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thinking selilng or buying remax all stars realty inc stoufjiiue tribune weekender benz repair speciaust 172 8ull0ck 0rv unit 3j markham 4718660 police project 80 investigating activities at town offices tracy kibble staff reporter -wliissf- i s phclosjoerd witteve the corporation of the town of whitchurchstouffville is under police investigation the latest in a threeyearlong probe into municipal corruption across southern york region the tribune learned this week metro toronto police fraud squad inspector vaughan otoole told the tribune yester day that whitchurchstouffville will be subject to a preliminary investigation after the force received several citizen com plaints earlier in the week the town of whitchurch- stouffville will now have to open its financial books to the police as part of the probe and politicians and staff will have to answer questions the investigation doesnt nec essarily mean there is anything suspicious going on locally though and police wont know until after what could be a lengthy probe into town busi ness otoole said we are performing a prelimi nary investigation to see if the complaints we received have any substance otoole said the investigation dubbed board employee faces fraud charges in asbestos dealings an employee of the york region board of education faces fraud charges in connec tion with contracts involving the removal of asbestos at region schools york regional police arrested the 56- yearold mississauga man thursday after an investigation into irregularities con cerning purchase orders dealing specifi cally with the removal of asbestos from elementary and secondary schools the board of education had relayed these concerns to the police who then began an investigation police conducted five simultaneous raids thursday at various locations in york scarborough and mississauga according to york police these raids obtained documentation which was signed by officials of the board and had then been forwarded to private contractors in toron to an examination of these documents showed monetary figures had been altered and additions made to the description of work to be done so as to justify the inflat ed figures police said the accused has been an employee with the york board since 1990 and faces charges of fraud over 1000 forgery and uttering forged documents police said the charges were laid in rela tion to one purchase order involving a loss to the board of 21000 other seized invoices are currently being examined by police project 80 was triggered in 1990 after citizens of a south ern york region municipality complained of questionable deals between developers and municipal politicians headed by otoole the pro ject 80 corruption investiga tions have so far resulted in charges against newmarket mayor ray twinny two markham councillors and two former councillors in york region alone as well as others in other regions across the greater toronto area the latest fraud and forgery- related charges were brought against regional councillor gor don landon of markham this week after an 18month investi gation into an account set up four years ago at landons request to cover administrative and secretarial costs please see page 3 rieaaw see p council- sitting time changes eliminates public input sword stouffville councils decision last week to alter its meeting sched ule has come under fire by at least one citizen who says the changes will eliminate public input businessman stephen sword has written each councillor a letter this week urging officials to reconsider last weeks decision which will have politicians discussing and voting on matters all in the same night the obvious and important aspect of the change is loss of the week between the two meetings in ottawa theyd call this an opportunity for sober second thought sword said majority council voted to have its council in committee meetings moved to the evenings every first and third tuesday of the month these committee meetings are the sessions where offi cials debate issues formulate ideas suggestions and lobby sup port for votes the 4 pm sessions will now take place at 715 pm prior to planning committee meetings which will be followed by council meetings where discussions from earlier will be voted on and finalized but sword said this squelches councils opportunity to take a natural break from one week to the next to examine the issue carefully perhaps see another side before voting on it the next week when people discuss things twice within a few hours they are most likely to call upon the same arguments when they have days between they will see new points that need to be raised sword said sword who owns the something in common book and novelty shop also stressed concerns for the loss of public input the new system will rob citizens of an opportunity to express their con cerns or provide information to the councillors an opportunity needs to exist he said under the proposed format only agenda watchers will have that opportunity barring the regular use of tabling predicted above sword said ward 6 councillor ken prentice who voted against the change last week also said the change needs reconsid eration it will all be done tuesday night the change leaves no room no further considerationboomit will all be over in one shot pren tice said tracy kibble markville makes it h appi ini i brand new 1993 villager gs oac usimki brand new 1993 m cdc- 24 months 22999 mum rot 369mo 24 months brand new 1993 mercury grand marquis ls bistmkl otiuawi brand new 1994 ford fl 50 enforcer pickup moude7 if- j7pactimpfpflm includes boded 8 v markville 1415t 24 months ncujoesldnconlddublpseohondrauch waudes49l more msr 2454t s 1 126c amfmriereo s41339t hffnia ouiuirot 24 months brand new 1994 sable os wagon i lincoln mercury s ii new service hours pimboulnraii j m pi step bumper wheel and more fffcmc bist kid onuant 24 months mcuides 38 l v6 ac pw pl fib cruise bobcomol6vmoreterpl28286t eri97c z2k 4707044