WHITBy FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MY 25, 1988, PAGE 9 Anderson renovation 1'ads to cati for revisedproiylt The proposed upgrading of Anderson CVI recently evoked trustee criticism and, finally, a planried revision of the mnethod by which future capital prcojects are listed according to priority. Renovation work at Anderson, to include the gym, library and family studies room, had been suggested as a 1989 project at a- coet of about $1 million. At a meeting of the Durham Board of Education's finance and salary committee, superintendent of business and treasurer Brian Cain said funds for the work had been cut in the 1988 budget but the project was to considered' after the budget, recently ap- proved. He said finance com- mittee and board approval now for the $1 million project would enable the plant department to begin planning the work. But Uxbridge trustee Heather Beveridge said she would "have difficultv committing such a large Hydro transformer FROM PAGE 8 n everyone is well informed," said Mesman. The Ontaro Hydro represent- ative who outlined the proposai before Town administrative - committee said existing trans- formers, such as Pickerings will * run out of capacity in 1991." It's for you people, not for us," said the representative. Councillor Joe Drumm res- ponded by asking how much debt Ontario Hydro-now bas.. Ontario Hydro's recent annual report indicates that longtermi debt increased to $25.1 billion from $24.6 billion last year. However, assets went up to $32.7 billion from $31.4 billion. "Hydro's financial positiýn is very strong," says Hydro kýhair- man and president Robert Franklin. "The utility continues to be flnancially self-sufficient while maintaining electricity rates as low as feasible..." OUR..ý CLAIIIIM To FAME. WINDSHIELDS So you remembered ta Say Standard" on your wndshield I CRAFTSMANSPlI INSIDE AND OUT. amount- of money," mentioning that other projects are also necessary. Pickering trustee and board chairnian Sandra Lawson, at the same meeting, admitted that a "fpolitical decision" was necessary, and that property and trans- portation committee, not. finance committee, should flrst decide on which projects corne first. She asked how, if Anderson was approved, the board would an- swer parents of students of Southwood. public school in Ajax and Robert Thornton public echool in Whitby, two schools which also need' renovation work. Lawson also noted that the cost of reent O'Neill renovation work had "escalated greater than originally budgeted," and that the same increase could occur at Anderson. Oshawa trustee Ruth Lafarga suggested that criteria be established to determiine the pririt ofprjeets, ýsuchas is used by the York Board of Education. "Then the only decision will be what we can afford," she sad. Otherwise, she added, 'How do we rate Southwood versus Anderson?" Earlier in the meeting, Whitby trustee Ian Brown had pointed out that the Anderson project ranked high in priority on the list of projects at both secondary and elementary sohools. Lafarga said the decision should be made only after board staff brought forward criteria. Pickering trustee Louise Farr agreed that a system, or "ta rationale for it," should be used before deciding on fundrng. The matter was further discus- sed by trustees at the property SEE PAGE 31