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* 2 re The Star has received the report printed below from the Ontario County Board of Education. The controversy over the settle- ment in the wage dispute between the Board and the Local 218, C.U:P.E. (Cust: odians) we believe is of -public interest to the resi- dents in this area. The report below contains the offer made by the Board's representatives: -- Editor's note A meeting of the Advisory Committee was held on Fri- day, November 21st to review negotiations with Local #218, C.U.P.E. (Custodian's) to date and in particular the meeting of the Board of Conciliation held on Thursday, November 20, 1969. The Committee wishes to .report to the Board on the offer made by the Board's Representatives to Local #218 at the Board of Con- ciliation. 1. Form of Contract A contract to be effective Nov. 30, '1969 and to expire Tr --August 31,1971 2. Wages Increases in the resent Oshawa wage rates, the -- highest inthe County, as follows: Effective-- Nov. 30, '69 .... 23c. per hr. Mar. 1, '70 .... 08c. per hr. | cost to the taxpayer, as much Paid Advertisement OPEN LETTER TO THE CITIZENS OF REACH TOWNSHIP In the past, Reach Town- ship has been primarily an agricultural community. Fit- ...- tingly the council and-other _ political offices have been held predominatly by farmers. To- day, however, there are many people living in Reach who do not earn their living principally from farming, and we feel that it is-time that such people should also have representation on the local council. We therefore urge these people to vote for Vaughan Deacon." Vaughan, a retired civil servant, is a well-informed self- educated man. He was assoc- iated from its beginning with the National Film Board, where he worked himself up from the ranks to become the man in charge of .distribut ion and circulation of the National Film Board program throughout Ontario. In 1947, while still a resident of Tor- 2 onto, he and his wife Betty "built a week-end home near 'Chalk Lake. Upon retirement they added to that home and have been living full time in Reach for the past eight years. Vaughan's main hobbies are carpentry work and cop- ing with the beat-up furniture that Betty hauls home from auction sales. Another of his preoccupations is involvement with local problems. Just recently the Deacons have been spearheading the cam- pagne to have by-laws enforc- ed controlling the operators of gravel pits in the Reach and Uxbridge area. 80 join the movement and vote for Vaughan. He has the time and the ability to be an effective. representative for you, ; f ~Citizens for Deacon Ontario County Board Of Education Makes Offer In Salary Dispute Sept. 1, 70 .... 08c. per hr. Mar. 1, "71 ... 08c. per hr. Total increase in rate over term of contract 47c¢. per hour. 3. Settlement Pay Due to the length of nego- tiations the Board has offer- ed settlement pay of $250.00 per employee, effective date of signing a new contract, to those in the payroll who have worked full time from March 31, 1969. 4. Manpower Schedules In order to achieve a settle. ment the Committee has pro- posed a compromise on this matter. The Board has of- fered to retain the Manpower Schedule in the current Osh- awa contract for the present Oshawa schools provided fa- cilities remain the same and that new schools are ie in- cluded. 5. Week-End Work Due to the considerable in- crease in the use of school facilities by the public on week-ends the Board will find it necessary to schedule full time operations on Satur- day and Sunday in certain schools. In order to limit the Pickering District High Schools ...... 1,148.00 Brock Twp. Public Schools .... 1,554.00 Pickering Twp. Public Schools .... 783.00 By the end of the contract term in 1971 increases over the January 1, 1969 in the above noted areas will be as follows: } Brock High School $2,755.00 Pickering District High Schools ...... 1,647.00 Brock Twp. Public Schools .... 2,687.00 Pickering Township Public Schools .... 1,282.00 Cottages Wanted L REAL [STATE LID REALTOR 985-7373 County Accepts Furniture Sale An offer from the province of $7,229 for the furniture and $8,591 for the equip- ment of the county assess- ment office was accepted by Ontario County Council at its Tuesday session last week. - | The province will be taking over the assessment on Jan. 1, 1970. The report of the county matters committee was adopt- ed-on a 27 to 8 recorded vote with only the representatives of Pickering and Scugog Townships opposed. Clerk-administrator William G. Manning told council the furniture and equipment, some of which was 30 to 40 years old, had cost about $30,000. On this the county had received a subsity of about $8,000. Good sprayer mainten- ance decrees that sprayers should be well cleaned and oiled after the season's use, This will lengthen the life of the sprayer and help to main- tain optimum efficiency. PORT PERRY STAR -- Thursday, Nov. 27, 1969 -- 15 Province To Take Over Assessment A resolution calling on the assessment branch of the department of municipal affairs to complete the assess- ment of the remaining munici- palities in the county at actual value during 1970 was approv- ed by Ontario County Council Tuesday last week. The resolution, sponsored by Reeve Robert Timbers of Scott Township and Deputy- Reeve Robert Nesbitt of Ux- bridge Township said that the province _ will assume the assessment of all properties in the province next year. However, only five .Ontario County municjpalities have been reassessed at market value. Mr. Timbers said whén the province takes over the Assess- ment work it will have the staff to complete the reassess- ment of the a more Next Year rapidly than had been the case in the past. He said it would be advantageous to individual municipalities as it. would remove the different equalization factors -whicli are now used. vo Mr. Nesbitt said the main ground work had been done, He could see advantage fron: the province taking over the work as the county assesc- ment staff seemed to have been dwindling during the past year, Reeve Cecil Fralick, Scugog; Township, said farm lands should be assessed as farr: lands and not on speculative values. Reeve Gordon Hanns, Whitby, said nothing hac caused so much division in thc county in the past five yea: as reassessment. as possible, the Board will find it necessary to schedule work weeks over week-ends. with week days off in lieu of | Saturday & Sunday, and has offered to pay a premium rate of 15¢. per hour to those working Saturday & Sunday under this arrangement. Wage Parity In taking office the County Board inherited wages sche- dules that varied widely ac- ross the County. - In view of the wide varia- tions in rates in certain areas and of the high cost of equalization the Board has offered to reduce, in stages, the differential to 109% by the end of the contract. The area effected by this provi- sion will be the area north of Pickering and East Whithy Townships and the Town of Whitby. COST OF OFFER Cost of Increase in basic rates over period of Contract $384,000 Cost.of Paying settlement pay to 317 employees Annual cost of adjust- ing rates that are * currently below the Oshawa schedule on basis of the Board's offer re Parity ... 124,000 Dollar Pact $580,000 in basic rates offered by the Board INCREASE OF RATES TO PARITY In the County as of Janu- ary 1, 1969 custodians were receiving rates which varied from $3,600.00 to the Oshawa schedule of $5,975.00. To bring such rates to the formula set out in the Bd's offer increases as 'high as $1,658.00 will be required immediately. The $250.00 settlement pay would be in addition to this rate increase. At the end of the contract term such employees' rates will have increased by $2,755, over the present rate. j With the variation of rates across the County typical in- creases in 1969 will be as follows: Brock High School $1,058.00 industry's Keep it handy. 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