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m umm m ic wi joan ransberry staff reporter before a 34 million town halllibrary complex will be built in downtown stouffville the plan will undergo public scrutiny on tuesday after 45 minutes of debate including hearing from the public whitchurchstouffville council finally agreed to take the project to the next level of a multistep process now the plan is to get designbuild cost estimates have the results studied by council and then prer sented to the public the proposal has been plagued with con troversy from the were getting the wool pulleu over our eyes nobody has askea the people if they want a new town hall sue sherban beginning while most agree that the library expansion is long overdue some feel that the 14 million town hall segment of the plan is neither heeded nor wanted other options suggested are delaying the process letting it become an issue in the november raclfn questions linked to the pro posed swimming pool will be asked and hopefully answered at a public meeting slated for june 12th beginning at 7 pm at the stouffville recreation complex an indoor swimming pool has been proposed for stouffville for many years susan harmsen chairman of a sub- committee linked to the towns parks and recreation municipal election campaign holding a referendum and waiting until the province decides if whitchurchstbuffville will con tinue to exist and spending the towns money held in reserve now before the province takes over the public purse two weeks ago town officials concerned about public safety stopped holding public meetings in the old town hall for the next few weeks while 36000 worth of work is being done staff reports that it could cost as much as 700000 to repair the civic avenue facility if the town hall is built on top of the library the existing municipal office could be converted to a concert hall to be known as clock tower eric button spokesman for the clock tower project said the old town hall is structurally sound and would be quite suitable for a concert hall button urged council to take the advisory board said i want to hear from the public the committee is expecting discus sion in large groups small groups and qneonone written submissions are also being accepted they can be left at the recreation centre comment p 4 gardening p 8 entertainment p 15 sports p 17 classified p 18 isisiffife 6402100 say on town ha council project to the next step if the province opts for an amal gamation plan and takes over whitchurchstouffvilles future money held in reserves would be gone the reserves could get lost and wed end up with nothing said button stouffville resident sue sherban said council has held the library board ransom the public is not against the library expansion but the public does not support the town hall part of the plan said sherban were getting the wool pulled please see page 3 farewell for joan planned joan marshmah steps aside this friday and the tribune is inviting the community to bid farewell to our longesttstanding employee an open house will be held tomorrow at the tribune office at 6244 main st beside the library between 11 am and 2 pm all of joans clients friends and neighbors are invited to stop by for refreshments and reminiscences and to wish her well in her retire ment best wishes only please at the ball members of the dancecentre in stouffville put on their annual production at markham theatre this iveek here dancers cristina mariani bridget campbell and sandra baker take flight in the number at the ball see page 9 for review and more photos from the evening photo by sjoerdwitteveen service hours moihfri 730 am 6 pm sat 8 am 1 pm- 5336 highway 7 just east of mccowan 2941440 loll free l8008922209 1 the boss says theyve got to 60 ail demos sold at dealer cost aurora oldsmobile chevy see saturdays paper for full details bring in copy of ad for great savings sale hours monthurs 9 am 9 pm fri 9 am 6 pm i sat9am6pm