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bh i Ha SUN Sf 0 rr haath ik Pe a FDI SEAGER FTO Eada 8 BY Lani PEEL [EIN LARC RENE od 8 AN 4 vol Sa NR YC LA 4 ' ny, wa . S55. va FRAT. -- eanads Citizens want less Regional, more local government control The citizens of Durham want less government at the Regional level, and more government at the local level. That appears to be the general message that the Durham council review committee heard from tax- "payers and politicians over the past ten weeks as the committee held public meet- ings in each of the eight municipalities that make up Durham. The committee held its last public meeting 1n the Durham council chambers on December 5, and is now faced with the task of putting together all the briefs and submissions and coming up with recommendations to the full council by early Feb- ruary. - Committee member Bruce McArthur summed up the general areas of concern about Durham Region which have been presented over the past ten weeks. 1. A lack of communica- tions about the Region, how it works, why it was set up and what its functions are. 2. The need to give back to the local municipalities more control over such things as planning. 3. The need for local municipalities to have a greater role and powers in the area of industrial and commercial promotion. 4. The feeling that Durham Region is too big and cumbersome, that there are inefficiences and over- lapping of services which lead to waste. 5. The need to explore the possibility of splitting Durham Region, possibly along north-south lines. 6. The need for more representation on a popula- tion basis on the Durham council. 7 While saying that Bill 162, the provincial legislation which set up Durham in 1974, 'was foisted upon us, and the citizens did not want it", councillor McArthur sugges- ted that destroying Durham completely may not be the answer to the problems. "After all, two wrongs don't make a right," he said. "The review committee, made up of eight Durham councillors from each of the area municipalities, had a mandate from the Durham council to hold public meet- ings in each community, hear public concerns and accept written briefs, so as to recommend changes to Bill 162. Whether or not the full council accepts the recom- mendations of the committee when they are tabled early in February remains to be seen. And even if the council does endorse any recom- mendations, the only way that Bill 162 can be changed or amended is by the provin- cial legislature. Several of the local councillors within Durham Region submitted briefs to the committee, including Scugog. However, this brief was to be turned over to the committee after the local council endorses it at its regular meeting December 10. MINI CINEMA 65-6535 DECEMBER 14-15 Friday: 7 & 9 P.M. Saturday: 8 P.M. ONLY PAUL LE MAT: CINDY WILLIAMS - CANDY CLARK CHARLES MARTIN SMITH MACKENZIE PHILLIPS BO HOPKINS and RON HOWARD A LUCASFILM LTD PRODUCTION "MORE AMERICAN GRAFFITI" NOTICE- THEATRE CLOSED DEC. 16th to 27th, 1979 OPENING DECEMBER 28-29-30 - AMITYVILLE HORROR PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., December 12, 1979 -- 9 "Police should be allowed to live in the community in which they work" The president of the Durham Region Police Association says there should be a policy which allows police officers to live in the community where they work, for as long as they wish. Dale Allan, told the final meeting of the Durham Regional council review committee last week in Whitby that some police officers are reluctant to buy homes in the community where they work because there is no guarantee they will not be transferred else- where in a year or two. "Every effort should be made to allow police officers to remain in the community where they work," he stated. Mr. Allan, who is a member of the Durham force, told the committee that this would help bring back what he called a '"'community concept" of policing. "Police officers working in a community should live there, shop there, and generally be more a part of that community," he said. Aside from that benefit, Mr. Allan suggested that there could be a cost-saving in travelling time for officers who live outside the areas where they work. He said it takes an officer about two years to "get to know a community'. While he admitted it is difficult to recruit officers from the smaller communities, he said that in the northern municipalities of Durham under Regional police juris- diction, about 80 per cent now make their homes there. In Oshawa-Whitby, the figure is about 60 per cent, he said. The Durham Region Review committee, which has held public meetings in all eight municipalities that make up Durham, has heard criticism from the public about policing, such as the costs and the need for more officers on the beat. When questioned by a member of the committee about whether an auxiliary force could be expanded to reduce costs, Mr. Allan was skeptical, saying auxiliary officers have only limited powers for certain functions, and they don't get the kind of training that regular officers receive. Mr. Allan agreed that there should be more officers "on the beat' in communi- ties, but he also agreed that for some new officers the patrol car is a form of status. "Usually changes in a couple of years, the value of beat patrols." a 0 when officers begin to recognize Typewriters Adding Machines REPAIR SERVICE PORT PERRY STAR 235 Queen Street 985-7383 EVERY DROP DOWN THE DRAIN, IS MONEY SPENT IN VAIN! 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