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Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, Decomber 14.1994, Page 3 iFire g..uts local restauranWJJIt Items from Whitby Council .agenda(s) New and Unfinished Business That a three per cent Increase ln parks, faclities and programn fees be approved. The increase wIll take effeot next April 1 and covers a wide range of Town services such as community centre rentai rates; Ice rentai; swimming programs; fitness programs and park permits. The new fees will reduoe the tax subsidy for the operation of faclifltes and programis by $68,884 of which $52,858 wil be received ln 1995. Carried That a parks and recreation department report on the expansion of the Whitby senior cftizens centre be recelved for Information and that staff caîl for tenders for construction in January. The $1 .5-million expansion of the Brock Street South building Is Jointly f unded by the federal, provincial and municipal governments through the Canada-Ontario Infrastructure Works program. ln addition, centre members themseives are contributing $300,000 towards the cost. Construc- tion Is expeCted to begin ln the spring and wiii take about seven months. Carried That an application f rom the Brooklln and District Lions Club for provincial funding for Installation of an eievating device at the Brooklin Community Centre be approved ln principle and that the request be referred to the 1995-1999 capital budget dicussions. Te cost of Installilng an elevatlng device Is estlmated at $50,000 to $60,000. If the club's grant application is successfui and based on a 40 per cent funding alowance, the munlcipalfty and club would share equaily ln the $1 8,000 costs. If the application is not approved, the cost to each party will b. about $30,000. Carried That grants of up to $750 each for the Whfiby Figure SkatIng Ciub's novice precision team and senior The next scheduled public meetngs of Town councii's planning and development and operations comrnittees wili be Jan. 9. The next scheduied publiic meeting of counci[Lis Jan. 16. The. Ontario Pire Marshal han been called in te investi te a early morning fire Tuesday which caused about $100,00 damage te the Greek Tycoon Restaurant, 1022 Brock St. S. Ii. Whitby fire department received the cail from a donut shop acrosa the street at 2:40 a.m, says fre chief Tony VanDo- leweerd and flamnes were comin eut of tue roof of the unit when tharie. managed te get the blaze under control ini about 30 minutes, preventinq it from spreading te an adjoinmng office and other units of the plaza. «W. did well te stop it where it was but there's heavy fire and amoke danmage te, the restaurant, even inte tth. attic space,» says VanDoleweerd, who notes th e entire plaza could have «very easily" gone up in flanies. Although he says there was some structural dam age, VanDo- leweerd says there's "no doubt» the. restaurant can b. rebuilt. Pirefighters remained on the. soe.te mop up until about 9 a.m. TuesdayWbitby firefight- ers and the Pire Maýhal are investigatig what triggered the. blaze and «wve're net speculating on the cause," says VanDo- leweerd. Identity of Town appointees must wait until January By Mike Kowaloki Citizen appointments te local boars an, cmmiteeswere made by Town council on Mon- dat the names of the various people chosen to serve their con- munity foýr the next three years wilI remain secret until January. Prior to the public portion of Monday s meeting, council deci- ded who will oit on the saven voluntary boards and commit- tees. Among the positions to be fil1- led were spots on the library board, property standards com- mittee, committee of adjustment and the local architectural con- servation- advisory committee (LàACAC). However, the appointments were not announced during the meeting. According te councillor Marcel Brunelle," this has been standard practice in Whitby for several years. "We didn't announce it at the meetingbecause the people themselves don't know yet," said Brunelle. «They have te be notified and we don't-want them reading it in the newspaper before we can tel them," he said. Brunelle said the appoint- ments muet b. made ini private due to the. nature of the applica- ROTARY CASH CUDR tions. "The problem ia ail of this is private information. People put in a lot of personal details and we have te respect their con- fidence,"»lhe said. «It was no different this tie. We followed the sainiepes» Town clerk Don Mckaây said a bylaw ratifying the appointments will be deaIt with at t he Jan. 16 ceuncil meeting. That same night, council will aise rati1f' the results of the election for the Downtewn Busi- ness Improvement Area manage- ment board, McKay added. 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