Decom hearing.. Critical ruling faits iin town's favour Town solicitor David Sims scored something of a victory last week at an En- vironmental Assessment Board hearing into the proposed Decom transfer station when the board's representative ruled in favour of allowing Mr. Sims to pursue the question of whether there is a need for the facility to be located in- Whitby. During Mr. Sims' cross examination of Decom ex- pert witness Walter Wells last week, Decom lawyer Tom Lederer objected to Mr. Sims' uine of questioning when it became apparent he was zeroing in on whether or not there was a need for Decom to build a pathological waste transfer station.- in Whitby. Mr. Lederer complained that the question of need was only relevapt for the ap- plicant and that only the larger question of the ap- Plication's impact on public health and safety could be pursued under the En- vironmental Protection Act, the provincial legisiation under which the application is being heard. Mr. Sims countered that the question of need was very relevant if people were to be satisfied that the proposal was indeed the best alternative. When Mr. Lederer per- sisted with his objections, board repreÉentative Mary Munro remarked that the question of need did have relevance. See Pg. I11 *Vol. 16, No. 14 W ednesday, April 9, 1986 32 Pages Happy Whitby Mayor Bob Attersley, Regional Fire Co- ordinator Ed Crouch and Regional Counillor Gerry Emm, made sure the patrons at the McDonalds restaurant on Thickson Rd. S. had plenty of fries to go along with their Big Macs. The three par- ticipated ini McDonalds McHappy Day IV, held h elpe rs throughout Canada last Wednesday. McDonald's restaurants donated $1 from every Big Mac sold during the day to support the Ronald McDonald Houses and local children's charities. Free Press Staff Photo Town presented with Iroquois petition By MIKE JOHNSTON Free Press Staff Mayor Bob Attersley will announce a public meeting for May 7 to deal with the decision by council to immediately proceed with the $2.6 million renovations to Iroquois 'Park, accor- ding to Couneillor Ross Batten. Councillor Batten made the announ- cement after an operations committee meeting at which Ed Buffett, chairman of the Downftown Business Improvement Area made a deputation before members of the committee, Monday night. Mr. Buffett said it was his duty to appear before the committee even though council had already voted in favour of a new recreational facility in the center of town - not the proposed $6.2 million expansion of Iroquois, - because lie had a petition signed by 2,600 people in favour of the major Iroquois ex- pansion. By MI] Fre The bi Whitby School takingi getting out of Council coats of to Monti Bruce beforei operatio Monday again 'II think we knew we couldn't change the minds of counillors about their deisions, but we did anticipate we could express our point of view," said Mr. Buf- fett. Councillors Ross 'Bat- ten, Gerry Emm, Joe Bugelli and Joe Drumm voted in favour of spen- ding $2.6 million on iroquois and building a new recreational facility in the area bet- ween Rossland Rd. and Taunton Rd. Mr. Buffett said he also appeared because of the bad feelings that have been generated over the "special in- terest" groupa who sup- ported the $6.2 million proposai. "The special interest groupa became the whipping boys for people against Iroquois," Mr. Buffett said. "If there is any in- nuendo- against the special interest groups, it is your fault. The way you conducted yourself was unbusinesslike," Councillor Batten told Mr. Buffett. Confusion then arose as to whether or not Mr. Buffett represented the special interest groups. Mr. Buffett told coun- cillor. Batten that he neyer claimed to represent any par- ticular group, but it was his opinion that the way the motion was passed has hurt many people in. the community. Both councillors Bat- ten and Gerry Emm mentioned the fact that ads, which appeared in the Whitby Free Press after the four coun- cillors voted against the $6.2 million expansion, were placed by Mr. Buf- fett. The ads referred to the occasion as "Black Monday". Mr. Buffett apologized to coun- cillors if they received the wrong impression from the ads saying "it was only an attempt to dramatize the situation," but that lie placed two small ads, Sce Pg. 6 Sehool band still seeks town grant KE JOHNSTON financial assistance. Singera receivec ýe Press Staff Council first shot down of $1,500 to ti and leader of the Mr. Court's request EXPO '86 wl Senior Public during its budget money was ofl Concert Band is meetings in February. the Whitby band another shot at "We are the best Whtby coun a $1,000 grant musical blllboard this proved close tc Whitby Town town has," said Mr. worth of grants to help defer the Court adding that munfity orgar fthe band's trip wherever the band goes, includlng $1,500 reaI this spring. the members are County TownS c Court appearéd always handing out but nothing1 rnembers of the marigolds and Whitby Whitby Senior ais committee pennants. School Band. niglit, and .Mr. Court asked why Administratoi requested the County Town S eda grant travel to wiIe, no )fered to id. nmil ap- to $801000 ts to com- anizations o for the Singers - for the SPublic or Bill See Pg. 6 4 4 4 4 1 t 1 1 f t ï