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Premier Bob Rae's recently announced "austerity plan" which cut $635 million from the provincial education budget and proposed a "social contract" for 900,000 Nice shipping containers would be dlled with drums. l"lt is our wish to remove all Mor- age from schools," said assistant board business superintendent of plant Gerry Cullen in a December 1992 letter to the region. "Ballasts have an expected life of 20 to 25 years, therefor: will eventual- ly require replacement," stated a report to trustees hom board property com- mittee chairman and Halton Hills trustee Dick Hewitt "For the next year annual cost of storage will be approximately By ANGELA BLACKBURN Oakville Beaver Staff The Halton Board of Education won't be hiring externally until the end of June 1993 unless the board approves otherwise. After a lengthy Committee of the Whole meeting prior to Thursday's board meeting, board chairman Dave Coons announced the deci, sion. It all came in the wake of unknowns surrounding Ontario PCBs are also a regulated sub- stance and can't be disposed of or stored at school sites which are defined as "sensitive areas" under Ministry of Environment regulations. Ballasts are currently being stored temporarily at specific schools with Ministry of Environment permissions. "lt's expected the board will find a permanent solution within the next year and a half," reported Hewitt Currently the board has 20 barrels, and over the next three to five years doesn't expect the number to exceed 100. According to a region report based on information from the board, approximately 80,000 ballusts will require storage as they are generated over the next several years. After appropriate drumming of the materials iapproximately 100 drums) about Public and Separate Boards could share PCB storage sites The temporary arrangement was agreed to by public school trustees at Ramsay l board meeting. PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) may be inside older ballasts which are in the typical fluorescent lighting sys- tems used in most schools. However on Feb. 17th, Halton regional council supported a board request to temporarily use the region's PCB storage site at the Burlington Skyway Wastewater Wt Plant. That's only an option until Demmber31,1994. Board puts freeze on hiring for at least a month The Halton Board of Education will temporarily store PCB-contain.. ing lighting ballasts at Halton Region's PCB storage site in Burlington until it can find a storage site to share with the Halton Roman Catholic Separate School Board. Teen faces break and enter charges A 16-year-old OakvillE male was arrested in Toronto last Friday morning in connection with an April 24th break-in at Kerr Street's Fava Travel Agency. Halton Regional Police Acting Det. Sgt. Peter Hodgson said police investigation into the break-in led to the arrest by Detective Constables George Turner and Larry Bums at a Toronto residence. ”05.1901 The 384 Kerr Street business was grown into sometime overnight. ‘othing was apparently stolen, however, about $250 damage occurred to a rear door. Facing a charge of break and {enter with intent to commit an indictable offence and breach of probation is a 16-year-old Oakville male who can't be named under pro- visions of the Young Offenders Act. The youth was held in police cus- tody pending a bail hearing. (in most cases, while you wait) . Oversized Envelopes . Business Cards . Jack & Jill & Stag Tickets INSTANT COLOURED PRINTING Coloured Flyers 842-2432 136 Kerr St. Oakville The decision will be reviewed at the end of June. In the meantime however, Coons said,"Wacancies will be filled by Ontario public sector employees to take 12 unpaid days off through the year (one a month or a 5% wage cut) and forgo this year's negotiated pay increase until I996. "As a result of the uncertainties created by recent announcements from the provincial government with regard to reductions in grants and the social contract, administra- tion has been instructed by the board to suspend external hiring of staff without prior approval of the board until the end of June 1993," stated Coons. Halton‘s Roman Catholic School Board is involved in the same arrange- ment with the region and has hired a consultant to assist with their move of the PCBs along will investigation of a permanent storage site. $2,400," said Hewitt. The region is charging on a per drum rate. Howitt recommended the board use the services of the consultant cur- rently under contract with the separate school board and that "the search for a permanent storage site be pursued in conjunction with the separate board with the assistance of the PCB consul- EA'lflllt)?i 'S SURPRISE DAY Thursday, May 6th CLEARANCE 1.0% to 50% OFF On the whole, Scheel's motion, described by him as being "broader" than the board's decision, was said to be unwieldy in practice. Scheel called for "all new hiring activities be vetted with the board prior to offers being extended and that all replacement hiring or pro- motions to vacant positions be con- sidered by the board prior to any decisions being taken." reorganizing existing staff to meet priority needs." Ward 3 trustee John Scheel also put a motion, raised two weeks ago, on the table for voting on the same issue. 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