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ie p C enb oocy sa‘ s & committee, Waterloo‘s elected officials have decided to dvefiemselveslmmedhtep.yhlkesjmt shy of 30 per cent. The retroactive action will bring the 1987 salary of the city‘s eight aldermen to $10,400 from $8,033 (a 29.4 per cent increase). Mayor Marjorie Carroll will see her annual salary rise 25.5 per cent, from $27,000 to $33,900. Carroll will also receive the same benefitsâ€"OHIP, dental coverage, life insurance, long term disability and extended health careâ€"as any other municipal employee with the exception of participation in the corporation‘s pension plan. C Bd s im a r30 300100 imdo Licdant In addition, council will decide during 1988 budget deliberations whether to provide the mayor with the use of a car or not. The raises will bring Waterloo‘s elected officials to the 132nd Year No. 17 Chronicle Staff _ Recommendations tabled by the City of Waterioo intended lo benefit senior citizens crossing Bridgeport Road at Devitt Avenue have been turned down by the Waterloo Region‘s engineering comâ€" mittee. The .idea behind the four Waterloo proposals was to create a greater gap in traffic flow for pedestrians crossing the busy section of road fronting the Towers Plaza. . VZF ERPBPCe ECE RPRNBn y BTC e P e e s A delegation of senior citizens appeared at Waterioo City Council earlier this year requesting some sort of assistance. Thwarted by several regional surveys indicating any sort of traffic control signals are unwarranted, city council requested the Region in December to examine their proposals. A subsequent investigation by the region has concluded that traffic control signals, a pedestrian crossover, pedestrian crossing warning signs and/or painted crosswalk are still unwarranted. It would cost the City of Waterloo $35,000 to proceed with erecting traffic control signals. Residents of the area have attempted â€" in vain â€" to have something done about the intersection for approximately five years Ignoring the gradual phaseâ€"in proposal of a specia} Region claims no action needed at Devitt Avenue Waterloo City Council has taken the first step towards adopting a ward system of election. By a unanimous vote Monday, council endorsed a recommendation by Ald. Mary Jane Mewhinney calling for the formation of a task force to investigate all aspects of adopting a new system of local government. The only stipulation, recommended by Ald. Brian Turnbull, is that the task force will not makerecommendations to eouncilâ€"it will only present the facts. Mewhinney suggested the task force should examine all questions *C0 + The report of the Special Committee on Renumeration related to the structure of municipal councils, including the accountability of aldermen to the electorate. Mewhinney made the recommendation in response to a report on council salaries. The report suggested an in depth review of the accountability and structure of the alderman function. AH.JoMShortmdnuuestedthetuklorcesbo\hdnotbe comprised of public members. “lwwlthnusklorce.mtldon'tthinlu'ammwhave public input to it," he said. No date for the selection process has been determined. Task force studies councils‘ structure Why wait for another spring? renumeration levels issued by the City of Camâ€" the City of Waterloo ir!tengled to Wednesday, April 29, 1987 for Elected Officials had recommended that council ghauhthequaflufiunbesmn&ne-yoa’eriod. * Mss mak s ho omm EM RILO DL _ ilâ€"_ B evechmccl Only Ald. Brian Tiurnbull and Johnâ€" Shortreed against the immediate increase. _ _ _ very T very reasgnmun, SHntt ACEEIERMNUNT However, both Turnbull and Shortreed believe Waterâ€" loo‘s elected officials deserve the same renumeration as their Cambridge counterparts. The committee had also suggested that the issue of pmMn;Cnmllwlthfringebenefitsshoufldnotbe considered at this time. Following the decision, committee chairman Tom Drake told reporters that the immediate increases were not out of line. "I think it‘s fair. The results (of the committee‘s investigation) indicate Waterloo City Council is doing a lot of work,""‘ said Drake. When asked how many hours the jobs involved, Drake said Carroll puts in a 35â€"hour week while aldermen spend approximately 15 hours on the job. m C e i o m o n ie o PE :n 'Cr;‘x'-;-oilu,â€"il;;é\'re_rtâ€"é;);sfi that: figure for herself is a YounoAm.ndaMathmnmtohauhummdonmmoroflmwch muMShuwBMuMsMAmna'om.mym k Anatoid 20 MCM C M O,0 °0000 LLLLJ ko tha Wiatariana Raninnal ommje ww ampiirenDogie wnEqdie qs OA OO LCO C C22ced us hn & P , pro-ochoolorwaukingp.nm-cunlcsponoondbytmwnndoowoml HulthUnltatHordthooovochooHu.l!moulboufloonwwhod.'I’Mnooan looking up, right Amanda? committee‘s recommendations ON OTHER THINGS 35 cents minimum 60 hours per week. "There were 150 requests (for personal appearances) last year that I couldn‘t fulfil. It‘s more than a fullâ€"time job now," she said. A survey of 19 municipalities indicate the average 1986 salaries to be $28,062 for mayors and $9,123 for alderâ€" men. The highest paid mayor in the survey, from Brantford, rece. wi'veâ€"daâ€"ai,;â€" annua “li; _while the highest paid aldermen ($17,709) were from Gloucester. . _ The other end of the scale showed the mayor of Peterborough receiving $16,650. Councilliors in Sarnia received $5,370. The salaries of other municipalities, however, had little impact on council, as they appeared hell bent on achieving equity with Cambridge. "We‘re (Waterloo taxpayers) just going to have to bite the bullet. I feel equity with Kitchener and Cambridge should be made immediately," said Ald. Mary Jane Meâ€" whinney . T‘â€"\i?“ev::tfl)mpare very well with Cambridge," added Carâ€"