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Donations flowing into board Continued from Rewbotham said. “It appeared the board was not doing anything to recognize their gesture.” Local president of the Ontario Public School Teachers’ Noein Bill Barrett, agreed. “The perception was they had the million and they chose not to use it for jobs.” To date, 2,000 teachers have made the voluntary contribution representing $500,000. Education director Bob Williams said that they have sent a letter out to staff thanking them for their support and extending the deadline to March 31 for those who still may want to contribute. Williams said there still are many donations coming into the board and they will be tallied on April 1. Staff representatives were con- cerned that the extra million dollars was so quickly given to the taxpay- er by the trustees without consider- ing the potential of layoffs. If approved, the new motion put forth by Whiting may ease the ten- sion among staff and administra- ion. These incentives would result in voluntary early retirements which would be a friendlier way to cut staff accounts, Williams said. This motion has met with enthu- siasm by local teacher federations. “This allows staff and the board in partnership to:protect people’s jobs with a subsequent payoff for the ers,” Rewbotham said. “It’s cared fen ais for the morale of the s) The seadline for staff to declare early retirements is May 31 of this year, Barrett said, adding that a combined committee of saft tion because they need to take some" long range looks.” Before the budget vote, Whiting outlined the trustees reasons for putting the added million onto the mill rate. They were only acting consistently, he said. In the 1992 budget process, an unexpected provincial funding shortfall was passed onto the taxpayers and it is only. fair that an unexpected fund- ing from the ministry be given to stands at $291,305,111 which is a 2 per cent increase in spending - the lowest in the board’s history. It was also the first time the board invited public groups and already set up the groundwork fr early retirement. “So hopefully, when (the motion) comes for action in two weeks, they’ll have a plan that they can implement as soon as possi- ble,” Barrett said. “This notice of motion makes me feel much better. T’m confident that it will pass and I think it’s a step in the right direc- Hearing findings welcomed Continued from page 1 “We are particularly pleased the hearing officers accepted our experts’ evidence that the Commission had failed in its moni- toring role,” Lois McClure, a Halton Hills resident and co-chair landowners’ group stated, “(we) welcome the findings of the hear- ing officers that the Commission had not adequately applied the principles of sustainable develop- ent to their activities (and) had failed to take into account econom- ic and social factors” when propos- ing restrictive changes to policies within the NEP. “Many small businesses and farmers who work near the escarp- ment have been frustrated by the one-dimensional view which the Commission has taken, Francis Benson of Flamborough said in reaction to the hearing officers’ findings. Benson, a small horse farm operator, also serves as co- chair of the NE] The Coalition ‘also welcomed procedural recommendations of the ' hearing officers which they feel will “lead to a new sense of fair- ness in controlling land use in the areas near the escarpment.” The hearing officers recommended pee reviews of the NEP be oe an independent body fie oy Officers appointed by 7 NEC to review the Commission’s decisions. The introduction of impartial and objective review processes was an essential part of the Coalition's pre- sentation to the hearing, the press release stated. 2 APRIL_SHOWERS Bring-Values =n U7? A3-DAYS-ONLY MS nor BES) aco -Vola) cram Bchele) “4 22PIRGE AY CORN MEN'S WEAR NEW LOCATION 70 Main S. 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