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/hitby Free erpss, WGdM Yý" .993~ Items from Whitby Council agenda(s) Monday, February 22,1993 Recommenda- tions from the Planning and Development Committee That an amendment to the site plan agreement with the Durham Region Non-Profit Houslng Corp. which permitted a 11 0-unit apartment building on the southwest corner of Dryden Blvd. and Waler St. be approved. The amendment provides for an additlonal 1 5-space parking area to be located at the northeast corner of the property. Although the development conforms to ail zonlng provisions, a staff report states that the owners have experienced diff lculty rentlng units due to an unanticipated number of tenants requesting two parking spaces. Carred That a site plan application f rom Brad Baker for a veterlnary clnic at 1627 Dundas St. E. be approved. The proposed two-storey clinlo wlll be comprised of office space, a reception area and related treatment rooms. There wlll be no animal' storage areas outside the building. Carred Recommenda- tions from the Operations Committee That the Ontario Minlstry of Transportation be exempted f rom the Town's noise bylaw s0 that it can undertake 'rut rehabilitation' work on Hlghway 401 between Lakerldge and Thickson roads. The proposed construction Involves removlng hlghway pavement and repavlng work and wilI be done at nlght when there is less traffic. The work is to begin this spring and should be compleled by f al. The ministry promises to Investigate and consider ways of reducing noise if paid by the ministry is based on 50 percent of the net operating cost for WhitbY Transit which toais $158,300. a e By Mike Kowalski E Two down and one to go. With lat week's approval of1 Durham Region's 1993 budget, only the ed.ucation portion of this years smnunicipal property tax bill is stili outstanding. But whether Durham's two school boards can follow exaniples set by Whitby and the Region isi unclear at this finie.i Earlier this nionth, Town council adopted a combinedi $31.5-niillion current and capital b ud ge t which re- More funi sulted ini no tax increase police, w this year. Last Wednesday regional council approved a 1331-million current and capital budget which increased taxes an average of 3.5 per cent across Durham. In Whitby, the increase will be 2.7 per cent, raising the Regions portion of the average tax bilI $13 -- from$467 te$480. (The Town~s share of the average tex bill will bo $601 in urban areas and $521 in rural Whitby in 1993.) This year's Durham Region budget provides for gross expenditures of $331 million and net expenditures of $120.3 million. Regional taxpayers will contibute $92.8 niillion of the net cost, while the reniaining $27.5 miillion will be financed by such means as provincial grants, development charges and reserve funds. Most of the nearly $5 million in additional taxes Durham collects this year will go towards police protection and welfare costs. Durham Regional Police wil receive an extra $2.7 million, putting the police services budget at $52.9 million. No new uniformed officers are boing added to police ranks, but two new civilian positions are ben reated. Te Region's welfare budget will increase by $1.7 million to alniost $27 million. 0f the 32 new positions included in this year 's budget, 19 will be added te the social services departmnent as a result of an increased welfare caseload. Although plans caîl for the province to totally fund welfare in 1994 -- it now pays 80 per cent -- municipalities miust still pay a portion of the welfare bill for at least another year. Whitby Mayor Tom Edwards expressed satisfaction with the overail 3.5 per cent tax hike. "Any further debate on it would only have increased the budget," said Edwards. T o conie in se low was a major, major effort,' he said. Edwards, chair of Durham's DON'T RENT! Buy your own home from only $3100 down - $513/mno. O.A.C. Rent To Own Also Available social services comrittee, saxd his department's budget had called for an 8.7 per cent increase over last year. But faced with guidelines iniposed by council, Edwards' conimittee had to chop another $700,000 froni its budget. Admitting he had conceras about it initially, Edwarcls agrees it had to bedone. It niakes sense in these difficuittirnies," he said. Regional councillor Marcel Brunelle said iding for the tax in- elfare lower than he Its botter than what I thought possible considering the welfare situation," said Brunelle. "Thirteen dollars a household is a very special achievement," he said. Noting Whitby's zero increase and Durham's 3.5 per cent, "the bail is now in the school boards' court," said Brunelle. "(Blut) I recognize they have extrenie difficulties waith their funding," he added. 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