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6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville. December 24, 1975 Board of Education Votes to Draft Budget Soon as Possible A motion that a] budget for the N lan and Newcast Education be pres board as soon as p carried unanimou board recently. However, thea tion said that no mates on their 1 could be made unt been received froi incial governmen preliminary levels and expenditure ceil- rorthumber- ingSome of this information le Board of souldbe forthcoming when ented to the the directors of education and ossible was the board chairmen from isly by the across the province meet with Thomas Wells the minister of administra- education, at Queen's Park on firm esti- December 18. 976 budget Business administrator, AI il word had MacLeod has indicated that m the prov- depending on provincial it on grant grants, educaion taxes could Outstanding Concert Series Sponsored by BHS Band Assoc. by Margeret Killeen Wê.are very lucky to have in our town an upcomng Concert Series featuring guest artists of national renown, s onsorea b the B.H.S. Ban Assoc. This surely does suggest that the Town of Bowmanville is growing culturally. "'THEY JUST LOVE CHRISTMAS!" We all do - and all of us at James Insurance wish all of you a most joyful and blessed Christmas. James\Insurance Ageny Limited DOUGLAS S. JAMES 24 KING ST. E., BOX 100 BOWMANVILLE, ONT OFFICE 623-4406 ~ RES. 623-5023 ' This series which has its first concert on Sunday, Jan. 18th at Bow. High School Auditorium features the Osh- awa S mphony Orchestra under t e direction of Roy V. Cox noted conductor and director with guest artist the young violin soloist Winston Webber from the Toronto Symphony orchestra. Their excellent Programme will ap- peal to all. The second concert will be on Monday, March 8th when the London Brass Quintette will perform. They are a component ensemble to the London Symphony orchestra and are known primarily for their excellent work in an extensive schedule of com- munity concerts and instru- mental clinics. Paul Brodie, Canada's lead- ing concert saxophonist will be the guest artist at the third concert of this series on Tuesday evening April 7th. Our own B.H.S. Band will also perform at the third concert. The Concert Series commit- tee is very proud to present this series and because of financial assistance from the Ontario Arts Couneil the cost of admission for the whole series of three concerts is eight dollars for adults and three dollars for students. This series will be splendid family entertainment. Tickets are available now from Mrs. Enid Austin - 623-2443, Mrs. Margaret Munday - 623-7095 and any B.H.S. Band member. Cross Society Ice Safety - 1975-76 Before venturing out into the ice the Canadian Red Cross Water Safety Service reminds you to check with local authorites to be sure the ice is safe. Or cut a hole to measure its thickness. Ice should be at least four inches thick for skating and hockey. Ice seven to eight inches thick is required for snowmobiling, ice boating and similar act- ivities because of the extra weight. MONEY ON QUALITY DX PREMIUM FUEL OIL and STOVE OIL BOWMANVILLE CUSTOMERS CALL COLLECT Ask Operator for 668-3381 or Dial 1-668-3381 CALLUS DX FUELOIL FOR PROMPT, COURTEOUS SERVICE Did You Know? Trentway Bus Lines Limited Have Daily Limousine and Air Express Service For Further Inforination and Reservations Call BOWMANVILLE TRAVEL CENTRE 623-3182 or 885-8166 (Collect) "YOUR GUIDE TO TRAVEL" 47 KING ST. W., BOWMANVILLE ei e TRENTWAY BUS LINES LIMITED Serving Bowmanville and Newcastle Area rise as much as 30 to 40 per cent increases were true, cuts in the education budget would be demanded from 'outside". He has indicated that mun- icipal councils, especially in his area, will be demanding cuts. Campbellford trustee Cy Johnson, noted that people are aware that education taxes and municipal taxes are separate. "Thepeople know where responsibîlity for tax increases lies," Mr. Johnson said. Although the actual due date for education tax levies goin to the municipalities is March 1, 1976, Mr. BlIth would like the municipalities to know the education levies before that date. He said that it is impossible for the municipal- ities to plan their own pro- grams until they find out the education tax increases. Director of education Frank Thom explained that approx- imately 70 per cent of the education budget comes from provinicial grants and 30 per cent from municipal taxpay- er. Mr. MacLeod made the point that both the municipal council and the board of education are responsible to their own electorate. A. M. Thompson, trustee from New- castle, agreed, saying, "The board sets its own budget, the municipalities can plan their own budgets. The two budgets are not inter-dependent". Emmett Creighton, board chairman, offered to have a written report on the December 18 meeting with Mr. Wells sent out to all board trustees. Letter To Editor Dear Sir: In the past several months the City of Oshawa has come under strong criticism from other municipalities regard- ing its position on uniform sewer and water rates for the Durham Region. For some reason, they seem to think that the City of Oshawa has not pulled its load and would like to increase the 43 per cent financial share which our City pays into the Region at the present time. At this time I would like to point out some facts to you so that your readers may judge for themselves. First of all, I would-like to point out that when the City of Oshawa moved into regional government we brought with us modern services, such as sewer, water and roads, and also recreational and other types of facilities. I must say that the City of Oshawa, through its taxpayers, accept- Business Directory ed nothing but the best and this is the way our taxpayers have assumed their respons- ibility for years. The other communities that joined the Region naturally were proud of their municipalities and this is the way it should be. Now after two years of regional government, however, with their elected representatives on Regional Council suport- ing the same tye of facilities that the City o Oshawa has, you have a severe financial pinch. I would like to say that with the implementation of region- al government on January 1, 1974, the cost functions of delivering various municipal services changed as well as the basis on which costs were financed or shared by the constituent municipalities. At January 1, 1974, a gain-loss position on the cost involved can easily be computed. In addition, since that time, a policy decision resulted in the designation of various major roads in the City of Oshawa as being "regional roads" which involved the transfer to the Region of responsibility for meeting maintenance, operation and debt costs associated with those roads. this further affects the cost-sharing ar- rangement brought about by Regional Government. The establishment of a uniform regional sewer and water rate systeni is currently under active deliberation at the Region which, if imple- mented; will further alter the cost-sharing arrangement. It is important to note that, with the implementation of regional government, the fin- ancial impact can be divided into two components: (1) Cost changes stemming from chan- ges in operation character- istics. These cost changes can be positive, as for example, with the increase in cost resulting from the establish- ment of a new regional level of service which is higher and more costly than that which prevailed prior to regionaliz- ation; or negative, as for example, cost decreases re- sulting from the economies of scale. For brevity, this will be referred to as, "changes in the cost function". (2) Cost changes stemming from changes in the manner in which costs are shared by the constituent municipalities. Generally these costs are measured'in pre-regional dol- lar terms (perhaps updated for inflatio and are used primarily for external grant calculations From a regional- ization perspective this mea- sure completely ignores the cost impact of establishing region-wide levels of service. Again for brevity, these cost changes will be referred to as "shift in costs" or "cost shifts". A typical example is in 1973 Oshawa police costs, updated for inflation to 1975, are about $3,343,000. In contrast, Osh- awa's share of the hypothet- ical updated 1973 regional levy (1975 dollars) would be only $2,323,000. The resulting gain of $991,000 stems from the cost shifts to other municipalities within the Region. However, in actualit, the proposed 1975 Re ional olice Department bu get totals $7,424,000 with the City's share being $3,227,000 - an increase in excess of normal inflation of $904,000. this cost change, reduced markedly by Provin- cial grants, represents chang- es in the cost function. Please note, the resulting net gain to Oshawa on policing costs is reduced to only $87,000. From the above example, it can be seen that cost increases over that required for inflation must be considered, as such increases can very quickly erode any initial benefits the cost shifts may have had. To ut it as simply as possible, here is a rundown of the annualized gain or loss, for example, in the City of Oshawa in 1975, in which, by the way, we would presume that there was a regional uniform water and sewer rate already established: (1) Func- tions transferred to the Region and financed region wide as at January 1, 1974. the net*gain from the cost shift to the ity of Oshawa was $85,000. Add.to this new grants on regionaliz- .ion of $700,000. this gives the City of Oshawa a gain of $785,000. (2) Regional roads transferred in April 1975. the annual costs, less the M.T.C. subsidy, would show us with a gain o $1,124 000 From this, you must take out the ap portioned share of the regional roads that the City pays into the Region which would be $489,000. thus again you show a gain of $635,000. Lets discuss water, assum- ing a uniform regional rate. There would be a loss to the City of Oshawa of $1,017,000. The second point I wish to mention is sewers, assuming'a uniform regional rate; there would be a loss to the City of Oshawa of $1,453,000. So the net loss steming from initial transfers would be $1,050,000. Totalling this you would get the cost function changes, less încreased grants that have occurred since January 1, 1974' and this would be a loss to the City of $2,207,000. Finally, totalling the profit and loss, you would find the net loss steming from regional government to the-City of Oshawa would be $3,257,000. If in 1976, we were to move to uniform sewer, and water rates, water would increase in cost to Oshawa taxpayers 55 per cent. In other words, the 1974 water rate for Mr. Average in Oshawa was $38.66. Add a hydrant rental of $3.88, for a total of $42.54. If we assume the regional water rate, then Mr. Average would be pa ing $81.12 in 1976, which woud show an 89 per cent increase. On industrial water users, the increase would be from roughly 57 per cent to 128 per cent. On a uniform sewer rate the increase would be 163 per cent, and a typical residential sewer bill to Mr.Average in 1976 will be $57.12, compared to $21.43 for 1974, pointing out an increase of 114 per cent. Total impact on Mr. Aver- age industrial sewer user would show an increase from 84 per cent to 1700 per cent. So you see I cannot point out a better example o how to destroy the industrial growth in the City of Oshawa which pays 43 per cent of the cost of regional government than by adopting these uniform sewer ánd water rates. Mr. Editor, I would like to thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to explain the financial position of the City of Oshawa. We will continue to work with other communities in this Region so that they may also enjoy the t pe of services eventually that the City of Oshawa and its taxpayers have paid for over many years. However, this must be taken over a long 20-year period and not im- mediately. We must also remember the main reason people moved to communities sue as Newcastle, Port Perry and Uxbridge is so that they may live in rural setting and they fully realized that they would not have the oppor- tunity of the most up-to-date sewer and road systems and recreational facilities. How- ever, this was their choice prior to moving there. I certainly would not like to see some of these communities moved into the highly urban- ized way of life. I appreciate your cooperat- ion in this regard. Yours very truly, James H. Potticary, Mayor. XMAS- HARVEY sePARTÑER ORONO 983-5208 ESSO HOME HEAT SERVICE e WM, J. H. COGGINS Chartered Accountant 115 Liberty Street South Bowmanville Phone 623-3612 WILLIAM C. HALL B. Comm. Chartered Accountant 361 2 King St. E., Oshawa Telephone 725-6539 D. V. 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