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8 economist sunsuntribune news saturday march 6 2004 w w- community care access centre of york region tire message brousrt to you as a community seivicaol the economei suvsuntribune were here for you for health care and social service information call the ccac of york region at 18884702222 cuts would hurt residents mayor the difference the modifier- eye institute laser vision correction latest laser technology trusted name in toronto since 1929 the consumers choice award over 50000 patients treated from page 1 dp harold stein dp jubept gheskes dp raymond stein unionville office 147 main street unionville on l3r 2g8 call 905 4702020 today to schedule your free lasik evaluation a total bill of 3422 this years regional and education taxes have not been set for the past two years municipal tax increases had stayed at 29 per cent there was no increase for the five years before that whitchurchstouffville has no influence on the assessed value of properties which is set by the municipal property assessment corporation councillor clyde smith noted assessments on some homes in ward 3 have gone up by 30 to 45 per cent some of his con stituents have told him i cant afford to live here anymore while i understand every department wants to do the best possible job for their con stituents i have to go back to my constituents he said a 12per cent increase is not acceptable from a citizens perspective mayor issues statement mrs sherbandisagreed while i continue to strive for a less than 12percent increase as mayor in good conscience i find it difficult to introduce spending cuts that would impact upon lifesafety issues for our residents and businesses and cut clyde smith twelvepercent tax increase too high town councillor tells budget meeting services that support our chil dren and seniors in order to achieve an arbitrary budget fig ure she said in a statement issued after the budget meeting whitchurchstouffville resi dents live here because of our quality of life and our smalltown values for 2004 the operating budg- et showed a shortfall of 918000 much of that was due to a large decrease in funds remaining from the sale of whitchurch- stouffville hydro about 35 million of the hydro funds went toward two major purchases last yean land for a new public works yard and parkland on bethesda road that meant less interest income the town also had to pay into omers the ontario municipal employees retirement system after a five- year hiatus as the municipalitys popula tion has grown costs also increased for fire and emergency services hydro garbage collec tion and other services i am here to represent our members who are concerned about the safety of their mem bers and the public said jon winters of the whitchurch- stouffville professional fire fighters association local 4512 the department hopes to add at least seven fulltime freighters this year homes farms dominate with 876 per cent of taxes coming from homes and farms there is little prospect for greatly 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