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sgss3d2 expert watch clock repairs stoujfvitte tribune across from clock tower 5touffvilije 172 bullock drive unit31markham 4718660 vol8 no 38 a metroland community newspaper saturday september 12 1992 60 pages 25 cents circ 41000 council town backs 500000 fire track tracy kibble staff reporter spending 500000 on a cus tombuilt fire truck is a wise decision and one that was made on the advice of a fire safety expert agreed all but one local politican this week town officials with the excep tion of ward 6 councillor ken prentice stressed utmost confi dence in fire chief bill brown and his ability to make a deci sion that would benefit the safetyof the municipality last week prentice ques tioned browns recommenda tion that the town buy an expensive madetospec new pumper aerial firetruck he said the town needed to be more creative and could look at leasing surplus fire equip ment from a cashstrapped municipality instead prentice also questioned whether brown had made a proper informed decision brown however told prentice that he has spent more than four months pouring over research and drawing up specs for a truck designed for the towns needs exclusively if trucks from other munici palities would work i wouldnt have spent so long drawing up specs brown insisted and ward 1 councillor ivanka bradley defended browns deci sion you cant always cut corners and save costs were talking about lives here and we cant afford to take chances we need a welltailored vehicle i would hate to see a life lost while we test out another municipali tys truck bradley said and ward 5 councillor bob ancheril said prentice had his nerve questioning the word of a fire safety expert when he and none of the councillors have the education and back- ground to make the call thats the chiefs job if you want a truck from somewhere else you go and find one ancheril said taxpayers money is well spent on this anchenl added and ward 3 councillor nick tatone said the chief has always in the past made cred ible decisions the fire chief has always done extremely well in this town and he says the town needs this truck now i think we should bite the bullet nobody wants to spend 500000 but we have to tatone added but prentice who voted against the purchase insisted there are many unknowns with such a large expenditure prentice added the purchase would end up costing the municipality more than 500000 todays debentures are tomorrows taxes he said despite prentices concerns council voted to support the fire llll choko debate town renames street for fifth time taxpayers will once again pay the costs to rename a street that has already been renamed four times taxpayers have spent more than 1200 to advertise the towns proposal to change kennedy lane north to hakonson lane then nicely lalfte then springvale lane then choko lane all of these names were objected to by the two property owners on the street at a meeting aug 11 council then decided that taxpayers shouldnt have to spend money again to rename the street for the fifth time to spring vista lane simply because of yet another objec tion by one of the two property owners it was decided at that meeting that the 450 advertisement costs be absorbed by the objector but in a subsequent closed door meeting council rescinded that decision local officials decided that the wrong message would be conveyed that if someone wanted to change the name of their street all they have to do is pay for the advertisement costs council this week voted to pay the costs to rename kennedy lane north to spring vista lane the change is necessary to properly prepare for york regions upcoming 911 emergency system expected to be online next spring many streets in various regional communities are being changed to avoid possible confusion during potentially lifethreat ening emergency situations chiefs request and purchase the truck prentice told do homework on fire truck ward 6 councillor ken pren tice should do his own home work before jumping on a deci sion made by the towns fire chief said fire services adviser for the office of the fire mar shal boyd finger this week finger who works for the ministry of the solicitor gener al in brampton told the week ender that prentice should seek some advice from the appropriate people before deciding the purchase of a new truck is not a wise choice id welcome a call from him finger said he added that prentices idea of an equipment swap with another munic ipality is com pletely off the wall because there are no trucks younger prentice than 15 years that another station would part with y- jv and what municipality would want this 20yearold truck that stouffville current ly owns added fire chief bill brown finger who offers advice to arid oversees fire departments from across the greater toron to area gta said wwtchurchsfouffville needs a new truck in order to stream line its service fight fires more effectively and keep up with new growth in the area stouffvilles 20 year old truck needs to be replaced finger confirmed he added that maintenance alone on older trucks could put the municipality thousands of dol lars behind each year finger also added that in case of a deficiency in the older see page 3 udmur fm4 presents the biggest sale event of the year vehicles must go over factory see page 2 for details cost open this sunday yiftw ford a m i i jiixi w- 5 jsjj mcarthurs kenne rd just south of hwy 7 wt tffflnw- i v i wt y- 2 j n