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town of whitchurch stouffville the way i see it by mayor ken laushway whitchurchstouffville each week through the tribune ken laushway mayor town of whitchurchstouffville answers questions on issues of local interest they are posed by the tribune or from ratepayers through the tribune question has the former village of stouffville a priority over the former tup of whitchurch when it comes to streetsanding and snow plowing this appears to be the way under the current maintenance program answer as far as council is concerned there are no priorities one truck is stationed in stouffville for sanding and snow plowing work and the same type of equipment is stationed at vandorf the use of these vehicles comes under the jurisdiction of works superintendents ernest davis whit church and ron gibson stouffville since stouffvilles main street is a connecting link between two provincial highways we are obliged to keep it in safedriving condition at all times question do you predict a tax increase in the town of whitchurch- stouffville for 1971 answer there is no possible way to avoid a considerable increase in taxes in 1971 although no prebudget meetings have been held locally discussions are taking place at the regional level each year employees receive salary increases its a trend of the times they expect it and they get it this year will be no exception sooner or later someone must take a stand not that all these programs arent beneficial they are but we simply cannot afford them its up to us we the elected officials to work collectively to curb cost increases for one municipality to try it alone wont work mayor laushway rejected any suggestion that the change to regionaltype government should be blamed he said many departments such as welfare health childrens aid and york manor were in operation under the county system he suggested that regional police personnel would undoubtedly be seeking increases and education costs despite governmentimposed guidelines would also be up some of these increases may not amount to much when compared to the total budget but put them all together and its considerable he said question it is rumored that the directors of the stouffville arena company are seriously interested in turning this operation over to the town of whitchurchstouffville would you personally favor such a move answer the matter has been mentioned to me personally but never brought before council i feel the arena has served the municipality well and i dont believe it could be operated any better and certainly no cheaper by the town in my opinion as long as rental charges are reasonable and ice time is made available to local organizations and individuals it should remain a private company question is the hiring of a recreational director contemplated for 1971 in the town of whitchurchstouffville answer no discussion on the hiring of a recreational director will take place until after a proposed budget is presented to council by the recreation committee to date this matter has not been discussed either at the council or recreational level thursday february 15 1971 the tribune paste 3 councillor jean mcpherson loses sewer payment battle ten year old is snow princess at claremont carnival although the snow gave way to rain saturday and washed out claremonfs winter carnival it didnt halt the selection of 10 year old shelley ward as the programs pretty princess with all outside events cancelled shelley had time to get in some extra practice on the piano shes the daughter of mr and mrs jack ward claremont jas thomas regional committee study pickering twp- pickering township councillor mrs jean mcpherson did her utmost at a council meeting feb 15 to persuade her fellow councillors that 40 per cent of the 575000 addition to the bay road sewage plant charged over the whole township was unfair sixty per cent of the cost is to be charged to the sewer area which is southwest of the rouge river and south of the mac- donald cartier freeway between the rouge river and ajax by the passing of an amendment which added to the sewer area clause as ex panded from time to time councillor vic rudik swung his vote in favor of the bylaw which took the vote to the 75 per cent of council members which was required rudik had previously voted against the 60 40 ratio reeve john williams said that as the residential assessment increases in the existing sewer area then the cost to the resi of the municipality becomes less the 40 per cent reduces on a property basis lets not kid ourselves said councillor mcpherson you know where development is going to take place because in the north part of this municipality they have to build 2000 square feet homes and the average person cant afford it and doesnt want it so there is no development there development has ceased as far as industrial develop ment in the township there is nothing in sight you might as well be honest with the public we are buying industrial land and head over heels with cost i am not going to agree to charge this sewer expansion over the township where people will never be nefit because it will never be large enough to service the people i feel it very unjust to ask them to pay this amount if we asked eight or ten per cent i would be inclined to accept it mrs mcpherson spoke of the cost of houses in bay ridges when they were first purchased and said that they got water sewers streets lights etc i think they got a darn good deal she said people in the rural area dont even have roads i get uptight about people being charged vhen they get no benefit the reeve reminded mrs mcpherson that she was on council when bay ridges came into being 1 voted against it every step of the way she retorted and asked councillor j sherman scott who was then reeve of the township to verify it which he did adult skate this saturday is the regular adult skating night in the stouffville arena what dental care plan too costly- mayor stouffville a proposed dental plan currently being studied in committee by regional govern ment has provoked little enthusiasm from the members of the new town of whit churchstouffville the plan if accepted by the nine municipalities would provide free dental care to children of low income families the program was prepared by dr et shaunessy director of dental services after a study revealed that only 50 percent of the children in york region have adequate dental care there is a hard core of people who cannot afford to have their children see a dentist he said the proposals call for the purchase of a mobile dental van to visit schools in each of the municipalities the van would be in operation 180 school days and spend ap proximately 20 days in each area it is expected the service could treat 20 patients a day and would be equipped to do extractions fillings xrays and cleaning the staff of the van would include a dentist nurse and dental assistant the cost of the entire project is estimated to be approximately fifty thousand dollars those applying for the service would be required to fill out a confidential report stating total family income assets and the names and ages of their children selections would also be made on the basis of a recom mendation from the school principal and public health nurse mayor ken laush way said that while the proposals had merit the costs of ad ministering the project would be prohibitive noisy muffler stouffville a stouffville area man was acquitted in rich mond hill court february 12 after he was charged wiih driving without a muffler on main street police constable david hadden testified he had stopped the accused on an earlier occasion and told him to get his muffler fixed before charges were laid albert evans of rr 2 stouffville told judge russell g pearse that he had fixed the muffler but that it bounced off again on the ruts in his laneway as he was going out for milk in dismissing the case judge pearse told evans that con viction for such an offense could bring a fine of up to 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