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the tribune twk ojtobe 27 i96 p j new municipal centre is planned for markham village begin work next year markham markham village is increasing in population at a rapid rate and administrative person nel must be expanded to keep pace to cope with this problem and improve the efficiency of depart ment operation a compact municipal centre has been proposed for the east side of main street south of ramona boulevard the site is situated between the present municipal of fices and the new centen nial library if a program in markham village proceeds according to plans various municipal departments will he relocated to improve efficiency of the overall operation an initial move was made last week when bids were accepted on the sale of the police department offices at alain and joseph streets if sold the structure will likely he demolished staff photo police personnel will he moved from their present oflices to he public library luiildinr on mn si the quarters although small will be utilized on a temporary hasis until improved accommodation can be ar ranged on townowned property near the present municipal building slaff photo i jo f council feels lhal ihcir municipal building can no longer accommodate the departmcnl personnel that a municipality of tsflo requires the structure ill likely be retained but major renovations are not contem plated the new office complex will go up on adjacent townowned land slaff photo reroute public school children stouffvillf mem bers of the stouftville public school board con tinue to voice concern for the safety 6f children us ing ninth line north par ticularly between the crosswalk and main street they feel that truck traf fic both moving and park ed represents a hazard to pupils in the area the trustees have recommend ed that a sidewalk be built on the cast side of the 9lh to keep the children off the road councillor tom loner- gan chairman of the po lice committee admitted that the town had no by law to prevent boulevard pat king he also suggested that a sidewalk would not eliminate the problem he contended that the whole ninth line north area from main street to elm road posed a hazard especially in the morning and afternoon hours when students arc walking to and from orchard park public school and st marks separate school the boards feel that as attendance increases the safety problem will also increase clerk ralph corner rec ommended that since it was difficult to control traffic in the area the pu pils should be rerouted using second street in stead of the 9th where no sidewalk existed reeve ken laushway agreed that orchard park pupils could use second street and st marks stu dents could walk north on fairuiev avenue he cal led for a meeting with the trustees and the police chief in an clfort to ar rive at a satisfactory solu tion 500 subsidy hold the snow stouffville well all be out with our shov els at the first snowfall commented councillor tom lonergan thursday night when it was learn ed that no tendered bids had been submitted for the snow plowing contract in stouffville councillor bob lewis chairman of the road committee said that in his opinion largesize equip ment was not necessary except in cases of major storms weve only had about two big blows in the last ten years have you been in flor ida replied reeve ken laushvvay when the lime comes for larger ma chines to be used what then councillor lewis said that last winter one jeep took care of most of the work including the side streets too costly deputyreeve bill par sons said that the budget couldnt support the pur chase of jnowrcmoal equipment and the town start was too limited to operate machines on a lease basis in a normal year we could do it noted admin istrator ralph corner but the men cant sand all day and plow snow all night councillor lewis said he didnt think the employees would object to working some extra time in cases of emergencies councillor jim mekcl- lar recommended that councillor lewis check around the area to find out what snow plowing and sanding equipment is available approve grants stouffville stouff ville council has given its approval to payment of the following grants salvation army 25 markham fair s25 john howard society s25 north york plowmen muscular dystrophy 25 stouffville minor hockey 200 and junior d hoc key club 50 stouffville stouff ville council and vance ambulance of markham have reached an agree ment on the subsidy ice covering a period from june 1 1966 to june 1 1967 the finalized figure is s500 and a letter of ap proval was presented to council on thursday night by clerk ralph corner deputyreeve bill par sons suggested that since stouffville and markham village had reached a set tlement agreeable to all parties it would be up to the township of mark ham to establish its own subsidy rate mr parsons said that if the vance ve hicles could meet the standard as stipulated by the province the munici palities would be reim bursed on a percentage basis reeve ken laushway said that be understood vance brothers were checking on the list of re quirements lloyd abernethy councillor lloyd aber nethy said that the initial plan was to sell the police department building at main and joseph streets and transfer the police personnel to the old pub lic library until the new office complex is complet ed possibly in 196 coun cillor abernethy is chair man of the property com mittee mr abernethy said that the present municipal building was already inad equate and costly improve ments would not be prac tical he noted that the ultimate plan was to in corporate all departments into one building block fie told the tribune that work would likely begin in 1967 white elephant mr abernethy said that the present police depart ment building was a white elephant he agreed that quarters in the old libra ry would be cramped but it would constitute only a temporary measure he said that it was un fortunate that a larger municipal office structure bad not been erected sev eral years ago we cant do anything about it now we would only be wasting money he noted how ever that its exterior de sign was such thai it could likely be incorporat ed into the overall plan mr abernethy said that at the time of choosing the site for he centennial library he favoured the present location with he thought in mind that a compact municipal block- might one day become a reality filling in with he overall office plan is markhams new centennial library ncaring completion the cos of the structure including furnishings will he ahnul 00000 the properly immediately lo hie north is vacant hut he sile is all part of he councils municipal centre plan staff photo two objections to proposed building chambers at 11 am at the same time the omb will consider the zoning change application on the chiovelti develop ment in the wcslcnd of town no objections have been filed solicitor j d lucas will present the case for stouffville stouffville two objections have been filed against the proposed erec tion of a new apartment building on the south side of main street in the cast- end of stouffville the properly is owned by kenneth belz william street the ontario municipal board has set tuesday november 29 for a public hearing in the council markham township progressive conservative association wed november 2nd 1966 dance in firehall the dvncls featuring john meydam roger che- wins blair waggi tom brillingcr sandy and wal ter taylor provided the music for the teen dance in the firehall saturday ntght an estimated 300 young people attended you are invited to hear dr charles a berry have you found the answer to planned financial security call the mutual life of canada fredm pugh s boye street stouffville ont ph 6402604 harold hal gibson 36 sos avenue souffvili ok ph 6402764 morgan hall markham plaza number seven highwaymarkham guest speaker the honourable charles s macnaughton provincial minister of highways 500 pm sharp general public welcome buffet in he parkside youth centre at the fellowship banquet thursday nov 3 at also nov 4 and nov m 630 p 5 at 8 pm all are welcome to this annual bihlc conference ponvred hy stouffville and district christian mens fellowship