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st tribune may 30990 p3 york regional politicians working for health council roger belgrave staff reporter regional councillor gord lan- don is hoping york will play a major role in the provincial govern ments plans announced last month to reform its longterm care system for the disabled and elderly york council takes 59 pay increase after months of waiting repre sentatives on york regional coun cil have started the process to increase their annual salaries by 59 per cent pay rates for councillors would be raised to approximately 21238 from 20055 annually while the chairmans salary jumps to about 82957 from 78336 a year in past years it has been practice to wait until other staff negotia tions and employee contracts are settled before councillors voted themselves a pay hike but at last thursdays regular council meeting regional coun cillor ron moran introduced a notice of motion to proceed with wage increases now the notice received majority support from many impatient councillors councillors have been waiting about six months for the increase since a recommendation was made for the 59 per cent hike in the regions 1990 budget although aurora mayor john west disapproved of raising remu nerations before other negotiations are complete mr moran said councillors have waited long enough for the cost of living increase each member of council should have their pay adjusted accordingly he stated usually once weve got the majority of staff negotiations set tled we go ahead said regional information officer john scott but some resolutions on the new pay equity legislation is partly responsible for the current status of negotiations between some staff according to mrscott the pay raise is retroactive from dec 1 1989 and would come into effect after passage of the bylaw which may be done as early as the next regional council meeting police report more breakins police are looking for suspects in a main street business breakin on the weekend after more than 600 worth of merchandise was taken york regional police report 650 worth of clothing and other mer chandise was stolen from the good mother maternity store on main street between the hours of last saturdays closing at 5 pm and sunday at 7 am more breakins orchard park public school was broken into again last saturday after three young offenders were seen leaving one of the portables at about 3 pm police reports show all three children are under 12 and cannot be identified under the young offenders act a window was broken and the inside of a portable was vandal ized causing about 150 damage police said there is no proof the weekend breakin is connected to the previous breakin at the school a week ago charges are pending police investigations in the past coordination between the provincial ministries responsible for such care and the region have been sorely lacking believes mr landon while york welcomes the long- term care initiatives he says it is important that the region have a say about where facilities are locat ed and how funds are administered as a member of the regional dis trict health council steering com mittee mr landon says the public has complained about problems created by the bureaucratic divi sion between health and communi ty and social services obviously with longterm care programs there are going to be a lot of health services required and there needs to be more coordina tion in the region between the health services and community and social services he predicts mr landon suggested some degree of integration with the two ministries perhaps a pilot project utilizing a regional district health council to assist the governments imple mentation plans the ministry of community and social services and the ministry of health have formed a new community health and support services division that is unique because these two ministries have never worked together like that before commu nity and social services minister charles beer told york regional councillors at last weeks meeting but councillor landon believes any coordination plans need to include the region to be effective the ministries were going to try themselves to coordinate their pro- grams better he says but i think its important they have the local priorities and input from the regional people to do that in implementing its plan the ontario government will invest more than 2 billion over the next six years by the fiscal year 199697 new funding will increase to 640 mil lion annually for longterm care in the current fiscal year 52 million will committed to the initiative funds will begin to reach com munities this september and the following amounts have been des ignated 109 million for homemakers wages and benefits 74 million for homemaker agencies expenses 74 million for close to 1 000 new attendant care outreach spaces and to enhance supported living 4 million to agencies providing home support and alzheimers programs the money will also be used to improve and expand services to elderly persons centres 10 million to provide immedi ate inhome services and communi ty supports the governments intention is to strengthen community supports and services build local networks and make singleentry access much more available in all communities we want to make sure that we beef up inhome and community based services said mr beer what were trying to do is make l the service more affordable and give people easier access but he admits there will still be a need for nursing homes and chron ic care beds photoandre wolbert making pro brian yantz was all smiles recently when he took over presi dential duties with the stouffville progress club he shakes hand with outgoing president brian ziegler behind them is a playhouse being raffled of in july call 6406552 for information stouffville co u pangman springs conservation area on aurora road wont be hosting members of user groups such as community association for riding for the disabled card it was confirmed last week the lake simcoe and region conservation authority lsrca which owns and operates the new wildlife land informed town offi cials that cards proposed use of pangman springs is unacceptable horse riding trails are not con ducive to the master plan for the area as determined by consul tants totten sims hubicki asso ciates ltd the lsrca stated in a may 4 resolution whitchurchstouffville council which had earlier requested use of pangman springs by the disabled riding therapy group received the authoritys response last tuesday councillors say they regret the fact pangman springs cant accommodate card and ward 3 councillor nick tatone asked if there was anything else the town could do to help the group but ward 1 councillor margot marshall explained that as far as pangman springs is concerned there are too many negatives working against card no organization is going to get any special treatment at pangman springs she said there are no facilities or required structures at all for any of these special groups councillor marshall con cluded deer signs deercrossing signs are to be erected at the hwy 48vandorf road area following a request from a concerned eightyearold resident whitchurchstouffville mayor fran sainsbury acted on the matter after tara boland voiced concern about the threat traffic poses to the deer popula tion in that part of the municipali ty town honor town tax collector ruth arm strong received a 10year service pin at the outset of council pro ceedings may 22 by mayor fran sainsbury settlement studies gartner lee has received coun cils okay to undertake the bal- lantraemusselman lake settle ment study at a cost of 35000 tentative completion date is four months from the projects start a decision on wholl conduct a related study focusing on van- dorfpreston lake will be delayed until the settlement capability study selection committee has clarified more details with the consulting firms bidding on the contract four firms have been interviewed by committee mem bers bylaw to omb a town zoning bylaw prohibit ing construction of office units on aggregatezoned properties is on its way to the ontario municipal board the bylaw is being challenged by ken sandiford in trust pur chase from champion manage ment inc the subject property is located on part lots nine and 10 cone 8 according to a letter from mr sandifords solicitor it would appear the bylaw was passed specifically to prevent such devel opment business offices by our client and to frustrate its efforts to develop the land accordingly there is no indication of any investigation of any passing of the bylaw and further our client was not given any opportunity to address council on the issue prior to the passing of the bylaw trash sought for sale stouffvilles latcham gallery needs local residents to think of the three rs of ecology while spring cleaning cellars attics drawers and closets this year by reducing accumulated treasures in the home and recycling unwant ed trash residents can clean their homes and 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