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Be be ati Ei Le La GM CE ii 10 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 19,1993 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Roll back unpaid days to four from eight Councillor fears deficit could double Scugog's deficit will double In a controversial move, next year under a new Social Council voted 4-2 in favor of re- Contract plan, its Finance Com- ducing the number of unpaid 0 mittee Chairman says. days for its municipal workers a ; ~ After a brief courtship Pierre de la Bear and Lady Livia Walka- bout were married in a ceremony at the Latcham Centre on Oc- tober 16. Close to 100 friends and family showed up to the wed- ding hosted by the Community Memorial Hospital. Shown are the happy couple with best man Dr. Robert Allin and brides- maid Amber Herder. SPENCER'S FEEDS 'N' NEEDS e Corn and Grain Haulage e Mobile Milling (Custom Rations) e Reasonable Rates Greenbank, Ontario P.O. BOX 18 LOC 1BO 985-3371 > Is ~ - WINDOWS & DOORS Replace any 5 windows in your house $999.00. Wood, vinyl clad. Expiry date: October 30, 1993. Ontario Hydro & CSA Approved. Port Perry 985-3557 from eight to four. The decision was in response to the province's recent Social Contract legislation. Council - was instructed by the province tocutits spending by $51,670. The vote overturned an earli- er committee recommendation calling for eight unpaid days off. In making the decision on Monday, the councillors argued they should be looking out for the interests of the municipal workers. N "Our staff are Peally making an effort to stay on budget and what have we done for them but hit them with eight days off," Ward 2 Councillor Marilyn Pearce said. "I cannot buy eight days. We're the only municipality that hasn't gone to the wall for our workers." Councillor Pearce called on the committee to split the eight unpaid days over two years, to reduce the blow. The other four would be effective in 1996. "If we can reach those num- bers, we've been kind to the tax- payers and the employees," she said. A number of the councillors called on the Finance Commit- tee to find alternative methods of saving money. They also sug- gested the committee aim for a zero-increase in its 1994 bud- get. "It's grossly unfair to put the problems on the backs of the em- ployees. We must be responsible to the employees and the tax- payers," said Ward 1 Councillor Ken Carruthers. But Regional Councillor Yvonne Christie, who serves as the township's Finance Com- mittee Chairman, said the township's deficit will double in 1994 under the council's new plan. The township's projected defi- cit was $18,000, but Councillor Christie estimates it will now rise to $37,000. Councillor Christie, along ** To protect Medicare and Pensions * To protect Canadian Jobs and create new Jobs *r To eliminate the GST, Free Trade and the Senate To protect Farming and the Environment To provide affordable and accessible Childcare with Mayor Howard Hall, voted against the proposal. "The province decided the rules and regulations for the So- - cial Contract, the township didn't. By deliberately adding to the deficit of the township going into next year is creating addi- tional budgetary problems," she said. Councillor Christie felt the Finance Committee could have devised a scheme in the 1994 budget, "through prudent fi- nancing," to avoid any unpaid days off. Although Councillor Christie was unable to estimate the ex- act amount and where the funds would come from, she predicted it would be derived from a com- bination of increased taxes and service cuts. : Mayor Howard Hall was also critical of the decision, arguing the councillors were missing the point of the whole Social Con- tract exercise. He said it was Premier Bob Rae's intention to share the pain by cutting salaries, not through the reduction of capital projects. : Counterfeit $50s passed Durham Regional Police are asking local merchants to be on the look-out for phony $50 bills after two were recently passed in Sunderland. oo R Shaun O'Flynn, sales mana -- Lucy -- RYBKA- BECKER - According to Police, two pho- ny US$50 bills were passed on October 9 at two convenience stores. ger at Dean Watson Chrysler Dodge Jeep (right), congratulates Larry Noble of Uxbridge, af- ter winning a new color television in its 1994 product an- nouncement show. The presentation was made on October 16. 2 Canada's New Democrats Your Voice In Ottawa Authorized by Richard Ledwidge, Official agent for Lucy Rybka-Backer. an ES a er SRT Cyr