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10 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, June 5, 2001 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Final figures expected this month Cost of 2000 election still unknown By Chris Hall Port Perry Star Township. officials are still calculating the total cost of the 2000 munici- pal election. The issue came up Monday morning, when Mayor Doug Moffatt was reporting his trip last week to a municipal offi- cials' seminar in Alberta. The mayor told mem- bers of the finance and administration commit- tee that he met with Canada Post officials while at the Banff retreat, and informed them of the problems the township had using the new vote- by-mail system. "I told them we weren't going to use it again unless they improved their method," said the mayor. "I gave them a full report of what went right and wrong, and what 27:00] Qu fo) SUMMER PRICES! fom Loo ofPTIG SERVIGE SEPTIC & HOLDING TANKS PUMPED ~ Serving Durham Region - Blackstock, Caesarea, Nestleton, Port Perry & surrounding areas. Also Serving the City of Kawartha Lakes - Janetville, View Lake, Bethany, Pontypool & surrounding areas. Fully licensed by Ministry of Environment #A920417 398 Janetville Road, Janetville Tel: (705) 277-9594 ¢ Cell: (905) 434-0454 1-800-910-7019 they'd have to do if we were to consider doing it again." The new system proved to be a big hassle for township officials when used for the first time last November. There were errors with the ballots and mailings, and the results of the election came much slow- er than originally expect- ed. Township clerk Kim Coates said she had dis- cussions with those responsible for the voter's list, and Ward 2 Councillor Marilyn Pearce questioned the total cost of the system. "What is the cost of the 2000 municipal election?" she asked. "We had extra staff working and all those problems... this thing was supposed to save us money, that's how it was sold. We weren't buying into it for the sake of spending more money with Canada Post." Ms Coates assured committee members that the cost of the election came in under budget, and noted that a final report is expected to be presented this month. Van Bilsen book launch on Thursday Za Ua An official launch party for local author Jonathan Van Bilsen will be held this Thursday (June 7) at the Scugog Memorial Public Library, beginning at 7 p.m. The event, which will be held in the Kent Farndale Gallery, will feature Mr. Van Bilsen's fourth "Quentin Wright" novel, The Crimson Mask. For more informa- tion on the launch or the book, you can visit www.jvanb.com. NATIONAL JE FAST FREIGHT INC. Haw, 250 Action packed into one day is practice, time trials, qualifying and lap feature. delivers the the | OFFICIAL | BATTERY ' 4 SPEEDWAY Castrol Super Series teams make their annual visit to Mosport's % mile paved Advance Sale Ticket only $20.00 Call: 1-800-866-1072 or online (ends June 6th) Children 12 & Under FREE Gates Open: 3:30 PM QQ Y c. C \y JEP | seep Caled Prare Nanos Dal LL Canadi ww seis ary OFFICIAL OFFICIAL PAGE CAR PIZZA SUPPLIER June 9, 2001 4 speedway. at www.mosport.com hay AM Autograph Session: 5:15 PM OFFICIAL VEHICLE OFFICIAL OFFICIAL FREIGHT BEER wv CORT RT a ly a VT ie le li