total speculation facing Where your tax dollars are going this year Budget highlights Dunlop St east of Mulcaster to Poyntz St to be reconstructed at cost of $770000 to the city Provincial grants make up the balance of the $550000 Little Ave will be reconstructed at cost to the taxpayer of $296000 Some $210000 has been set aside for property purchases Council has list of properties it would like to buy that is being kept secret to prevent Council has allocated $170000 to be used to purchase the IGA property on Mulcaster St for use when the civic centre is constructed Total cost of the iGA parcel will be between $500000 and $800000 Three employees will be added to city staff including clerktypist for the city clerks office on accounting clerk for the treasury and property stan dards officer for planning and development Tratfic lights will be installed at the intersections of DunlopMulcaster BayviewLittle Anne Wellington and Grove and Davidson Shear Park will get new lighting system for the ball diamond and several other parks in the city will get playground equipment Council alloted some money to continue study on the proposed municipal airport and downtown revitalization The public works budget was increased by some 20 per cent over 1978 and the cost to the city of the planning and development department increased by 41 per cent to $237000 year from $165000 last year The overall increase in the citys budget is 1039 per cent Provincial grants and increased assessment through new home and business owners will account for the six per cent not reflected by tax increase ltems listed by this and previous councils as worthy of inclusion in the budget that were not included because of cost total some $14000000 The bulk of the projects included in this total are road reconstructions and resur Committee wants OK given for building $13M plant in Innisfil By NANCY FIGLEROA Of The Examiner BARCLAY Construction of $13 million vinyl siding manufacturing plant in Innisfil Township could begin in about two weeks if council accepts recommendation made Thurs day by the Committee of the Whole The proposed plant owned by Rexdale Plastics Ltd in Cooksville would initially employ about 20 people said Uno Ounpuu owner of Rexdale The plant to be located on acre lot at Service Road and Line would be 120000 square ft In the future however the plant could be as large as 100000 square ft Ounpuu said the plant would require about 20 gallons of Regents visit Georgian The Ontario Council of Regents of colleges and universities are visiting Georgian College to hold series of meetings and discussions on the opera tions of colleges and funding This year says council chairman Norman Williams above funding will be lower than ever before Colleges must find some way to work within this Ex aminer Photo The 1979 executive officers and directors of the Barrie Sheba Shrine Club were installed at the Shrine Temple on John St Wednesday night Seated from left to right are Al Eyres treasurer Cal Modill third vice president Bill Jones first Executive directors elected water day and would not pollute umpuu said however he hadnt received approval from the health department That approval was delaying his biiildingermit want the budding permit soon as possible so we can get going with construction said llllpllu It is imperative we begin construction right away He said $730000 tll equip ment for the plant would arr rive by early June Id like somewhere to put the equipment he said But if you delay us say two months well have to go somewhere else We have to be in the ground in two weeks Bob Lemon liimsfil planning coordintor said all unpuus building plans comply with Ion ing bylaws Actually ll is very good plan he said SSIR El APPROVALS Reeve William iibbins said council will certainly do everything possible to assure all approvals so construction can begin unpuu will likely have his ouildiiig permit Thursday said Reeve iibbins Every depart ment here will work towards Ihursday he said If have it ithc building pcr initi by next Thursday that will be absolutely great said Mr unpuu Speed is of the essence We will comply with all your requests unpiiu said the plant was to be built in Saskatchewan The company decided to build in lIl nisfil because there was room for expansion and the price of the land was good compared with loronto piiccs said Hun puu Well landscape the lot and make it attractive said lunr puu It will be credit to your municipality unpuu said he plaiincd to hire local peoplc to help build the plant Distribution of llic vinyl siding he said would go all across Canada Grant Andrade deputy recve said he was glad to scc an industry really itching to locate in lnnisfil The job op portunities it will create will be great for Innistil he said Local ne otiates increasg the examlner Friday April 20 1910 13 Boardunion reach pact Jack Ramsay Simcoes director of education said the board could ratify the agreement subiect to acceptance by the union during its next regular By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner The Simcoe County Board of Education and the public schools secretaries and technicians have reached tentative agreement on contract for 1979 Discussion Thursday produced the pact Local 330 of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union have scheduled ratification vote for May Yoyo seasons here Well its rock the baby time as spring becomes yoyo season Gary Crawford l5 of Oro Station says he isnt at his best with yoyo as it is ear ly in the season for him Examiner Photo by David Burcsik Councillors critical of plan for township police station BARCLAY Although the site plan for lllt iicw lnmsfil Xillit station was presented to committee of the whole lhurs day some members are not pleased with the plan ommittcc is requesting two additional site plans be drawn Major problems with the pro posed site plan include thc situation of driveways and the pliicciiiint of the stations front doors hi the proposed site plan the front doors would be on the cor ncr of the building facing north west am coiiccrncd with the doors facing the corner oi the building said Mike llllliSltl public works superintcndant see rcal problem with that Dcinpstcr said the doors would be right in line with major snow drift area Ilc said snow drifts in that area just east of the township office are sometimes 20ft high All the snow storms arc vice president Ron Mottatt president Rayner McCullough second vice president and Terry Harris secretary Standing from left to right are the 1979 directors Gary McCluskey John Christie Keith Banting Karl Jennet and Brian Graham Examiner Photo from the northwest said lcmpstcr Strong winds would blow snow right to the door toun William lipple chairman of the protection and community services commit tec said however the budding would likely change the wind rlrifts oun Iipple who favored the proposed plan said It is an excellent plan Once the building is there everything will change he said cant sec us changing everything on maybe pro blein Reevv iibbins suggested the front doors face cast He said if the entrance faces the east three windows would face on cession it rather than one as the proposd plan indicates The station has plain ap pearance from onccssion it he said No problems with toxic wastes here Barrie has not experienced problems with the smugglinc of toxic liquid wastes at its land fill sitc says Neil liox suixrintendcnt of public works Fox was commenting on 07 cent bylaw passed in Hamilton chtworth Region which allows that municipality to in spcct cargo brought to its site by waste haulers because of alleged smuggling of such wastes Fox said the city has not specific bylaw governing the opcrtion of the and fill site and its use was dictated by council policy would think anyone using site would come under the jurisdiction of the municipality and the municipality would have the right to do that to anyone But think they have been having quite problem down there Aid Reg Wheeler chairman of the HamiltonWentworth Regions engineering commit tee which is responsibfe for dump operations said he was not aware of any evidence that liquid wastes have been smug gled into the dump We just wanted to make IX sure we could do something abut it if it occurred he said Reeve illlllllS was also con ccrncd with proposed driveway at thi front of lllt building driveway across thc front will spoil the land scaping he said Id llkt to sec couple of alternatives Doug Reid building inspec tor said he would contact thc architect letcr Mctutchcon to see if changes could bc made Well try few other ways to sec the bcst way oi locating the building he said Mctutchcon designed the Saltflcct Township police sta tioii of tlic Ilamiltoii chtworth Regional Police operation In nisfils station is modelled aftcr the Saltfleet building ommittee will Wednesday at in sider two new site plans inch to con meeting Wednesday We think that probably both parties will accept it the contract he said today Judy Clark vicepresident of the 234 member local told The Examiner the bargaining committee was satisfied We are recommending our members accept it and we are pleased with the way the negotiations went The local which primarily includes secretaries has been without con tract since Jan and any settlement will be retroactive to that date Salaries were raised 58 per cent for 1978 and now stand at between $453 and $538 an hour for secretaries Office assistants start at $416 and electrical technicians the locals highest paid employees earn $683 hour ly The contract is the second negotiated by the board with employees this month The first involved support personnel at the countys schools who are members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees They settled for $1 25 increase to be received in four instalments over two years about eight per cent year Brett Cane president of the OPSEU said last week that the CUPE settle ment could play part in the negotiatons between his local and the board toda City Editor Ian Mulgrew7266537 At Barrie meeting Canada must decide on solar power soon chairman tells group By RICHARD THOMAS if The Examiner anada has until 1996 to decide how to deal with the energy crisis Dr James Bolton chairman of the Solar IIncrgy Society of Canada told membbers of the societys Barr ric chapter Thursday aiiada is by no means self sufficient in terms of energy and the situation will gct worse especially as we go into dccadc when oil will be in short supply said Dr Bolton pro fessor of chemistry at the llantlSll of Western Ontario Dr Bolton said major gap in the worlds energy supply will cXist by the year 2000 which even nuclear energy will not be able to fill He said solar energy was viable and safe alternative to other energy sources but government taxation and sub sidy policies must support it Government policy ha grcat deal to do with whether an energy source is economical or not Dr Bolton said Dr Bolton said the federal government has made modest commitment of about $13 million to promote solar cncrgy this yer compared to $300 million in the lnited Statcs lREllElStlllRE President artcrs council on environmental quality has predicted by the year 2000 about 10 per cent of that coun tiys energy will he solar Dr Bolton SitRl We will have it in anada whether we like it or not but it will be through American technology anada has five years to put solar energy program into place otherwise we will lose the change Dr Bolton said For once we have the chance to establish truly anadian industrv he said town country Angus wdman hurt in crash An Angus woman is in satisfactory condition in Royal Vic toria llospitai after one vehicle accident on Highway 90 car ly today Police said Karyn Baglcy was taken to hospital after she was involle in an accident resulting in $2000 damage to the car she was driving Car fire draws response ity firemen responded to fire that caused $1000 damage toa car parked at l0 Ross St Thursday afternoon liirc burned the dashboard roof liner and cracked the windshield of the car owned by Bircar Patterson of RR iidhurst Annual banquet scheduled The annual banquet and dance of the South Simcoe Junior Farmers club will be held April 27 at the Allistoii Legion llall Alliston Ilic alvin lrcland Mcmorial Award for outstanding con tributions to the club and the community Will be presented during the banquet All Junior Farmers are cncouragwl to attend Tickets can be purchased from club executives Local Socred made honorary citizen Bruce Arnold national president of the Social Credit Par ty and deputy leader for the election campaign was made an honorary citizen of Calgary this week Arnold resident of Wasaga Beach received an honorary citizenship certificate white stctson and algary tie from his supporters in Alberta Ile has been on three speaking tours in the province this year on behalf of his party the of ficial opposition in Alberta Arnold is the Social redit can lidatc in treySimcoe Grass tire extinguished there Firemen were called to Heath Strch Thursday afternoon to extinguish grass fire burning behind several bonus Dr Bolton told society members 62 per Cent of the governments resource and development dollars were spent on nuclear research while only nine per cent was spent on renewable energy The system is distorted towards nuclear research he said Dr Bolton said considerable reserves of uranium exist for nuclear energy but reactors operating by nuclear fission or nuclear fusion presented severe safety problems and create highly centralized power technology He said the process of nuclear fusion requires heat of up to 100 million degrees and no fusion reactor that works has yet been demonstrated But there is one fusion reac tor wich has been working for five million years the sun Dr Bolton said In two weeks it supplies enough energy to equal all of the coal oil and uranium on the face of the earth Dr Bolton outlined several methods of harnessing solar energy from conventional col lectors conversion to electrici ty through wind or steam to the generation of solar fules through the process of photosynthesis He said research at the University of Western Ontario has had some success in con verting sunlight to electricity and developing solar cell bas ed on the principle of photosyn thesis However to perfect the system would take fair bit of research and years to develop he said Creek silt problem worst in Ontario By STEPHEN NICHOLIS if The Examiner Willow reeks silt problem Outlining advantages Gregory Williams pro gram manager of len ding operations for Cen tral Mortgaging and Housing Commission in Barrie outlines several advantages of building under the National Housing Act ad ministered by CMHC to members of the Barrie District Builders Association Williams told association members building under the NHA would mean lower Interest rate to the builder which he could pass on to the purchaser Under the act CMHC also sup plies Its own building in spectors to guarantee certain standard and help builders organize properly before star ting Examiner Photo is one of the worst in Ontario says Glen Price Price Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority resources manager said there is an astronomical amount of erosion along the creek During peak flooding 200 to 300 tons of sand day are car ried downstream and deposited in flat lowlying areas There are many rivers in Ontario that wouldnt carry that in year he said The erosion rate along the stream appears to have ac celerated in the last 10 to 15 years and Price listed several causes Increased residential areas have resulted in more land run off Paved driveways roads and parking lots allow rain water to flow into streams rather than seep into the ground ARRIED SILT This extra water carries silt into the stream It also swells the stream giving it more cro sion power Agriculture and construction also add silt to the water he said Any practice that exposes the easilyeroded sand along the banks can seriously affect the stream Cattle trampling down banks cause many sitting problems in the stream Thats one problem however that is fairly easy and inexpensive to remedy said Price Fencing along streams could prevent livestock from breaking upthe soil PREVENTING EXCESS The conservation authority is trying to prevent excess erosion of the sandy soil Weve got to get together with the developers the municipalities and the farmers in the area to control those pro blems said Price They may never be totally alleviated but they may be reduced to level we can live with silt trap designed to catch the soil carried in the stream might help he said Regular stream maintenance in heavily silted areas could also be done Weve looking to the head water areas to deal with em sion isaid Price