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+ ‘ocal co Iting firm, Conestoga Rovers and Associates Ltd., will be ; id $16, this year to operate the facility. City council approved the expenditure last week. Willis hopes that city staff can perform many of the functions required in operating the facility in the future. The firm will monitor levels of potentially dangerous chemicals in the groundwater, including benzo(a)pyrene, a suspected carcinogen associated with the production of coal tar. Analysis for benzo(a)pyrene will be done by a Quebec laboratory, while Conestoga Rovers will analyse other residues for oil, phenols and grease. Willis has "no idea how long it will take to clean out" the remaining coal tar residues from the site. The city expects that annual costs would drop to around $5,000 after the first year of operating the unit. Ground water will be forced through a series of filters and then pumped into the sanitary sewer system. Coal tar collected by the filter system will be periodically removed and trucked to the Tricil waste disposal site in Sarnia. Coal tar remaining in the ground at the new city hall site on Regina St. will be handled through a special filtering treatment unit installed adjacent to Laurel Creek. ‘"‘We couldn‘t get all the coal tar out of the ground," said city Engineering Commissioner Jim Willis. We would have had to remove the main water main and culvert for Laure] Creek to get at the coal tar located underneath. That was considered unreasonable." The Ontario Ministry of the Environment instead ordered the treatment unit be installed to treat ground water that is in contact with the coal tar and pump it away from the William St. well field. In their request to council, the London Union of Unemployed Workers suggested, "We are of the opinion that an immediate 25 per cent increase is called for, if we are to even hold the line on poverty in Responding to a request from the London Union of Unemployed Workers, council voted Monday to "support the efforts of the Union of Unemployed Workers for a substantial increase in welfare rates." Introducing the motion, Coun. Andrew Telegdi said, "In Waterioo Region there are currently 3,112 cases of welfare. There are 5,613 people if you include dependents." A family of four, including two children would receive $577 monthly in basic welfare allowance and another $105 monthly in sheiter allowance if eligible, he said. A single person would get $293 monthly in basic allowance. With shelter allowance included, the total welfare payments would be "$440 maximum. That‘s a hell of a lot less than we get at council," said Telegdi in a later interview. Ontario. The final report of the committee, scheduled to be delivered before Christmas is "expected to recommend substantial increases in welfare rates," said Telegdi. â€" ‘I‘m the council representative for the Working Centre. The people are there because they can‘t afford to feed themselves on welfare," said Telegdi. "Soup kitchens should not exist. They exist because the level of institutional payments is so low that people can‘t do otherwise."‘ The provincial government has appointed a Social Services Review Committee to examine the current delivery of social services in Council supports _ welfare increase Coun Brian Turnbull was the lone member of council to oppose the Remaining coal tar specially filtered Saturday Morning Kids‘ Program November 14th, 9:30 â€" 10:30 a.m. Waterioo‘s beloved children‘s author, BARBARA SMUCKER will share her newest book with us. JACOB‘s LITTLE GIANT is the story of a Mennonite boy from Waterioo who helps save Canada Geese from extinction. This book should prove to be as popular as Barbara‘s other books, UNDERGROUND TO CANADA and DAYS OF TERROR. This momi%'s program will be from 9:30 to 10:30 (before the Santa Claus Parade)â€" _ apemesion is FREE â€" PROGRAM 18 HELD AT WORDS WORTH BOOKS 341 Marsliand Dr. Waterioo FRIDAY NOV.20 â€"CFNY Video Dance Party with D. DON _ BERNS | FRIDAY DEC.4 TORONTO ROCKS VJ BRAD GIFFEN Ontarios largest unlicensed dance club with spectacular SOUND and LIGHTS The largest weekly congregation of Christian skaters in Southern Ontario 7:00 â€" 9:30 Current Hits and Goliden Oldies 8:00 â€" 11:00 A fun skate session for youngsters with KIDS oriented music & video 10:00 â€" NOON Rock, Funk and Current Hits 8:00 â€" 10:30 THURSDAY 25 and OVER SKATE 18 and OVER SKATE SATURDAY PARENTS and KIDS CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN SKATE A session for all ages 1:00 â€" 4:00 A session for all ages 1:00 â€" 4:00 PUBLIC SKATE with VIDEOS SUNDAY PUBLIC SKATE with VIDEOS 9:00 â€" 11:30 886â€"7730