*PAGE 4, WIUTlBY FREE PRESS, WTDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1988 Coimeil voting procedure Will change next term With approval last year by the Province of an extra regional councillor for Whitby, the new council eiected last week will see a light change in voting procedure. Instead of requiring a council majority to decide on matters, a tie vote will automatically mean a motion is defeated. The extra regional councillor gives Whitby three regionai councillors. Incuding the mayor, Whitby now bas four repre- sentatives on regional council. The extra regional councillor aiso increases the number on local council to eight from seven. The eight, as elected last Monday night are: regional, Joe Drumm, Tom Edwards and Marcel Brunelle; east ward, Dennis Fox; centre ward, Lynda Buffett; west ward, Joe Bugelli; and north ward, Ross Batten. At council meetings during the last term, the mayor cast the deciding vote when there were ties. Now, says Attersley, if a motion has received four votes in favor and three against when it comes his turn to vote, his vote against would mean a tie and the motion would be lost. "r'm prepared to work with that system. We didn't have too many fie votes at council last term,' said Attersley. Attersley aiso noted that each of the three regional councillors elected will' rotate, as deputy mayor during council's three-year term. Brunelle will assume the deputy mayor position in the first year of council as he finished third in regional voting. Edwards, second in voting in the election, will fil the role in the second year whiie Drumm, top vote-getter, will be deputy mayor in the third year. Attersley said both he and the deputy mayor will be an ex-offici< member of both the operations and administrative committee. ,"We will try to have both of us at different committees but there mnight a time when we both have SEE PXGE 27 CLOCA waterfront j urisdiction is extended By Debbie Luchuk Now with jurisdiction over a larger area of the waterfront and shoreline areas of Durham Region, the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority ( CLOCA) will have increased influence in planning and environmental decisions on the shore. "Our enabling legislation previously ended at the shore," CLOCA chief administrative offil- cer Bill Camnpbell said. CLOCA's new jurisdicfion extends five kilometers into Lake Ontario. "What you do near shore bas a significant effeet on erosion especially. "This (extended jurisdiction) now empowers us Wo take any remedial action to control erosion. 'We will have more power to control other developments that may have some impact. Incorporated in this jurisdiction is more of a say over devel- opments there. It reinforces our abilifies (Wo have an effect)." Campbell said the authority does not have any immediate plans for any of'the shoreline areas in Durham, as the new area of management was only recently delegated. 'TFor 1989, we're looking at undertaking shoreline manage- ment plans, and part of this will be mapping these areas, to help identify problems and manage- ment to recfify the problems. "Some of this (management) may be planning, some may be W - sterilize certain areas. "We're looking at a longterm plan. Formerly, we were only able to take a bandaid approach," and [expeJr 'jce Campbell said. AIt basically allows us Wo better monitor activities," Whitby coun- cil representative and chairman of CLOCA Joe Bugelli said of the new designation of authority.. He said that previous Wo the extension of jurisdicfion, a hunter caught hunfing in the Lynde Creek Conservation Area (where hunfing is prohibited) had only Wo step into the lake Wo avoid being prosecuted by CLOCA, the water being out of the authority's jurisdiction. Soetens wins in Ontario FROM PAGE 1 COUNTRY CHRISTMAS AT THE SHOPEARL FORBESTSELETIO dropped 90 of 1,300 Ontario employees and transferred pro- duction of a furniture lime from Whitby tW Mississippi. "Sklar is going through an expansion. I don't think they will lose from free trade. But I have some concerns about the jobs being lost," said Soetens who defeated Liberal candidate John Roberts and New Democratic candidate Jim Wiseman. Roberts received 21,563 votes whiie Wiseman had 12,154. "Parachuting a candidate here didn't help," said Soetens of Roberts, a former Cabinet minister, who is from Metropol- itan Toronto. Roberts, who offered congrat- ulations ut Soetens' victory party in Ajax, said the Conservative victory was won in the last three weeks of the campaign. "The Conservative counter- attack of degredation succeeded," said Roberts. I didn't think this was a pro-free trade riding. That wasn't the feeling I was getting at the doors." He was pleased with his local campaign but noted that the Liberal national campaign could have been stronger. 1 Soetens received a warm but somewhat subdued welcome from 300 supporters when he entered the Ajax community centre at 9:15 p.m., He thanked his workers and supporters. After the television debate in ýwhich Liberal leader John Turner turned around his party's fortunes, Soetens said he had more campaign workers than when he started bis campaign. After bis speech, he mingled with supporters and spoke Wo various media. The largest cheer of the night was for Scott Fenneli, who retired as MP for Ontario riding this year. "i enjoyed my 10 years in Ottawa and I hope we can turn this (Ontario) into a Tory riding once and for-ali." Fennell said he will be meeting with Soetens in Ottawa on Wednesday Wo "show him around." While Soetens' margin of victory was a surprise to Conser- vative campaign workers, Soetens' campaign manager, Jerry Moskaluk of Whitby, noted that Fennel,: in bis last campaign, aisei received a lot of support. We were hoping to win but not like this , said Moskaluk, who managed Fennell's Iast two campaigfls. He saidthe victory was due to a combination of a pro-free trade ,vote and a vote for So etens. DONATE$500TO RTR OFF ANY CHRITMAS TREE PURCHASED AT O.G.S.1 For friendly service 1 ýl