PAE 6, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1982, WHITBY FREE PRESS Town willnot go into'ýdebt ïiii 1982 The Town of Wbitby will not issue any deben- tures during 1982. A debenture la no r- mally issued -when a major projeet,, such as new road construction, is undertak'en and 18, simiflar to a joan taken out by a consumer. According to' town treasurer AI Claring- bold, the town bas not issued any debentures for about five years and currently has a "pay-as- you-go" policy., The town currently bhas about $2.6 mnillion in outstanding debentures and if no new ones are issued,.al debenture debt wiIl be wiped off the books in about. 16 years. Claringbold said that the outstanding deben- tures are mostly for road construction, the fire hall, the library, the works depot on Taunton Road, the Iroquois Park Arena Hie added that three debentures wil be paid off this year on the fire department's aerial Iadder truck, the tennis courts in Palmerston Park and the Brooklin Park. There is- no outstand- ing debenture o n the Municipal Building on' Rossland Road. Deben- tures on'trunk water supply and sanitary sewer pipes were assumed by the Region of Durham in 1974. Town creates new department Wbitby Town Council bas created a new department to look after special projeets. 1According to Mayor Bob Attersley, the new department will handie matters 'not normnally handled . by other Brown's homemade pure pork Freezer Beef No. 1 Red Brand'Steer Beef Ail store cut & wrapped to your requirements. PPpeople POP BROWN'S FOODMASTER ASE OF 12-30 oz. BOTTLES ~ 'm" 4.99 plus deposit IiIUUIL IN 6 54 2 'ASE 0F 24-10 OZ. BOTTLES 6 5 4 8:30 arn to 6:00 Pm Except Thurs. & Fni. Nights til 9 pi 'a w.'. 'a s ni *** -s Other grants will be given to the Burns Church Cemetery Board ($300), School Boys Curling ($350) and the Brooklin Women's Insti- tute ($150). P, .-,.<Jcê 4, A-4 14 j1 Jè b'4'. TEp c c $49plus deposit departments and mat- ters handled by more than one department. "lWe want to get a handie on special pro- jectas" Attersley said. The department wiII be headed by Forbes "Doc" McEwen, a long- time member of the Itown's staff. McEwen will be res- ponsible for such thinga as land ýacquisition and sales and the tourist in- formation centre. -The department has been granted an operat- ing budget of $67,700 for 1982. McEwen will also oversee a capital budget of $772,000. This budget will pro- vide for the construction of the permanent tourist information centre to be located at the corner of Brock and Burns Street and 60 slips for the Port Whitby Marina. The department will also be responsible for the construction of a 120- car parking lot on Perry Street and other pro- jects. $539645 in grants given to local groups Some '19 commrunity, organizations will re- ceive a grant from' the Town of Whitby in 1982., Whitby Town Council wiIl give a total of $53,645 in grants in 1982, up substantially from last year's $39,595 and 1980's $32,545. This biggest pie of the grant pie will go to the Whitby Arts who will re- ceive $15,000 this year. Both the Whitby Historical Society and theWhitby Brass Band will receive $10,000. The County Town Car- nival has been allocated a grant of $3,000. How- ever, before paying the money, Whitby Town Couricil was to review the carnival's financial status. The archives will receive an operating grant' of $2,500. The Whitby Jaycees will receive a grant of $2,200 to help defray the