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J Fo prs 0s TRO TT y - Be cugog tax increase over 16% "Scugog Township Coun- cil's successful attempt to hold the line on spendin coupled with an increase in "township assessment has resulted in a decrease in municipal taxes of up to 13 mills in some cases. No need for Scugog to get too overjoyed about the Scugog Township Council looked favourably on a sug- gestion by Howard Forder that the lakefront property of Lake Scugog Lumber and Coal: Company be the locat- . ion of a second senior citiz- ens housing project.~ Township council agreed with 'Mr. Forder that the land is ideally suited near bank, downtown, park facil- ities, Latcham Centre, and recreational facilities. unique development, how- ever, since the overall rate hows a tax increase of over 16 per cent. Regional, ele- mentary and secondary school rates are all up sub- stantially. . Mayor Lawrence Malcolm credits council's careful watch on the purse strings Favour location The project would seein to be more in line with council's wish that the entire lakefront area become a park area. Coun. Vernon Asselstine said that a senior citizens home, built on publicly-owned land, would be the kind of develop- ment the township should be looking for in that area. A second proposed site is. behind Conway Gardens on Highway 7A, with access from Water Street. PORT { PERRY Serving Scugog Township and-a $54,000 surplus last year as a major reason for the municipal reduction in taxes...a reduction that, ac- cording to his figures, brings the overall tax increase down two per centage points from 18 to 16 per cent. "While we've managed to hold the line on spending, our assessment . has increased, resulting in the drop in local tax rates," said Mayor 'Malcolm. - Mayor Malcolm said he "didn't like averages' and ~declined to speculate what tax increase the '"'average" taxpayer would be faced with. Township treasurer . Alex Thompson speculated that the average increase might be around $60.00. - "My taxes will go up about $180.00 while others might go up only $20.00 or $30.00," shrugged Mayor Malcolm. Wednesday, May 12, 1976 "So, what's average?" Total revenues for 1976 are budgeted at $3,451,679., up from the actual 1975 figure of just under $3 million." Total expenditures for the year is within a few thousand dollars of the intake. That figure is calculated at $3,457,777, but includes a $53, 852 surplus from last year, In the table shown here, the 'general' column across the top of both residential and commercial divisions represents the municipal- ity's share of the taxes. RESIDENTIAL 1975 1976 1975 1976 1975 1976 1975 1976 Reach Port Perry Scugog Cartwright General 41.50 34.54 53.54 43.49 41.33 34.35 63.65 52.56 Region 12.41 23.15 10.12 18.86 10.89 20.30 20.13 37.52 Elementary Schools 37.62 14.48 20,11 34.52 31.89 37.62 53.36 63.12 Secondary Schools 34.98 43.39 27.04 33,78 29.62 36.69 49.51 61.63 126.51 145.56 119.81 130.65 113.73 128.96 186.65 214.83 COMMERCIAL General 48.82 10.64 62.98 51.16 48.62 40.41 - 74.88 61.83 Region 14.60 27.23 11.91 22.19 12.81 23.88 23.68 44.14 Elementary Schools 41.80 49.42 32.33 38.35 35.42 41.80 59.28 70.13 -Secondary Schools 38.86 48.21 30.03. 37.53 - 32.90, 40.77 55.00 68.48 144.08 165.50 137.25 149.23 129.75 146.86 212.84 244.58 32 Pages No agreement, no expansions at Goreski's A regulation demanding site plan agreements be reached between the munici- pality and developers was Scugog Township council's ace-in-the-hole in their at- tempts to stop a major expansion of Scugog Island resort owner Phil Goreski. Mr. Goreski wants to en- large his campsite from 100 to 150 units, but council balked at the lack of parking, recreational and open space areas at the site and was taken aback when thé minis- try of industry and tourism representatives said their department was willing to okay the project. According to F. J. Martin and Dave MacKenzie of the ministry, authorization is granted on the basis of individual lot' size and not surrounding recreational or open space areas. They did state, however, that 'legal reasons' for stopping the project, filed by various levels of government including the municipality, would be reviewed by the ministry and used as a basis for approval or non- approval. Several times, both munic- ipal and ministry officials expressed surprise that different versions of inform- ation about the project's pro- gress was given by Mr." Goreski to both bodies. "We were told that you approved of this plan,...."" Mr, Martin told council. Coun. Reg Rose said that council is worried that such a major expansion would have adverse effects on public and . private facilities nearby, - since such an, expansion would leave no playground (continued on page 6) Local cadet corps in need of support Pat Dooley, a Major in the Armed Forces and a teacher at Port Perry High School approached the Scugog Chamber of Commerce with an appeal for moral and physical help in his effort to avoid the local cadet corps from folding. The local' corps is one of the oldest in Canada, and is about to-go stomach-up if "Mame", Lisa Barry and David Ellis in a scene from put on by local amateur -thedtre, packed the house all three nights and drew. standing ovations and gales of laughter from the group, The Borélians, at Town Hall 1873 on audience. See page 12 for more pictures and Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The comedy story. JG Photo SAAAAAAAAAA An A AA at AAAI AAAI AAA AAAS the townspeople don't get behind it", he said. "It's very close to going the way of the Sea Cadets and the local Scout organization." Mr. Dooley, in his appeal said that a cadet corps is much like a scout group, but that _it is financed by the federal government. In- struetors can be hired, rather than volunteer like in the scouting movement and a large amount of money can be obtained to run it. "The cadet corps is the perfect answer. to providing activities forthe kids of the community, he said, and they are under no obligation to the corps, and are not subject to military law. Both boys and girls from the ages of 13 to 19 are eligible to join cadets and their unlimited range of activities, which include bus and camping trips as well as trips to England and across Canada, all al no expense to parents. Although the present cadet corps, which has only 30 members, is a high school corps, Mr. Dooley plans to change this and make it an open corps, one which would enable anyone in the com- munity to join. At the Port (continued on page 6) 'Lilla Street widening *1,051,375 A $1,051,375 tender for the widening of Lilla Street was scheduled to be put before * Durham Regional Council today, despite the fact that for a vocal group of local citizens, the money might better be spent elsewhere or for other things. Dagmar Construction L te was expected to® get the go-ahead for the controvers- ial Port Perry project that would, according to some Port Perry tesidents, split - "the community in two with a three-lane, treeless, race track dividing east from west. Officials of the region's works department said the widening of Lilla St. from a two- to three-lane highway, has been in the design stage for eight years. The project will complete (continued on page 8) ry TEE Naw Rr Sa A ~ x eR -- ww! J SRS oy aye A ALG natn or i ~~, > = - or mr TP a