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Second Class Mail Registration Number 6368 Published, eyery Wednesday at the office of Publication 1 Roy C. Forrester, Editor i ' Rick Patterson, Advertising Manager A TIGER BY THE TAIL It would certainly appear that the Town of Newcastle has *what may be termed a "Tiger by the Tail" in regards possible further development of dumping facilities within the Municipality by Eldorado Nuclear Ltd. of Port Hope. At the present time Eldorado does have an active disposal site of some 26 to 32 acres at Port Granby. According to a report by the Mayor there is nothing Council can do about this established site. It conforms to existing municipal by-laws, it has not been established injurious to health and it is licenced to exist and be used. The existing site may well be the least of Council's problems. Both the federal government and the provincial government are under great pressure to clean-up Port Hope ! of radio-active material and it has been stated by the Atomic Energy Board that this work will get underway sometime in ; June. What has not been revealed to date is where the ! material is to be dumped. No matter where the dumping site is to be there will be citizen and municipal objections. As a result the A.E.C.B. will not likely waste its time to find a site where no objections would exist .... there won't be any such areas. To reduce cost of disposal the board will not want to truck the material to a distance any further than necessary. Port Hope to Port Granby would likely be a maximum: Add to this the fact that Eldorado already has under its i control some 600 acres in the Port Granby area and one can readily see the possible problem facing Newcastle Council if I they are opposed to further disposal of Port Hope material in the Port Granby area. Both the provincial and federal government or the A.E.C.B. can circumvent the local municipality and its desires. Newcastle certainly has the proverbial "Tiger by the Tail". ! WHY THE DIFFERENCE?? Mayor' Richard on Monday outlined the percentage increase anticipated for local municipal taxes in the four wards in the Town of Newcastle which showed considerable difference between a 2.5 per cent decrease in Bowmanville to a 10 per cent increasè in Orono and Clarke Township. It is difficult for this writer to understand this difference or to see the fairness in differing increases in taxation. Mayor Rickard explains the differences due to a transitional period which should, he states, level out over a five year period. On Monday the Mayor used Memorial Hospital as an example where he said Bowmanville had carried the greatest financial load prior to the formation of ! Regional government. Now he points out all other areas share this responsiblity with Bowmanville which in fact reduces Bowmanville costs and ups others, i Surely the capital costs of Memorial Hospital are all but paid for now and the sum required should not have such an effect unless there are many other similar cases in existance in,the Town. ", , To say the least we are as béfuddled how aS before. YET TO COME OF AGE As Canadians we often look south of the border with a critical eye denouncing terror, and crime in the streets of American cities, their political system and lack of social services such as health care, The criticism comes very easy even though at times we in Canada are faced with quite ! similar problems. . Wage and price controls in the U.S. h few years ago appeared, from this side of the border, to have greater support from the general public than is the present case in Canada where the legislation is being attacked from all quarters. This attack only prolongs the adjustment .and Canada will not under the present* atmosphere come to grips with the anti-inflation problem"as quickly as did the U.S. It does appear that there is a rallying point for Americans who now are on the road to recovery through voluntary restraints and improved productivity. It would appear that Canadians lack this quality at this time in their history. While .labour unions in Canada attack the theory of restraints those in England have given their support, to the ♦ government over the past year resulting in a fifty-per cent cut in inflation with a further similar cut expected in 1976 . ; again due to labour's support of government restraints. ' No doubt Canadians have for too long, lived too high off too little to be too concerned. Queen's Park report Board submits to May l-i, 1976 Doug Moffatt, MPP Durham East 1 thought that the present government had learned its lesson with regard to imposing imposing its will on the people of this area. I guess I was wrong. Everyone thought that the reaction to regional government government would be a lesson to the government, and that when next Darcy McKeough wanted wanted to tamper with local government he would discuss it with the people. Two weeks ago the Treasurer Treasurer introduced a bill to amend all of the Regional Government Acts which would would apparently give more power to the regions and less to the municipalities. Mr. McKeough told us that all the municipalities had been informed. informed. Yet, when I called Mayor Rickard and Mayor Potticary (the heads of the two municipalities in Durham East) both assured me they had not been informed. I sent them copies and asked that they study the bill and said I would be pleased to pur forward their views in the debate on the bill. My colleague, Monty Davidson, Davidson, MPP for Cambridge, contacted the Mayor of Cambridge Cambridge in the same fashion and received detailed comments comments in a memorandum from the city Planning Commissioner Commissioner endorsed by the Mayor. As background, I should mention that the bill in question is Bill 55, "The Regional Municipalities Amendment Amendment Act, 1976". It contains nine amendments proposed for all the Regional Municipality Municipality acts as now in force, together with some amendments amendments proposed for particular municipalities only. One section of Bill 55 drew strong reactions from the Mayor and Planning Commission Commission of Cambridge, and here things get a little complicated as we switch from the proposed changes in Bill 55 to the present Planning Act as now in force. This particular section of Bill 55 will give Regional Councils the power to pass by-laws under Sections Sections 35a & 35b of the Planning Act. (They are already entitled entitled to pass by-laws under gection 35), Sections 35a and 35b could prove to be something something of a Trojan horse, involving the Region in intensely intensely technical and basically municipal matters which will create endless work and delays. Section 35a of the Planning Act would allow the Region to pass development control by-laws not only on those aspects .of projects, which might be appropriate to the regional level, but also on many other aspects which are not-such as land grading, easements, landscaping, garbage garbage disposal, floodlighting, . and snow removal. The Cambridge Cambridge Planning Commissioner Commissioner states that the only power relevant to the Region is in relation to road widening and' access. As far as Cambridge is concerned, a good balance of control already exists on this question as there is a city by-law on development-control development-control which could if necessary ensure road widening and access-to a particular development. development. Also, the Region has control over access onto a Regional road at the building permit stage. The Cambridge Planning Commissioner says bluntly : "The implications of the Region entering the development control field in terms of delays in development development approvals and increase in red tape are horrendous". Section 35b of the Planning Act would allow the Region to require land for park purposes purposes as a condition of development development or redevelopment for residential purposes. The amount amount of land required can be up to 5 per cent of the proposed development area, or cash in lieu of parkland. The Cambridge planning Commissioner Commissioner again indicates that this will create confusion between Region and municipality: municipality: "The assumption of powers under Section 35b will result in a duplication of efforts by the Region and the area municipalities in a field Which is being satisfactorily handled at present at the local level". The section of Bill 55 extending these powers of the Planning Act to Regions is common to all Regions. We have had a very prompt response from Cambridge, but all municipalities will be considering this section, and no doubt the other eight changes proposed by the Bill raise just as many questions. As you can see, the Treasurer Treasurer has proposed changes which will have strong impact., on the relationship between region and municipality. Yet the Cambridge Planning Commissioner Commissioner notes thë lack of consultation: "This proposed legislation has not been discussed, that I am aware df, with any of the area municipalities. municipalities. I feel we should be , made aware of the reasoning behind the extension of such powers of the Region before the legislation is enacted". What kind of behaviour is this on the part of the government? Had the Treasurer Treasurer no idea of the kind of reaction this bill was certain to cause? What concerns me most is that now, if any beneficial changes are included in this bill, the chances of their being accepted are greatly reduced. AIB guidelines . The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education Education have withdrawn a motion to consider revamping the 1976-77 salaries of its administrative administrative staff which would, in ; effect, have set the salaries at levels under the agreement rather than to ose set by the Anti-Inflation Board. This action was taken last Thursday Thursday in a meeting of the committee of the whole. The AIB reaffirmed their position on April 20th when a committee from the Board met with them in Ottawa. The increase in salaries will not rise above the $2,400 maximum. maximum. Mr. C. Johnson, chairman of the board, stated that administrators ih neighbouring neighbouring areas were now making more than those with the Northumberland and Newcastle Newcastle Board and that also a number of the senior principals principals were now being paid more than the administrators. administrators. The following Salaries for administrators are now in effect (figures in brackets not the intended salaries under the agreement) : Director of Education $40,400 ($47,500), Superintendents $34,900 ($41,000), Area Superintendents Superintendents $32,400 ($37,500), Business Business Administrator $30,610 ($35,470), Assistant Business Administrator $22,560 ($25,350). Kirby and Kendal to one school unit The local Board of Education Education on ' Thursday evening gave thëir stamp of approval designating the Kirby Public School' and the Kendal Public School as one adminstrative unit.'The committee investigating investigating this move hâve met with interested persons in public meetings in both Kirby and Kendal'. Under the new system the Kendal Public School will house entirely grade one from the combined area as well as grade two and three. The Kirby school will operate all grades with, the exception of grade on,e frôm -Kindergar ten to grade six. The move is being made to improve educational services in the area, to cut down on the number of split grades and to keep the Kendal school as a viable unit. The registration at the Kendal school has been decreasing over the past few years. Both schools will now be administered by the one principal at Kirby School. Three schools in the Cotfrt- ice area have also been designated as one unit being Courtice North, Courtice South South and Courtice West Public Schools. Local workers seek no-bôàrd report Workers negotiating with Nesting Furniture Ltd. in Orono have applied for a ho-board report which would leave them in a legal position to strike in early June. Negotiators for the 25 workers, members of the Upholsterers International Union, Local 49, * met a week-ago in conciliation. A second group of 45 upholsterers involved in the negotiatiohdSfrom Plydesigns will meet June 1 with a conciliation officer. If a no-board report is asked for at that time, the second* group could strike in mid-June. Mr. O'Connor, Union Business Business Agent, has said the two main items of contention are wages and union security. ■ Board rules out nude photos at libraries At a meeting of the Town of Newcastle Library Board on Thursday evening of last week a motion was passed whereby no nude pictures or photos are to be displayed in the Libraries under the Board jurisdiction. The matter came before the Board following a complaint regarding a photographic display. at the Bowmanville Library. The photo display is a regular show at the Bowman Bowman ville library, under the direction of Mr. Neil Newton. The Board is' to inform Mr. Newton that they (jo appreciate appreciate the show but due to the fact that the libaray is a family library that no nude, 'exposures are to be on display. i't Leave It to Chance Be sure your home is truly protected by a good policy Call us now Mi I Ison Insurance Agency Office: Corner of Church and Cobbledick Street 983-5032 ORONO NURSERY SCHOOL Register Now • for , September 1976 WE OFFER AHALF-DAY ENRICHMENT PROGRAM IfOR 3 - 5 YEAR OLD CHILDREN Qualified Staff - Licensed Premises For Information call - 987-5402 A.M. 987-4012 P.M.