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c6 tribune november 9 1988 uxbridge contest mayor points to record by kate gilderdale uxbridge has seen more growth in her three year term as mayor than ever before says gerri lynn oconnor and shes eager to continue work towards carefully planned ex pansion in the area while ad dressing residents needs and concerns a communityminded in dividual she has served terms both as regional and ward coun cillor she is pleased with the groundwork that has been laid for controlled growth in the last three years we were able to do many studies which will now give us the background to deal with the growth we feel were going to experience and are now seeing in our community she stated mayor oconnor pointed to the work that has been carried out on municipal roads we have paved in excess of 20 miles in the last three years as well as putting in 12000 linear feet of sidewalks in hamlets and urban areas calling planned growth a priority the mayor also favors the development of township parks and a new facility for senior citizens she wants to see the con tinued upgrading of roads par ticularly in the rural areas she emphasized the importance of retaining the rural atmosphere in the municipality through careful planning were working with businesses to develop the bia business improvement area she commented we also want to encourage a few clean industrial parks and to work with the aggregate pro ducers to help reduce the negative impact the industry has on our residents mayor oconnor believes council should work with the provincial government to en sure that the aggregates act is passed that would add con siderable monies to our road program she stressed the act would impose levies on gravel operators to offset road repairs she estimated the municipality would have received 250000 last year with a 5 cent per tonne levy on gravel loads that money is a must she maintained adding that under the present council regular meetings have been set up with the aggregate producers to ad dress problems from both sides the producers have been very supportive of the municipality going to the ministry on our behalf to get the aggregates bill passed said the mayor uxbridge township was the first northern municipality to offer the blue box recycling program she said i worked really hard at the region for recycling weve had it for six months and its work ing very well on affordable housing she felt that the meaning of the term hadnt been properly defined all uxbridge is affor dable if you use toronto as a guide she observed however i think its very im portant that there is housing available to lower income families one proposal for nonprofit housing had been put before council noted the mayor and considerale concern had been expressed about it at a public meeting council is going to try and answer those concerns morley challenging sainsburys position whitchurchstouffville mayoral candidate wilf morley says the time is right for him to move into the mayors chair on council and he 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1988 by bruce stapley wilf morley who for eight years has been beating his op ponents in ward 5 as if they were the family mule is hopeful his votewinning appeal will put him into the mavors chair in this falls whitchurchstouffville municipal election the 56yearold manager of ad ministrative services for the york region board of education feels the time is right for him to make the move and he believes he has earned the right to the headship of the town i would have given it a crack when eldred king left to be regional chairman says morley but 1 had a job to go to but if i win this time ill retire from the board in february its got to the point where you couldnt be mayor and hold another job morley has spent five years as chairman of the towns planning committee and another three years as finance chairman he feels he has successfully resolved the complicated westfield estates problem and insists he was instrumental in the negotia tions that resulted in the closing of the infamous landfill site north of stouffville the issue that catapulted morleys mayoralty rival fran sainsbury into the mayors chair and while he claims any pro jects that the present council completed this term were already on the table at the outset he feels there are several issues that will have to be dealt with after the election he lists sewage and water a swimming pool ex panded town offices fire protec tion for the rural areas and a library addition as being con cerns the new council will have to address itself to all these things impact upon us financially he points out we need a plan the people want to know when were going to do these things i think its a 10year plan and i know i have the leadership skills to pull these things off i think i have the problemsolving and negotiating skills needed he admits it just wont be possible to have all those things in two or three years and that is why an overallplan is so vital as for the sewage stalemate that has put new development for stouffville on hold morley doesnt feel the situation is as bad as some people think i dont mind that we dont have sewage capacity now that will give us a buffer time to plan future development i want to be able to tell developers what we see as acceptable he believes the next council will have to play a major role in the development of the 404 cor- ridor and would like to see an im- j provement in go services morley prides himself on handling people well and feels his years with the school board com bined with his years on council have prepared him to deal with people as mayor my job with the board has always been personneloriented you just learn from your experiences he says he has always had a good rapport with the people he has worked with they have i always kept close ties and come back to see me after theyve mov- j ed on i as for the commitment of time necessary for both councillors and the mayor he claims it has become large but he believes anyone running for municipal of- j fice must have a consuming desire to do whats good for the town i still like to think of it as a i community service i like whitchurchstouffville im in terested in where were going he feels that sentiment must carry right through to ones ap proach towards the whole of york region you cant just deal with your own municipality were very much a part of york region and weve got to do what is best for the whole region and if he should lose the up- j coming election id stay on and work for the york region school board he maintains allowing that he isnt entertaining any thought of los ing he acknowledges that it is j tougher running for mayor than for councillor its a grind running for mayor im not soliciting funds and well be funding the cam- paign from my own bank ac count if someone should make a donation fine and he insists hes certainly hot in it for the money if you are going into municipal politics for the money then thats wrong i dont think you can make pro per decisions unless you have the best interests of the municipality at heart