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132nd Year No. 47 Wednesday, November 25, 1987 Wauterioo, Ontario 35 ceonts Chronicie Staff The Waterioo library will be computerized by midâ€" 1989 as a result of a decision by city council Monday night to set money aside from the 1988 budget for an implementation study. A feasibility study conducted by Clarke, Dougan and Associates Ltd found that many of the functions of the library could be computerized This week is Arts Week ‘87 at Centennial public school and judging by Monday‘s workshoaps, the enthusiasm level is high. Above, Kathy Ensch (left) and schoolmates dance to the instruction of Janice Stone, dance coâ€"ordinator at Eastwood‘s School for the Performing Arts. Below left, Heather Reith pretends a wooden whistle is a peashooter during Theatre Sports sessions with instructor Brian Macisaac while below right, Major Hoople‘s Boarding House drummer Grant Heywood lets Chris Angst try his drums. Rob Martin photos Computerization at library ARTS ACTION Based on startâ€"up costs of approximately $625,000 the automation would "pay for itself over the next five to six years," said Bob Dougan in a presentation to council. The system would increase recovery of fine revenues, reduce lost material and eliminate the costs of some supplied required with the present manual system, Library personnel would be freed up to serve library curbside recycling. Council voted to apply to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment "for grants relating to a five year Source Separation Program within the city of Waterioo..." ‘"This indicates a very strong commitment from council to institute recycling," said Mayor Marjorie Carroll. The motion also endorsed a report which designed a curbside coliection program for the city. The report, by Resource Integration Systems Ltd. (RIS) assumes once weekly pickup of household material for recycling, and the use of a "blue box" identical to that in Kitchener. Waterioo residents would be asked to separate newspapers, glass and cans from their normal household wastes. The report also assumes that the Region of Waterloo will eventually assume responsibility for the recycling program, as is suggested in the Region‘s Waste Management Master Plan. Monday‘s motion also agreed to "administer the Curbside Source Separation Program for the City of Waterioo as outlined in the Resource Integration Systems Report". RIS will be retained for advice and help in tendering collection vehicles or a recycling collector. Acting on a suggestion by Coun. Mary Jane Mewhinney, council deleted from the motion a prase stating that "the City of Waterloo considers that all Source Separation Programs should be the financial responsibility of the Region". Waterloo Region is awaiting a change in provincial legislation to enable it to implement regionâ€"wide waste programs. "I think Waterloo shouid bear the financial costs and then negotiate," Mewhinney said. "I think this recommendation will hold up recycling for a prolonged period of time." Coun. Lynne Wooilstencroft agreed. "There is considerable support within the city of Waterloo for recycling." Startâ€"up costs for the program would be about $5 per citizen, she added. ‘"Most people spill more coffee than that in a year." City Engineer James Willis noted that the province needed to receive the grant application by the end of this month. In the eventuality of the province approving the application it will still be "July at the earliest before we have the system up and running," he said. Willis said that there will be "crucial decisions aby council regarding garbage pickup in the next month or two months." Council will consider such issues as whether to purchase collection trucks for recyclable material (possibly with provincial subsidies), and whether to operate the system independently or contract it to local companies. Kitchener introduced a cityâ€"wide household waste recycling program in September 1983. The system currently recovers approximately 10 per cent of residential solid waste. It is estimated that about 85 per cent of city residents participate in the program. Cambridge and Guelph instituted similar programs over the last Waterloo took its first major step Monday toward instituting Curbside recycling on the horizon users, he said. Also, as the library expands, less staff will be required to handle the same amount of work. For instance, by 1994, the equivalent of 4.5 employees could be saved by computerization. An additional benefit, said Dougan is that the computer can organize information on which books are being signed out so that "the computer can provide information on what‘s popular‘"‘.