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New was Developer wants planning board abolished By RICHARD DUNSTAN Examiner Staff Re rter Barries planning rd is nothing but stumbling block under the current system and should be abolished developer Jeff Madden told the Barrie and District Real Estate Board today Mr Madden vicepresident of Torontobased DM Con sultants Ltd developers of Letitia Heights told the board Barrie should also consider ing fulltime solicitor to help prevent delays in development approvals He said planning board would be worthwhile only if its recommendations went direct ly to city council rather than reaching council as amended by the city development com mittee At present he said council members do not see what planning board has recom mended Planning is an elected responsibility under the pre sent system he said and plan ning board any recommenda tion will be subjected to politicallymotivated decisions at development committee made up of council members Council holding line on requests for funds By PETER DEPODESTA Examiner Staff Reporter Its year of restraint and Barries finance committee is trying to hold the line on grant requests from community organizations The committee held preliminary discussions Mon day about the grants and will continue the talks tonight at Ald Alex Arthur finance chairman said the committee will review all the grants tonight for recommendation to city council in the 1976 operating budget Ald Arthur said some of the grant requests may be changed after tonight depending on the citys total expense The largest request is from the Barrie Public Library for $315335 which is 63 per cent increase over 1975 The grant is used to pay operating expenses of the library No decision was made by the committee after Ald Ed Thompson said he would like more information concerning the increase Ald Thompson said last years request included money to renovate the new building for the childrens department Ald Arthur said the library hired additional staff because it operates two buildings Staff in creases include three new fulltime employees two new parttime and five pages stu dent help Ald Thompson said the full and parttime staff was in creased by 25 per cent in the library and he would like to look at the grant in more detail The committee also deferred grant request from the Childrens Aid Society because of discrepancy in the figures WITHIN RESTRICTIONS Ald Arthur said the societys budget is within the provincial governments 55 per cent in crease restrictions but the group was requesting $10000 increase in grant The request by the Simcoe County Public Health Unit was also deferred until the commit tee receives more information tonight The unit is asking for $69145 which is 14 per cent more than 1975 The committee is considering decreasing grant request from the Barrie and District Mentally Retarded Association The Earrir Examiner CITYMEWS The Barrie Examiner Tuesday April 19769 City won pay for Ys piping The Barrie YMYWCA can put new watermain across ci ty property but Barrie is not paying any of the construction or maintenance costs involved The citys finance committee is granting permission for the to install the sixinch main to replace the existing twoinch main The watermain serves the YMYWCA building and the ci tys Lions Pool Both buildings are located north of Grove Street west of Bayfield Street The is also installing fire hydrant on its property Cost of the new main is estimated at $4700 and the fire hydrant $1050 Ben Straughan city clerk said the city will not benefit from the larger watermain Mr Straughan said the pool can function with the smaller pipe Ald Alex Arthur said if the city does not need the larger pipe it could not be expected to pay part of the cost for the con struction The problem is not one of our making he said The twoinch line is sufficient for our use and we should not have to pay any part of the installa tion of the sixinch main OPP investigating area womans death An Ontario Provincial Police team has taken over the in vestigation of the murder of 68yearold woman in Penetanguishene on the weekend According to Penetanguishene Police chief John Geer officers from his force are mostly involved in securing the housewwhile six Midland OPP constables and two identification experts from Barrie OPP do most of the ac tual investigation Emily Dorsey was found asphyxiated in the upstairs hallway of her house at 15 Don St by Sgt Mel McKinnon of the Penetanguishene force Sunday Relatives of the woman had been trying to contact her and had asked police for assistance Chief Geer said there has been no indication of sexual assault although the woman was only partially clad He also said the woman could have been dead for as long as day before her body was found She was strangled by piece of cloth stuffed in her mouth The OPP investigation team under Detlnsp Tom Hill has as yet turned up no suspects Dead woman victim of vicious attack Hilda Irene Sturman was the victim of vicious attack which ended in her death ac cording to Sgt William Courvoisier of the Orillia City Police The 38yearold resident of the Huronia Regional Centre for the mentally handicapped was found tied to chair near the shore of Lake Simcoe on the gounds of the centre Sunday She died of asphyxiation but police are not yet sure of just what caused the death Douglas Enrest Tomkins 20 of HRC was charged with murder punishable by life im prisonment in the death Sgt Courvoisier said the victim had multiple cuts and bruises about her face and head Miss Sturman had been resident of the centre since age 14 Tomkins appeared in provin cial court in Orillia today Barrie area firms win federal contracts FROM THE OTTAWA BUREAU OF THE EXAMINER major federal contract valued at $375138 has been awarded to the Canadian Wire Brush division of Sweepco In dustries Inc in Barrie which will provide the transport department with runway sweeper components the department of supply and ser vices announced Monday At the same time the depart ment announced the award of four defence department con tracts to Barrie and district companies Devilbiss Canada Ltd in Barrie won $38937 agreement to supply the department with compressor units while Ernst beitz Ltd of Midland was given $20000 to repair and overhaul camera uipment owned by the armed orces Barrie Floor and Wall Ltd will get $13415 to supply and in stall floor tile at CFB Borden and Charles amieson of RR Everett won $12000 con tract to provide waste removal services at the base Midland Planing Mills Ltd of Midland has been awarded $30000 contract to deliver lumber and building materials to the department of Indian and northern affairs They were among 478 unclassified contracts worth $10000 or more that were awarded by the supply and ser vices department to Canadian companies during the week ended March 26 Total value of the contracts amounted to $0044667 to$10700 the 1975 amount The association asked for $13200 for capital expenses and $2565 for student education The group is paying the mor tgage of its new building on Bayfield Street and decreased the total by about $20000 in 1975 The Huronia Symphony Or chestra asked for $2500 for its junior and senior groups but the committee is leaving the amount at$l700 as in 1975 The Barrie Horticulture Society asked for $500 less than in 1975 The society wants $3000 The Barrie Concert Band ask ed for $4200 and $1500 for an honorarium to its bandmaster The committee is also paying $500 owed from last year Other grants include Georgian Foundation for the Performing Arts $1000 Kempenfest $500 Barrie YM YWCA $25000 Huronia Tourist Association $8015 in crease from $7355 Winter Carnival $3000 Salvation Ar my $300 increased by the committee from $200 and The Nottawasaga Valley Conlt servation Authority $2289 Juggling act by members It was time to juggle the calendar at the finance com mittee meeting Monday Members were trying to set dates to discuss the citys 1976 operating budget but there never seemed to be day when all four members Aldermen Alex Arthur Janice Laking Ed Thompson and Bill Campbell were free Ald Arthur chairman said he wants the budget wrapped up by the end of the month He said council members should have few days to study the budget before the special meeting The committee decided to meet tonight at pm to discuss grant requests Tuesday April 13 at pm for the complete budget and Thursday April 15 at pm for final review The budget will go to Herb Kirk city treasurer for revision if changes are made and sent to council members about one week before the tentative April budget meeting Gerry Tamblyn city ad ministrator asked the com mittee to try to set an earlier date so the public works and recreation departments can start construction this year If council discusses the budget April 29 it will be about five weeks earlier than 1975 when council held twonight marathon session in June and at council If its not politically astute to adopt that recommendation then it will never be adopted even if its good he said He said political motives work against developers because of their unpopularity with the general public Questioned after his speech Mr Madden said he did not ex pect more favorable decisions if planning board were abolish ed However he said he ex pected quicker decisions because elected officials would not be able to blame delays on planning board NOT CIRITCISM In calling for fulltime city solicitor Mr Madden said he did not imply any criticism of city solicitor Rowe However he said the DEVELOPER JEFF Mad den displays copy of the ministry of housing draft at proval granted last month for his firms 230acre Letitia Heights development Mr Cuts alienate doctors MD tells Kiwanis club By PETER LESNIAK Examiner Staff Reporter The Ontario governments tight lid on health care spen ding threatens to alienate doc tors and undermine the quality of health care in the province So said Dr John Hill plastic surgeon in staff at Bar rics Royal Victoria Hospital and the local representative to the Ontario Medical Associa tion Monday Health care costs are not ex cessive because people are getting their moneys worth by having access to iinqucse tionably the best health care delivery system in the world Dr Hill told the Barrie Kiwanis Club However continued govern ment intervention and bureaucracy exemplified by rc cent hospital closings budget and staff cuts and freezes on doctors salaries will mean radical deterioration of the quality of care The doctors are bitter and Barrie man named trustee 0n Georgian library board Barrie lawyer Charles Wilson has been named to fifth con secutive year trustee for the Georgian Bay Regional Library system Mr Wilson former Barrie city alderman will represent Barrie Public Library and will serve on the executive commit tee and the personnel and pro perty subcommittees of the Georgian Bay systems board of trustees Other 1976 trustees are Alton of Walkerton chairman Des Messenger Orillia vice chairman George Lisk of Simcoe East MPP Gordon Smith was on hand to open firefighting course at the Barrie Fire Department Hecton Grant Bell of Shelburne Wilma Biczikwcll of Markdalc Bclrosc of Owen Sound and Roswell Smith of Allanford The Georgian Bay Regional Library System founded in 1966 is coordiiiating body for the 70 library boards in Simcoe Grey Bruce and Dufferiii counties Services coordiniitcd by the regional system include in terlibrary loans talking books and foreign language books The system has no authority over member boards Monday From left are Jack Huntington of the Fire Mar shals Office in North Bay Mr Smith Barrie Mayor workload generated by city business is too heavy for solicitor to combine with private practice and results in unnecessary delays He said one rezoning bylaw which he described as an hours work at most took four months to prepare after initial council approval The bylaw provided for 20 foot street townhouse lots and 40foot nofrill single famil lots two classifications whic make up about quarter of the proposed 1154 lots in the 230 acre Letitia Acres develop ment in the northwest part of the city Mr Madden enumerated for the real estate board variety of obstacles which he said have held up his firms development causing delays he said cost the Madden told the Barrie and District Real Estate Board of delays his firm has en countered in moving ahead with its subdivision since feel they have been sold down the river he said Never be added were doctors consulted by the government for the best wavtomakethesrwndinvrnt He said if the government continues its present policy On tario will duplicate what hap pened to medical care in the United Kingdom There he said it takes mon ths to get an appointment with doctor for ailments of non emergency type Also its become very difficult to find an Englishspeaking doctor since many emigrated to work in lesssocialized systems He said doctors are tired of being slammed by government press and public for their sun posedly high salaries Reports of net salaries of $100000 arc myth he said Doctors overhcad costs take between 35 and 40 per cent off the top Furthermore the average salary of general practitioner under the governments health insurance plan OHIP is $5000 Partly to blame are the low fees doctors receive under the plan Doctors get $540 for each patient they see in hospital emergency room $630 per pa tient examined in their offices and $1080 per house call Id like to see you get plumber or electrician to come to your house for that he said chont think thats right Also doctors fee increases have been held to 10 per cent since 1971 due to government action while inflation jumped by 45 per cent and the average hourly wage rose by 51 per cent he said Were losing and losing bad MPP OPENS FIREFIGHTING SCHOOL Dorian Parker and Bernie Walsh of the Fire Marshals Office in Orillia The week long course is for firefighters land ownership CAUSED DELAYS However he noted that con sultants and developers as well as city officials and planning wch as requirements for stag board members had caused ing and district development delays and he Praised City plans both of which he describ Planmng direcmr Wayman ed as unnecessary firm $1400 day in interest charges He said the citys official plan is hostile to growth and con tains deliberate obstacles Fairweather and planner Rick He said the plan for district Jones for their contributions to in which Letitia Heights is the progress of the district located was also delayed by plan which was approved last the toorigid proposals of former planning director whose plan was rejected by the ministry of housing by plan ning board freeze on the district in early 1974 while waiting for new planning director to be hired by another deliberate slowdown early in 1975 when the board changed membership and by Changing proposals caused by change in By SHEILA McGOVERN Examiner Staff Reporter Monday night was one of celebration surprises and positive thinking for the residents of Midhurst as they officially opened the addition to Forest Hill public school Forest Hill was first opened in 1961 as fourroom building but this summer was extended to 10 rooms including general purpose room library resource centre and office space The construction cost was $493317 with the total cost in cluding furniture equipment and architects fees amounting t0$566000 Monday night arents board officials trustees and some students gathered to celebrate the opening which included formal presentation and tour of the facilities Jack Ramsay director of education was guest speaker for the evening and said while there is great deal of criticism of school building parean could see Forest Hill purchasing the land in 1972 In the background is Real Estate Board member Joanne Thomson Examiner Photo ly To keep up with the cost of living doctors will have to see more patiean each day and thus the quality of care will suf raised for he said was the failure of the provincial Another concern he government to take doctors into its confidence Who is going to direct medical care in Ontario The people who know or not He said the governments new plan to coordinate health care across the province by set ting up district health councils is doomed to failure The councils made up 80 per cent of lay people do not have the background or experience to make decision affecting large regions cant sec how lay people with no training or expertise can adequately govern the financial allocations of equip ment and services among the hospitals in the district hc said dont think its going to work REV SMOLT Grade stu dent at Forest Hill public school shows off the schools bear was new hear The Even in areas where health councils were firmly establish ed he said the government failed to consult the people over the need to shut down hospitals Doctors are ill serious disadvantage compared with other working groups Dr Hill noted They do not have coin pany rctiicmcnt plans are not eligible for unemployment iii surziiice sick leave benefits or workmens compensation In closing be summed up Health Minister Frank Millers recent fiscal restraint move as the actions of crosseyed javelin thrower who maybe cant throw javelin but he sure has the attention of his au dience MILLEI SALTER of the firm Salter and Allison Ar chitects designers of the ex tension to Forest Hill public MIDIIURST SALE who were unable to ailend The Midhurst Nursery School similar course at the Ontario Fire College Examiner Photo is sponsoring garage and bake sale April 10 at Midhurst Community Hall The sale runs from 10 am to pm year Mr Maddens firm got draft approval from the ministry of housing for its proposal last month and he said he hopes for registration this fall He promised that local builders will have the first shot at work on the developments initial 450unit phase The en tire development will take five to six years he said and will had been constructed in an economical manner and is be ing well used Mr Ramsay noted the school had been carpeted but explain ed carpets reduce sound in school and are cheaper to main tain The director explained the school board had followed the example set by county council and has deviated from the old method of debenturing or mor tgaging schools to paying as it goes Over 20year period he said the cost of debentured school may triple Mr Ramsay also took time out to remind parents that while education taxes will in crease this year the average education tax rate has decreas ed year by year and in 1975 was still below the 1970 rate POLICY CHANGE The large increase an ticipated in this years budget is result in change in policy by the provincial government hesaid presented George Cooper during open ing night celebrations He the bear is green and gold to principal school presents Lois Beiers principals assistant with the key to the school Mr MONEY REFUSED request for assistance from city council was refused Monday by the ci tys finance committee Jim Whitfield teacher at Barrie financial include singlefamily units on various lot sizes semidetached housing street townhouses and few condominiums in the final stage He said there is much hostili ty among realtors and others to the smalllot and townhouse developments but the market requires this sort of develop ment and well have to have it if were going to progress Celebration and surprises at opening of area school Mr Ramsay told the parents teachers in Simcoe County are teaching the basic skills and he believes teachers never stopped teaching the three Rs here He warned the parents not to be misled by reports in the Toronto news media which he said always dwell on the negative aspects We have rapport with our staff that is the envy of the pro vince he said adding Simcoe County could be used as model board of education by the rest of the province The director also encouraged parents to keep involved with the school saying Keeping communications opened we have nowhere to go in this com munity but ahead During the evening there were two surprises George Cooper principal announced Mr Ramsay will receive an honorary degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and Mr Cooper was presented with teddy bear with the school crest stitched to its chest It It with the Forest Hill crest stitched to his chest Ex aminer Photo Salter also made donation to the schools scholarship fund Examiner Photos LOCAL AND GENERAL North Collegiate asked council for money to entertain visiting schoolboy rugby team from Liverpool England The visiting players would compete against an allstar train