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â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"7 ,, waremoo CHRONICUE - Wedmsdq hnuary 13. 20i9- 5 \ ' (1 find y dd 15 l fl’i ' Police boar s wa to a more patro o cers BvCiiARium PROMLPARKMIH budget. with just four civilian final approval as part of the and an increase in the amount of resources. 50 “rat pressunif‘is (‘hrtlllu‘lehwfiri .., hires. came with an increase of 1.3 region's full budget package, proactive patrol time remains a always there. “lament? sideof e Per CEm- expected to be priority for the service. coin,” he said. '\ espiteatough econoiiiit year. But the board "80 we ma not complete today. Board member and Wilmot “But my other life-is looking at Waieritxi Region Police \er\‘â€" rejected the new y Seiling pointed township mayor Wayne Roth said the bottom line. "H ices will put 15 mon- othceis recommendation be moving out that the police he struggled to balance fiscal “You have to have a.situation on the street in 2010. as well. landin on service will see res onsibili with the ice lion that's acre table to all omt ay~ .8 forward as D W PG P P a” The )o|ice board has a i )r()\ ed an operational twice as man ' new of security in the communit '. ers. That causes me a great dilemv i i l _ . l . ) a budget that gives the region 10 budget increase of quickly as er positions as the rest “l constantly hear about not ma. new sworn officers and it) civilian 0.37 per cent. would like of the region put enough policing in the rural areas, “This kind of plan would move hires. live of lhtist‘ civilians Will With staggered ’ together. and in the urban areas you get us to our goal. but not quite as replace constables who work in hiring throughout but (U? are “in the context complaints about lack of quickly." . the cell block, freeing them up for the year, the price martin forward " ofthe entire region . patrol duty tag for the 20 new g ' al budget. there are I l it's less than half the contingent hires comes in at â€" Regional Chair Ken Selling only 10 tax~levied W N, , C of 44 people initially requested by about $800,000 in on theaddiriori 11/15 officers new positions this /â€"-\. - ’I L A, v (“Only the the police service at it cost of $15 2010. with an addi- year," he said. / 1 ' 7,1} 4. ___ ~ Best 1 om _ million tional oneâ€"time cost of $66,000 for Torigian said the board is only ~â€"/ , Ll/r“ 7; F r I .'\l the request of the board, the equipment and uniforms. The cost deferring the inevitable and push» v /“ y . our rim/X service put together it second, oi salary and benefits will be high» iiig costs onto future budgets. ' _ to Yours more modest prtiptisal of fin new er in 2011 when the new staff will “This is a growing community SPECIALS ‘ ' hires that came With a budget be paid their full annual salary. with growing demands and grow» JUL 11 ‘ Jul. 15 ’ increase of inst under one per "Fifteen officers is more than ing expectations." he said. - cent the status quo of three to five om- "In our opinion, we need a hug SING Made Sweet PiCkled "When we came to that number cers." said region chair and police er investment than what we're get- COTTAGE we thought [MSW affordable." board member Ken Selling. “So we tingZ but respecting the process. Store Made ROLLS 5559 kl) ‘2.59 it: said thief Matt lorigian. We have may not be moving forward as thats what we have to deal With. -Made paid very close attention to the quickly as we would like. btit we So we have our work cut out for ’ Jalapeno, Store Made Deli Sliced Montreal economic realities we're facing." are moving forward." us." 00“ SW“? Herbs or SMOKED MEAT $5 99 i He pointed out that the 2009 The police budget still requires Torigian said front-line policing HAM R far 313 21 kg . b ‘ ' ‘ ' ' Locally Raised Drug Free Frozen Region defers demsmn on livmg wage “$592.33“ my?“ ms; new $3.49. BYGRmMMDONAU) “One of the reasons councillors Seiling to encourage council to 32 99 ‘2 29 Fresh Cut (fiinmit 10 staff gave for the deferral is that they've reverse last week's decision. . its . lb. 33 19 heard more negative feedback Many councillors supported the STEW|NG BEEF 37 03 kt! - ll? Apoverty reduction group is urge than positive." said tihery'l l‘s'es. liyirig wage concept. but felt it was All mt mat ”mu“ m mu "t Gluten. “a“ “d Ms“. FREE. rig taxpayers to voice their supâ€" manager of community relations nt the right time for the policy. We“ in“ m «mm m thm FREE prod“ poo for a hung wage in advance of for the organization. "We want Coun. Sean Strickland, chair of 519 699 4590 next necks regional council meet- anyone who hasn't expressed their the community services commitâ€" 3031 Lohsmger Line. Heidelberg ' ' mg. support to do so." tee, is firmly in MO" Wed 3-6 Thur'é -Fti 88 Sat 7 30 5 www.stemmlermeals.ca lhe mow ( omes after a deci- A living wage is "the amount a support of the sion on implementing the living single adult working fullâ€"time, fiill- decision but 4 wage for the region and its conâ€" year needs to remain above the feels they can‘t ' [flit tors was deterredin coiiiiitittee poverty line." according to a add a further . . , earlier this week regional staff report. in Waterloo burden to the LIONS ClUb Of Human!” t ouiicillors titled ti 7 to deter Region it's $13.62 an hour. tax bill. “There , «or; _ the (lt't isioii lot one \‘t‘i|T though "it's what's going to he needed would be nine» 0 a 2009 ' that motion must he lilllllt‘ll at a lottlie region toprosper," lves said. mental costs to V toiiinil ineetingon“whit-stint “Vit- can't have jobs that pity less budget and to 0 6m -‘ (lpportuiiitu-s \\.ucrloo Region. than what it costs to live iii the the taxpayer's,” v a lion profit orgitiii/titioii llltll has region ” Strickland said spearheaded the hung page i not ltt's is hoping Hung wage sinâ€" "I don‘t ht'lit'it- Of the ear paigii. \\illll\ anyone uh“ supports porters contact their regional no“ is the right the more to spoil up ioiiiicillor and regional chair Ken time ” . 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