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PAGE 14, WHITBY FMR PRES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18,.19W0 Awardinig oftown tendeCr draws protest f rom loigbder By Mke Kowalski Town council's awarding of a tender te the second-lowest bid- der drew a proteat from the losing applicant last week. JohIn Mens manager cf West- metro Ford !quipmnent Ltd. cf Pickering, appeared before coun- cil lx> request reconýideration cf a décision te give the tender te atiother company. r re operations cômmittee had r mmended the awarding cf ttender for supilly cf a grass- cutting machine te G.C. -uke Equipment. Duk~' bid was $63 133.56. Westmtro's bid was $6â,123.84 or $9.7~ less. Ho ~ver, tlhe committeei recom ended !the Duke, bid' becau a staff report indicated that stmetre would net cover trans rtation expenses if war- ranty service d ma.jor repairs were necesar The compa%Firespopded, n- tively ta Ia rttn uestionÎ~ whether its àd covered trave time for wart work. Owens said Weatmetro anawered ne te, that question because ne time framé was men- tioned. "Yoii're asking the, company to commit itself te somethingfour or ive, years down the road. I don't thin 'k any company would do that,» said Owens. However, hie added that West- metro has an, unwritten policy ef not charging for travelling time cf a mechanic doing warranty werk.' In reply te councillor Marcel Brunelle, Owens admitted the Town, would have ne way cf knowing Westmetro's olicy if it was net stated on the tender application. Stillilhe asked council te sup- port Westmetres bid becaiâe it in a local company, sella a better quality . roduct and had. the lowest big Councillor Dennis Fox aaid that while Duke's bld mav he higher, it includes ti*avel cofas. ýThat would amoý t te a lot more than $9. Ourý'osin is te, sjave the tayerç as much as possible,1 said2FoX.. Councillor Tom Idwards war- nedl that if councilj were te give Westmetre a secixd chance, it would be leaving :tseIf Open te attack from the winhng bider. «f we had reversed ourselves, would we not be open ,te charg-és from G.C. Duke that we were being unfair?» asked Edwards. Mayor Bob Attersley reminded council that it had t he right te accent or reject any -tender. «e' on' have te *accet the lowest tender," said Attesey. Councillor Joe Bugelli said he appreciated Owens' concern at losing the tender. Asa businessman, I would be upe elose a tender cf this magnitude, but I have* te assume his frm opted net te, gamble because he saw it as an eut cf pocket expense,» said Bugel1i. "'Ths equipment Will ti used in rough terrain, there could be problema. It's only prudent te take that type cf precaution.» Welfare caseload rises FROM PAGE 13 but net surprised, by the current situation. Oshawa councillor Jim Pottic- ayaskedwhether there was a change in. philosophy ini the social services fielId resulting from the welfare increase. "We are looking te uicker delivery te meet the neezsfus- ter " said Cubitt. Pickering councillor Deug Diekerson said the report was neither startling nor shocking te people who have followed the econorny over the past 18 months. "What's missinig is solutions," said Dickerson. e émust clearly start laying the blame where it belong. Net in our chaxnbers but with tTe GST, free trade and the (rising) interest rates. "A fair number cf businesses have gene under. Employers (and employees) are thrown eut on the proverbial breadline.. We ahould be ceming back with a recommendation tat feeds back te the federal ««.ernment te tell them their poncies are having more and more cf a strangle- hold.» Financial responsibility for social servie funding lies 50 per cent with the federal geern- Ment, 30 per cent with tte ro- vince, and 20 per cent with the xnunicipality. Cubitt says that cf his 20 years ini social services, the pro- vince bas neyer corne doser te funding 100 per cent cf the bene- fit costs (if the municipalities were te maintain a cost-sharing in administrative coats). "My fear is that we will shoot ourselves in the foot by asking 100 percent of everyting.» The GWA caseload ini June 1989 was 4,081. That figrehas risente6,,197 inJune990. - T he number cf ersons receiv- mng general welfare assistance has risen from 6,578 in June 1989 te 10,408 in June 1990. Durham Bedooe1ià bic As you are no doubt aware, Crime Stoppera bas been in operation in the Region of Durham for the pas four yeara and bas been vezy successful. To date tips have eadte the arreat of people for crimes which include murder, attempted murder, robbery, assaulta, burglary, theft, drug trafllclcing and even the illegal sale of liquor. Did you know, that as the resuit of-information te Durham Regional Crime Stoppera Inc.: - 393 people bave been arrested and 1,120 crnnmnal charges laid; - we have recovered over *2-million werth of stolen property adillegal druga in our region alene; - roflling the program is very important and the Regfion of Durha, water biflin department, sent eut 85,000 Crime Stoppera brochures 'n er water bills; - the manager of the MmIrle Fod Mart Store ini Bowmanville has aanged for bis company te, support Crime Stopera with the Crime Stoppera message on postera and millions cf grocery baga. These net only cever our area but are distributed throughout their Ontario stores; - a number cf local businessmen worloed together to have a 50-ft. fur-niture tbrailer travel in Durham Region and sur-nig r -swthte Ce- Speamsg. In te Rgionof urhm, a meia pofie Cime topera