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v econo taxi to from school runs available book now 6405466 ine lribune taxi wsw vol105 no 35 a metroland community neivspaper wednesday september 11993 28 pages 50 cents the town of markham- stouffville plan for regions future may eliminate some municipal boundaries tracy kibble staff reporter the town of markhamstouf fville that just might be a reality 20 or 30 years down the road if some regional politicians have their way warns whitchurch- stouffville mayor fran sains bury regional council will discuss this and some politicians are strong advocates of annexa tion sainsbury said she told regional politicians during a meeting in newmar ket last week that she doesnt want municipal boundaries examined in the future say ing the move will mark the end of yorks three rural communi ties sainsbury brought up the issue during discussions of the regions vision 2021 final draft report which will be incorporat ed into its official plan this fall the vision document shares ideas and suggestions from the public and politicians which i ism v 31 pholotwriemmerson im up next f jilliiii katrina briggs seems intent on taking the batting step up to the plate matthew was participating in helmet of big brother matthew so she can the sfouffville tiitqunraqtimr- describes the overall shape and direction york region should take during the next 30 years sainsbury said one section of the 24page report involving role of regional government states that municipal bound aries should be examined as to the number and size of munici palities sainsbury said while theres been no formal meetings to dis cuss the issue several politi cians have stressed the necessi ty to reduce yorks nine munici palities down to four or five the larger municipalities would benefit from this giving them a wider tax base to pay for their fancy fire halls and buildings to help them pay their bills she said the mayor said informal talks about markham taking over whitchurchstouffville richmond hill taking aurora newmarket taking east gwillimbury and georgina remaining on its own have taken place but regional councillor carole bell of markham said sains bury forgets the vision docur ment is a pie in the sky state ment to be used as a future planning guideline with no legal teeth mayor sainsbury consistent ly finds bogey men in every thing york region puts through and she couldnt be more wrong bell said no one wants to take over whitchurchstouffville but who knows what can happen in 15 years we would be less than honest with the public if we said we werent going to look at it bell said she accused sainsbury of ignoring the greater picture and called her comments fool ish naive and unprofessional comments like this only lose more points for her com munity bell said bell said the public made it clear during vision meetings earlier this summer that they wanted less government inter vention and the option to re examine municipal boundaries gives york a broader outlook for the future you have to allow for whatever comes down the line bell said york council voted down sainsburysmptidn to scrap the option that will allow the region to take a second look at municipal boundaries- mayor says report unfair to small towns york regions picture of the future will force whitchurchstouffville into debt if certain funding com mitments for small munici palities arent considered said mayor fran sainsbury this week sainsbury told york region politicians thursday that its vision 2021 final draft report will leave rural municipali ties bankrupt if it intends to freeze development in please see page 15 stouffville post office to serve commercial customers ottly the services offered by the stouffville postal station on main street are being altered to commercialuse only canada post announced monday morn ing that the station will become a com mercial service centre csc as of oct 1 1993 the csc will serve the needs of commercial postal customers by provid ing postal box service for medium and large volume receivers postage meter settings the sale of priority courier vol ume postage sales bag service and postage paid in cash acceptance regular customers will have to use retail postal outlets in town such as in tttrrl mf shoppers dnigmart on main street or the gormley postal unit at woodbine and hwy 47 stamps can be purchased at both main street beckers and the iga on main street giant hockey iiiiiiiiiia coming soon watch for it darryl sittler hall of famer advisor to the source boyds i8sri3 located on stouffville rd 14 ml east of hwy 48 6406657 open sun mon closed thurs fri 10 am 8 pm lues wed 10 am 6 pm sat 9 am 4 pm aj3iailf ji v r iiv r tt wpwwr- ii