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stouflvuksuntribunem vnasday nov 9 2006 17 developer donations divide candidates from page 1 accounting for government and for business and that may be what has led to some con fusion mrs courtot said i am at this point not willing to suggest that our administrative officers are engaging in illegal activities she said mr emmerson would consider an audit in the next term of council so people have peace of mind regard ing the towns finances he said mrs sherban also agreed to ask council to consider an audit however the towns books are audited every year she said according to provin cial government regulations mr mole wanted to know who would pay for this expen sive process he wont make a commitment until he looks at the towns books he said mr barker said a forensic audit would involve police and prosecutors office the cost might be about 15 mil lion he told the audience the issue of accepting donations from developers to finance campaigns was raised mr mole named cam paign finance reform as his no 1 issue accepting dona tions from developers does influence politicians he said mr mole ms courtot and mr barker who have not held political office previously all vowed they would never accept campaign donations from developers 1 am one of the few that do mr emmerson said i have taken money from resi dents and the development industry i also do this to hold fireworks in the park and for the mayors youth tourna ment to benefit local young people he said if you think 750 200 or 100 could affect my integrity youre wrong he said adding he couldnt afford to mount a campaign without this money mrs sherban has also received developers contri butions for her campaign with a maximum amount of 750 the donations wouldnt affect her dealings as mayor after funding campaigns for councillor on her own she had to look for contributions to finance her mayoral cam paigns in 2003 and 2006 ms courtot suggested the 750 maximum contribution per developer could increase as other companies owned by the same person contributed as well as husbands and wives of contributors retiring councillor harry bowes said whitchurch stouffville minor hockey msocimiom mm forces and give back to your community stouffville minor hockey will be hitting your neighbourhood to collect food new toys and financial donations over the next month our players want to give back to our community please support our players when they ask for a contribution individual donations can also be dropped off at boyds sports east side marios shoeless joes schell lumber country depot suntribune our players will also be at this years santa glaus parade collecting individual donations m stouffville m suntnbune media sponsor staff photohannelore volpe mayoral candidates randy mole from left sue sherban wayne emmerson pamela courtot and don barker debate monday corporations arent allowed to donate to candidates more than once in each election mr emmerson said if developers contributions are banned at the municipal level that should hold at the provincial level mr emmerson reiterated hell work cooperatively with council staff and residents some current councillors have come to him he said saying there isnt a good work ing relationship between them and the mayor aside from some issues council worked well together mrs sherban said i am a team player- mr emmerson said noting there was only one councillor in the nine years he was mayor with whom he couldnt work each member of council needs to know where the mayor stands on an issue and dont keep bringing stuff back he said he vowed to have a har monious council if elected mrs sherban has sat on two previous councils she said shell make sure in the new term all councillors receive an information package of whats expected whats been done by the previous council and an update on ongoing issues to help them in their jobs she said she was the first to make the mayors job a full- time commitment mrs sherban and mr emmerson were in favour of having a new location for a fire hall during the next term of office if elected two locations are under consideration for the fire hall site mrs sherban said but mr emmerson favours a centralized regional dispatch system amalgamat ing fire services would help people in vandorf he said while mr mole sees a new firehall in place in the next few years mr barker and ms courtot prefer to meet with the fire chief to find out what the fire department needs before any decision is made the mayoral candidates want to see changes for the future mr mole wants to limit council to two terms ms courtot would like gormley to be the location of a centre for renewable energy and conservation and have a town committee that would bring farmers concerns to council mr emmerson didnt like the idea of the 10year garbage contract saying it takes power away from the municipality possibly result ing in poorer service in outly ing areas he also vowed to work to keep taxes from increasing with an economic devel opment strategy in place in 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