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Sine I yOL1MNA I NEWMARKET8HM31 ONTARIO JAN Challenge Van Luyk KING CITY Township Cam Duncan A court challen declared vacant he said Mr Van was acclaim December anil a challenge to for OHC apartments east of river almost read downtown councils redevelopment scheme could be ready for a public presentation within a few weeks according to Mayor Bob The mayor said late last week he has been negotiating for some time with Ontario Housing Corporation and with New Holland River Developments Ltd New Holland owns the former Office Specialty property between Timothy St and Queen St on the east side of the Holland River The mayor said the proposal which OHC and the town will unveil for the land will be an chored with a six to eightstorey apartment building at the Queen St end and will include other buildings along the hillside It will propose that the flats along Newmarket has spent is designed to encourage private owners and other government levels to spend money on similar projects in the area In his Inaugural speech last week Mayor said the encouragement of private redevelopment and the con struction of more senior citizen accommodation downtown will be top priority goals with his the incumbent council redevelopment of the Holland River valley as parkland The mayor predicted the plan for the senior citizen apartments will really be attractive He a new federal building in the downtown area on the townowned Office Specialty factory site on the south side of Timothy St east of the CNR tracks also remains a possibility Ottawa has expressed an interest in a new facility in Newmarket and Mayor Forhan points out they know we are willing to negotiate with our land for a new downtown federal building In a third development relating to downtown longawaited Dillon engineering This report commissioned years ago will deal with cleaning up and grading of both river banks through the full length of town and the chan nelization of the river where needed to prevent flooding The preliminary Dillon St north to dike would free building Backroom challenge to Wright leadership threatened council s Era News Editor NEWMARKET Garfield Wright called his acclamation as York Regional Council an electrifying moment but there had been far more electricity flowing in the corridors and bacif just before Thursdays inaugural meeting began Right up to the time the meeting started places it in a holder on the council as members Trustee double own salaries to 6000 By CAROL Era Education Reporter AURORA York County public school trustees doubled their salaries by a narrow vote Monday night pitting their worth and expenses against their need to prove themselves to the public In a nine to seven recorded vote with three abstentions trustees increased their annual stipend from to with Chairman Don Sims in- crease from to range trustees to set their The maximum allowed the York County board was based on enrolment figures Onethird of trustees salaries is non taxable King Township trustee Margaret who asked that the salary information be removed from routine portio Plan Winter Carnival events for Feb test and he also affirmed that his plans include a game on the lake and free snowmobile rides around the The almanac he said firm ly calls for cold and February the springlike i January weather Hilt Andrews Friday he will press on with employee responsible for the annual carnival he said Friday he Is plan ning many new events in- chiding tin can curling on Fairy Lake ice snow sculpture con association will feature free baked helicopter rides and a dance Games such a logsawing pole throwing largest of the Ontario school elected Every one of us went looking for the job the job s his salary to the maximum allowed by statute Were not fulfilling any commitment to the electorate He said school board trustees were no better than federal Members of Parliament if they raise their salaries The boards new trustees felt they should prove them selves before voting an increase Weve had the job 13 days said Township trustee Bill Laird We cant expect to increase our own salaries after days In a year if we prove to the taxpayer we have done an adequate job the taxpayer might look more favorably on an Chris of Doreen Quirk of said if the board expects to attract good people as trustees the stipend must be increased an argument resisted by Mr Laird Its peculiar that trustees were prepared to run without a guarantee of greater remuneration he said I wish trustees would not downplay their own attributes by wrecking are being considered We seek out where we work and we seek out a wage worthy of where we think we are and what the job is worth Mr Cribar said Mr was defeated by the board in a recommendation that trustees increase their monthly stipend from 250 to and increase the mileage allowance from cents per mile to cents per mile The sensitive issue of salary see PAY page Sim out to reorganize school board AURORA The newly elected chairman and vice- chairman of the York County Board of Education decisive victory after assuming trustees supported In al3 to six recorded vote hierarchy a move which chairman Don Sim of and vicechairman Craig of Newmarket advocate to give trustees more control over board affairs Trustees voted to delay electing a third member of the Under board chairmans committee is composed of the chairman vice- chairman and past chairman DONALD SIM of a third member from among the trustees The chairmans committee controls board affairs by setting the agenda for meetings and appointing members to all other board committees The boards executive favors election of trustees to board committees rather than appointment The executive committee envisioned by Mr Sim would Margaret of King Township who was a candidate for chairman said the board should observe its bylaws and elect the third member Important decisions will see SHUFFLE page lastditch Its leader Councillor Bob Adams At one point he felt he had marshalled sufficient votes to split council down the middle 88 on the vote for chairman Councillor Adams cam paign lacked one essential ingredient a candidate to primarily because it was launched too late Councillor Adams courted Newmarket Mayor Bob Forhan and Mayor Tony Roman as prospective challengers Neither would take the bait Both had floated trial balloons last month They wanted to test the winds of change on the newly elected and to gauge the But only at last weeks caucus meeting of the new council just two days before the inaugural did any tangible evidence of a split emerge And by as Mayor late As a result Mr Wright ran without opposition creating a public impression that his mandate was almost There certainly isnt unanimity up there not when you have seven or eight votes for someone else Councillor Adams said in an interview Monday The meeting was simply a grand ceremony put on for the old wardens of York County Councillor Adams declined to name the councillors who would have voted for another candidate Mayor who at one point harbored keen interest in the chairmanship seemed somewhat annoyed at the disorganized eleventhhour developments Basically I felt that if there had been this strong feeling against Mr Wright else Tony or myself Mayor said And the Newmarket mayor did not doubt the Adams claim that he had eight possible votes against Mr Wright seven guaranteed and one who wouldnt commit himself as Mayor put it What Councillor Adams wanted as much as anything else was a sacrificial lamb to prove to the public that council support of Mr Wright was not unanimous He even considered running himself former county wardens crammed their way into see BACKROOM page plotted an upset too late for Build regional HQ in Newmarket Wright NEWMARKET YorkRegional Council should begin planning immediately to build a new regional administration centre on the old York Manor Farm property in Newmarket Chairman Garfield Wright urged Thursday In his inaugural address following his acclamation by council as Yorks first elected chairman Mr Wright said the design for the new regional building should be a top priority in with the building to be constructed in and hopefully occupied by the end of that The chairmans pressure on council to choose a Newmarket location annoyed Markham Councillor Bob Adams whose response created the only wave of dissent on an otherwise tranquil sea of ceremony at the inaugural meeting Mr Chairman I find it extremely disturbing in an inaugural address to have you commenting about where you think the regional complex should be Councillor Adams said Council is awaiting a planning study outlining the merits of sites in Newmarket and Richmond said The decision rests with this council after considering the planning report he said Quite right replied Mr Wright Theres no question about that Thus ended the debate Other regional councillors also oppose a Newmarket location but they apparently decided to defer their objections and avoid an embarrassing floor fight in front of several hundred inaugural guests In his speech Mr Wright acknowledged that construction of a regional complex may not be popular with some citizens It will be branded as an unnecessary expensea frivolous frill an egobuilding trip for the politician and the regional staff Mr Wright predicted But those so describing it will do so without possession or recognition of any of the facts he added Even with the addition of five temporary buildings to the existing regional headquarters regional staff continue to operate to council immediately and called on council to make a decision the site and architectural concept without delay We have sufficient property at the old manor location on St here in Newmarket the chairman said I believe that is the Secret vote decides on 1000 council raise salaries Several meeting Jan I 7000 each suggested that their stipend be raised to Council also considered retaining the present salary For the past four years the chairman a provincial ap pointee has been paid by the province His salary in cluding fringe benefits and a nontaxable expense allowance amounted to about 29000 Durham Regional Council last week raised its members pay to an increase of over last year Onethird of a councillors salary is taxfree