Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 3 Apr 2010, p. 1

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27-yearâ€" old mayoral candidate ‘new, fresh’ Justin Altmann wants to breathe new life into a council he calls tired. Which is why he is running for mayor. “I see the opportunity now. We've had Mayor (Wayne) Emmerson, who’s been in for a while. The community feels tired. they want something new and fresh,” he said. Mr. Emmerson is the only other mayoral candidate to ofli- cially file nomination papers for the Oct. 25 election. Former mayor Sue Sherban annnounced March 2 she will nm but has not regimflerq: A This will be Mr. Altmann's sec- ond time running in a municipal election. He ran for councillor of Ward 2 in 2006, but was defeated by Phil Bannon. â€" “The original intent was mayor," Mr. Altmann said. “We thought (in 2006) start lower then work up." Mr. Altmann, 27, decided to bypass running for councillor again because the boundaries for Ward 2 have changed and not in his favour. He doesn't want to represent another ward I “Some of (the ward constit- uents) would feel a sense of abandonment,” he said. (Sifi'ibune BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolan@yrmg.com See NOT, page 4 MAWAPRIL3JOW I SERVNGMWOFWW I ZAPAGESI$1WGST HAPPY EASTER, WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE, FROM THE SUN-TRIBUNE Two sure signs of spring are baby lambs and Easter and children at Progressive Montessori Academy in Stoufl'ville celebrated with both Thursday. Here six-year-old Julianna Angheâ€" lonigivesMistythelambahugasshcpaidavisitfi'om'lheMartinFarminPort Perry. 905-642-2745 EASTER BUDDIES CALL AND COMPARE! STAFF PHOTO/MIKE BARRETT ’ $100,000 grOWing The sun is shining very bright on 15 Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville stafiers who made it onto this year's Sunshine; List: Last year, 12 municipal workers made the list. which details all crown agency, corpo- rate, Ontario Power Generation, Hydro One. hospital, municipal, school board, university and college employees who earned at least $100,000 the previous year. hi 2007, tltere were seven people on the list from Whitchurch-Stouffville, all of whom were managers or department heads. The listv was released by the province Wednesday under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Mitchurch-Stoufl'ville’s top earner in 2009 was CAO Dave Cash, who took home $169,974. Fire Chief Chris Powers, was the second highest paid municipal employee at $132,545 in 2009. ’ TWO fire captains and one firefighter also made the list, due in part to overtime: fire captains Thomas Brillinger ($107,811) and Daniel Bell ($103,685) and firefighter flavor Wawryk ($101,136). “Sémeu‘mes paying overtime is better than hin'ng another body in the long-run,” said The municipality has 141 fullâ€"time employ- Overtime, market demands lead to hikes, mayor says I'll. OIHI H OH ll 138 W Dr., Unit 5, Slot“ 905-642-2886 or 1-877-410-2W0) BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolan@yrmg.com See Hm, page 10‘

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