Tender C.st Taxpayers, $4,300 -when it was OFF1RED FR11 A systeni of catlinig for teniders which wais designed ta save the tax- payers moniey actualiy cost the ta,,xpayers mion- ey on one recenit occasioni. After the Towni de- cided to tear downi the Whitby Arena, Mr. Larry Cardinal, owner of-Car- dinal Wreckers of Otta- wa, senit a hanidwrittcni letter on bhis companiy stationery ta the towin hall offering ta tear downi the arena lfor nio- th ing. Towni Clerk, Bill Wal- lace explained, "It was because of the Lnknown factors about the mani and his business that the towni decided ta ask for tenders." He adniitted, "it was a difficult de- cisioni but ini the overall picture we were satis- fied with the end resui1ts." .Mr. Wallace feit the letter was ratier vague as ta conditions of time and materiais and he said, "The letter was anly three sentences and it wasn't the kind of in- formation we couid re- act oii." Under the tender sys- temi when a certain die- partmlent of the Town inecds work clone by ani aLtside firmn tliey cal for tenders or bids. Usu- ally the Public Works Dcpartment catis for tenders on a certain job -but it could be any department of the Town. As a rule thetenders have ta arrive at the town hiall nlo later than Friday noon iind they are opened ini the coun- cil chamibers sometinie ini the afternoon. Ail people who have an ini- terest in the job ta be donc, including the peo- pie who subrnittcd ten- ders, are invited ta the opening of the tenders. After the tenders are opened and recorded they go ta the particular departnient or depart- ments involved in the job and thec staff checks the tenders ta make sure they meet the conditions specified. The tenders arc de- cided on by thè depart- nit head andl the iow- est is not necessarily chosen. It could be that the Town finds. anc company lias nat met certain specifications or they may turn down another comipaniy be- CONTINUES PAGE 9 Vol 2 No 39 THUR SDA Y Se wtfZnf h As promnised. the question i' fsports-recre- atian facilities for the town is being taken ta the people of Whitby. A committee chiosenl frami a meeting of' rep- resenitatives from thie major local organiza- tions in town, camposeci Of Paul Gaudet. Bill Ir- win. Art Desjýardin, Har- old Eaton and Ted Bell w ili explore wli funds are currently available tram provincial grants, seek COuincil endorse- ment atid pursue pas- sible sites avaiable for a Whiitby' recreation COmnplex. But it was firstly the unanirnous ýdecision of thie organi- zation representatives and seiected committee ta give the people a voice oni what facilities are mast desired for the county town. The possibility af such an undertaking germin- ated with a meeting be- ACTION Following a merry- go round chase between departrnent heads at town hall, the Whitby Free Press. was able ta determine the status of the illegaliy construc- ted cottage on tlhe 106 tween Joe Ottenbrite, Rex King (the mian wha, sp)eiirhieaded the lund- raising' drive for the Jo- seph RLIddy Haspitai). Art Desjardin, Bob Cat- tan and Arniold Hen- driks. Two formiaI explora- tory mieetings have been helId thuIs lar zattended by representatives fromn the foilowinig Wlitby-or- ganiza,.tions: Chamiber of' Commnerce. Kinsmnen, Ki- wa nis, Kniiigh ts o fCol im- buis, Legian., Lions anîd Rotary. It is ta be enîphiasized that these meetings hiave been aniy on the basîs o f very prelinîinary groundwork ta, an Linder- takîng whichi would ul- timately require many lîours of planning and organizing. A decision ta carry out the projeet lias nat yet been made. I-ow- ever, many miembers of tic organizations a]- ready mnentioried have TO BE acre parcel of land known as Hernlit Val- ley, located nortlî of the Seventlî Concession and east of Thiickson Road. Tîe nmatter is in the hands of a soicitor act- ASK decla red a de fini te ini- terest in suich an endlea- vour andi \ill invite other groups ta senci repre- sentatives ta paricipate ini further nmeetings. One key ta the suc- cess of' such a venture is ta have representatian and participation tram the entire conmunity. it lias been decided ta ask the citizens of Whit- by ta nd icate their ini- terest and cansequently assist the arganiizatîins in making a decision by f'illing au t the question- aire on the Free Press front page and sending it to the stated address. The drive if success- fuI, would ereet desired facilities as outlined by the general populace "for the people of Whit- by by the people of Whitby"5 by means of public subseription. TAKEN ing on behaif of the town, and will be pro- ceeded with in the uisuai manner, Clerk Bill Wal- lace informs us. And "the usual nman- ner"'I according ta the interpretation of a legal contact of the news- paper, means the awn- crs will be dealt with as in the case of any cit- izen who lias made an infraction of the law. The cottage at Her- mit Valley first camne under the fire of local taxpayers when the question of the legality of its construction was posed in a Whitby Free 1ress f ront page story twa weeks aga. Responding ta tele- pi )I111g taxpayers (somie of theni on a daily basis since the puib- lication of the story, AGCTION What recreational facilities wvould YOU 0F WHITBY PREFER ?? PLEASE INDICATE IN ORDER 0F PREFERENCE 12,if3,4j, 5 .ARENA SINGLE PAO TWIN PAO THREE PAO SEATING CAPACITY 1000 Il 300 0 [] 60 00 El SCOMMUNITY CENTRE WITH KITCHEN FACILITIES CAPACITY IHEALTH CLU B SAUNA SQUASH EXERCISE ROOMS BADMINTON OTHER_________ SSWIMMING POOL 25 METREO0 50 METRE [3 IOTHER AGAINST 'Councii's Playboy Club Uncovered?', the news- paper staff p iaced re- peated telep hone cails ta department heads -at town hall ta determ- ie what was ta, be donc about the cottage. Town Engineer Wal- ter Evans, wlîo lîad giv- en a direct indication ini the story tliat lie liad known of tuie problem a mantli ago, said hie was not at liberty ta discuss anytlîng about it ta the press at this tirne because of the le- gai aspect. (Besides a cottage constructed withouit a tawn building )ermi iit, ownershiip of' the land is Linder legai inivestigatîin). Staff aof the news- p,,aper next ap pealed ta T own Clerk B3ill Wal- lace anîd were tald by HERMIT him the matter would have ta be pursued with the tawn building ini- spec tar. A standing message was ieft for the build- ing inspector at town hall for four days. Wlien Mr. Tripp did calilihe supported what Mr. Ev- ans liad had ta say, and altIioLgli lie agreed the cottage was constructcd witlîout a building per- mit, lie rcferred the pap- er on ta . the sali citor handling the case. The solicitor pointed out that the issue con- tained a question of pi- vilege and tlîat lie was at no time at liberty ta divulge information pertinent ta lus client. In a second conver- sation withi the town clerk we were given ta understand thee matter VALLEY would proceed ini the uisual maniner. Hermit Valley, which hias been nicknamed 'The Ponderosa' by the taxpayers is owned by. Bob Heron and Don Mitchell of Brooklin. The site is fuirther cornplicated by a road allowance that miay or nî-ay .flot be plunk ini its centre. Neighibouring resi- dents bordering the east side of the. site are uip in armns because the cot- tage, had it been built on the opposite side of a government suibsidiz- cd pond, would not have interferred with the road aiiowance. The 1roperty oafHer- mnit Vlly sallegedly a site for parties ai- tended by pahitical people af thle tawvn. ACTION 1972 'o- TEL Ln C CD w w - - - - - - t- I. c', LUi A CALL TO Senior Citizens... page 6. "STARR has mature outlook and Broadbent works hard," say Whitby electorate. Turnl to page 9. WFIAT KINI) of garne is tlîis?, asks a letter to the editor on page 2. S)S) 0 je 1972