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My best wishes to all for 2008! Wayne Emmcmn. Mayor. Special thanks to MAYOR’S NEW YEAR’S EVE FIREWORKS EVENT 2007 came to a spectacular close with the annual New Year’s Eve festivities in Memorial Park when residents, friends and families gathered to enjoy an evening of sleigh rides, outdoor skating, activities for the children in Latcham Hall and, of course, the fireworks display. My thanks to the following companies for their generous donations towards the cost of purchasing the fireworks: Betz Pools Ltd. Bill Houston Ford Ltd. Cole Engineering Group Ltd. Creative Outdoor Advertising Fairgate Homes Giffels Associates Liniited Highland Transport Hoover Park Town Centre Inc. Jen-Dan Limited Jennum Development Corp. Kaitlin Group Ltd. Lebovic Enterprises Limited Macaulay Shiorni Howson Ltd. M.A.M. Group Inc Mattamy Homes Monopoly Commercial Realty Rice Commercial Group Schell Lumber Limited Schickedanz Bros. Limited Todd Brothers Contracting Ltd Todd Pools Ltd Tovtel Enterprises Inc. Waste Management of Canada Wood-Sloan Inc. SANITARY SEWER FLUSI'IING 8r CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION INSPECTIONS WS-RFQ-004 A $25.00 non-refundable deposit made payable to the Town of Whitchurch- Stouffville is required per set of tender documents for this contract. The Request for Quotation document is available at the Municipal Office, Clerk’s Department, 37 Sandiford Drive, 4th Floor, Stouffville. Request for Quotations will be accepted until 4:30 pm, Wednesday February 13th, 2008. For further information, please contact Glen Van Dusen, P.Eng., of Giffels Associates Limited at 416-798-5541. 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. Tuesday January 29th at 9:00 amt Budget Committee Meeting followed by Special Council At the January 29th meeting, Council will review the 2008 Operating and Capital Budgets as well as the Five Year Capital Forecast. Council will also consider an amendment to the 2007 User Fees Byâ€"law. Any comments and/or questions may be forwarded to: Marc J. Pourvahidi. Director of Finance/Treasurer 905-640â€"1910 x245 or marc.pourvahidi@townofws.com 'IhesdayFebruarySthat7:00p.m. Pyro-Mario Fireworks (Mario Vella) Most Excellent Productions Sound System (Mike Feld) Blair Purcell 8: Lionel’s Pony Farm Lions Club of Stouffville Stoufl‘ville Volunteers Fire Fighters Association Tim Hortons M 8! M Meat Shops No Frills Giant Tiger Murray 8: Ev Emmerson Town Works Dept. 81 Parks Dept. Stoujfirille Sun-rTribu'ne I Thursday/(in. 24, Tuesday February 19th at 3:00 pan. CIC followed by Council 'Ihcsday February 19th at 7:00 pan. Public Hearing Assistive naming devices available upon request Council Chamber, 37 Sandiford Drive, 4th Floor CIC followed by Council Macaulay Shiomi Howson Ltd. M.A.M. Group Inc Mattamy Homes Monopoly Commercial Realty Rice Commercial Group Schell Lumber Limited Schickedanz Bros. Limited Todd Brothers Contracting Ltd Todd Pools Ltd Tovtel Enterprises Inc. Waste Management of Canada Woodâ€"Sloan Inc. WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE "60W 6/056 to we Town of VACANCY REBATE APPLICATIONS are available at the Town Office during business hours, for any commercial or industrial properties that have been vacant for 90 consecutive days. The deadline for submitting the application for the 2008 taxation year is February 29, 2008. APPEALING THE CURRENT MARKET VALUE ASSESSMENT on your property must be done before the deadline of W. Please direct questions regarding assessments to the Municipal Property Assessment Corporatiop (MPAC) at 1-866-296-6722. Appeal forms are available at the Town Office. TAX PAYMENTS may be made by mail, or in person at the Town Office and at most Financial Institutions through tellers, banking machines and by telephone and Internet banking. Banking fees may apply. After hours, tax payments may be made in the drop box on the main floor west entrance at 37 Sandiford Drive. INTERIM TAX bills have now been mailed. Ratepayers who have not received their bills should contact the Treasury Department as soon as possible. Failure to receive a tax bill does not eliminate the responsibility for payment of taxes or the penalty charges for late payment. Please forward written comments to the Department of Leisure Services, Attn: Cindy Elder at cindy.elder@townofws.com, or call 905-640-1910 or 905-895-5299 ext. 293, by January 29, 2008. The Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville is currently inviting public comment on its 2008 Annual Accessibility Plan (Draft). Hard copies of the Accessibility Plan (Draft) are available from the Clerk’s Department at the Town Office, and an electronic version has been posted to the Town website at www.townofws.com. For more information, please access the Town website and click the Community Satisfaction Survey button. You may also contact Gary Sumner, Manager, HR Services, Town of Whitchurchâ€" Stouffville, 905-640-1910 or 905-895-5299, ext. 267. If you are not contacted, but want to share your views; the survey will be available on the Town’s website at: www.townofws.com Alternatively, you may pick up a survey package, including a postage-paid envelope, starting the last week of January at: The Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville is undertaking a Community Satisfaction Survey to identify satisfaction levels with the Town's services and programs and solicit general feedback on municipal issues. Over the next few weeks, you may be randomly selected to participate in a telephone survey that will take about 15 minutes. The survey is being concluded by a third-party consulting company called DPRA Canada. s. 0 Town Office, 37 Sandiford Drive, 4th Floor, Clerk's Dept (Monday to Friday, 8:30 3.11:. â€" 4:30 p.m.); Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum, 14732 Woodbine Avenue (Monday to Friday, 1:00 pm. - 5:00 pm.) Leisure Lebovic Centre, 30 Burkholder St. (Monday to Thursday, 6:00 am. - 10:00pm; Friday, 6:00 am. - 9:00 p.m.; Saturday Sunday, 8:00 am. - 5:00 pm); FOCUSING ON CUSTOMER SERVICE EXCELLENCE TOWN OF WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE 2008 ANNUAL ACCESSIBILITY PLAN (DRAFT) 2008 INTERIM PROPERTY TAX BILLS lst Instalment Due - February 22, 2008 2nd Instalment Due - April 25, 2008 Ruth Armstrong, AMCT, CMTC Tax Collector 8r Revenue Supervisor Town Office, 4th Floor 37 Sandiford Dr, Stoufl‘ville MA 7X5 The Town is seeking an energetic community-oriented resident with a variety of skills and experiences to fill one volunteer vacancy on the Heritage Advisory Committee. Further details and application forms are available at www.townofws.com/town_committeesasp. at the Town Office and the Public Library. Applications are due Friday February 8, 2008 The Town is currently accepting applications for Stand-by School Crossing Guards and various summer Leisure Services positions. For further details, please refer to our website at www.townofws.com. This Notice first published this 17th day of January, 2008 The Corporation of the Town of Whitchurchâ€"Stouffville Michele Kennedy, Clerk The Corporation of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, 37 Sandiford Drive, 4th Flr, Stouffville, Ontario L4A 7X5 The expropriating authority is Dated at Stouffville this 15th day of January, 2008 The Council of the Corporation of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville 37 Sandiford Drive, 4th Floor, Stouffville, Ontario L4A 7X5 The approving authority is Part of PIN 03719-0087 (LT) being Part of Lot 1, Concession 8, in the Geographic Township of Whitchurch now in the Town of Whitchurch-Stoufi‘ville designated as Part 1 on Draft Plan prepared by David O. Horwood dated May 23, 2007 (Project No. 6683-R-P1- 3). A copy of the said plan is available for viewing during regular business hours in the Clerk’s Department at the Municipal Offices of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville at 37 Sandiford Drive, 4th Floor, Stouffville, Ontario L4A 7X5. Any owner of lands in respect of which notice is given who desires an inquiry into whether the taking of such land is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority shall so notify the approving authority in writing Concession 8, in the Geographic Township of Whitchurch now in the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville designated as Part 1 on Draft Plan prepared by David O. Horwood dated May 23, 2007 (Project No. 6683~R-P1-3) for the municipal purpose of the widening and reconstruction of Main Street between Ninth Line and Highway No. 48 and works ancillary thereto. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application has been made for approval to expropriate a fee simple interest in the lands described as follows: ~ NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO EXPROPRIATE LAND Expropriations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E26. IN THE MATTER OF an application by The Corporation of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville for approval to expropriate the lands described as Part of PIN 03719-0087 (LT) being Part of Lot 1, a) In the case of a registered owner, served personally or by registered mail within thirty (30) days after the registered owner is served with the notice, or, when the registered owner is served by publication, within thirty (30) days after the first publication of the notice; b) In the case of an owner who is not a registered owner, within thirty (30) days after the first publication of the notice.