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By Oksana Buhel * Halton Board of Education (HBE) employee group repre- sentatives met Tuesday and ‘ratified local social contract agreements, but Dave Whiting, vice-chair of the board, said the board mem- bers do not know the specifics of their own agree- ment. > “There’s a lot of ‘not understanding’. on both sides,” said Whiting, referring were several issues which still had to be decided. © One possible issue was the extension of the school year, enabling teachers to take their required 12 days unpaid leave on days when they do not work anyway, such as Christmas and March Break. For teachers to do this, the provincial government will have to change regulations to extend the school year from the current 195 days teachers are required to teach. Budget cuts will amount to School board reps still in the dark $9.5 million between 1993 and 1994. HBE communica- tions officer Brian Woodland insisted because an agree- ment, however uncertain, w: reached Tuesday, there will be a “major difference” in the amount the board will have to cut. (If an agreement had not been reached, a further $2.5 million would been needed. Unionized teachers may be able to balance these cuts fur- ther by rejecting the 2 per cent salary increase they are entitled to according to a two- year negotiated contract signed last summer. Other personnel and legal issues were discussed “in camera,” but Whiting admit- ted “nothing will be decided until we get the monetary fig- ures (from the government.)” He predicted HBE will hear from the government by the end of August, after which the negotiating process will begin. Whiting did not kiow when the determined specifics would be “would hope quickly.” "Sayonara Halton Hills Last Monday at Georgetown District High School, a Sayonara Party was held by the visiting Japanese exchange stu- dents to say farewell to their host families and friends in Georgetown. dents entertained the party guests with a traditional Japanese song called “Momiji” ‘As part of the program for the evening, the stu- (Japanese Maple). photo by Simon Wilson/HHTW Vol. 2, No. 6 Saturday, August 1 joke WEENEN 1993 24 pages Call Brenda 877-5165 ~ 24hr. pager ~ SGhivson s_ BRENDA PAYTON ASSOCIATES Sales epresentatve "232 Guelph St., Georgetown 873-2254 ‘Your independent voice in Halton Hills’ 50 cents includes G.S-T. Council withdraws hearing application By Oksana Buhel Municipal and regional councillors have decided not to pursue a hearing to discuss waste concerns associated with Leferink Transfer Limited in Georgetown. Town of Halton Hills councillors made their deci- sion, in camera, at Monday’s council meeting and Halton Regional Planning and Public Works committee made a similar, but public, recommendation at Wednesday’s meeting. Concerns ranged from site capacity, sources of waste and the potential impact on Halton’s Waste Management System. Both the Region and the Town were concerned the Leferink waste transfer sta- tion,-on Hwy. 25 south of Britannia Rd. in Milton, would not be able to manage 300 tonnes of waste per day.The Ministry of Energy and the Environment con- firmed the amount. Another concern was the separation of Halton waste and non-Halton waste brought to the Milton site, for the purpose of billing. Separation of municipal waste from private waste was not a concern since Leferink no longer collects municipal garbage. Waste from across province causes concern Municipal, councillors were especially concerned with Leferink’s request to transport waste from all across the province. A regional report, dated July 26, stated Halton Hills coun- cillors were concerned this “may be considered a prece- dent for other private opera- tors. Bert Leferink, president of Leferink Transfer Ltd., said he would request a smaller area, “in an effort to appease the Town of Halton Hills in their struggle with the RSI proposal (Acton quarry) and _the loéal. environmental groups.” The afea will include the municipalities of Halton, ‘Peel, Dufferin, Simcoe, Kitchener-Waterloo, Wellington and Hamilton- Wentworth. Leferink was relieved after municipal councillors with- drew their hearing applica- _ tion. “Let’s get this thing going before we have to close our doors,” he said. He said that in July 1990, he was “told the approval process would take six weeks. Leferink admitted the issue of garbage is a “political hot potato,” but insisted his com- pany is not the antagonist. “I’m not. making it (garbage),” he said. “I’m try- ing to help with the solu- tion.” That's all it costs to play the home course of the Canadian PGA from 5 pm daily. We've also reduced both our afternoon rate (from 12 pm daily) and our weekday morning rate to just $40. Also, 2 for 1 Tuesdays on our 9 hole, par 3 ‘Trillium’ course are back!! Reserve your tee-off times for either course up to 7 days in advance. wenty Bucks! BLUE SPRING GOLF CLUB . ae