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Carol Latta, 10, and Cindy Latta, 8, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Latta are eagerly tugging at this huge pine tree with the help of Guide Leader Elvira Southgate. Money raised through the sale of trees, on sale at the Scout Hall here, will be used to help youth activities. Scugog Mayor Lawrence Malcolm was one of three finance committee members to plead without success for Regional finance committee support for the establish- ment of a regional water and sewer rates. The Regional finance com- mittee Thursday decided against recommending a uniform rate for sewer and water services, and instead will ask council at a special meeting today to revert to the former "chargeback" system of financing sewer and water services. The committee chose the third of three alternatives for financing water and sew- age costs in a 4-3 vote. First of the three alterna- tives presented in a report from finance commissioner Jack Gartley was the ible way to go, according to the commissioner. Defeating the regional rate proposal were Oshawa coun- cillors John Aker, Allan Pilkey and Gord Attersley along with Ajax councillor Mary Reid. Coun. Reid has long been an advocate of returning sewer and water services back to the area municipali- ment against the regional rate system of financing is that they feel it will cost ratepayers in the city too much. In his report to the commit- tee Mr. Gartley pointed out that although the finance d-- partment staff had proviued the committee with other alternatives 'it is our sug- FE TEE EE EEE EEE EER ERR ER RR RE A I a sd lit XL-311 7" cross. RELATIVE MATURITY 80-85 days. Heat Units. Al fil, oJ Sn ability -- excellent for ear corn picker; combine harvesting. 18-22,000 for medium soils. UXBRIDGE BLACKSTOCK PONTYPOOL WOODVILLE RALPH VEITCH BRIAN LEE KEN PRESTON VERN BRYAN TT Te Te TT Te Tp A A A A Te A A A A Tr Te rr A A A A A Be S Bu s A -- -- TODAY'S HOICE DEKALB Dual Purpose Performance BIG YIELDS -- TOUGH STALKS. A top performing 3-way i A SHOWY CORN -- Dark green leaf colour. Long, wide ad leaves. Medium stalk height with medium ear place- is ment. Very good standability. A SLENDER EARS HAVE GOOD LENGTH. Easy harvest- very good for POPULATION RANGE 22-24,000 at harvest for rich soils; RN Lr I IE EIT II EE EI EI REE I ===> 2,650-2,700 852-3913 986-5173 277-2390 439-2379 TT TT TA A A A Tr Te TR A A Tr i Ap A A A Hr rr Tr A Ar Ar Tr rr rr eB NN i ee regional rate--the only sens- ties while the Oshawa argu- - gestion to consider alterna- tive one (uniform rate) as the most desirable recom- mendation." That recommendation, ac- cording to finance staff, was based on a 'regional' ap- proach and would have. "many advantages to most municipalities." In the report it was pointed out that unless the' regional rate alternative was chosen "several municipalities will be unable to cope with the financial burden as propos- ed by the capital budget." GRANTS Using the $1.1 million in provincial grants promised by Treasurer Darcy McKeough Nov. 12 to help finance the cost of phasing the rate in over five years there would be a variance in the average water bill from municipality to municipality during the first year but in 1980 the average bill would be the same throughout the region. : The main concern for Oshawa representatives to regional council was that the uniform rate would mean water bills in the city would increase almost approx. 80 percent. Comparisons between reg- ional rates and the other alternatives for the other municipalities and their 1976 water bills show that the average "Scugog user would pay $93.53 for his water with a regional rate but water would cost that same user $228.55 under the charge- back system of financing. Coun. Aker said he was concerned with what might happen in the development field if the regional rate were adopted by council. FIRST CLASS "We could be faced with the situation of having a small rural community de- manding first class water systems and first class sew- er systems under a regional rate," he said. However, he felt the municipality itself would be its own watchdog if the re- gion still operated on a chargeback system, for under this method of financ- ing all capital projects would be subject to close scrutiny to ensure the mun- icipality can bear the as- sociated costs. Works Commissioner Bob Richardson told the meeting that such would be the case even if the region chose the uniform rate system for fin- ancing. "That's surely the responsibility that has been given to the regional plan- ning and development de- partment," he said. Coun. George Ashe (Pick- ELECTRICAL ¢ HEATING « RESIDENTIAL ¢ COMMERCIAL 36 yrs. experience - ering) finance committee chairman, -in = answer to claims from Oshawa repres- entatives that the city was. the loser in paying for re- gional functions said the op- posite was true. "Function by function..add them all up," Coun." Ashe said. "I'll admit garbage is the only one where you are a loser...but you come out ahead in every other one." Mr. Gartley Oshawa councillors that the city was a '$1.5 million beneficiary in regional gov- ernment during 1974...and probably- another $1.5 mil- lion again this year." + He said that while Oshawa may have had an increase in its mill rate from 1972 to 1975 of about 4,2 percent, "in other municipalities the mill rate went up 25 and 30 percént during the same period." SUPPORT Coun. Lawrence Malcolm told the: (Scugog) along with Coun. Bruce Tink (Newcastle) re- quested committee support for the regional rate. "There are probably one or two things about it that I have trouble with," Coun. Malcolm said, "but I think it is the best thing for the region to do." "Alternative one (regional rate) is the only financially sound alternatiVe," Mr. Gartley told the committee, "otherwise any expansion of water or sewage services in many municipalities would have to be curtailed, as the sysfems cannot be reasonab- ly expected to bear the costs of such expansion." Coun. Ashe called the com- mittee's move to recomm- end the return to charge- back financing "backward.. I'm thinking of the region and we are- going in the wrong direction as far as I'm concerned." Epsom News "By Jean Jeffery Everyone is so busy shop- ping and preparing for Christmas there hasn't been much time for visiting. Thursday dinner guests with. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Baster were, Mr. and Mrs. Tim Holmes of Scarborough also Mr. Bottema of Hol- land. On Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gimby and Mr. and Mrs. Don Gale of Don Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Barry Hunter of Leaside were guests of the Baxters. Our sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kerry in the death of her aunt Mrs. Nor- man Ward of Toronto who was laid to rest in Green- bank cemetary. After the funeral the relatives were lunch guests with Mr. and Mrs. Kerry. We are pleased to learn that Miss Vera Prentice has returned home from the hos- pital. We wish her a speedy recovery from eye surgery. We welcome Betty Anne and Gregg Kerrigan and baby Brent to our commun- ity. They havé moved into the home vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Vic Chilton and family. We wish Vic and Shirley much happiness in the new home they are building. Mrs. Douglas Wilson re- ceived the results from a course she took last fall. Now Beth is a proud R.N. The good news was held up by the mail strike. Congrat- ulations Beth. Don't forget this is an invi- tation to one and all for Dec. 22 at 7:30 p.m. to meet at Epsom Church for the child- rens Christmas program. Mothers are asked to pro- vide lunch. One event we have come to look forward to is our Christ- mas Eve Carol Sing and Communion Service. This year we meet to commemor- ate the Birth of Christ at Utica Church, December 24, at 8 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. G. Jeffery were guests at the Senior Citizens dinner at Goodwood December-10. This dinner is given by Goodwood L.0.B.A. On Thursday, Dec. 11, a number of friends and rela- tives gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wilson. Their son Douglas and his bride Beth had the place of honour. Mr. Donald Simmonds was Master of Ceremonies and read a pres- entation address. Douglas and Beth were presented with a reclining chair. Mrs. Norman Tapscott led in a sing-song which all enjoyed. A visit and a delicious lunch concluded the evenings fes- tivities. 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