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s st0uffv1lle a taxi 1 airport service a lwo service a a corporate accounts a 6406401 mobile 5801822 velstaxisiooffvuecor ssrngw00drimi34 ine lnbune econo taxi 6405466 vol 105 no 17 ametivtandcommimitynew wednesday april 28 1993 24 pages 50 cents council town accused of double standards tracy kibble staff reporter theres a dangerous double standard operating within the town of whitchurchstouffville charged ward 6 councillor ken prentice this week and hes out to prove it certain policies are being applied selectively to suit the fancy of those requesting the opinion prentice said the councillor appeared at the tribune office mon day afternoon loaded with recent town documents he claims are incomplete inaccurate and procedurally incorrect im sensing a double standard procedures are being violated depending perhaps on whos asking for what prentice charged the councillor was alluding largely to a march 29 budget committee meeting one of three since last november which council held to debate discuss and form the towns 1993 budget but prentice said staff was asked to leave nearing the end of the march meeting except for finance director ed blackburn although there was no motion for adjournment he said personnel issues were then discussed but couldnt elaborate on the topics or their outcome fundamental organizational changes were pro posed but there are no minutes for this portion of the meeting prentice said he added he was under the impression minutes were being taken and legal opinions were obtained however there was no motion to obtain them thats where the double standard starts since prentice said he has been denied permission to obtain legal advice without a res olution of council where was the authority for this prentice who voted against the march 29 minutes at last weeks council meeting said he refused to support the documents because they made no mention of the discussions undertaken after staff left the room i just want things done correctly and aboveboard i think i have that right as an elected official as well during a bylaw rating meeting april 6 pren tice asked for a legal opinion on the rollback of staff wages but his motion was denied he then said that on april 20 he received documents dated just before the march 2 meeting with the save our stouffville ratepayers group showing a legal opin ion regarding wage rollbacks had already been obtained by the finance director on behalf of the mayor this information was withheld from councillors he said prentice is questioning the validity of this legal opinion since there was no resolution passed by council a resolution he was told he must obtain for the same publicpaid service i would like to know if there are weaknesses in our request for staff salary roll backs im not certain if the opinion is not from a legal firm that is employee- biased prentice added i was misled when in fact no minutes have been taken i havent seen any yet every avenue has been shut down to me im batting zero in getting answers prentice concluded mayor fran sainsbury said that prentice wants to be an administrator riot a policy advisor which is the role of the councillor if he wants to change things hell have to change the municipal act he just likes to get his own way sainsbury denied there was a double standard in seeking legal opinions that is simply not true man dies of injuries suffered in accident one man has died from an accident on stouffville sideroad last tuesday jrobert brown died on satur day morning from injuries incurred in the headon collision tuesday afternoon between a pontiac acadian and a mobility van it has yet to be determined what exactly caused his death but an autopsy is being per formed the other two occupants of the van were also injured karen slark the other passenger has whiplash and is recovering at home the driver james pedwell of barrie also sustained injuries for which he will be off work and receiving treatment for over a month along with other injuries he received cracked ribs joy rose who was driving the acadian is still in critical condition and has moved from the surgical intensive care unit to the surgical progressive care unit at sunnybrook chamber urges new direction members of the whitchurchstouffville chamber of com merce are urged to attend the business groups general meet ing next month to give the new executive some direction president helene johnson said the chamber executive needs all its members to attend the may 19 meeting to be held in the amaretto restaurant downstairs in the banquet hall we need to redefine where the chamber is going johnson please see page 3 boyds source for sports boyds source for sports boyds sows fop sports w sale event miss mi see insert in todays paper ij ids for sports farmer jacks plaza in stouffville 6406657 souncbi source r open rsunmon cloud 1uejwd 10 am 6pm thur4fd i0am8pjn sa9am-