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"A Family Tradition for 125 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, March 24, 1992 - 13 Durham Board of Education invite public to attend budget meeting The Durham Board is proud of the quality programs and ser- vices it provides to over 55,000 students across the region. Par- ents and ratepayers over the years have shown tremendous ° support for the system as it has worked to ensure maximum use of available tax dollars for the benefit. of all learners in Dur- ham communities. " The Finance Committee is Presently developing the 1992 udget for approval by the Board in April. A steady decline in provincial funding, increased demands for service and the current economic recession have made this a difficult task. The first draft of the budget, presented in January, indicated an 11 percent increase in expen- ditures over the 1991 budget, or an average 22 percent increase over the 1991 local mill rate. Adding to this year's difficult deliberations is the fact that provincial transfer payments to education of only one per cent for 1992 and two per cent for each of the following two years were announced recently. Al- though the transfer payments are much lower than in recent years, itis the first time the gov- ernment has announced pay- ments for more than one year at a time. This will allow boards of education to do more long-term planning. At the present time, it is unknown how the transfer payments will be applied; gen- erally it is felt they will do little other than possibly cover Dur- ham's anticipated annual growth of about 1,000 students. Representatives from all Durham staffgroups metin ear- ly February to discuss the seri- ousness of the Board's financial situation. Education is not in a recession, yet its source of reve- nue definitely is. Boards of edu- cation must continue to serve STONEMOOR DAY CARE CENTRES INC. 399 Queen Street, Port Perry Offers a "Child Enrichment Programme' for children 18 months to 5 years. Full time and part time available. Hours 6:30 am to 6 pm For further information call 985-0800 iii TO Rl a ri PUBLIC AUCTION LIONS COMMUNITY CENTRE, BOWMANVILLE Saturday night March 28, 1992 VIEW.6PM SALE-7PM 26 Beech Ave. (Liberty St. to Concession St. W,, 2nd St. to Beech Ave.) MERCHANDISE RECEIVED FROM, CATALOGUE, MAIL ORDER & DEALER, TV NETWORKS, ETC. WILL BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION SALE. 90° UNRESERVED. SUBJECT TO DELETION: TERMS: CASH, VISA, MC, CHEQUE WITH VISA. NEW RAM 150 LE CLUB CAB 318, V8, auko, vans, cass. c= £33 JEWELLERY, DIAMOND RINGS, STUDS, SOLITAIRES, GOLD BRACELETS, CHAINS. EARRINGS, PENDANTS, CULTURED PEARL EARRINGS, NECKLACES, DIAMOND STUDS, BRAND NAME WATCHES, COINS, SONY, SANYO, SHARP, CITIZEN, TELEMAX, ELECTRONIC, 29°, 21° TVS SMITH CORONA & SHARP TYPEWRITERS. MINOLTA, CANON, NIKKON CAMERAS, CORDLESS PHONES, WALKMAN COMPACT DISK STEREOS, PORTABLE STEREOS, MICROWAVES, STEREO HI FI VCRS, BLENDERS, IRONS, COFFEE MACHINES, TOASTERS, EXERCISE MACHINES,CUTLERY SETS & BOXES, S/P CASSEROLES, DINNERWARE, COOKWARE, TELEPHONE, CONSOLE & COFFEE TABLES, ROLL TOP & WRITING DESK, CHEVAL MIRRORS, ROCKER CHAIRS, JEWELL BOXES, FLATWARE CHEST, NESSTED & BUTLERS COFFEE & END TABLE, BRASS VASES, GIFTWARE & HOUSEWARE, COMPUTERS IBM, SPORTS CARDS, VACUUM & STEAM CLEANERS, ELECTRIC GUITARS, HUMIDIFIERS, FIRE PLACE SCREENS, GOLF CARTS, TOYS, CEILING FANS WAIGHTS, A.J. CASSON PRINTS AND MUCH MORE (c]o]:7: YI YV[oa [0] RCH RIS) RC WASTICH f° RC AAS! Ss pen A WE p10 Sale Price $13,502.92 All Taxes $2,202.69, == ems 115,885. *Rebates to to us (Dodge Ram $1,500.) fring W OUT! a ---- COMPANY DRIVEN-RAM D150 LE 318, V8, auto, vans. 9,000 km, ar cond, loaded $13,000.00 $2,318.75. 15,316." DRIVE AWAY Ap CHRYSLER Plymouth DEAN AUTO SALES LTD. UXBRIDGE Mon.-Thurs. 9am-9pm Fri. 9am-6pm Sat. 9am-4pm BA & 852-3313 HWY. 47S 640-2793 all students in spite of funding . difficulties. Cuts made to the 1992 budget likely will remain in place for at least the next three years. Staff at all levels have been invited to participate in the budget process by making their recommendations know to trustees. Itis necessary to lower the av- erage local mill rate increase on education taxes but, for each one per cent decrease, the Dur- ham Board must cut $1.8 mil- lion from the draft budget. There are a number of areas which trustees may consider for possible reduction. These in- clude cutting most capital re- quirements; arranging long- term financing for both new schools under construction; cutting most requests for new initiatives and additional staf¥; and postponing, where possible, minor maintenance improve- ments. These cuts would reduce the estimated increase substan- tially, but not enough to be ac- ceptable to trustees and local ratepayers. Many further cuts will be nec- essary. Over the coming weeks, trustees will consider deleting a number of major items covering a broad spectrum of service are- as and non-mandated pro- grams. The nature of these items and the implication of re- ducing or eliminating them in- dictate the seriousness of the dilema facing the Durham Board for 1992. A budget meeting, open to the public, is scheduled for March 25, 1992. It will be held starting at 7 p.m. in the Boardroom at the Durham Board's adminis- trative facility, 555 Rossland Road West, Oshawa. Members of the public are encouraged to attend in order to become more informed about the budget pro- cess. Ideas and suggestions (in writing) for consideration will be welcomed by trustees. Old emergency fire department numbers will be out of service as of April 1, 1992 Effective April 1 the Township of Scugog's Fire Depart- ment's emergency numbers will no longer bein service. The telephone numbers for Hall 1 in Port Perry and Hall 2 in Caesarea (985-2345 and 986-4234) have been answered in Oshawa since the new 9-1-1 system went into effect last year. | As of April 1 callers phoning these numbers will no longer have their calls answered. Anyone needing emergency services such as police, fire de- | partment or ambulance must call 9-1-1. | Those requesting non-emergency fire department business | such as permission to burn, fire inspections, fire prevention | and hall tours are to call the fire department administration office at 985-2384. The administration office hours are Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. D. J. 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