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14 stouffville suntribune thursday march 10 2005 is yj vv oi financing 2004 magentis kia of care coverage 29 laidlaw at bullock 9052010083 0cjg kia motors cashe bullock drp n pooling law bad mayor says legislation forcing regions to send money to toronto for its social assis tance and housing programs should be overhauled mayor sue sherban says although an additional 9 per cent was requested over last years contribu tion york region capped that increase at 3 per cent some municipalities such as richmond hill and georgina have chosen to withhold funds although they may face punitive measures from the province whitchurchstouffville has already made the commitment to pay 25 million which represents 29 per cent of the total regional pool ms sherban said toronto was to receive almost 87 million from the region the money which comes from local taxpayers should be used for york resi dents instead the mayor believes a member of the regions social housing committee the mayor noted funding for social assistance in york has not kept pace with demand the mayor wants premier dalton mcguinty and finance minister greg sorbara to meet with regional govern ments to discuss the legislation it is no longer effective and is caus ing programs and services across york region to be cut or delayed she said we are not going to be the bread and butter for other areas hannelore volpe council asks for whistle ban almost a dozen residents living near train tracks in stouffville applauded as council decided last week to ask for a train whistle ban in town trains begin sounding their whistles as early as 6 am as they leave the lay over yard at bethesda road the warning whistles at the millard street bethesda road and tenth line crossings could stop in about a month after a review by transport canada public works director paul whitehouse said the agency would then contact go transit to silence the whistles mechanical barriers and flashing lights will continue to warn motorists of approaching trains there are now three morning and three evening trains that will increase to five in november hannelore volpe c quick fixes from page problem mr meekin said there are no quick fixes he rejects suggestions from some regional councillors paramedics be assigned to each of the regions three hospitals putting a paramedic into the emer gency department is only going to pro vide shortterm return it will plateau there that paramedic becomes part of the hospital system and it loses its effec tiveness we dont see that as a long- term strategy the best practice for a paramedic is to be out in the communities we dont want to take on having to staff emer gency departments