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PF WAR AE FCO bait aids did itd ich bi di ibe ncn car bad a Township Spends $155,000 Purchase lakefront property Scugog Township council has voted unanimously to purchase a 2.4 acre parcel of property on the Port Perry waterfront at a cost of $155,000. The vote was carried April 17 at a special budget meeting of council, and the recommendation was contained in a six-year capital program forecast prepared by the council finance committee. Vol.113 No. 24 The property was formerly that of the Lake Scugog Lumber Conipany, and just last summer the previous council narrowly rejected buying the land from Lake Scugog Lumber for the same price. The land was then pur- chased by .Port Perry businessman Ken Jackson and the sale to the Township will be concluded by the end of this month. Wednesday, April 25, 1979 Finance committee members Reg Rose, Jerry Jackman and Mayor Jerry Taylor told the Star in an interview last week that the money to pay for the land will come from several sources. The lot levy fund will be tapped for $75,000, an ad- ditional 70,000 will come from the Municipal Projects fund, and the remaining (Turn to page 3) 36 Pages Budget Passed Property owners face 10% hike in taxes Property owners in Scugog Township can expect their 1979 municipal taxes to jump by about ten per cent. A budget brought down by Scugog Township council at a special meeting April 17 shows an 18 per cent in- crease in spending for local purposes over last year. The net requirement for the Township in 1979 will be $1,009,923, up by $172,000 over the 927,866 budget of last year. In addition, property owners will pay $825,016 as the Township's share of Durham Region's 1979 budget, and a further $2,045,375 for elementary, secondary and separate school purposes. Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor said the 18 per cent increase in local spending this year was due to two main reasons: the first an increase in salaries to all municipal workers which amounts to about $50,000 this year, and the second is the loss of $87,000 in provincial grants which were phased out in 1979. A third factor which pushed the total local budget up this year is a $12,000 increase for Unit One of the Scugog Fire department, and a $6,000 increase for Unit Two. While Scugog Township's budget requirements are 18 per cent higher than last year, the impact on the tax payer has been softened somewhat by the fact that overall assessment values in the Township is estimated to be up by 5.5 per cent in 1979. The large jump in assess- ment is in Ward Two (Port Salary Members of Scugog Township council are getting a pay raise this year. At a special budget meeting April 10 council voted to hike the salaries paid to councillors Don Crosier, Richard Drew, John warm temperatures. hour each evening. in time for winter! Spring Ahead You may have had your doubts that Spring was ever going to come until last weekend when Mother Nature blessed us with sunny skies and But another sure sign of spring occurs this weekend. Don't forget when you go to bed on Saturday night to set your clock AHEAD one hour. weekend the clocks are advanced by one hour enabling us to enjoy the daylight for an extra And don't worry about the hours sleep you'll lose this week, you'll gain in back in the fall, just This Perry) where the increase is over 14 per cent. However, total assessment in Ward 1 increased by less than one per cent, and just 1.5 per cent in Ward 4. This is expected to mean that ratepayers in these two wards will likely feel a tax increase of closer to 12 per cent this year. The assessment increase in Ward Three is 5.78 per cent. The vote to. approve the local spending requirements for 1979 and set the various mill rates for the four wards was carried unanimously by council at the special budget meeting April 17. Williams, John Wolters, and Jerry Jackman, from $5100 per year to $5500. The council also set a new salary level for Mayor Jerry Taylor at $6300 per year, up by $500. One-third of salaries for councillors and the mayor is tax-free. The pay increases which amount to over seven per cent are in line with a similar increase granted to muni- cipal workers both union and non-union this year. The salaries for members of Scugog council are almost identical to those paid elec ted representatives in both Uxbridge and Brock Townships. New rates this year. in Uxbridge pay members of council $5500. However, the Uxbridge rep on Regional council receives $6000 from the local municipality, and the Mayor of Uxbridge is paid $7700. Cartwright At Home Queen Tammie Demerchant was crowned At Home Queen at the annual dance held Saturday at the Recreation Centre in Blackstock. With Tammie are princesses Lois VanCamp [left] and Linda Duivesteyn. There was a good crowd on hand for the 21st Annual Cartwright High School At Home dance. increases for cout In Brock Township, the mayor is paid $6825, the regional councillor is paid $6300 and all other members of council receive $5300. Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor and councillor Reg Rose both sit on the Durham council where they are paid $12,980 per year. The local increase boosts the mayor's overall salary to $19,280, and the regional councillor's salary to $18,480 per year, one-third tax free. STAFF INCREASES Also at the special meeting April 10, council agreed to pay increases for 11 salaried Township employees which average out to about seven per cent. The new rates make Roads superintendent Ron MacDonald the highest paid municipal employee at $19,280 per year, while assis- tant superintendent Merlin Suggitt will receive $18,000. cil The salary for treasurer Alex Thomson has been set at $17,000, and $15,170 for deputy-treasurer Dorothy Robertson. The pay increase boosts the salary of Town- ship clerk Doreen Van Camp to $15,765 per year. In the building and by-law department, chief inspector Robert Kenny will be paid $13,596 and assistant Lloyd Clark will receive $12,438. The salaries do not include the Township benefit pack- age which is estimtaed to be worth about 25 per cent of the salary of each employee. Scugog Township is presently in the process of hiring a clerk-administrator and the salary range quoted for this new position is from $20,000 to $25,000 plus bene- fits per year. Ads for the position are now being placed in newspapers and it is expected that the position will be filled within the next couple of months. Bed Challenge After all the heavy financial dealings in the past couple of weeks, Scugog Township council still has a little entergy left. In fact, the council Monday night issued a challenge to their counterparts in Uxbridge Town- ship to enter the annual Big Brother Bed Race which is slated for May 21 in downtown Port Perry. Councillor Reg Rose was quick to stake a claim as therider in the Bed Race, stating that he deserves toride rather than push since he is the elder member of the present council. TIES YAN et 4 mon SINT = SEE ae Ra ." ol RE TIT Y bay . yA #