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r 4 stouffville suntribune thursday aug 19 2004 town of whitchurchstouffville country close to the city moving yingyoui starting september 7 2004 york region transit yrt is bringing service to your town yrt is pleased to introduce the new route 9 stouffville the route 9 can connect you to yrt routes across the region and locally to markhamstouffville hospital stouffville go station parkview centre eastern gate stouffville district high school and more for moreinformation on the new route 9 and other services please visit the yrt web site at wwwyorkregiontransitcom or call our customer service centre at 1866move yrt or 905 7622100 thank you for riding yrt yet yokk region transitp moving york slideathon thanks to staff and public swimmers who participated in our drowning prevention fundraiser and slide a thon it was fun for everyone in this 24 hour 2500 slides event at the outdoor pool congratulations to jazlyn for winning the discman with her closest guess of the number of slides special thanks to mms for their generous donation and all their support a big thank you to grace volpe for taking the lead role in this successful initiative fall winter activity guide is now available the leisure services activity guide was delivered in the tribune last thursday august 12th if you did not receive your copy drop by the leisure centre to check out all of the programs and services available for the coming season registration fall and winter community and lifestyle programs begins on monday august 23 fall aquatics registration begins on wednesday august 25 6pm fall program begin the week of september 20 2004 skating lessons new this fall we will be offering daytime learn to skate lessons tuesday mornings for more information please call jen mceachen at 9056401910 x 288 new service at the library the whitchurchstouffville public library is now able to provide to customers coming to the library facility public access to the internet via a personal laptop the only requirement is that the laptop is configured to use dhcp dynamic host configuration protocol if a customer has a static address other than dhcp the ip cannot be used customers can reconfigure their laptops if they wish instruction sheets will be provided to do this however tech support will not be provided now if all the library internet workstations are booked you can plug in with your personal laptop so check us out whitchurchstouffville public library 30 burkholder street stouffville on l4a 4k1 905642read 7323 wwwwhitchurchlibraryonca due date august 27 2004 water bills have now been mailed for those who have not received their bills please contact the municipal water department as soon as possible failure to receive a water bill does not eliminate the responsibility for payment of water or the penalty charges for late payment water payments may be- made by mail at most financial institutions banking machines by telephone and internet or in person at the town office 37 sandiford drive 4th floor banking fees may apply after hours water payments may be made in the drop box at the front west entrance door of the imperial building 37 sandiford drive when paying water bills by telephone internet and bank machines please ensure that the water account number used for your water payment is accurate for inquiries please contact connie mc vicar treasury department at extension 242 town office hours monday to friday 830 am to 430 pm 9056401900 9058952423 37 sandiford drive 4th floor stouffville on l4a 7x5 on june 22 2004 council convened a public meeting under the authority of the development charges act 1997 to solicit input from the community on a background study and draft bylaw with respect to the payment of development charges arising from future residential non residential growth please be advised that council- at its meeting scheduled for tuesday august 24 2004 at 700 pm in the council chambers 37 sandiford drive 4 floor stouffville will be considering a report from staff and the towns consultant on proposed revisions to the background report draft bylaw on matters arising from the public meeting process council at the meeting of august 24 may adopt a new bylaw to impose development charges on future residential nonresidential growth largs article collection program a yf follow changes the town in an effort to achieve cost savings and promote a reducereuse initiative has changed the large article collection program for the months of august and november which have been cancelled residents are reminded that they must phone miller waste at 18004655914 no later than 300 pm the friday preceding the scheduled pick up date to make arrangements for all large articles to be picked up the large article collection program remains in place for the months of july september october and december residents are encouraged to recycle large items by donating them to charity have them picked up by the supplier when new items are delivered where offered or giving reusable items to friends family members or neighbours when possible please refer to the 2004 garbage recycling schedule for collection dates in your service area a copy of the schedule can also be obtained from the towns website at wwwtownofwscom or from the town municipal offices public works department 37 sandiford drive 4 floor stouffville large items additional household garbage home improvement material and white goods can also be delivered to the georgina transfer station 23068 warden avenue just north of ravenshoe road monday to saturday 800 am to 500 pm proof of residence is required disposal fee applies for further information concerning the large article collection program please contact the public works department at 9056401900 or 9058952423 sealed tenders in the envelope provided clearly marked as to the contents will be received by the clerks department until 300 pm local time on wednesday august 25 2004 for the following contracts tender wst0412 reconstruction of hillsdale drive resurfacing coultice drive hillsdale drive part a this work generally consists of the supply of all labour equipment and materials to install a local storm sewer perform roadside ditching apply granularmaterials and resurface using hot mix asphalt this work is to start at the intersection of the ninth line and proceed easterly for approximately 500 metres part b provisional tender pricing is being requested for the reconstruction of the remainder of hillsdale drive starting at the east limit of part a and continuing easterly for a further 640 metres this proposal includes ditching gravelling construction of a turn around and the application of a double high float surface treatment coultice drive the work generally consists of the supply of all labour equipment and materials to apply granular materials and resurface using hot mix asphalt a 2500 nonrefundable cheque payable to the town of whitchurchstouffville is required per set of tender documents for this contract contract documents shall be available for pick up on monday august 9 2004 at the clerks department if information is required please contact mr alan kimble peng of sabourin kimble associates limited at 9054269451 ext 227 tender wst0413 sidewalk winter maintenance the work generally consists of the supply of labour and equipment necessary to carry out plowing and sandingsalting operations on sidewalks and walkways using two 2 sidewalk tractors with snowplows sander bodies and snow blowers tender ws-t-04- 14 parking lot winter maintenance generally works consists of the supply of all labour equipment and supervision required to perform the following plowing and sandingsalting of parking lots at various locations throughout whitchurchstouffville using trucks equipped with reversible plows hand shoveling of pathways decks and stairways at designated locations for further information please contact the public works department at 9056401900 the corporation of the town of whitchurch- stouffville reserves the right to accept or reject any tender and also reserves the right to accept other than the lowest tender 37 sandiford drive 4th floor stouffville l4a 7x5 905 6401900 fa 0057 905 8952423 website wwwtownofwscom automated lines 905 6401910905 8955299 a drop off box at west entrance