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Council meeting- roundup.. Ward eleiction for HEC The eighteentb regular meeting of Council was held Mônday. Raymond Morîyama and Clarence' EY'rek 'were on band to,'present the town with the Ontario Masons Relations Cotkcil Award of Menit for .the deàigni and- workmanship in the Whitby Municipal Building. It was decided by council that the members of the Wbitby Hydro-Electric Commission shail after Noveanber 30, 1900, be elec-, ted by waàrd rather than elected at large or appointed by théecouni. Mayor Gartshore sad that as, the commission had been elected at large successfully in previous years it could work equally as weil in future elections. Coun. Joe 'Bugeili (west ward) argued that election at large would di&courage people wbo were not well known munlclpally froni running for office. Coundillors Bob Attersley, Bob Carson and Joe Drumni agreed that the commission sbould be elected by.waïd.. It ,was suggested earier that a Senior Citizen's Ac- tivity Centre ý-Advisory Committee be appomnted consisting of senior citizens who are members of good standing at the Senior Cltlzen's Actlvlty Centre along wlth the deputy direc- tor of Parks and Recreation who would act as chairman. The motion was passed and the committee shi serve a 'one year terrn until November 30,1980. Tne commlttee wiil con- sist of six members who shail be, approved of, by council. 1A rezoning application by Devan Enterprises bas been passed for the south-west corner of Dundas Street and Kendalwood Road, tbe present site of tbe. K-Mart mail. Devan Enterpriss wishes to 'expand the Dominion store and build additional convenience retail, stores and a restaurant.' 1Tbe maximum building area on the.propertywill be 142,000 square feet Coun. Gerry Emmn- ex- pressed bis concern about tbe standards to'be met- by tbe contractor in regards to the site appearance. Mayor Gartsbore assured him that ail future changes will meet with council approval when a site plan ws provided. Coun. Barry Evans (cen-, tre ward) requested the- operations commlttee in-~ vestigate the yield sign at the corner of Byron and Keith Strets, the site of a recent accident, to deter- mine weather the sign sbould be replaced by a stop Evans also requested a report be. done on the parking situation on Mary Street between Garden and Pine Streets. Several com- plaints have been received from residents la the area regarding people parking on the street. r Henry Hawks are the champs Ray.McWirter, number 31, holds the bail la tbe air la a mhoment of jubilation aftersconing the ê -e".yHawksfrs toucbdown in tbe sernior LOSSA chainpionship game at the' Civic Fields in Oshawa. The Hawks, after scoring this first quarter- toucbdown went on to defeat the Uxbidge Igers by a score of 22-13ý. In the LOSSA cbampionships, Henry Street Higb Scbool won botb the junior and the senior title. Tbe junior squad beat the O'Neil Redmen by a score of 26- 7. More stories and pictures on page 22. Free Press Photoby Joanne Anderson Tax break for southern res idents compensate- them for tbe overcharging before tbe services were taken over by tbe' region in 1976. McEwen told tbe operations committee last week that the amount that includes $74,027 in 'over levies for sewers and $81,440 for water sbould be returned by way of a tax credit. He said tbat the sligbt overcharge resulted because the mil rate for the period before 1976 was roun- ded off to tbe nearest figure causing an- over levy to be coilected. A tax credit would be the easiest and simplest way to return the money McEwen said. Whitby population A slight reduction la taxes could be fortbcoming la 1980 for people living in this soutbern -urban areas of Whitby if a recommendation by Treasurer Forbes McEwen is accepted by council. Under the proposaI, whicb wiIl be discussed' in tbe budget, deliberations,- $155, 467 would be returned te the users of sanitary sewers' and water fadilities la order to Bus Survey Officiai Resuits 20 say no 789 tota responses Witby needs buses! see page 4 grows to 32,952 The population Mf Whitby ias grown by almost nine per oent la the past year to just below 33,000. The tewn's assessment department lias released figures that sbow Witby's population in October was 32,952 whicb is up from 30,302inlam178and 28,852-in 1977. Females sllghtly outnum- bered maIes by 16,253 te 16,177. The total figure, also la- clds522patients, at -tbe Wbitby Psychiatric Hospital althougb the figure was not broken down by sex. Another breakdown Mf tbe figures shows that tbere are 26,833 .supporters oM tbe public scbool system and 5,597 separate scbool sup- porters. According te, Coun. Gerry Emm' the figures show that there are 2,456 people under the age Mf four, 8,757 ',et- ween the ages Mf five ana . 19,141 between 20 and 65 and 2,076 above the age ofSS. 769 say yes