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~ ) ‘ M 3‘4?- l l . \ ‘ i ‘ 1 “a i â€" 513‘s “ l 18 6 1 i I .5 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2008 0 WATERLOO. ONTARIO * $1 INCLUDING CST A i. kin Loo g - 7â€". .. x ., , back \ . r ‘ :' . “ ‘ l "owe t it was another eventful y ) a. V\ 5, 1 your in the (Zity oi Waterloo '4 -, l With growth pressures con» l \ ’ ‘ u l tinuing while the city hudg- \ ~ ~ ' ' et is dwindling, ‘/ .. ‘7 Big Issues like the westâ€" ‘ l " k \ m m m 1 side lands and the lvbluws ‘ ' i ‘ lands were resolved in 3008. my: while there are still issues \ 1 \ m m outstanding including i b \ development at the lrti Nee ‘ l ' ' 3 m m [m ' i tiles roundabout. i" t RIM Park and a growmg ‘ l f! in???” We?” 1 Infrastructure deficit ~ “:2 ‘ #M’Lâ€" weight-d heavily on the City's ‘ t ~ ’ r . .- hudget deliberation ‘ . :6 snowre‘stdwinterroncretcordf But despite some doom ‘ - ' as emp‘f‘ m" I e I Y O and gloom fort-(ash, Waiter- ‘ a Waterloo 5 “rm!“ control loo Mayor Brenda Halloran ' t “55:25: 7008 dumped record "l mousse» ‘ i ‘ «~ RILEITINIL d mu ( l - ,. l ‘ amounts of snow on the area and x l . , ‘Q \ \ ‘5 I ' the latter part of the year hasn't let ' ' . ‘3‘ . . I I . I ‘ up. .i I be ’ ' ‘ 4" 7‘ ‘ l \ More than 95 centimetres of J U ‘ ale P. ‘ . snow have fallen since October. N '. N 3 ‘ l including three large storms in the OIL ‘ \. . .. rs- past couple of weeks. i ‘ ‘V V «‘3‘ ‘ ‘ ' ,â€" The precipitation that usually CHANG E t ’5"; , l \‘e t / ;-»‘\\§~ falls in late autumn in the form of / ;‘ . ‘ ‘ rain instead fell as snow. hlanketing $ 99 y ’ ‘ ' Waterloo earlier than usual. ‘ That's put a strain on the City’s I I ,1 ' / . ' snow removal budget. said Tim sue m / , . It. ' â€" 4- I 1 Anderson, general manager of pubr W ' . . J” I _ ,- . ‘ I. l lic works WWW.SUDSJIFFY.COM \ ‘, . ' - s , ‘ i ’ “That was an 80-year record, it 0 V . ‘ x ‘ ‘ ' - ' was really an anomaly.” he said, “But it , . i ‘ fi‘ .3“ t l“ ‘ " '{\ “'5- t . "fl. g m ‘ \ it‘s really depleted lthe city‘s ‘ ' ‘ A ‘ - ¢ - ‘ . reservesll" . .‘ . l _‘ \- " \ 1 The city is estimating that it will - ,' , ' ' ‘ ‘ u . be 3664.000 over budget for snow f i‘ \ . I Q . . l removal this year. meaning it will 1 - I . ‘ . ‘ have to clear out the winter reserves ‘ 1 t ‘ . - to make up the deficit. ' ' That figure does not include all \ J a K may payroll from the three major storms ', U .. ‘ Hold on "6“ mo 0 over the holiday season and is con- . . n sidered a conservative estimate ‘ Ali Strickland and her daughter Clalrei 3, take a ride at Columbia Lake dUl’lng the holidays, The popular One of council's priorities in the toboggamng hill was a draw again for lo<a| families looking for something to do With more snow in the Plum dDh'l drink find drive [ foreman it looks like it will be a long Winter of sledding on the slopes Continued on m4 'â€" 's (up, x 'f‘gilfda: p L r_ _ ; i v o e x _, _ a _ . ‘-’ r ’ J ' ”beg .76}; $3? l.“ 7:: ‘u 8" W ‘ l I .C’ l is 1-. t W terloo 2",”:- ’ .. l I ._ MSRP $16,895“ a I“ I ’ ‘ ”‘99.. Price Reduction $2,000 519.746.2777 F a {-2. . 'â€"‘â€"__’ 0r (’1. _ . \ 7- Purchase Price $14,895‘ W Drive at It. Expressway j. _ {l ' V Plus $750 credit www.forbuau'o.com 1,. I . r it if txnmmmallomrl mmusnmmu- ' - l3 ' {V K ‘â€" 8 m 00“! "I IOOI-ZOOI VI” ‘3. ' "haunt-nusumdsum'ud.mnutimsu,ns mahwumh-dm v "khhhflhuddh-HMM