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e Town, workers reacli social' contract deal By Mfike Kowalski A social contract agreement bas been reacbed between the Town of Whitby and its em ployees. Uncer the contract, wbich extends until March 31, 1996, the Town and employees egreed to such measures as reduced compensation, employee benefit cost reductions, a leave of absence progrem, operating and capital budget reductions and user fée increases. Management employees and the Town's unionized inside and outside workers endorsed the deal lest week. Members of Inýcal 2036 of the Association of i-rofiessional Fire- fighters ratified the agreement over the weekend. Wbitby Mayor Tom Edwards said the- Town will attempt to inaintain existing services, but asked for taxpayers' "under- standing" should there be a "departure fromn these levels" as a resuit of the agreements. Edwards said that with coop- eration and. sacrifice by ail par- ties, "the financial burden im- p osed by the social contract legis- ation bas been deait with by thé council, keeping in focus the longer terni future of the Town." Aimed at reducing the annuel $43-billion payroll for Ontario's 950,000 public, workers, the social contract law stipulated that agreements bad to be rea- ched by lest Sunday. .Agreements negotiated Iocally or by sector -- such as in health care, education and municipal - must be ratified by Aug. 10. reached, the government can im- SFEE PAGE 3 A ceremony will be held Tbursday morning to mark the start of construction of the trunk sanitary sewer to Brooklin. The'first phase of the projeet, estirnated to cost $2.5 million, will be alongAnderson Street and easements from Taunton Road to the north limit of the Ontario Hydro corridor north of Conlin Road. That phase is expected to be completed by the.end of this year. The second phase of the trunk sewer, to be tendered at the end of tbis year, will g o north on an easement to Baldwin Street (Highway 12) in Brooklin. Construction, at an estimated cost of almost $3 million, will begin next year. SEE PAGE 3 NEXT TO RECYCLING CENTRE Complai*nts about compost stench By Mike KowalskI Recurring odours from Durbai Regions central composting facility continue te make life iniserable for sorne WVhitby homeowners. Despite efforts to control the stencb pouced bytbe compost site on Garrard Road Nortb, area residents are again being plagued by nianure-like smells tbis summer. Their only salvation may lie inplans te move part of the composting facility te a new location by next spring. Residents bave compleined about the site almost since permission te operete a compo-sting faility was granted by tbe Ontario Ministry of Environment in October 1991. Locted next te the Region's recycling centre, the site is operated under contract by Ontario DispoaIe Ltd, a local waste management firm. Leaf and yard wastes collected in Durharn s ares municipalîties. are .brought te tbel site to becomé compost suiale for xaiketing. L4st year, 8,045 tonnes of material was processed et the site. Altbougb the faciliity is monitored on a regular besis by the ministry and work balted wben the smell becomes too pwerful, residents feel tbey should not bsubjected to any odours. A 28-name petition demandinq thet the site be losedi was sent te the ministry earlier tbis year, while municipal poiticians have been the recipients of celîs and letters from irate horneowners. A group of residents told the Free Press recently that they are becozing frustreted by the inabihity of provincial and, municipal officiaIs to correct the problem. "They (government officials) say the site is only temporary and that they re trying te control it (odour)," said Mou Green, whose iother LIly wns-a house immediately south.of the facilty. "Tbey keep on telling us the emell will stop but it'1s gettinig no better," he said. Althougb odours are present during the 'winýter hot, buMId weather exacerbates l~e problem, Green said. "For some reason it gets worse at nigbt. You can't leave the windows open in the bouse," he said. His mother, who suffers.from allergies, often bas to leave for a few bours to escape the smell, Green said. "Wben it gets bot and steamy tbere's no way to stop it," said Gord Woodward, wbo bas lived al of his 78 years on the opposite aide of Garrard. 'Tbe property value of our bouses are down, that's for sure," be said. Vadimir Varga, who lives south of Mrs. Green, said site emnployees are " polite when we call" and oease work wben the smeli gets too strong. (Ini order for the waste te compost, it M EPAGE2M Trunk sewer w*ork to begin