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hunt vote 88 ho 35 whitchurch stouffville january 8 1976 20 cents 16 pages 4 rary project in doubt after low town offer 4554 they throus stouffville library bo ird are in a quandary about hov r to build the proposed new library the board estimated a 12000 square foot library would cost excluding land 318800 bord chairman jim sanders toloythe tribune that that is the flooarea they feel is needed but se of the present economic jion the board revised plans and calculated for a 1 square foot building lis reduced the cost to i and the board figured ould raise 70000 of this pi rental and sale of the old library and through public donations as the library is the towns official centennial project the board met with membens of council before christmas and asked for 385000 but this request was countered with an apparently final offeuoft 250000 mr sanclers described the board members as disheart ened bujt added that we are taking a look at our alternatives to see what can be done we figured out what was needed made our presentation and didnt get what was asked he said adding we dont know to yet whether we will have cancel the whole project with the money offered by council the board would be unable to build a finished library significantly larger than the present rented accommodation the building now housing the library has about 5000 usable square feet and the size permitted by the towns funding would only be in the neigh borhood of 6000 square feet according to mr sanders there are other alternatives the building could be designed so that an addition could be built on at a later date or they could build just a shell which could be finished off over a period of years the board met monday night and decided to go back to the architect for revised estimates and these will be dealt with at the next board meeting we are asking him to take another look at his figures explained mr sanders and see what alternatives we can come up with given the figures there is some fear that if the board rejects the towns offer then council will not purchase the three and a half acre site known as the schell property council has taken an option to buy the land for 105000 but some members of the board are worried that if they dont agree to build a library now then the deal will be allowed to fall through this would put the board right back to where they were 14 years ago when council was first approached about building a new library in 1962 a formal presentation asking for that site was made in july of 1973 board members also have a certain amount of pressure on them as the lease for the building they are in will expire in august of 1977 and it is not known at this time if the lease can be renegotiated v mr sanders said they certainly cant have the program we were hoping to have and he added that they are trying to avoid the possibility that it wont be worth building with the funding that has been offered building costs are expected to be between 35 and 40 per square foot council offer means more donations warnings only in first month of seat belt law york region new years eve was quiet for york regional police except for numerous people calling in for in formation on the new seat belt regulations introduced jan 1 according to one police spokesmen they went crazy on the phone trying to answer all the inquiries for the first month local police as is the case in metro will be issuing warnings to those people not wearing seat belts as of feb 1 fines will be levied starting at 20 and up the regulations say that all people must wear the seat belts except those with proven medical problems or those extremely overweight and people making deliveries who are not exceeding 25 mph stouffville coun cillor becky wedley in a telephone interview told the tribune that although council is unanimously in favor of building a new library there is no way we could afford to build what they were asking mrs wedley said it was councils opinion that an 8000 square foot building was all that could be afforded she said that council felt that by economizing and by raising more money through public donations the board should be able to put up that size building with the 250000 they have been offered council she said felt they couldnt afford to pay any more than the total 355000 which includes 105000 for the land mrs wedley felt the old library could probably be sold for 50000 and the same amount could be raised by the local service clubs you get complaints from some taxpayers she said who dont want you to spend anything for a new library she explained that council is i region flip flops on debentures york region in a recorded vote york regional council did a major flipflop last week and approved 1125000 in debentures for the town of markham the matter was brought up as a motion the debenture request was originally turned down early in december when council overwhelmingly agreed not to issue debenture on behalf of the town of markham the original request was for 1275000 the final request resulted from deleting 150000 for tennis courts according to markham councillor walter grieve the tennis courts will be financed in some other way at the dec 30 regional council meeting markham mayor tony roman said he could not understand why the region had turned down the original request he said that the amount had been included in the towns five- year capital forecast and that had been approved by the region and the ontario municipal board the mayor said that the markham request showed 14 million for hardservices sewers watermains etc and the rest for soft services arenas parks swimming pools etc if region was going to question debenturing soft ser vices they should have done it earlier mayor roman said richmond hill mayor david schiller insisted that regional council had the right to ask questions on debenturing and said that there is need for the region to have a closer look at forecasts when they come to council from the local municipalities regional solicitor ted oake said that the region had no jurisdiction to question the need for the services only the method of financing because the region issues the debentures newmarket mayor bob forhan said that because the omb indicated priorities would go to hard services the debentures were turned down he also said that questions asked by the region on the projects involved brought an arrogant letter from markham treasure alec barton and failed to answer the questions that were asked mayor roman felt that markham should not be singled out at the last minute when the region of york itself did not comply with omb requirements when submitting the fiveyear forecasts for approval at this point in time it is a little late to start complying with a letter dated april 28 1975 to put hard services over soft services mayor roman said councillor bob adams justified debenturing for the projects by referring to markhams high growth rate with added growth it has become impossible to supply the services on a payasyougo basis he said he said you have to supply soft services for the people coming in mayor roman said that he regretted the bad publicity surrounding the matter hoping the building will be built in such a way that it could be added to later she estimated that in about five years or so there is a good possibility the town will be able to charge developers in the village for soft services and some of this money could be earmarked for an addition dulverton are supposed to pay for hard services including an extension t to the sewage treatment plant but some of the sewage capacity will be left over for other development those developers would be expected to contribute toward library expansion mrs wedley also pointed out that maintenance costs for a new building will be con siderably higher as well we cant go further than we have she explained in all fairness to those who have to pay you cant afford cham pagne if you have ginger ale money she said council is hoping the community will support the building as it is a centennial project bouncy new years baby kathy brillinger is not only a proud mother but she can be doubly proud to be holding the first baby of the new year from the stouffville area matthew walter weighing in at 8 lbs iv2 oz was born at 445 pm sunday jan 4 at york central hospital richmond hill father is mike brillinger they presently live in ring wood it is also first grand child for mr and mrs jerry brillinger and mr and mrs don roper little matthew was due dec 29 but held off to become a new years baby don bernard push for addition delegation to meet board stouffville the parentteacher group from summitview school still plans to push for the addition of a general purpose room and library despite new provincial guidelines to the contrary the group is to present its views monday night to the york county board of education in aurora in a preliminary meeting jan 5 a plea was made for two or three hundred people to visit the board for the presentation we have to have people behind us group president janet arends said she expressed hope that the provincial education ministry will be pushed into a new position by school boards across ontario under recently announced building guidelines the kind of addition requested for summitview would not even be considered by the province even renovations suggested by the ontario fire marshall for fire safety at summitview would have a fifth priority rating under the ministry guidelines expressing surprise at the guidelines summitview principal lome boardway told the group that he still did not believe the school is hazar dous we haye a very efficient and effective means of clearing the school jhe said s school board trustee harry bowes urged those present to contact mpp bill hodgson in order to push for having the fire renovations completed mr bowes also emphasized that the general purpose room needed for the school is not just a gymnasium the groups brief to the board next week specifies the room would supply adequate space for plays assemblies recreation and sports were asking for what every other child has the brief spokesman for the group three officers sued by liberal candidate york region a supreme court action will be started early in the new year against a york regional police constable york regional police chief bruce crawford and deputy chief wally harkness youth killed as car hits truck on icy road ballantrae a west hill youth was killed dec 30 and a teenage girl almost lost her hand in a grinding cartruck collision on highway 48 near vandorf rdf police said that the car northbound on the highway swerved out of control on a curve and skidded into the path of a southbound truck loaded with grain x steven devlin 17 died at york county hospital newmarket about 30 minutes after being admitted deborah johns 17 of scarboro was rushed to scarboro centenary hospital then to etobicoke general surgery was performed and a hand severed in the crash was sewn back on the driver of the car peter mccaul 20 of sault ste marie received minor injuries the truck owned by ken reesor was being driven by david burkholder of stouffville mr burkholder was uninjured police said that the road was extremely icy when the mishap occurred about 955 am damage to the mccaul car was 4000 while damage to the truck was estimated at 4000 no charges are being laid the action which has been commenced by former federal liberal candidate michael willinsky has resulted from charges laid by constable steven horvath in june 1974 during the federal election campaign dr willinsky was charged with obstructing police in the course of duty the charges were laid by police when dr willinsky was a witness to an arrest near the graystones tavern in aurora the action in supreme court will claim malicious prosecution by police next monday is to be ron arends of manitoba street the board meeting commences at 8 pm with the group scheduled to present its views at 9 pm lost jewels displayed a sales barn york region when mrs verna robinson of toronto ventto the stouffville sales barn last june 21 she did not- expect to see her lost jewelry on display her discovery however led to the arrest of a 54 year old scarboro man by york regional police on charges of possession and last week jan nowotny appeared in newmarket provincial court and pleaded notguilty to the charges judge ian monro made a conviction on one of the charges and adjourned the case on a second charge of possession until a later date the jewelry was stolen from mrs robinsons home last may 29 and turned up at the barn june 21 after an intensive in vestigation by detective sgt brian cousineau nowotny was charged and brought to court recycling depot stouffville the j stouffville recycling depots permanent home is nearing completion the facilities built near the works department garage south of the town park will be officially opened saturday jan 17 at 11 am one youth died as a result of injuries incurred in a cartruck crash dec 30 on highway 48 near the vandorf rd the car swerved out of control on a curve into the path of a southbound truck carrying grain don bernard new residents to appeal assessment ballantrae a number of people who have recently moved into the new subdivision inballantrae plan to appeal their assessments on their properties the tribune has learned ken wood said that of 20 people who have moved into the new development 90 percent are appealing their assessments the properties are in the second phase of the felray sub division mr wood said that he owns one of the larger homes in the development on of an acre he said that the only service they receive from the town is garbage pickup he estimated his taxes will be 1100 according to the assessed value of 41000 for the house and land together it would be different if only one or two people are upset about it he said but everybody objects to the assessment figures it seems high for what we are getting mr wood told the tribune x he said that the assessment must be appealed before jan 23 and the notice must be mailed back to the assessment office the case will eventually golo court r mr wood felt that being in rural area shouldmean lower taxes than in an urban area with full municipal services