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Construction of the new War Memorial Library on Water Street will likely start early next week as final approvals for the $325,000 building were given last Thursday by Wintario. Township Works crew removed the house which sits on the property this week and preparation of the site is underway now to allow construetion of the founda- tion footings. The final approval for the project came late last Thursday afternoon when Reuben Baetz, the provincial minister responsible for Wintario put his signature on the ' various documents submitted by the Library Board's building committee. A grant from Wintario will be about $178,000 of the construction cost, with a similar amount coming from the public fund-raising campaign. Scugog Township will contribute $100,000 towards the construction costs. A contract with Sherwood Construction of Oshawa was signed September 15, calling for the building to be complete in 16 . weeks. Library Board chairman | Chuck Preston said Monday the contractor is confident the building can be finished within that time frame. An official sod-turning ceremony is planned for early next week. Although the Library Board has reached its fund- raising target for construc- tion of the new building, money raising events will continue until December 5 for interior furnishings and equipment, The target is $30,000 and Wintario has agreed to match whatever is raised on a dollar for dollar basis. Vol. 115 No.42 Wednesday, September 16, 1981 This was the scene Monday morning as Township Work crews demolished the house on the site of the new Scugog Library on Water Street. With final 7 32 Pages Scugog switching from gas, order propane powered truck Scugog Township will have a propane powered snow plow on the roads this 'winter, and if it gets the job done, the Township may start to convert more of its' truck fleet from gas to propane. pee ; Works superintendent Ron MacDonald told council Monday afternoon that the propane truck is due for _delivery September 23 and will be used for snow removal in Ward two (Port Perry) and as a dump truck in the summer months. He said he believes Scugog is the first municipality in Ontario to try a propane truck for snow removal, Garbage contractor wants "more money to cover costs The cost of picking up garbage in Scugog Township has gone up dramatically in the past year, and collector Ed Brown has asked the council to increase the rates by more than 50 per cent even though there is still more than a year to run on his contract with the Town- ship. - although other munici- palities and police forces are changing to this kind of fuel in smaller vehciles. "It is a hit of gamble in a way because the MTC does not recommend going above 20,000 pound Gross Vehicle Weight for 'propane engines and this truck will be 32,000 GVW," he said. But he said he is confident the truck will have more than enough™ power to remove snow. from Port Perry streets. He said later that the truck would not be used for- snow removal on rural-roads because there is more snow and drifting than Ron Brown, told council Monday afternoon the cost of fuel, wages, and the increase in the amount of garbage, have made it now "totally uneconomical to perform the service." Mr. Bridgewater told council the amount of Bridgewater, a. 'lawyer acting for Mr. in Port Perry itself. He told council that pro- pane now costs about one- third less than gasoline and this could be a savings of about $1000 each year in fuel costs for this truck alone. The truck engine will be adapted for propane at the Ford factory at a cost of about $1600, but this will be recovered because full propane vehicles are not subject to Ontario sales tax which will be about $1750 for this truck. He added that the life of a propane engine is about three times longer than a conventional motor using garbage now collected is three times the amount when the contract was signed in - October of last year, and this means more trips to the . dump, and extra truck and crew on the road, and higher fuel costs. The contract Mr. Brown (Turn to page 2) gasoline, and oil changes can be reduced by about one- third. The truck will run off a propane tank mounted where the gasoline tank would be. Mr. MacDonald said he decided to ask for the switch to propane for this truck earlier this summer as there is no road tax on propane fuel and no sale tax on vehicles using propane. He said that in light of the projected gasoline hikes announced in the September 1 energy agreement between Ottawa and Alberta, the saving to the municipality will be even greater. Scugog Township pres- ently spends about $50,000 each year for gas and diesel fuel for its fleet of trucks and graders. On: another matter, Mr. MacDonald told the Star Monday that the fact the provincial government is going to charge munici- palities the full rate for licence plates will cost 'Scugog. about $10,000 next year. Scugog had been paying a flat rate of $2 per plate, but the last provincial budget removed this concession, forcing municipalities to pay the full commercial rate. approval from Wintario and a contract signed with the construction, the work on the new library will start next week and will be completed in about four months 'Dump open Saturdays It looks like the garbage dump in Scugog Township will be staying open Satur- day afternoons, after all. The Durham Region Works department has recommended to Regional council that the dump just west of Port Perry not be shut at noon on Saturdays. Regional council meets this Wednesday (Sept. 16) and is expected to go along with the recommendations from the Works department. Earlier this summer, Scugog Township council passed a resolution calling for the dump to be closed at noon on Saturdays because of fears expressed by Mayor Jerry Taylor and other councillors that commercial garbage collectors in the south of Durham are using the dump on Saturdays to get rid of large amounts of trash. Scugog council is concerned that the dump is filling up at too rapid a rate, and once it is filled, finding a new site will be difficult, or very costly if trash from Scugog has to be trucked to a dump several miles away. Township council felt that by closing the dump early on Saturdays, the life expect- ancy could be extended. The dump in Scugog is the only public one open on Saturdays in all of Durham Region. The Regional Works department is recommend- ing against the early Satur- day closing because the Region has a contract until June, 1983 with a commer- cial garbage collector to haul bins from a transfer station in Oshawa on Saturdays. Since the dump in Scugog is the only one open, it is used to get rid the transfer station trash. A spokesman for the Works department said that finding an alternative dump for the transfer station trash would be costly, and the trash at the station can't be left until- Monday mornings for removal because of complaints from residents who live nearby. He said the Works depart- ment will take another look at the issue when the contract with the comimer- cial garbage collector expires in two years. The dump in Scugog, which is owned and operated by Durham Region will probably be filled within the next six to eight years. Earlier this year, the Region carried out tests on a 100 acre site adjacent to the dump for expansion, but soil analysis indicated that area would not be suitable for landfill operations. So, Township residents who use the dump Saturday afternoons to get rid of garbage will not have to worry about getting to the dump before noon hour. Outdoor rink The open air skating rink 'on Water Street which proved so popular last year will be open again this winter. 'Brian Callery of the Port Perry Kinsmen told council the club wants to build and "maintain the natural ice rink this winter and continue to do so as an on-going project. It is located on the site of the old Port Perry Arena gets go-ahead which was torn down a couple of years ago. The site is owned by the Township. Mr. Callery told council the Kinsmen will have club members at the open air rink on weekends during the winter for supervision. "The Club will build and maintain the rink, but we would appreciate any help from non members," said Mr. Callery.