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Page 8 Why does Tinkham want to get into ihe semi-automatic disposal of people's trash? The war of the crab apples is over. As of this spring, Etobicoke city hall's west parking - the parking lot where council members park their cars - will be crab apple tree-free. In a 7-6 vote, council decided to nix the ferocious flora because the majority says that when they begin to bear fruit the parking lot turns into a battle field with ripe apples dent- ing roofs and hoods and baking on cars' hot metallic surface. The trees, which some council members said are damaging their cars, will be torn out and replaced with more hospitable honey locusts. The program was cancelled by Etobicoke on January 31 due to poor response. Also, toters have been the subject of controversy. The contractor who rented the container didn't own them. Tinkham has proposed to council to revive the toter system which saw 2,400 Etobicoke residents rent wheeled containers from a private contractor so the city could test semi- automated garbage pick up. Tinkham says he'll offer the same container service at no cost increase. He also says he'll do market research to ensure that people arfaVare of and come to accept their toters. However some dissenting council members' wheels seem to have suffered no ill effects from the free falling fruit. The grand total for pulling out the offending foliage and replacing it - $2,575. I One third of the leftover greenbacks comes from depart- ments who underspent their budgets. The rest is from build- ing permit taxes, a still bountiful snow removal fund (not much snow this year) - unpredictable areas, said Etobicoke Treasurer David Deaves. Most council members think the surplus exemplifies pru- dent spending and economizing. But one council member zeroed in on departmental underspending saying it is an agru- ment in favor of cuts to the 1988 budget. But don't get the idea that all this means lower taxes. Deaves said the surplus will be used against the '88 budget which means taxes won't increase as much as they would have. So, he said, people expect something like a three per cent tax hike in the not too distant future. El "Because there's a lot of potential in automation," he says "lt's the thing of the future. I want to be a part of it." I "There hasn't been any noticeable damage to my car," said Controller Lois Griffin. "Maybe my car is too old to be ef- fected." With a new budget looming just around the corner, the city of Etobicoke finds itself in the enviable position of having $6.5 million left over from last year's budget. Etobicoke's toter system may be dead but it's not buried. If local businessman Bryan Tinkham gets his way, people will once again have the option of wheeling their garbage to the curb. Sinclair plans to attend a municipal engineers' conference on 'The let Century City' from May 31 to June 4 in the sun- ny city at a cost of $2,500. The mayor presented his trip plans to the board of control March 2. But Controller Chris Stockwell challenged Sinclair, saying the mayor just wants to go to the conference to take a trip at the taxpayers' expense and that Sinclair has no interest in a conference that deals essentially with works issues. Etobicoke Mayor Bruce Sinclair wants to go to Nice, France. "He (Stockwell) is my chief critic on council," countered Sinclair who added that everybody is interested in works because it accounts for 25 per cent of the city's total expendi- tures. "I see it as a chance to learn a lot of valuable information for Etobicoke," he said. "I suppose you believe in learning new things or you don't ." I Mayor's trip raises controller's ire Toters may rise from the grave Council nixes crab apple trees City has $6.5 million surplus March 1988 Cou~cil Nonsbook -c=c ETobicokE Humber Valley Villager _ I a a by Gigi Suhanic In a resolutior council, the city Metro should volatile issue if won't deal with it. By passing the resolution, Etobicoke is thumbing its nose at the province's much-touted "local option." Etobicoke council has decid- ed that it will not touch the hot potato that is Sunday shopping. In a resolution adopted at council, the city states that Metro should handle the volatile issue if the province The actual legislation govern- ing Sunday and holiday shopp- ing falls under provincial jurisdiction. Premier David Peterson's "local option"would see indivi- dual municipalities decide on whether there would be shop- ping on what is traditionally the Lord's day. 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