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RE, ran SEAS gi a AAS 4 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, May 15, 1990 Garbage deal worth $ millions to Durham (From page 1) The agreement also lets Durham to continue to dump its trash in the Metro owned Brock West landfill until the new one opens. And it gives the Durham the option to buy two sites known as Brock North and South, both of which are owned by Metro and could be sites for garbage, something Durham does not want to see happen. Negotiations between Me- tro and Durham over this gar- bage agreement were '"on- again-off-again" in recent weeks. And at last week's council meeting, Oshawa councillor John Aker, who chairs Dur- ham's solid waste manage- ment committee, termed the ne- gotiations, "the toughest I have ever been through." The $20 million Durham received from Metro last week just for approving the agree- ment can be used by the Region for any purpose. And part of it will be used to wipe out a projected $8 mil- lion deficit this year in Durham waste management programs. The $21 million Durham receives from Metro on approv- al of the Whitevale dump must VENDORS WANTED for Garden Produce, Crafts,Baked Goods, Yard Sale, etc. Call: Wm. Cohoon 985-8044 be used to develop the site itself for landfilling. If the landfill can't be opened as a result of court chal- lenges, Durham must return . the $21 million, but can keep the initial $20 million "up- front" money. The agreement was first signed May 8 by Metro officials, including chairman Allan Tonks. \ And it was presented the following day to the full Dur- ham council. Council took the unusual step of witholding the actual text of the agreement from the public and media until after Durham lawyer Michael Pace had read through the entire 17 pages, a process that took close to an hour due to the detailed le- gal language. Then Regional councillors spent three hours questioning Mr. Pace and works staff on many of clauses, and it was only then that the document was dis- tributed to the media, lawyers acting for the town of Pickering, dnd to members of citizens groups opposed to the dump. While the agreement be- tween Metro and Durham clears one significant hurdle in finding an interim solution to the garbage crisis facing both municipalities, there are other to overcome before the dump ever opens. These include the environ- mental hearings, the expected court challenges, and negotia- tions with the province of Onta- rio. The P1 land at Whitevale where the dump is proposed is owned by Ontario. Regional chairman Gary Herrema said last week Dur- ham and the province will now start negotiating for that land. And he suggested that the province will not throw any ma- jor roadblocks in Durham's WORLD'S LARGEST ¢ GO KART TRACK! | * GO KART RIDES * ALL NEW KIDDYLAND * KIDDY KART RIDES * VIDEO SHUFFLE * WORM * BATTING CAGES * MINIATURE GOLF WITH NEW OVER & UNDER PASS * HUGE ARCADE * GROUP RATES AVAILABLE Family Raveloeary HWY. 12 - WHITBY 4 Miles North of Hwy. 401 655-3384 686-0504 Family Karetoay HWY. 12 - WHITBY 4 Miles North of Hwy. 401 ==} way. The P1 site is ap interim landfill. It will close on Decem- ber 31, 1996, or when six million tonnes of Durham and Metro trash have been dumped there, whichever comes first. Durham now generates about 350,000 tonnes of gar- bage each year and Metro ten times that amount. Durham, Metro and other Regions in this area are now In the process of looking for a large landfill that will satsify their needs for many years. Regional budget will cost taxpayers 10¢ per day Just ten cents a day. That's the way Durham chairman Gary Herrema de- scribed the impact on taxpayers after Regional council put its stamp of approval on the 1990 budget last week. Herrema's reference to ten cents a day is based on the fact that the budget will hike Re- gional taxes this year by $36 on the average assessed home in Durham. The net impact is an in- crease in Regional taxes of 11.2 per cent over 1989. - The budget was approved by Regional council late last Wednesday afternoon. - Councillors spent about 45 minutes discussing the 1990 budget that calls for gross Re- ional spending this year of 213.9 million. That is 25.3 per cent more (gross) than Durham spent last year, but the netimpact on rate- payers was reduced to 11.2 per cent, thanks in part to an as- sessment growth rate of 6.8 per cent, and a hefty 33 per hike in Regional revenues and subsi- dies. Prior to the passing of the budget last Wednesday, coun- cillors had spent the better part of four hours discussing the multi-million deal with Metro Toronto for a new shared gar- bage dump in Durham. The Metro garbage deal (see separate story) will kick an immediate $20 million into Durham coffers and a further $21 million when the new dump clears environmental hearings. And over the five year life of the dump (1992-96) Durham will get at least $200 million in net dollars for the 4.6 million tonnes of trash Metro will dump. With the passing of the 1990 budget by the Region last week, the average assessed res- idential property in Durham will be paying $370 in Regional taxes this year. 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