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A compromise: raise wages by 50% Five people on the Town of Midland payroll should get a 50 per cent raise, a committee says. The five are the members of the commit- tee of adjustment. If the decision was - Councillor Fred Pilon's, the pay for members of that committee would double. "T don't feel that's too much for the amount of time.they spend here," at the municipal building, Pilon said. Each committee of ad- justment member receives $5 for each severance or 'minor variance application handled by the committee. The pay for handling an application should rise to $7.50, the town's plan- ning advisory committee says. The committee of ad- justment met 12 times and ruled on 70 applica- tions in 1988. A member, who attended every meeting, received $350. The committee of ad- justment members are volunteers who apply to, Full time planner in the works Midland might have a full-time planner again by June. The town's planner, John Faulkner, has been instructed to include money for a full-time planner in the 1989 plan- ning department budget. Faulkner was hired in December 1987 on the basis of a three-day work week. Until the previous holder of the position resigned, to work in the private sector, the plan- ner position was a full- time job. The position remained vacant between' May 1987 and January 1988 while the building boom which began in 1986 con- tinued. The position was offered to several ap- plicants, each of whom said "no."' Salary for the last full- time planner was close to $35,000. The 1988 contract bet- ween Faulkner and the municipality called for payment of $24,000 to Faulkner for 1988. That contract expires next June. The return to a full-time planner will have to sur- vive the trimming of budgets which will be part of the creation of the 1989 municipal budget. The municipal budget usually is finished in May. In his 1988 survey, Faulkner reported the planning department's work load increased at least 51 per cent in 1988. Building permits totall- ing nearly $20 million in value were issued in 1988 -- a record for the third successive year. and are appointed by, the power. justment says yes or no to Unhappy applicants other boards and commit- responsibility. town, council. Other boards andcom- building applications have taken the town to tees are not paid a fee for It's something they The committee of ad- mittees make recommen- below the subdivision court over comittee of ad- attending meetings. Pay- spend a lot of time at and justment is a special case dations to the town level and decisions have justment decisions. ment of committee of ad- it's not something that among boards and com- council. the potential to affect the The appointed, lay justment members is everyone wants to do, mittees in that it has The committee of ad- look of the municipality. members of the town's recognition of the Pilon said. ae JEEP/EAGLE DEALERS OF ONTARIO D: WANTED! Te a TS THRIFTY BUYERS TO SAVE TWICE __ | WITH JEEP/EAGLE DOUBLE DISCOUNTS' CANADA'S BEST VALUES AT DOUBLE THE SAVINGS! *Factory rebates can be applied to purchase price of vehicles. tDealers may offer greater discounts than those indicated. 7- JEEP/EAGLE DEALERS OF ONTARIO Penetang Motor Sales Limited x" 161 Main Street Jeep Penetanguishene (705) 549-3121 | Eagle | Expect the Best. Wednesday, February 1, 1989, Page 9