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s V ‘L _ 515B 6 5V -: WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 0 WATERLOO. ONTARIO * $1 INCLUDING CST if“; J " l Ollt, says , . .. ,_ councillor ‘ l ' I " V BYBOB VRBANAC 3‘45 1‘ g 4Q m) Chronicle Stuff I ‘ â€" ,. . 1‘ L; i . a, 4 ‘ i g . A as») F; , orries about lead in the water [ 7 .» if V 3“ a ‘ ‘\ ' Wn some ofWaterloo's older ‘ K" - ‘ . . - .rr' " \ homes led Waterloo city (Ioun. I . . ' g 4' .003 3 An ela Vieth to volunteer her house up -3 - V 3:, i ‘ . :3 as gtesting site for Ministry ofthe Envi~ I , ' . ._ ' 7 ‘ ~ ms mus mnment officials. ' . ‘ \ ‘ But living in the relatively newer area . I x ' " \ 1,, m, “a Ornament of Lakeshore Village. she thought there ,3, g, \ ‘ . -Â¥ ; / Page 25 was no way her postwar home would ,4 I, ., f 1 ' .1“ '4 _ . have any problems with lead in the ‘3 ' \ i . "s: ”’1‘ ‘1 , “g. ‘1 O . _ '“ar -_ " water. So. you can imagine her surprise I ‘ '3 -’ ’l' Li c“) If r i J; J I! when she learned her home tested a“ ‘ - '4 . ‘ k . é” (a? ‘9‘ - higher than the acceptable government " A. T. . ,7 ' ‘ ,2) § "2 A . \ 4 a. standard under the Safe DrinkingWater \ {is ' , L) ‘ . is 41?;«7-5‘ .- ‘- 2 Art 5" 1 ' 1 x C) ‘ J ‘- , I,"=" “It was three points above," said _ ‘ h i , ‘ -â€" .. r ' . Vieth. “There are no lead pipes in our ass? g. (k \i 6‘ ~ a house because it was built in the early ' “ .~ 7 , £._ ' i ». " ‘ a... "a . ,.. 1970sand it shouldbesafe. ~,_ 2* _ l) ‘ . r- ‘ ’ ' 1'-“ “l was totally shocked and it took me ». . - " O , 9 )' a, C“ alittle while to calm down." -, 11.. >9.“ ' O s , I ., ‘3‘: ‘ _ . ; The acceptable standard for lead in - ’ ‘ 5 A; , _‘ “I ‘ . ‘ N ' ‘ water is )0 pans per million, said Vieth. ‘ . ' . » ‘ and while her family home tested out I 0...... ‘ » â€" f" below that standard in Ianuary, the fol- o ‘Wumwm low-up test in luly said the lead content Glddy up! “'35 ""W at ‘3 P-P-m- Two-year-old Marie Rogers enjoys a ride on a pony with her mom Terri Rogers at a Rotary fun day at mam '1 '1‘“ her wondering if her home and KidsAbility - Centre for Child Development on Saturday. The day included performances by children's enter- Be 1‘ énds - family were affected by these high levels tainers, carnival activities and more. 5 fi’l ”use of lead. who else in her neighbourhood moneyfor breast would have similar results. She was . . . cancer/Page13 espt-c‘ially fearful for her next»door i Gounod rejects tax hike had a new baby, and is considering ask- 8PM: ing her neighbours to get some private ‘ BYGlu-Lc. MMIDONAID imouslyrejected. that tax increases can't be the first I The Waterloo 1 testing doneon the homes in her area. (MIMI/2810!] “We passed a budget and it's and only solution. _ . . “I really feel obligated to go over ‘ premised on the notion that taxes “We need the whole picture." he ‘ 515151,” “’1" I there and have a chat with them," said report that recommended will rise with the [municipal price said. “Council is not being given their home \‘it-ih‘ ‘ Amising taxes in order for the index)." said (Loun, Ian McLean. options, we feel we're being mud- ' opener/Page 28 ‘ And while she was told by M()l~' offi ' ity to be able to pay market “We need to look at other opportu- dled through the process. Before ‘ tials that it wasn’t a big deal, they also ‘ value for staff's salaries was blasted nities. not a tax increase.“ we start making small incremental ‘ gave her a booklet on precautions to by councillors on Monday. Council deferred a decision changes and adjusting the budget. take if the lead level is high. [he side ‘ The plan would have seen aone until November. asking staff to we want the whole picture of what effects oflong-term exposure to lead are per cent increases in taxes in 2009 bring back different options. we're working toward.” also well known and include damage to I and a 0.67 per cent hike in 2010. They also reiected a revised cap- D'Ailly believes heading further In as the nervous system. kidnus and cirrtir The increases that staff pro- ital budget that took into account into debt is the wrong move. ,Q",, "a, Iatorysystem. -' posed would. on average. amount the salary survey as well as the "Projects that are unfunded are I 6’) “There were five pages of precaur to $9 in 2009 and $6 in 2010. revised development charges paid for by debt and that could ' tionary things to do." said Vieth "That Earlier this year. a market survey That budget funded projects mean we won't have money to fix m M concerns mt-f‘ ‘ found that in order to be competi- such as the west~side library from and maintain roads.” he said. "We at.“ ' ‘ ‘ . But what irked her even more was tive in salaries. the city would have debt and pushed interest payments have to find the right balance.” M‘ "‘ ‘ ' the rest of city councils' response, espee ‘ to pay $1.4 million to catch up. above 50 per cent of the capital Council's decision doesn't mean m ‘ cially with a late agenda item included Staff was advised to go back and budget. a mark that council has tax hikes aren't coming. but that 7"” .~ 3’ in the Sept. 8 council meeting changing ' present council with options to traditionally aimed to be below. will bealast resort. headded. ;~~K ' I the existing City of Waterloo water serv- make up those funds. said finance chair Ian d'Ailly. Other options included reallo- ‘ “hum ices bylaw ‘ (‘ouncillors were presented with He feels that the council isn't eating resources or delaying some ”he...“ ”a WO‘ Continued on I"? l2 l tax hikes. a move which they unan being presented With options and portions of the budget. MJOMtnacom . 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