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8- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, September 26, 1995 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Could cooperate with Brock, Uxbridge Cost-sharing on township agenda Township staff and politicians are at work, examining services that can be shared among the northern municipalities to save money. Scugog, Uxbridge and Brock will investigate ways in which they can help one another to pro- vide services, and deal with whopping funding cuts being handed down by the provincial govern- ment, Scugog Regional councillor Marilyn Pearce said last week. The effort is one rec- ommendation that's come from councillors, who had a day-long plan- ning session recently to deal with issues such as funding, services, and the township's position on the future of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). "T'll tell you, our staff are looking, all of them, at ways and means of cooperating with the oth- er northern municipali- ties and also the region," caid Councillor Pearce. Such cost-saving measures are at the top of the agenda in munici- palities across the prov- ince, as the Progressive Conservative govern- ment brings in cuts to transfer payments that could be as deep as 25 per cent. Scugog Mayor Howard Hall said that he backs the effort to share servic- es and costs, but stressed that it's not a new meas- ure. "You have to remem- ber, we do this in some ways already," he said. "We've been doing this for years; it's really noth- ingnew." The mayor said pur- chase of equipment and office supplies, as well as servicing to shared roads could be examined when mayors of the three mu- nicipalities get together. He added there are cur- rently some regional roads -- the Island Road comes to mind -- that could be plowed and maintained by the town- ship, with the bill for the service going to the re- gion. He said the savings brought about by such ef- forts likely won't be great, but are a start as municipalities strive to live within the con- straints being imposed by the province. "To be honest with you, I don't think there's big money to be saved, but there's some bucks to be saved," he said. o(UARE PIZZA & SUBS 80 Water Street, Port Perry Free Delivery 085-8448 Rookie MPP O'Toole eager to get started as legisla By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Today's the day. John O'Toole, rookie MPP for Durham East, takes his seat in Ontario's legislature for the first time on Tuesday, as Ontario's politicians gather to elect a new house speaker. Tomorrow, the real business of the new government begins, with the speech from the throne that will outline the direction in which this session of the legis- lature is to take. Mr. O'Toole said in an interview last week he's excited to finally get down to business in Toronto, and predicted a busy agenda, crammed with more than 30 bills up for debate and passage. "I think it will be challenging," he said Thursday. "We will be more familiar with the agenda after the throne speech. "I hope to be part of a government that will deliver on its promises," he added. "That's what this government is all about: getting down to business." Since assuming power in the June 8 election, the Tory government under Premier Mike Harris has moved swiftly on its platform of cutting the cost of government. Numerous measures have been intro- duced -- and the knife is invariably wielded -- and few segments of society in Ontario have been spared. But the initial round of cuts have all taken place before the legislature is in session, and have occurred in the absence of any criticism or debate involving the opposition Liberals and NDP. 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