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LORI oF TNA NN EE) ER 2% ENA SAY EEE A 20 - new library out? The new Scugog Township council wasted little time Monday afternoon jumping into the ongoing debate over where to build a new library. Breaking: from tradition, the new council 'used the inaugural meeting to pass a by-law which rescinds the action taken one week earlier by. the out-going council to re-confirm its financial support and the Water Street location for a new library building. The 'ink on the oaths of allegiance was hardly dry and councillors had just finished their perfunctory inaugural speeches pledging .co-operation and harmony when the rescinding by-law was introduced by council- lors John Wolters (Ward 4) and Neil Hunter (Ward 1). Councillor Wolters said it was necessary to bring the by-law to council at the inaugural meeting "because the action taken last week by the out-going council was most unusual." "That - action," said councillor Wolters, "would have put the new council in a straight-jacket." Essentially, the by-law passed by the out-going council one week earlier re- confirmed actions by the council over the past year or so to commit $100,000 towards construction of the new building and to make . available by lease to the Library Board the re-zoned portion of land on Water Street as the site for the proposed library. The rescinding motion was supported by area councillor (Turn to page 6) RIE Fa Happinessis.... A Big Hug There is nothing like a big hug from Santa to bring a twinkle of joy to the eyes of a child. Four year old Monika Franssen of Port Perry was among the hundreds of youngsters who lined up to visit with the be Lat SERRA A jolly fellow in the bright red suit after the annual Santa Claus Parade on Saturday. pictures, see page 10.] [For parade ~ housing. fact Mayor Jerry Taylor and council were sworn in for the next two years Monday by Clerk Administrator Earl Cuddie. See page 6 for photo of council. «r= No action on water rates Residents of Durham Region will have to wait another week at least before finding out just how much their water bills are going t increase. 2 =F, The outgoing Regional council last week decided not to take any action on a massive and complicated report which recommends among other things that homeowners pay 17 per cent more for municipal water in 1981 and 11 per cent more in 1982. : Because the meeting last week was the last for the present council, members agreed oysTuheimingly that the crucial report is of such 'significance to Durham homeowners that any action should be taken by the in- coming council which takes office on December 3. Along with the proposed hike in water and sewer -rates for the 56,000 users in Durham Region, the report calls for a-reduction of about $600 per unit in the lot levy fees Durham charges deve- } lopers for new residential The decision to put off any action on the report came as a bit of a surprise as the Region's finance department was present at the meeting -prepared.fo give councillors a detailed explanation of the report's implications. Oshawa out-going Mayor Jim Potticary first called for the delaying action, and he was supported by numerous councillors, including Scugog's Reg Rose who said "the decision that must be made is going to be painful," and anything done by the present council would have to be ratified and adopted by the incoming council, anyway. v At one point during the debate, Oshawa councillor Ed Kolodzie charged that the report had not come before the present council for politi- cal reasons, and that it was "deliberately supressed"' until after the November 10 municipal elections. Another Oshawa council- lor, Bruce McArthur, said the recommendations in the report "are going to be a real (Turn to page 3) Picket line set up at hospital About 15 members of C.U.P.E. local 1926 staged an " "information picket"' Monday afternoon at Port Perry Hospital to protest the that the Ontario Hospital Association has decided to seek binding arbitration for a new contract. Sylvia Franssen, president of Local 1926 said the picket line was set up only to draw attention to the fact, and it was not a work stoppage or slowdown by any of the members. ¢.U.P.E. represents about 25 RNA's, housekeeping and maintenance staff at Port Perry Hospital, and similar information pickets have been organized at nine other hospitals in the Peterbor- ough-Oshawa area. "We want no part of arbitration because it has never given us a fair deal. 'We want a negotiated contract," said Ms. Franssen. She said that talks between C.U.P.E. and the Hospital Association broke off three weeks ago and 'union members turned down a tentative agreement by an (Turn to page 2)