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st town says rail the tribune wednesday january 17 1990 p3 did ifumlllil tracy kibble staff reporter the town of whitchurch- stouffville is railroading cn in its bid to abandon the uxbridge sub division rail line between lind say and stouffville the town formally submitted its concerns to the national transportation agency in december after cn filed its notice of application to abandon the local line nov 24 among other things the aban donment would end up costing york regional taxpayers more money to reopen discontinued lines council stated in its resolu tion opposing the move ward 5 councillor doug alles charged the december revenues and costs study submitted by the federally operated rail company is only in their favor and said the cost figures are misleading the study showed annual losses for a threeyear period would exceed 1 million and listed the line as poor to fair condition more specifically the study showed 1988 losses to be more than 260000 and maintained the steady decrease in revenues left no choice but to pull out of the ux- seal of approval for local parkview home parkview home for the aged has been given the seal of ap proval by the federal government as being a top quality health care institution officials at the ninth line home announced friday the canadian council on health facilities accreditation has awarded the stouffville seniors home with an accredita tion certificate after a november survey by the councils members caretakers end weeklong strike students at st marks catholic school in stouffville along with other separate school students are learning in clean schools after a weeklong strike by their caretakers york region roman catholic separate school board caretakers rejected the boards offer at a friday meeting but accepted the twoyear contract saturday afternoon after the wording was modified the school board was ex pected to ratify the agreement at a special meeting last night the 328 caretakers and maintenance workers are look ing at a 121 overall salary in crease this translates into a 1036 per cent hike to their hour ly rates effective jan 1 1990 on jan 1 1991 salaries will rise another 31 per cent an assistant caretaker who earned 1226 an hour will earn 1353 today and 1395 starting next january uaretakmg staff are also to receive a lump sum of 450 this settlement amounts to about a six per cent increase in each year of the contract given todays economic realities this is a fair contract board chairman joseph virgilio said york regions 59 separate schools housing 36000 students opened for regular classes during the fiveday strike although extra curricular activities were cancelled along with evening and weekend use of school facilities cafeterias in the boards six high schools were also closed food service and extra curricular activities have since resumed and evening use of schools is expected to begin this week york regionseparate school caretakers went on a weeklong strike in 1980 when there were 11000 students in the system the ottawabased federally operated council honored parkview for its quality stan dards and the home will now enter into voluntary participation with the council involvement in the accredita- tidn program guarantees quality care standards are being met- the standards developed by the accreditation council for hospitals and long term care facilities are the product of canadawide consultation with health care experts and are designed to be consistent with community needs and the latest developments in the health and social disciplines management and staff have been intensely involved for several years in the formation of policy and procedure manuals and in making the necessary changes in services and programs parkview announces the preparation for this achievement has been an educational and in teresting experience and should help assure the stouffville com munity of quality care and ser vices for the residents of parkview home flower fees irk marshall tracy kibble staff reporter the town spent an awful lot of money on floral decorations at its 1989 annual christmas par ty said ward 1 councillor margot marshall at tuesday afternoons council in committee meeting the cedar beach festivities held on dec 8 cost the taxpayers 1500 for 20 table arrangements 136 corsages for women 136 boutonnieres for men arid assorted combs hollys and bows this is an awful lot of the tax payers money for flowers for a christmas party and i cant help feeling guilty and quite shock ed said councillor marshall but ward 2 councillor ron robb quickly came to the towns defence for the last four or five years the same two people have had to plan this party and there have been no members of council ever adding input he said councillor robb added the staff works hard all year long and theyre worth 2 a head for a corsage or a boutonniere however councillor marshall maintained the policies should be seriously looked at to find a better solution or a less expen sive alternative bridge lindsay stouffville extension there is potential here for a high population growth and we should challenge them on this said councillor alles he pointed out the greater toronto area uses these rail links as criteria for expansion and cn should perform an impact study ouuining the consequences and future effects due to the lost line cn is using the profits and losses figures to its own benefit added councillor alles along with councils resolution to the national transportation agency it also submitted a polished and combined list of con cerns against cns application to wash its hands of the local rail service the regions of york and durham have and will continue to experience high population growth approval of this applica tion would have a detrimental impact on the ability of these regions to plan for future growth in the statement of costs revenues and traffic section of the cn study the mileages and populations section did not list whitchurchstouffville which would increase population by about 18000 whenever a service is withdrawn from an area there should be an impact statement provided to outline the possible effects on remaining transporta tion faculties and impact on the local industry and workforce in conclusion the town stated the abandonment is premature because greater toronto area growth will be structured around existing transportation routes especially rail council will send the report to the transportation agency and await its decision two employees needed to fill town clerks position mayor tracy kibble staff reporter the town of whitchurch- stouffville will add two new employees to its roster follow ing the resignation of clerk co ordinator pat oakes her tenure ends april 6 the town will replace mrs oakes with two positions because the provincial govern- ment has burdened municipalities with far too many new jobs for one person to handle says mayor fran sainsbury the corporation seeks a chief administrative officer and a town clerk with salaries totall ing about 126000 the town clerks job will be filled immediately the mayor says but it may take longer to fill the cao position the new person be it man or woman will have good leadership qualities she says the town has been without a cao since mayor sainsbury has served the town but now our platter is full and progress has caught up with us the mayor says now there is a need for mrs oakes jdb to be split into two positions people demand service and we feel the extra person will allow us to give them the ser vice they need and deserve she adds the mayor says the town has wonderful hardworking department heads who dont need a lot of bossing from a cao but with continued growth and progress the department heads need to get down to their primary job of making recom mendations to council she says pat oakes has always been 1 o y a 1 d ed icated a n d knowledgeable of the municipal act she has also worked well with the engineers and other areas of the town mayor sainsbury says 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