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r st weekender november 61993 p3 town agrees to grant in lieu of tax refund tracy kibble staff reporter a small local business may be forced to lay off one of its nine workers because of a revenue ministry tax assessment error local politicians heard this week trim steel ltd president john gurr told stouffville councillors that a 3800 error made and later acknowledged by the ministry could result in one more tough time layoff at its gormley office gurr asked officials to help his compa ny get out of a tight spot by refunding its share of a wronglyassessed tax bill as a new business in the town of whitchurchstouffville we are seeking your understanding in this matter in awarding us some form of fair tax adjustment we just cant afford this gurr said gurr said the ministrys york region tax assessment office wrongly classified his business this year as a manufactur ing company and will be changed to a service classification for 1994 in a report to officials the towns tax collector ruth armstrong explained that the towns share of the 3824 error is 737 york region wants another 470 and the education board requires the largest chunk at 2618 armstrong said the municipal act doesnt allow for assessment judge ment errors and added the company should have appealed the discrepancy within the 30 days allotted she said the town cannot writeoff the taxes but officials co give the com- pany a refund cheque for its share finance director ed blackburn cau tioned officials that they may be setting themselves up for a lot of lost dollars if they choose to ignore the appeal laws available to business and which ancheril are laid out by the ministry ward 5 councillor bob ancheril how ever said the town should pay back its portion of taxes which were wrongly assessed regardless of what the region and education boards decide if s his money these are tough times for business and the money should go back into bis pocket where it belongs its not ours to keep ancheril said officials voted to grant trim steel its portion of the tax error and suggest ed gurr approach the other two agen cies to appeal the remaining amounts municipalities act as tax collection agencies for the region and both educa tion boards which is a frustrating and v thankless job officials stated ratepayers often think the total tax bill they receive is all paid to the municipality which in fact collects the smallest portion of the three council lors pointed out orchard park school holds fun fair today orchard park public school holds its annual christmas fun fair and craft sale today sat urday between 10 am and 3 pm at the school santa will be visiting the fair from 11 am until 1 pm and photographer david street will be on hand to take photographs of your child with the jolly red giant the silent auction and the raffle will feature a host of fab ulous prizes and there will be great games with special prizes for the kids throughout the day craft tables and a bake table will be set up in the gym and visitors can visit the cafe in the intermediate wing where pizzas and other refreshments will be on sale photosteve somemille what an earful jim kearsley gets an earful from daughters sarah and emily after winning a sharp stereo system in the grand opening draw at stouffville sounds also on hand were jims wife marlene and store owner bob woods just ducky photosteve somerville st james presbyterian church held a bazaar last saturday above kristen payne left shows julie hazlewood a crocheted duck at the knitted goods table unity week stouffville recognizes diversity local politicians have pro claimed the next seven days as unity in diversity week on behalf of the 15member bahais of stouffville organiza tion bahai member dr farzad katirai asked the town to officially proclaim the week of nov 7 to celebrate the grow ing diversity in stouffville soci ety katirai expressed sentiments of democratic freedom through harmonious integration and the need to foster fellowship by accepting all races creeds religions and basic differences that link our social fabric the world is standing in awe at canadians and the achieve ments we have made in diversi ty katirai said during the week stouffvilles bahais will celebrate the achievements and strides in diversity and an understanding of one another photosjoebd witteveen needles fly irene looks baker keeps on knitting as lorraine harman on at the craft wonderland on wednesday nov 3 at parkview village auditorium the craft sale was held by the christian womens club n swwwwxw m kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville attention flyer advertisers l- we can deliver your flyers for as little as if a piece so far this year we have delivered 26149856 flyers doortodoor in markham unionville milliken stouflville uxbridge claremont dickson hill locust hill gormley goodwood victoria square brougham hagerman comers box grove cedar grove buttonville sandford goodwood leaskdale greenbank udora sunderland zephyr aahbum 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