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w webrendermaffch i22h997 st region york council has tips ready for services board by kathleen griffin staff reporter york regional council has offered the province six generr al recommendations on how the greater toronto services board should be run it remains to be seen how ever how seriously premier mike harris and his appoint ed gtsb head milt farrow will take the regional input i think since day one milt farrow likely had in the back of his mind 90 per cent of what he wants to do said regional councillor fred cox and chair of theegions gov ernance committee out of courtesy he went to municipalities and to the regions for their input but the whole idea is that trans portation water sewage eco nomic development are all seen as functions that should be coordinated and theres not much debate about that cox said the worry is who exactly will sit on the board elected representatives or provincially appointed reps as well the region wants to ensure the gtsb does not become another level of gov ernment i am baffled mystified and stunned that although im in favor of a services board i dont know how any intelli gent person thinks it can be implemented without changes to the regional gov ernments cox said the government has got to take those things transportation water away from us before the gtsb can operate espe cially considering metro is soon to be one city cox expects some announce ment from the province on the future of the regions april 1 thats the date municipal candi dates can begin to register for the municipal election expected in the fall the recommendations include that the gtsb be given a legal mandate to coordinate services that it not function as a separate level of government that it pro vide planning to ensure efficient delivery of services that it provide dispute resolution for gtawide issues that it have one elected rep for every 400000 population and that there be a government review of the gtsbs structure mandate and operation within two years local man defrauded a stouffville man was left hold ing the bag after he handed over 33000 to two fraud suspects for the purchase of softsided hot tubs in august two suspects told the man if he invested 25000 in the unnamed markham company for the purchase of six demonstration hot tubs he would get his money back in 30 days plus onethird of the profits from the sale of 110 hot tubs he handed over a cheque in august in september the man was told the company needed 5000 to set up a booth at a home show to generate orders a few weeks later he was told the pah- needed another 6000 because the first show hadnt prompted even one sale he said he could only afford 3000 and handed it over by october the man began to suspect something wasnt quite right and had his lawyer research the company which revealed false information and the fact not one hot tub had ever been sold the two suspects are described as male white about 30 6 tall and both about 200 pounds correction blacks warehouse outlet flyer listed fuji dl31 2 at 6999 should be fuji dl95 blacks warehouse apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused a ft r r 4560 hwy 7 4770181 10720 yongo st 5086190 3811 seppard ave e 2935191 setup free available i layaway monwed 1 06 pm thursfri 1 09 pm saturdays 1 06 pm sundays 11 4 pm 2qoo the cruise cfthe cbtury reserve your space now with a low deposit sf crobesgifocaftt ontjj call 905 r 9481800