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9--'-4 ., M Drumm demands cleanup pages 2 Bump and rob bandits caught JIL pagel5 Seniors fighit smoking ban page 18' r or seniors pages 1%19 Adeciiononapropod was;te & ocessong plant near Hopkins ~treet has -ben deferred until next month. Town council Monday refused to, hear deputations concerning an application by Simtor Environmental to build a recy- cling and transfer facility on Warren Road. Instead, coundil, referred the matter to its planning and deve- lopment committee which wilI hear arguments for and againet the proposai on April 18. Ini a brief statenient, Mayor Tom Edwards said that "due to the axnount of information» that had corne to council's attention during the past week, the issue wouldrbe deferred. Last week, committee recom- mended that council advise the Ontario Ministry of En-îironment and Energy that Whitbýy has no objection to waiving the need for an environmental hearing into Simtor's proposai. The Town s support of Simtor's application for a certificate of approval for a waste disposai site would be contingent on the coin- pany cornplying with ail necess- ary provincial regulations, howe- ver. Simtor wants to, build a recy- ding and transfer depot in the former -Whitby Steel factory on Warren Road, south of the C;ana- dian Pacific rail line. Solid, non-hazardous indus- trial waste- will either be pro- cessed on site or prepared for shipment to a much larger plant Simtor's parent. company, Har- kow Recycling, intends te build in Toronto. In addition, the company wil also use part of the building to manufacture fireplace logs from recycled wood products. If approved, slightly more than 20 'obs are expected to be crea- teb the conined operation. But Simtor's proposai has nearby business owners concer- ned. They are worried about the type of material that may be brought onto the property and potential traffic problems on 1Whitby lawyer Lâouis Allore was one of the deputations eche- duled te have been heard Mon- daiîore is representing Warren Road business owners Ron Foran and Robert Phillips. (Henry Krupa soliciter for Simtor, had aIse leen scheduled te address council.) lIn a six-page subînission pre- sented te council earlier, Allore said a public hearing inte the application should be held te address outstandini concerns. These would inéude the im- pact on nearby businesses and residents fromr noise, odours, traffic congestion. dust, udisase carrying rodents" and declining mret values, Allore's brie! states. It appar that, apart from the app icant there has been no independent study by the Town of Whitby of the impact that this waste disposaI, site may have ... » the brief cains. Allore also points out that only one person (Foran) had been notified of Simtor's application, F UISE STEWART'S grade two class -from t. Leo School in Brooklin were one of the 1erformers at the Durham Region'Separate Sohool Board's Whitby 'Showcase for the Arts,' held recently at St. Mark's Cathotic School. Photobi Mark Reesor. Whitby Free Pres DBIA budget referred to operations committee meeting next Tuesday By MJke -Kowalskl A 1994 budget of $148 522 has been recommended L, the management board of WVitby's Downtewn Business Improve- ment Aiea (DBLA). The proposed budget will be considered by Town council's operations committee at its meeting next Tuesday. This veares proposed budget is more t han $7,000 below last year's $155,974 budget. Specific details aibout the budget were miot available te repotr t Monday's council meetngbut the Free Press was abeteobtamn a copy on Tuesday mornmng. The proposed budget includes almost $50,000Oin staff expenses and another- $50,000 for pro- motions and advertising almnost half of which appears te b. ear- marked for the DIIs controver- sial Unewspaper -"Your Down- town . Ini addition te discussing the budget, operations committee members may also have to rule on the validity of 203 ques- tionaires which were delivered to Town officiaIs on Monday. The questionaires, prepared by business news SeePags 8& Council postpones apro val of wate proCessin pant (00,ý f , ýe mme***f -- "