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‘ Court visit York Animal Centre‘in an effort to get some inside information on forthcoming treats. When you are only four years old, making sure of a visit by the magical â€" rabbit is serious business. > ! d ‘Beginning of the en The three dissenting votes were Mayor=~Jack ~Mould, Controller Wes Boddington and Alderman Jim Trimbee. Mr. Boddington said it was 0 possible council _ would spend more: time _ on committee reports as one of the boards functions is to return reports to committees that are not fully prepared and indeed to ‘"have the bugs ironed out before going to council". Aldermen Douglas Saunders and Cy Townsend spearheaded the move to eventually abolish Board of Control. _ Ald. I:wnsend said he will sponsor a motion to ask the Provincial Since all _ committee reports involving expenditure must go through Board of Control, this will mean virtually all reports will have to be referred back to the board for approval and then again sent to council. York councillors decided this week, in a 6â€"3 vote to have all committee reports bypass Board of Control and be submitted directly to council. VOLUME 8 â€" NO. 14 "Are you sure this isn‘t the Easter Bunny?" Lynn Butt and Regina Brunt of Greentree Controller Phil White had left for another meeting and said on his return that he would wait six months to see how the plan worked. Alderman _, Saunders contended the new procedure would "cut red tape in half and return the The evening is presented by®Downsview‘s teen group, Simply So mething. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. The library is located at 2793 Keele Street. The new procedure will require no change in the Municipal Act and therefore does not need Provincial Government approval, said Ald. Saunders. June Callwood June Callwood will speak on civil liberties _ at Downsview library _ on Thursday, April 10 at 8:30 Government to replace the board with an executive committee appointed by council. THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1969 It would be unfair said the commission to place the burden of subsidizing senior citizens on the daily use of TTC. If such a policy is to be introduced, it must be the responsibility of some other authority which is in a position to assess the cost against the entire community, not just the transit users, stated the TTC commission. In a letter to York Council, General Secretary Harry E. Pettett said the commission is aware of problems created by rising prices for those on fixed incomes but material and labour costs make it necessary for the TTC to operate on a self sustaining The hopes of senior citizens in the borough were dashed recently when the TTC refused York Council‘s request for reduced fares for pensioners. po wer t o elected representatives". No reduced fares for senior citizens â€" Hold â€" the â€" line budget for York Youthful _ painters bid _ for hydrants SINGLE COPIES TEN CENTS Mr. Macdonald said that North York does hire students for summer employment but does not pay union rates. Opposition may come from the union warned Works Commissioner Colin Macdonald. Union starting rate is $2.92 an hour and one man could paint about eight hydrants a day, he said. The girls had read that Council had approved the painting to be done over a threeâ€"year period with labour costs estimated at just under $9,000. The girls pointed out that this amounted to over $4 a hydrant. "If you let us do the work it would mean savings to the taxpayers of over $2,000," said Wendy and Cathy. Board of Control commended the students for showing incentive and said the possibility of using students for the job would be considered when the time came to paint the hydrants. After reading an article in this newspaper about the cost of painting York hydrants, Wendy and Cathy Houston of Cliffe Street wrote to the borough offering to paint the 2,195 hydrants during the summer. Two enterprising high school students from York Memorial Collegiate have come up with an offer to paint York fire hydrants at $3 per hydrant. . York‘s planning board overspent its budget in 1968 to the tune of nearly $10,000 in spite of the fact that the borough allotted $43,000 more to operate this â€" department in 1968. Expenditures totalled $152,464 compared. with $109,265 in 1967.â€" Within the next two weeks Board of Control will come to grips with the departmental budget estimates. It is budget time at the Borough of York and Mayor Jack Mould predicts a holdâ€"theâ€"line budget for 1969 with no increase in taxes. When asked where he expects a decrease in spending, the Mayor said that last year there was considerable expenditure in the Parks and Recreation department which could be eliminated this year. He further objected on the . grounds that the driveway at Dalrymple and Jane could cause traffic congestion â€" but â€" council approved the plans. The completion of this development would include probably the highest tower in York and one of the highest in Metro. T he plans received opposition from Alderman Jack Gaillichan at a meeting of York council later this week, who asked that they be referred back to the legislative â€" and â€" Property committee to â€" consider lowering the height. Mr. Gallichan said he thought 34 floors would be too much. Metro planners demand that 75 percent of the property be in landscaping said Planning Commissioner Peter Allen. The southern section of Grandville Avenue will be closed and there will be two road exits from the project, he said. One will exit onto Outlook Avenue with another road sweeping down the hill onto Dalrymple Drive. Apartment towers to have three more floors York Planning Board has approved adding _ three storeys on to each of the three apartment â€" towers. This will mean that two towers will be 28 floors in height with 217 suites in each, and the taller building will be increased to 34 floors with 265 suites making a total of 699 apartment suites looking south over Jane Park Plaza. Irate tenants of 777 and ‘rents would be raised $5 per 787 Jane Street apartment â€" month. buildings gathered this week to form the Triple Seven The average thly Tenants Association: to Hydro bill, up ux‘ now firght what they feel is an received individually, was unfair increase in rents. only $2.50 said Mr. Beverly. Association president A. The tenants feel the Beverly, told Controller Phil _ landlord is taking advantage White tenants had received a of the changeover to letter from the â€" owner increase ° rents out of stating that, owing to the proportion to the amount Hydro _ account being that will be needed for changed to bulk metering, hydro changes. Dalrymple Drive residents had expressed their objections to Council andâ€" York Board of Control recommended that instead this property be included in the proposed â€" apartment development on top of the hill at Outlook and Jane. An eleven storey apartment building slated to be constructed on the east side of Jane Street at Dalrymple Drive will not be built. The treasury department which received nothing from the planning board in 1967, was paid nearly $2,000 in 1968. Increased costs included workmen‘s A _ report shows that salaries increased by $46,837. A $3,000 increase in employee‘s pensions added to the deficit. Mr. and Mrs, Brown and their three children are residents of Toronto. A native of Toronto, he is a graduate of Oakwood Collegiate and the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts degree (Honours Georgraphy). From 1943â€"1945 he was a wireless ‘operator with the Royal, Canadian Air Force, trained to intercept Japanese broadcasts, He is coâ€"author of "Elements of Geography", a textbook for Grade 11 students. Charles G. Brown, supervisor of area five since 1967, commenced his new duties as Superintendent of Student Services in March announced North York Board of Education. Mr. Brown has served for 16 of his 17 years in the teaching profession in North York, at Bathurst Heights secondary school head of the geography department at Downsview secondary school; principal of Emery Collegiate, principal of Earl Haig secondary school, and as assistant to the superintendent of secondary schools (1959â€"1961). In 1954â€"1955 he taught in Columbia, South America, landlord is taking advantage of the changeover to ‘increase ° rents out of proportion to the amount that will be needed for North York B of E Consultant and sector studies made in 1968 totalled $12,268 which was much less than the $27,038 in 1967. Plans are still to be approved by the Ontario Municipal Board. compensation payments and drafting services. York â€" planning board ended 1968 with a deficit of $6,214. appointment