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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 13 Mar 2013, p. 10

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io-WAmniooammn-MMy. March 13. 2013 Ci to resume COHtl‘Ol Of 3 t p could ‘ I ’ ‘pull the plug’ on casino 0 food and beverage serVIces WWI-w . have a discussion over the possibility of bringing a casino to the city. and Halloran said Waterloo city council would folr ,5 low throu h on that recommendation if th ' - BY 3 ere was a “first?" youndswell of support from citizens â€" which councillors l a have yet to hear. bid t . . andl th botto . ' the Following the Woolwidi vote last week. Kitchener mayor a; «$50th elected to retake control “:32: and _. and regional councillor Carl Zehr requested the one involve . Wm ‘ the region in the process and to explore possible revenue The se . is e ed to fall more than $66,000 short - , sharing possibilities to help cover the extra costs for policing of its budget target of 3156.685 in 2013. and with its con- {i A w i andi social semces related to the casmo. Halloran suppom tract with Compass Group Canada Ltd. set to expire at the 31 l > ' the “I“ . . . . end ofthis month. the city opted to make the switch. i Woolwmh council passed the motion to c‘onSIder it ‘ Waterloo entered its contract with Compass Group ' casmo, despite re5istance from some who live in the ‘ (’anada Ltd. on April 1. 2009 and food and beverage senric- «j community and from mental health and problem gambling es at all city facilities were contracted to the company, a " associations. . . ' . except for Grey Silo golfclub, a? ' A survey distributed to residents showed strong opposi “The internal delivery model that is recommended is g; - tion (62 per cent) to bringing a castno to the township l focused on items that can be achieved and expanded, I9 Cowan'sai'd the '0'.” response rate â€" 1'8“ people ‘ "1mm l enhancing our patrons experiences within facilities. while * the malonty 0f residents actually had no opinion one way "I E reducing areas that most often cause barriers and cus- ‘1; another on 9‘9 issue. .. i M , i ; tomer challenges,” said Steve Scherrer. manager of com- ' . [do believe we listened to the people. "he sa'd' We mm ' munity facilities. to council last week. “ ”‘5‘ listen to the loudest and the proudest. i l v The agreement comes into affect April 1. The proposal would bring 1,200 slot machines and hiiii~ . The shifi will cost the city about $305,000 over the next . dreds of gaming tables to the area. The township and its two years to cover anticipated operating shortfalls and for , 22'6“) residents wouldvgain a potential $4 million per “Inf investment in new equipment. A staff report to council "9"} “93"“) revenue sharing agreements and another $3”) indicated the city owns substantial food servicing equip- "“1“?" m property taxes. . . . , , merit. but the relative value of that equipment is virtually Kitchener-Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife said Woolvvich zero. should have put more weight on the results of the survey Staff believe taking back control of the service will allow “‘15:” ".m’gihntigzggt‘egg‘m‘zzeggceg in [h I bett [h - l d ‘ ‘ C851" 0 mmuni _" \VL‘ prgg‘er° “at?“ ”22,333; a: figfpme" 3" ”we The OtyofWaterloo' sonogram; control of food and hope to build in Waterloo liegion,’ the NDP MPP said ”It The city initiated a request for proposals back in beverage semesatatyfacllroes. including le’agmm brings a whole host of social, health and economic prob» in December to find a replacement company but received Id ,. "d lems: i , i only one ”0831- which staff said did not meet the city’s stakeho ers, Scherrersai . .Kitchenerâ€">Conestoga Progressrve Conservative MPP , needs Coun.§cott Winner asked if a component of the plan Michael Harris â€" who represents Woolwrch â€" said in a ' Waterloo will provide concession and vending options mmggmptgofilfipgigffinsgfi gfimflfigfi there should be a referendum on the . gmflrgug a “simple (15:23:: 2:3"? mm. there was a weak connection between adult recreation “mm (a casino) to one municipality in the region will : ponent" ’ sporg’lreaguesangthesfiervimat diearenaShould aflecttheregionasawhole.”shesaid. .‘ . . . " belief ’ ' ' ' ' ’ ' ‘ ' doesn't i large-scale catering semoes for meetings or banquets . .. . we prove WC“. we improve WMIWPS consideration 0’? “5”“) . , will not be provided by the city, but customers will be busmreatilhed Scherrer. Talungfitluundgs Mufpndfl on; mean they "I" even 80‘ one. 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