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million weekendjsb epteaibek2193 v headquarters finder the gun by steve houston j staff heporter several million dollars worth of extras could yet be chopped from york regions proposed 52 mil lion administrative headquarters before its approved and some regional council members have begun to question the practicality of a new police headquarters included in the centre as a result members voted wednesday to refer the entire pro ject to the regions building com mittee with a directive keep costs ibelow 40 million the proposal was discussed for more than an hour in newmarket itfter a presentation from chief administrative officer bob jforhan that reviewed the finan cial impact of the centre 1 last month members voted to delay a decision on the project un- ftil a complete financial blueprint iwas done by staff to show costs for tthe centre and design payment schemes i the complex referred to as r architects dream was de- fsigned by noted canadian architect douglas cardinal during debate some members argued that several features in the plan could be excluded to ibring down the centres cost p markham regional councillor ifrank scarpitti noted that some amenities in the plan would dupli cate those already in place and under construction in area muni cipal centres how do you justify spending that kind of money on another and another grand hall when were going to be build ing them all over the region he asked members but his and other members arguments were opposed by rich mond hill mayor al duffy who said the building should make a statement to the residents of york region markham regional councillor ron moran who was supported by councillor bud bonner sug gested the police headquarters be built on another site in the motion passed by council to aim for a 40 million cap mem bers also called for flexibility in features on the site and discussion on whether police headquarters could be excluded as prepared the centre and its costs tally up as follows 288 million for the building that would house regional govern ment and related departments 5 million for a regional police headquarters 76 million for an under ground parking facility with two levels to hold 600 vehicles 17 million for furniture and fittings in the centre 31 million for architectural and consulting fees 32 million for site develop ment if postal siti o 0 in the event of a postal strike markham stouffville residents receiving welfare child care and private home daycare provider cheques from york region can pick up their sept 30 cheques 230430 pm that day oct 1 and 2 at the following locations in markham at markham neighbourhood support centre on 27 wellington st west hwy 7 in whitchurchstouffville at the silver jubilee building mar ket and main streets stouffville at the side door to the basement cheques not dated sept 30 can be picked up in the main office of the community services depart ment at 134 main st south new market positive note markham men ofharmony presented a cheque for 640 to the markham stouffville hospital fund thursday money was raised through the sale of sausage on a bun at the markham festival shown from left are john leadbetter who provided the sausages ken moore cochairman of the mar kham festival markham men of harmony presi dent frank kilroy and michael butcher president of the hospital sjoerd witteveen headquarters stay in newmarket region curkiqlo the old way of cueckin6 a dollar bill the new way of cuecking a dollar coi m i fruit i rr ribhjm i by steve houston staff reporter the regional door has closed on a richmond hill development firm and any other group that wants to build yorks new administrative centre outside of newmarket regional council thursday re fused action on a plan by rich mond hill centre ltd to reconsid er the chosen newmarket site for a new building despite the groups claim it can be done for up to 20 percent less and regional chairman eldred king later vetoed a motion by richmond hill mayor al duffy to hear other proposals for a new site his veto was challenged by mayor duffy but supported by members debate began midway through the meeting and was temporarily dealt with by members before it was again introduced by mayor duffy near the end of the session the group says it can build a new structure on the langstaff jail farm lands for up to 20 per cent less than the 52 million cen tre now proposed thursdays move came only a day after regional council voted to return to the negotiating table with architect douglas cardinal to bring in a building in the 40 million range council voted 107 not to hear future proposals for a new build ing or site but the council majority that firmly backs keeping the building in newmarket was criticized for its handling of the process by de tractors of the decision mayor carole bell along with mayor duffy vaughan mayor lorna jackson and other south ern york representatives say newmarketsupportcrshave been narrowminded in their views i dont think this council has examined the question with an open mind said mayor bell af ter a recorded vote on the matter this has been the truest north- south split in the history of this council she also questioned the effec- uveutfjiearjpbjwiwppsajs when a design has already been submitted but said the richmond hill firms plan was treated bad ly by council regional councillor ron moran said the groups claim that its ver sion of a regional building could be built for 20 per cent less was unfair and misleading he also argued that further de lays in building the new centre would ultimately cost taxpayers more i could come down with one made of cedar blocks and give you a 70 per cent savings he pointed out buttonville studies commuter flights the buttonville airport may have passenger flights to mon treal and ottawa in the near fu ture the airport is lengthening its main runway to accommodate a greater range of business jets and is talking to two companies about future commuter travel the company has increased its runway area 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