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PA ; . WiLl)N [SI)AY. 1)EŒM1BE~R 17, 1980, W IITl3Y FRIE PRESS Port residents tell public meeting they fear promised sewers won't be buit The long awaited study in- to the future of Port Whitby began last week amidst speculation that develop- ment could be delayed because of potential budget restraints at the region. Approximately 50 Port Whitby residents attended the first in a series of public meetings to be assured by Regional Councillor Gerry Emm that the region has no intention of dropping the planned sewer extention into the area. The project, scheduled to be completed in 1982 at a 125TH ANNIVERSARY 1855-1980 THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY - TOWN OF WHITBY HOLIDAY GARBAGE COLLECTION During the Holiday Season, the normal garbage collection routine will be changed to the following: 1 Thursday - January 1 Garbage for these days to be put out on their regular days. There will be no pickup for these days. Garbage to be put out on your next reg- ular collection day. Garbage normally collected on this day will be collected on Friday, January 2. Additional men and trucks will be used in the week of December 29 - January 2 and citizen co-operation is requested to have all garbage out by 7:00 a.m. on the collection day to ensure of pick-up. This collection schedule applies to all of Whitby and Includes the areas serviced by private collections. The Brooklin transfer station will rernain open during this period to provide a disposal area for those residents wishing to dispose of their garbage. Your co-operation and patience during this holiday season will be most appreciated. R.A. Kuwahara, P. Eng., Director of Public Works. Monday - December 22 Tuesday - December 23 Wednesday - December 24 Thursday - December 25 Friday - December 26 cost of $4 million, must be finished before any development can begin. A spokesman for the residents, Bert Mondria, said that he had been told prior to the last regional council meeting that the sewer extention would be dropped from the region's 1981 capital budget. However, Emm, chair- man of the region's public works committee, and Mayor Bob -Attersley both said that the region has no intention of cutting the project. Development plans seem to indicate that some form of high-density residential development will take place in the area, although they are still in the early stages. Centre Ward Councillor Barry Evans said that he would like to see luxury townhouses in the area and an expansion of the recreational facilities around the harbor. Evan's ward includes the Port Whitby area. Evans inducated that he will oppose any move to in- crease the number of apar- tment buildings in the area. Presently, the Port is the site of 19 apartments buildings with a total of 214 units. The area only has 90 single family homes and 10 duplexes. Area residents have been complaining for several years that the Port, the oldest part of town, was being turned into an "apar- tment ghetto." It has 72 per cent high den- sity housing as opposed to the town's overall 17 per cent of apartment dwellings. Evans said that he expects that the report will stress the "sense of community" in the area. "We want to make sure DIAL -N-INSPIRATION Dial 668-1331 and hear a three minute inspirational message by Pastor Emmo Oltmanns of the Emmanuelchurch at 401 Rossland RoadW. in Whitby. Save up to on many new & used items ' E® MusicGallery 95 Simcoe St. S. 579-5201 CZA any infilling is in the form of single houses and we want to preserve the older homes," hesaid. A second public meeting will be held at the municipal buildings, 575 Rossland Road East, on January 13. The study is expected to be completed and before coun- cil sometime in March. Mayor hopeful police pact can be reached The Durham Regional Police Commission and its 360 officers began contract negotiations last Thursday and both sides were op- tomistic that they could reach an agreement at the bargaining table. The last two contracts were settled by an ar- bitrator, whose decision was binding on both the com- mission and the Durham Regional Polcie Association. "We're optimistic we can negotiate," association president Constable Dale Allen said prior to the first meeting. While he did not make any details public, Allen said that the two sides had ex- changed their initial positions. Whitby Mayor Bob Atter- sley, one of the region's two representatives on the commission, said that they would prefer to sign a con- tract without the need of an arbitrator, as happened in 1978. "Compulsory aribtation leaves a bit of a bad taste," he said. "i am prepared to give up some of my time to get it settled now." While Attersley said that he is enthusiastic about the talks, recent settlements won by the Toronto and Hamilton-Wentworth police forces "will certainly give us problems." He said that the set- tlement reached by the Metro Toronto force. which gave a first class constable an annual salary of more than $24,000. "looms over our heads, no doubt about that." In the settlement reached by the Hamilton force calls for a 9.5 per cent salary in- crease in Janauary to be followed by 5.5 per cent in- crease in June and another 10 per cent increase six mon- ths later. Under that argeement, a staff sergeant in that police force will have his salary in- creased from 29,553 to $37.555. A Durham staff sergeant presently receives $27.338 a year while a first class con- stable earns $23.363. Allan also said that negotiations for the force's 60 civihan employees. also represented by the association. will begin after a contract for the officers has been reached