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4 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, May 23, 1990 D.J. TAYLOR [auc INSURANCE BROKERS LTD. 1 JEAR 169 North St., Port Perry LOL 1B7 Guaranteed Investment Certificates (Rates Subject to Change without Notice) 985-8416 (From page 1) The budget passed recently by Durham Region council calls for an average tax hike of $36 (11.2 per cent) and Scugog - Township's 1990 budget will an- other $24 to the tax bill on an average home. e combined total (educa- in 1990 on a house assessed at $3,000 is about $183. Committee chairman Beve- ridge said in a statement re- leased with the budget last week that the new employer health tax will cost the Board $2.5 million this year; pay equi- presents... Scugog FRIDAY, JUNE 1st BRIGHTON ROCK RAG DOLL (tribute to 'Aerosmith') COST: $8.00 per person in advance Per Nigh $10.00 per person at the door THE KINSMEN CLUB OF PORT PERRY Memorial Arena PORT PERRY, ONTARIO June 1 & 2, 1990 ° oxxxxxxxxxxxxn FEATURING SATURDAY, JUNE 2nd BEATLEMANIA MIDNIGHT RAMBLERS (tribute to the 'Rolling Stones') COST: $8.00 per person in advance $10.00 per person at the door No Per Night Tickets available at: Marlin Travel, Pete's Pet Pantry, Port Perry Optical, Cine-max Proceeds to be used towards the further development of our community parks & Hospital Building Fund. *Held under the authority of a Special Occasion Permit. Admittance restricted to persons 19 yrs. & older. :00 1:00 a.m. p-m. to Education budget approved tion, Region 1g tax hike ty a further $2 million, and pre- mium increases for CPP, UIC and Workers Comp. will add an extra $1.1 million. And she said provincial funding for education has "reached an all-time low of 40.5 per cent of operating costs and 49.7 per cent of the total of ap- proved capital projects." / "Rationalizing a tax in- crease on the basis of provincial decreases sounds as though we're passing the buck, but trustees continue to be con- cerned that only 25 per cent of ratepayers are users of the sys- tem and yet all ratepayers must pay, even those on fixed in- comes," she stated. She notes that the finance committee was able to trim $4.8 million from the original budget estimates; another $2.4 million for capital costs will be financed from reserves and a further $3.1 million for capital projects will be paid from "internal" fi- nances." The Durham Board of Edu- cation (public) operates 84 ele- mentary schools, 18 secondary schools and has 410 portables. It has 4913 permanent em- ployees, up from 4477 last year. Student enrolments in the public system in Durham are also continuing to climb. This year, there are 34,470 students in elementary schools (33,705 1ast year) and 18,328 in secondary schools ( 17,921 last year) Of the total budget of $306.1 million in 1990, munici- pal taxes will pay $169.2 mil- lion (65.2 per cent) the provin- cial government will pay $120.5 million (89.3 per cent( and $16 million (5.3 per cent) will come from fees and rentals. Instruction, programs and central services will take 73 per cent ($225.5 million) Administration will take 1.9 per cent ($5.9 million) Plant operations and main- tenance will use up 10.7 per cent ( $32.8 million) of the bud- get. Transportation for 15,416 students accounts for 5.1 per cent ($15.8 million) of the total and debt charges will eat up 7.7 per cent ($23.8 million) aE gn " a A PR SS WATCH FOR Dickie Dee ICE CREAM Coming to your area. Your Choice Satellite Systems * Equipment life service warranty. * Free 3 yr. extended warranty on all electronics * Free site survey. Ten years experience. * Year round installation. New and used systems. PLC financing from $49%/mo. 0.A.C. Showroom - AN 10 Mary St. OSHAWA 436-9561 1-800-387-4155 a Sa RI RN ER I ty " a or BA ds RR Yana lo SURE |}