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Garta hore coeis Dumm "irresp Ols ib le".... WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBR1JARY 1118,P Brooklin stays a secret counecil rules in 4-3 vote By MICHAEL KNELL Free Press Staff Tempers were high and the accusations were flying at Monday night's Whitby couxicil meeting as East Ward Councilor Joe Drumm lnferred that the management conmittee was uslng secret meetings to push the development of Brooklin. This was contrary to GERRY EMM Mayor Jin Garshore 's statement that the resoluation of council, passed on -October 23, 1979, still stands. That resolution states that while Brooklin will grow, it wiI not grow until permits bave been issued for the building of 2,400 single family dwellings south of Rossland Road. Drumm told council that he wll make public some of the confidential documents on Brooklin althougb it is against the procedures and rules of council. While Gartshore confir- med that the council bas no reçpurse should Drunm carry out bis statement, Regional Councilor Bob At- tersley said that such a move would seriously im- BOB CARSON pair couned's negotiations with Condolidated Building Corporation, the major Brooklin developer, and would bamper any future negotiations, with any developer. "I feel it is high time that the people who pay my salary, and pay your salary know -what's going on," Drurnin told council. He also accused the management committee of "fiddling away the guaran- tees"! of the October 23 rcsolution. Gartshore, chairman of the committee, 'said that tbat was false. Tbe committee is coin- posed of Gartshore, Atter- sley, and Regional Coun- cillor Gerry Emm although North Ward Councillor Bob - .IML F7 , --,- BARRY EVANS Carson sits in for the latter bc-cause he has declared a conflict of interest in some areas of the proposai. Drumm also accused the committee of negotiating without- the presence of senior staff and they had been, at times, outnumbered by officiais of C.B.C., which he said was against most principles of negotiating. "We're weakened when the management coinmittee negotiates without senior staff," Drumm said. He also said that the committee bas no experien- ce in negotiating a $225 million dea). Drumm said that he was "6absolutely dumbfounded" by the contents of a con- fidential report. "The wbole language of this thing stinks to higb bell," Drumm said. "It's a dead giveaway. " Gartsbore responded to Drumm's dlaims by saying that the only things accepted were the "gimmes" and that no changes bave been made to the original resolution. "lConfidentiality must be maintained until a majority of council gives approval to make it public," Gartshore said. He told Drumm that he would be doing "a great disservice to yourself and to the community" if he made the report public. Gartsbore also accused Drumin of being "untoward and irresponsible. " Attersley said that Drumm's charges had neyer been adopted and tbat he stili bad to be "convinced on a number of ma tters. " Carson told council that he took "great, exception to some of Councillor Drumm's charges. " III can't argue that, because it is still confiden- MAYOR JIM GARTSHORE tial," he said. 691 tbink we have negotiated in good faitb,", Carson said adding that he would urge Drumm to makté it public so that he could respond because he could not "defend bis position" on the matter. Centre Ward Councillor Barry Evans moved a motion, seconded by Carson, that the report be made public. He told council that if Drumm was going to do it anyway, there would be no point in keeping the report officially confidential. "We're making a bunch of idiots of council if we pass tbis motion," Attersley said. West Ward Councillor Joe Bugelli said that such a move would create a bad precedent while Carson said that the motion would "save face" and would show that Drumin was inaccurate in his dlaims. Tbe motion lost on a 4-3 recorded vote with the ayes coming from Carson, Drumm and Evans and tbe no's froin Attersley, Bugelli, Emm and Gartabore. After the meeting Evans said that be was "saddened" by the situation although beforeband he told council that he had lost some of bis respect for Drumin. Emin said that "I'd like to explain some things to the people" adding "I will see that the town is protected. " McEwen warns harbor i*s uns anqfe for skating kids Forbes McEwen is con- cerned about eilîdren skating in the harbor because of tbe thin ice situation. Last weekend, four children fell through the ice despite being warned about Traffe ights for Broo ki Regional Councillor Gerry Emin said last week that traffic ligbts will be installed at the intersection of Win- chester Road and Thickson Road in Brooklin in the near future. Emm, said tbat the inter- section had been tfie site of many serious accidents in the past and tbat he hoped the installation of the ights would decrease their num- ber. He also pointed out that since tbe installation of traf- lic ights at the intersection of higbways 7 and 12 there have been virtually no ac- cidents and that there bave been none of a serious nature. Emm was instrumental in getting these lights in- stalled. the thin ice; fortunately none of them drowned. Forbes, assistant ad- ministrator of the Town of Whitby, says that children can skate in the area of the dock at the north end of the barber but the entire area is not safe. He says that the signs, the police and that man on duty must be obeyed. The warm water corning down Pringle Creek empties into the centre of the harbor keeping the ice thinner and, therefore, more dangerous, be says. McEwen says that there were about 500 people skating in the area on Sun- day. He says that two grownups may take two small children out to the centre of the ice and that they don't realize tbat if the ice gives way, they've got two more people to worry about. McEwen says that if people can't be controlled for their own safety, skating will have to be banned in the harbor. The police responded to two calîs last Sunday because skaters didn't beed the man on duty who was sbouting at them through a bullhorn but was being ignored, be says. McEwen says that people don't realize that the situation has changed since the harbor was dredged. The harbor is now at least seven or eight feet deep where previously it was only a foot or two. W 7 & EDEN'SMATINEE Set.1:30 p.m. Frqht of the. 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