WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1987, PAGE 3 Whibywants, more an.swers on regional recycling Regional council voted last weeký to give new life to the Durham Recycling Centre- but Whitby may not take part in the region-wide prograni. Two of Whitby's three regional representa- tives, Mayor Bob Attersley and councillor Tom Edwards,, voted against . the recommendations last week which will see a new building constructed on Conlin Rd. in Whitby as well as the purchase of 80,000 household containers. Attersley said he "4supports recycling 100 per cent" but was "not happy With the proposai"l since any municipality that opts out - f the regional prograni would stil have to pay. "In Whitby, we*have a lot more questions that need answers," said Attersley, Who asked about the negotiating process and the effeet on wages. Edwards said the program should first be explained in detail to the region's municipalities.. He as ked why 80,000 boxes are being purchased if some municipalities don'get involved. Gerry Emm, Whitby's other ' regional councillor, voted for the recommendations. .The vote wvas 24-3 in favor of the projeet. "The Town of Whitby Town ma buy buses has no position now with Durham Recycling, " Emni said later. "I don't know -what the Town willdo now." He said Whitby residents won't *see the blue boxes - the 80,000 household containers beingpurchased. 1"They won't be, in Whitby...Whitby will be lef t out unless the Town changes ils mind." Whitby is the only municipality in the region December generally principle" recycling-' supporting which in did not endorse "in region-wide as a self- activity. Brock and Scugog Townhips did not give responses. but regional representatives for both municipalities said last week that they supported recycling "in principle. " Whitby has operated its own pilot recycling projeet, in the West Lynde area, for three years. Emm described it as 1"successful. " At first, Town trucks picked up materials lef t for recydling. He said Durha-m Recycling was asked last year to pick up materials. He said Town staff want to know what the program will eost, a« question councilor Edwards posed at last week's regional session. He said municipalities need more explanation of the program. Recycling is a "good idea, " he said, but could' be 11destroyed by zeal. " Emni, chairman of the regional works committee which, with the finance committee, jointly ,-. made .the recommendation, said he still hopes to come to an arrangement with the Town fu boxes. "lWe're si working differences, The new1 provide processing( materials, for the blue âHl open to out the el1he said. building, to centralized of recycled will be on regfional property on Conlin Rd. and wil cost an estimated $6W,000. Financing for the project, wil corne fro6m provincial grants and the Region. Grants for the project total $492,000. The Region wiIl provide the remaining $534,000, from the 1987 and 1988 budgets. Region finance chairman Jini Witty proposed that the region share be paid out of current 'funds rather than in debentures., "I feit we should get it over and done with, by using current funds, " he said. Pickering councillor Norah Stoner said Onta rio municipalities have "ined up" to get the grants which Durham is receiving for recycling. She also said the centre provides work for "the hard-to- employ." - She also mentioned that municipalities are not bound by the recycling program once they have joined. "'You're not locked in," she said. "There's a lot of 1005e ends. but what we're trying to do basically is get a new facility, " said Scugog councillor Lawrence Malcolm. "It's like mom and apple pie - you wouldn't dare not to support it,"' said councillor Mike Armstrong. Uxbridge councilor Don Jackson and Oshawa councillor Pauline Beal said recycling would gt least partly help to extend the life of region dump sites because of the diversion of waste. "If it extends a site for five years, that's considerable," said Beal.. A suggestion was also made, by councillor Linda Dionne,, to add regional councillors to the membership of the Durham Recycling Centre board, to "4closely monitor the situation." Before- adopting the recommendations, cou- neil rejected a motion by Attersley to table the matter for two weeks to permit regional staff to meet vi4th municipalities. The motion, seconded by Edwards, lost by a vote of 21-6. Having learned that purchasing transit buses 'would be economically better :for the Town than leasing them. Operations committee decided Monday to tender to buy buses. Council agreed , to increase the number of buses on the Whitby transit route from four to six in December but voted to lease the buses rather than purchase theni. .The-'Ministry of Transportation and Communications office reviewed the recommendation and advised the Town to seriously reconsider that decision. The province advised that the Town would be able to enter into shorter term contracts for operating the system which would lead to a .ýâore competitive bidding process. .The province also said the Town could get a 75- per cent subsidy, if the six buses are purchased in 1987. The committee lias also approved the purchase of 40-ft. buses instead of the 35-ft. buses ,previously approved by council. Chairman of the commnittee, Ross Batten said this move would open the tendering procedure to more companies instead of dealing with one company, Orion, which is the only company known to the Town that provides the 35-ft. buses. 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