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hltchurchsigiiffviijs public library board secretly passed contract renewal crothers laurie watt metroland staff the j york region board of edu cation secretly pushed through its directors contract renewal accord ing to the boards 1990 vicechair men trustee bill crothers accused board chairman harry bowles of deliberately k3 bill crothers at odds pushing bob cressrhans threeryear con tract through formalities 7 they wanted o snuff these t h in g s through crothers said of the contract and nine conditions attached to it crothers is one of severalfoiihd- ingmembers of a trustee reform i boardasks for 11 hike the york region board of education wants educational funding increased by 11 percent this year arid the authority to collect educational lot levies the ministry of education said we have to bring solutions hot just complaints board chairman h see bowes on page 3 a r r y bowes said b owes along with markham trustee joanna french and newriiarket trustee susan wakelirig pre sented a brief to the standing committee on finance andeco- nomic affairs at queens park network a provincewide group intent on giving trustees more deci sionmaking powers crothers has been at odds with bowes for months about how the board interprets the education act he said the boards decisionmak ing process should be more open guard to add extra safety at orchard park a crossing guard will be a famil iar sight at orchard park within the next few weeks whitchurch-stduf- fville officials decided tuesday night orchard park home and school association members voiced con cern last spring that the childrens safety was being jeopardized due to unsafe crossing rheasures at the school last spring they requested a review of the current pedestrian crossing and vehicle movements near the school- town director of public works paul whitehouse presented council with a detailed report tuesday night which discussed bus lineups along sunset boulevard peak jiours of vehicle and pedestrian activity and bus dropoff routines whitehouse who has held meet- ings with concerned parents rec- ommended officials approve a school crossing on the west side of the intersection along the west side sidewalk on orchard pairk boule vard a guard would be hired for the morning noon and afternoon peak periods the report recommended please see page 3 crothers cited cressmans con tract reriewal as an example of an issue that should have been more open to the public cressmans performance was reviewed last fall by a consultant for the first time in the 10 years he has been the boards chief execu tive officer trustees spent 9762 to have an independent consultant interview the board its senior superintendents and representatives of me teachers federations the review- by storey best associates listed nine recommen datipns to improve communication and working relationships between me director arid trustees the recommendations were pre sented discussed arid adopted nov 19 in a special privatejaieeting7 ho wever- wheri the meeting ended at 955- pm bowes formal ly made the meeting public and the board adppted the confidential reports recommendatiorism utes of the meeting revealed as well the board also approved renewing cressmans contract in please see chariman page 3 paying bills made easier the town of whitchurchstouffville is making it more convenient for local residents to pay their tax and water bills effective immediately tax arid water billings will include a self addressed envelope to the town offices council voted tuesday night but the program will cost taxpayers about 1800 each year councillor marshall asked why the system is being changed at all but finance director ed blackburn said council had requested an investigation into the matter last year y in his report blackburn stated other municipalities which include selfaddressed envelopes in their billings believe that not only is good public relations established but it also helps cash flow if colored envelopes are used 1 blackburn said it also makes the paying process more convenient and added well get the 1800 back in interest right away council voted to include selfaddressed envelopes in future tax and water billings phototbacyiosblii a man and woman were sent to hospital early monday morning after a twocar crash on hwy 48 in whitchurchstouffville police say the roads were icy at the time of the accident pill iyionday dgeident injures tvvo tracy kibble staff reporter ari condition after a twocar crash on icy roads monday morning in ac6rdirig i hifywsfte nearly two miles south of blobmington road and just norojj lwy f v lth van pnj ricysectipno vehicleydriveaby markham 6aidppp officer dave kyle fltfe thei sidewaycift sjoberg was rushed by ambulance to markham stouffville hospital for facial cuts and chest injuries hospital officials confirriied r s meanwhilerhiljv stpuffyillehpspi r30 jim- ibospitaj officials said ijgfrwaj rjpgythejprash while opponicersmvestigatedthe accident jissllil iui mpm i r ppllarejstill investigating and no charges had beenlaidait jw furtherldetails will follow wthey becbrnevaife mm i i