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WATERLOO _ PUBLIC LIBRAR® Scrap Winshare, says CAO "...we‘ve become public targets and not public servants, and I think it‘s gone beyond ~_â€" what‘s acceptable." Criticism of the fourâ€"year old proâ€" gram hit a crescendo earlier this summer when staff members with the recreation and leisure departâ€" ment were paid bonuses even though the department had run up a deficit in the last year. The original intent of the Winshare program was to reward innovation and process improveâ€" ment as part of a business model the city adopted in its restructuring in 1995. Under the plan, reorganized city work teams that ran a deficit weren‘t supposed to be rewarded by the program. The bonus plan recognizes indiâ€" vidual, team and corporate success by paying out 17 per cent of the yearâ€" end surplus earned by savings and improvements that the city‘s 24 business teams accrued in the previâ€" ous budget year. public _ meeting _ about ASXEEgns Monday night, but the biggest bombshell came when the city‘s chief administrative officer asked for the scrapping of the program because of the abuse city workers are taking over the controâ€" versial bonus program. "The comments from the public and some of the phone calls were getting abusive, and I don‘t feel our staff have to be exposed to that abuse as public servants," said Tom Stockie, the City of Waterloo‘s CAO. "I‘ve indicated that we‘ve become public targets and not public serâ€" vants, and 1 think it‘s gone beyond what is acceptable." WATERLOQ CHRONICLE â€"Tom Stockie Waterloo‘s chief administrative officer 79 By Bos VRBANAC Chronicle Staff Continued on page 4 O/ mipas ’ A) BRAKE PADS pff on suoss WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2000 + WATERLOO, ONTARIO 299 Nineâ€"yearâ€"old Sarah Van Allen was one of dozens of local young people who took part in a painting event at Grand River Hospital Saturday morning. The paintings will be used to beautify the hoarding at the construction site of the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre. Serving your community since 1856 ,9 WINTER MAINTENANCE ~@ PACKAGE The picture of health 744â€"3500 WATERLOO 885â€"5410 372 Hespeler Rd 623â€"9840 15 University Ave. E. $1 INCLUDING GST 669â€"1628 LUSTOWEL 935 Wallace Ave. N 291â€"3311 STRATFORD 804 Ontario St 271â€"1020 DEBORAH CRANDALL PAOTO WATERLOO PUBLIC LIBRAR Offer is valid through November 5h. 2000 ©2000 Midas International Corporation See participating Midas shops for more offer and guarantee details. Bâ€"K VOLVO 533 King St. N. Waterioo, ON lcanada«com| Viewnoint Classified 32 You said it The Linus Project offers comfort to children. WLU Hawks victorious over rival Mustangs. WHAT‘S INSIDE The Brick*, Laâ€"Zâ€"Boy®, The Food Bank of Waterloo Region, Dashwood Windows* *Selected Distribution Page 11 Page 27 17