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| RRR sen ES EET nn * re «: » continued Township. The rest went to education and the county, he said. Things haven't chang- ed that much in this regard with the region, he said. Coun. Reg Rose told the meeting that when a report was presented in June, it was found that the region had « taken on a 10 to 12 percent increase in staff. ) ' In Social Services, there had been about a two percent increase in staff and Mr. Rose said this involved the hiring of seven new people. People "with older houses were warned that they could face a large increase in taxes in 1976 when the freeze on assessment is lifted. Mr. Hunter said that assessments were frozen in 1970 by the Province so the province could be reassessed at a uniform rate. New houses that have been built since the freeze have been assessed at current rates while houses built before the freeze haven't been reassessed to keep up with the rising value of homes. A member of the audience said that in other regions, the tax bill hadn't been too bad for -one or two years, and then it doubled in one year. He wondered when this . would happen in Scugog. The mayor said that the province had seep its mis- take in other regions and probably would't let a large increase come in one year in Durham. Another questioner wanted to know what the region was doing to introduce some of the benefits that were sup- posed to come from having a larger operation, People were told that a region woilld introduce some efficiencies and he wondered where they were. Nobody present could ans- wer the: 'question to his satisfaction. Jack Meindl told the meet- ing that the former township of Reach pays 40 percent of the operating costs of the new township, ~while Port Perry pays 22 per cent. The former Township of Scugog council holds line Scugog pays 11 percent of the costs while Cartwright pays about 25 percent of the operating costs of Scugog Township. Some questions were ask- ed why Reach paid such a large portion of the bill. It was pointed out that Reach was the largest of the former townships in size. Itis expected the new form will be available in mid-1975 after the present supply of, licences have been exhaust- ed. : Survey decision for Blackstock delayed A decision that could block any future development of Blackstock until a survey is "conducted by. the Health Board has been put off for two weeks. This was: done at the insistence of Scugog Mayor Lawrence Malcolm who ask- ed that regional councillors take a look at the situation before voting on the matter. "A lot -of the regional councillors haven't even been to Blackstock," the mayor said. "I want them to look at the situation first hand." Regional councillors will be given that chance this week when a regional bus tour of the northern part of the region stops at Black- stock. A report presented to Regional Council recom- mended that a sanitary sur- vey of the area be conducted in the fall or spring of 1975 to determine the urgency of a municipal sewage collection, treatment and disposal facil- ily in Blackstock. The Works report said that although the majority of Blackstock's subsurface dis- posal systems are probably working satisfactorily, - wet weather may cause prob- lems. The Works Committee report suggested that no more development be ap- proved in Blackstock until the survey is completed. The major problem now is a new subdivision located on the east side of Blackstock as soil conditions are not part- icularly suited for septic tank development on small lots. The Durham Regional Health Unit and the Ministry of the Environment fear there will be a high failure arate in the disposal systems in this area. LARGE ASSORTMENT OF BITTNER'S ~ "Berhemeyer Cold Cuts" When Don McNenly, 26, came back to Port Perry from Yellowknife in the. Northwest Territories, to visit his family, he brought this buffalo head with him. Mr. McNenly shot this 2,500 pound buffalo last fall just outside of the Woods Buffalo National park when he was hunting with friends. Mr. McNenly is visiting his mother, Kay, at 535 Scugog Street. Yellowknife seven years ago. He lived in Port Perry before moving to High water charges for some Some families: in Port Perry are paying as much as $100 every three months for water, while most others pay a standard fee of about $30.00. Scugog Ratepayers' Asso- ciation doesn't think this is fair and is writing a letter to the region to tell them that. FREEZER SPECIAL Side of Beef 99! Hind of Beef J £5 STORE HOURS Mon., Tues., Thurs., & Sat. Wednesday Friday 9-6 9:00-1:00 9:00-9:00 We sell only the finest quality ,) Canadian Beef. GRADE A-1 -- CUT & WRAPPED CARL JACOBSEN, proprietor Ray Penny brought the matter up at the Ratepayers' meeting and Coun. Reg. Rose explained that new houses have water meters installed. Therefore, these people are charged by what they use. Older houses don't have the meters and pay a stan- dard fee, no matter how Ground Chuck LEAN, FRESH Ground Beef SAUSAGES CANADA PACKERS CP SWEET PICKLED Cottage Rolls 9 CARL THE BUTCHER 178 QUEEN STREET -- PORT PERRY -- 985-2221 much water they use. Mr. Rose said that he and the mayor had tried to get the region to change this system that is definitely unfair but they had not been successful. : The region said it will consider these things after it completes a study of all waler rates in the region. $109 89° +9 n8 ? i EE FRR 2 YAR Y No : DAs] bs EEA TY TE NA Tr mtg a CN EEE BE ar own, Ee a Hy » OR a cae AT "3a