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meeting two weeks ago outlined a mobility plus reorganiza tion to reduce 19 permanent fulltime staff by two six permanent parttime by one and eliminate five casual staff alto gether the plan to be reviewed by regional council in september suggests the region can save 213098 by contracting private transport firms current drivers make 2210 an hour while contract employees start at 1310 per hour one potential casualty is markhams marilyn gould ms gould 49 as a casual oncall employee since 2003 would have no recourse if the restructuring is approved she has not worked since she was injured on the job may 17 she is under going physiotherapy in hope of getting back to her route in newmarket where is she transports up to 45 clients during an eighthour shift it takes a certain type of person and personality to take care of the people we drive she said you have to be patient and know the ministry of transportation rules and regulations above all we know our clients they know us we greet them with a smile and often were the only one they talk to in a long time but the restructuring follows the pat tern in services across the region york region transit general manager don gordon said all regular transit is con tracted to private companies as is oper ation and maintenance all but 20- per cent of the regions mobility service is already contracted its important to know well work closely with the union mr gordon said with the growth in the region well need more inside staff were confi dent we can accommodate each arid everyone there is however no obligation for the five casual drivers casuals are casuals who were hired as interim individuals there was never that long term security mr gordon said he said however the region would work with the contractors to find posi tions for the casual employees the union takes a dim view of the regions strategy if you look at their riumbers its savings of a couple hun dred thousand dollars in scope of the regional budget its nothing mr sheppard said marilyn gould mobility plus casual driver could be out of workif york region transit plan approved 4 i v