WHITBYj FREE. PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22.1l986, PAGE 3 Hydro management and workers meet. A meeting between management and workers at Whitby Hydro was to be held yesterday, Oct. 21 - the first meeting since August. The meeting was called by the provincial »mediator handling the dispute. It was to begin at 10 a.m. at the Holiday Inn, Oshawa. The workers, mem- bers of the International ,Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers (IBEW) Local 636, walked off the job August 25. They are seeking parity with Ajax hydro emnployees. A lineman in Whitby earns $15.90 an hour before benefits, compared to $1739 in Ajax. The Oshawa and ýDistrict Labor Council announced last week that they would call a mass picket at Whitby Hydro in support of the strike. However, Whitby Hydro general manager Tom May and Local 636 business manager Lor- ne Barr say they are unaware of when the mass picket will be held. "It .just shows sup- port," says Barr. May said staff con- tinue to operate Whitby Hydro. No major con- struction is being dune while maintenance is only carried out as necessary. "Everybody's stili holding up very well," he said. Barr said management has so far been able to carry on because there have been no major outages. The last contract for Whitby Hydro workers, for a two-year period, expiired at the end of July. Main Street Stephen Lauer, a representative of plqerrsnt hty ivvmn n Heritage Canada, presents the Mainstreet plae ereseantda Whit'sinvovemn i plaque to Mayor Bob Attersley as BIA teHrtaeCndaMiFreePrsgamPht manager Georgina Phillips looks on. The Fe rs tf ht -Stuldy to locate new rec complex- Following last spring's council direc- tive, a study is in the works to determine the best site for a new recreational complex north of Rossland Rd. The study - which is expected to recommend the amount of land which will be needed, the topography of the land, how the complex should blend in with the rest of the community and who owns the land - should be completed by the end of this year, ac- cording to town ad- ministrator, Bill Wallace. Wallace noted that the town owns none of the land north of Rossland Rd. and will have to purchase land to sup- port the facility. The study, being con- ducted by the town, will also recommend future steps in making the facility a reality. Last spring, followed heated debate among Whitby councillors and members of the public, council passed a motion to assemble sufficient land to acconimodate a new recreation complex in the north end of town. The motion which also included a'scaled down expansion of Iroquois Park, was brought for- ward by councillor Ross Batten and supported by Councillors Joe Bugelli, Gerry Emm and Joe Drumm, It was opposed by Mayor Bob Attersley, and councillors Tom Edwards and Marcel Brunelle who favoured a $6.2 million expansion to the existing Iroquois Park recreational facility. Last week council gave approval to begin the scaled down expan- sion of Iroquois Park. The new complex will include a pool with a viewing area, a fitness area. a seniors' activity area, a librar branch as well as outdoor facilities and ad- ministrative offices, ac- cording to last spring's motion. Expansion begins in '87 From Pg. 1 costs totalling $101,000. The expansion will be funded by future capital reserves ($2,850,000), proceeds from sub- divisions ($500,000) and development fund or surplus ($897.678). Treasurer AI Claringbold told council tbat if contingencies are not as high as predicted. the development fund or surplus will be the area where the saving is realized. On a request from several council mem- bers, a report will be prepared by the treasurer's department detailing exactly where money wilI be coming fromn and were it will be going. The only objection to the expansion came froni regional councillor Tom Edwards. "This doesn't cater to ail the needs that over the year this council bas considered," said Ed- wards adding that he wasn't completely satisfied. "But everyone should get behind it and bury past hatchets," said Edwards supporting the expansion. Work is tentatively scheduled to be com- pleted in August of 1987. By MIKE JOHNSTON Free Press Staff An increased fee and a limit on the number of lodgers are justt±wo of Àthe new regulations con- tained in Whitby's new by-law regulating lodging houses. Following con- sultation with the Ministry of Health, the Whitby Psychiatrict IHospital, officiais with the region and the Durham Regional Police Force, the clerk's department presented the new regulations to the operation's commit- Stee on Monday night. The. foc for a lodging house license will rise from $10 to $25. The idepartment noted in- creasing cost in processing a license ap- iplication for justifying the hike. The by-law will also set a limit of ten lodgers to any onehbouse. *The by-law notes two exceptions to that rule - those being a house on Byron St. S. which currently houses 17 lodgers and a house on Dundas St. E., which is home to 41 lodgers. These two houses will. be permitted to retain their lodgers as long as they comply with the regulations set out in the new by-law. Some of those regulations include: *not more than four unrelated residents to a bedroons. *at least three meals a day for lodgers, meals that conform to the Canada Food Guide. *at least one person with a current first aid certificate shaîl be on duty in the house at al times. esufficient staff shall be on duty in the event of an emergency. .every keeper of a lodging house shaîl en- sure that every lodger See Pg. 23 "We agree with the main thrust of their (the Scuses') report," said Jim Russell. superin- tendent of plant. "They need an addition. " Referring to the capital forecast in which building projects are given a ýpriority rating, he said that projects whiceh were flot accomplished on the 1986 list do flot automatically displace those scheduled for 1987. "They're ail looked at fresh. Somne may drop off the list completely.. we just react to what'É happening in the sub.ý' divisions. " To decide which projects will head up the list for 1987, Russell said staff advîse the board and the trustees make the decision. Russell said the Palmerston Avenue ad- dition will corne before the board at the next mieeting, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. at the ad- ministration building. ARE YOU INTERESTEDI LOWER HEATING BILLS?,> Dixons invite their many val uable customers ta cali & find out how Dixon's will lower their heating bill by 25%-50%. WVe also extend this invitation ta those who are flot present Dixon customers but who are stili interested in: *LOWER HEATING BILLS 024 HOU RS, 7DAYS PER WEEK SEP VICE *SERVICE PLAN THAT INCLUDES FREE FURNACE REPLACEMENT Rem ember, FOR LOWER HEATING BILLS cal Durh am's larges tand oldest fuel oil and heatin g/air cor ditioning comjpany. paid to another company. 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