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Township administrator Earl Cuddie said following the meeting that the mun- icipality will not have to borrow to meet this commit- ment. The funds will come either directly from taxes or from the Township develop- ment levies account. Howard Hall, who is chair- man of the Hospital building committee, said he was most pleased with the council decision to grant the $160,000 towards the expansion. He said the final plans for this 10,000 square foot addition are now being approved by the provincial health ministry and the committee anticipates that construction will start this spring with the work completed by the end of this year. Mr. Hall was one of a three-person delegation who made a detailed presentation to council about the proposed expansion and funding at a meeting early in January. The addition will be paid Scugog sticks with 5% hike Acting under the pro- visions of the Ontario Gov- ernment Bill 179, Scugog Township council last week granted pay hikes of five per cent to most municipal employees. Included in the Townships five per cent package are the 15 outside municipal em- ployees who are members of CUPE, and the ten manage- ment employees. Council increased the rate of pay for temporary labour- ers by 40 cent per hour, and granted a similar increase for the permanent part-time classification. Three employees received in- creases of $750 per year. And council also granted increases of five per cent for all members of council. This works out to a $390 a year increase for the Mayor bringing his salary at the local level of $8190 annually. The six other members of council received a $325 in- crease bringing their sal- aries to $6825 yearly. The Mayor of Scugog and the regional councillor each receive just $14,000 annual salary as members of the Durham Region council. All increases take effect January 1 of -this year. In granting the wage hikes, council made no changes in the benefits package for any municipal employee this year. Council hear sides in licence dispute Members of Scugog Town- ship council found themsel- ves trying to act as referees Monday afternoon in a dis- pute between the owners of Rolling Hills Riding Acad- emy on the Shirley Road and a couple who live across the road from the Academy. Mr. and Mrs. Arie Kuipers told the meeting that a din- ing lounge licence granted Rolling Hills last fall is in their opinion a breach of municipal by-laws, but Mr. Kuipers said he could "live with this" so long as there were no "loud parties, music or dancing' at the Academy late at night. Mr. Kuipers hinted during the meeting that he is pre- pared to take the municipal- ity to court over the matter. Frank Perry, owner of Rolling Hills admitted to council through his lawyer that there had been a couple of 'bad experiences' involv- ing late night music last summer when functions were held under a special occasion permit. However, he strongly de- nied the allegation by Mr. Kuiper that this kind of thing had gone on as recently as New Years Eve. Mr. Perry's lawyer, Mr. Warboy, who was present at the meeting said that since last fall when the Liquor Licencing Board granted a dining lounge licence, Roll- ing Hills has every entention of living with the restrict- ions of that licence. The dispute between Mr. and Mrs. Kuipers and Mr. Perry has been simmering for more than a year, and when both sides met at the council table Monday after- noon, several councillors urged them to forget the past and try to resolve their diff- erences. "Can you not forget about what' may have happened in ne hat ward 4 councillor Harvey Graham asked. After listening to both sides give their present- ations Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor said "it seems to me that there is a big difference between what one is saying and the other is saying." It looks to me as if one side is playing up the problems and the other side is playing them down." At one point during the meeting when the arguments grew heated, regional coun- (Turn to page 3) for from the following sources: $200,000 from the provincial government; $250,000 from the Memorial Hospital Foundation fund, $160,000 from Scugog Town- ship; $75,000 from donations by major national corp- oration and foundations; and $75,000 from local fund raising groups and organ- izations and business and personal donations. There had been some con- fusion earlier this month about whether municipal governments have the legal authority to make grants for hospital expansion. Appa- rently, the necessary changes in provincial leg- islation were made last summer. The addition to the rear of the present hospital building will enlarge the emergency department, allow more day surgery to be performed and greatly increase the space for such things as the physio- therapy department, lab- oratories, medical records and general storage areas. In the presentation to Scugog council earlier this month Hospital adminis- trator David Brown said the need for more space has reached the critical stage which is effecting overall efficiency and in some cases may even be a hazard to employee safety and work- ing conditions. Vol. 117 No. 8 Tuesday, January 25, 1983 32 Pages -- In its continuing efforts to provide first class winter recreation, the Port Perry Snowmobile Club has acquired two pieces of trail grooming equipment complete with heavy duty Alpine snow machines to pull them. The equipment was purchased for $13,000 with half coming from a Wintario grant, and on Sun- day there was an official unveiling ceremony at the Durham-York MPP Ross Stevenson and Scugog Town- ship Mayor Jerry Taylor were on hand Sunday as members of the Port Perry Snowmobile Club unveiled two new pieces of trail grooming equipment. The equipment consists of two heavy duty Alpine snow machines and two trail grooming sleds which will help keep the more than 120 KM of trails in top shape for the 300 families who belong to the Snowmobile Club. The Club bought the equip- ment for $13,000, with half coming from a Wintario grant. The keys to the new machines were officially turned over to Club president Paul Smith by Mr. Stevenson in a ceremony at the Club house south of Port Perry. Both Mr. Stevenson and Clubhouse south of Port Perry. On hand were Harvey Graham, president of CORSA, Jim Lackie, trail director for the Club, Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor, Ross Edmonstone, of the Federation of On- tario Snowmobile Clubs, Paul Smith, president of the Port Perry club, and Durham-York MPP Ross Stevenson. The only thing missing was the snow . Trail grooming equipment Mayor Taylor paid tribute to the way snowmobile clubs such as the one in Port Perry have contributed to the sport in recent years to nelp make this popular winter activity more safe and enjoyable for all. a The new grooming equip- ment is the latest addition for the Port Perry Club which has had a very successful 12 year history. still waiting for the snow The organization built its own club house, has worked out agreements with property owners for use of trails which now make up part of the network of trails in this part of the province which run from Sunderland to Rice Lake. 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