the job. Frise also noted in bis report that trustees were paid an annual salary of $3,000 and the chairman $4,000 in 1972. Members of the board are responsible for a $166 million annual budget. Members of Durham Regional Council are responsible for a $130 Million budget and are padjust over $15,000 a year. Members of Whitby Town Council are paid just under $10,000 an- nually. SWhile the chairman ai the board is paid $14,700 effective Dec. 1, the chairman of Durham Regional Council receives about $45,000 while the Mayor af Whitby gets about $25,000. Time for annual Marigold contest By BRIAN WINTER Now is the time ta atart planning your gar- den for Whitby's fourth annual marigold con- test, says the Witby Chamber ai Commerce. Entry forma are available now at Weall and Cullen Nurseries, Oshawa Garden Centre (Dundas St. W. ana Thicksan Rd. N. locations), Sun Gold Fruit Market, DeVille Praduce, Vallees Fruit Market, Whitby Dominion Hardware and the Chamber ai Commerce office in the Centennial Building. The marigold contest, which promotes the town's flower, is open ta businesses and residen- ts in Whitby only. Judging will take place on Aug. 19 and 20 in four categories: residential, industrial, institutional and com- mercial. Deadiine for submission ai entries is July 28. Entry forma may be placed in the orange boxes at the locations where the forms are av- ailable. one winner will be chosen from each category, based on four Ffreworks display Whitby Town Council bas given approval ta Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village ta hold firewarks displays fram June 28 ta JuIy 7, under the supervision of the Wbitby Fire Depar- tment. According ta Cullen Garden publicity direc- tor Harold Black, 15 minute fîreworks displays will be beld at dusk every day betwesn June 28 and July 7. "IAil fireworks will be of the ground display style (foundatians. spinning wbeels and roman candies)," Black told council in a letter. "lThere will not be any mortar or rockets.'" He alsa noted that the display will be beld on the shore beside the pond and the viewing will be from the hilîside on the opposi te aide. The display will be oparated by senior Cullen staff members, ahl ai whom have been properly instructed in their use by the fireworks manufac- hirpr judging standards: design and layout, general health and con- dition, quality of main- tenance and plant display. Prizes for the winners in each category will bc keepar trophies and a fres dinner for twa at the awards night at Cullen Gardens on Sept. 6. The winners' ae will also be engraved on a plaque displayed at the Tourist Information Centre. For further infor- mation, cail the Whitby Chamber of Commerce at 668-4506. EDITOR'S NOTE: Brian Wlnter is the secretary manager of the Whltby Chamber of Commerce. HeIp Us Celobrate Our .. b 8TH ýANNIVERSARY - During the month af May ON LY 3WEEKS LEFT! _________ SAVE 7%~ A wide selection SALES TAXofNWA On orders over 1500.00"f.N - A Stili unsettled.... 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