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WHnTBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1989, PAGE 3 iV>should mmiid bis own business: Batten Items from Whitby Coumeil agenda(s) Council Metn May 81989 Coôrrespondence An application by Kathleen Natsuhara of Whitby to rezone property at 921 Byron St. S. to permit a private children's school. Referred to plannn and development comnuttee for a report-. Application by Comitrade Petroleum Ino. of Brooklin to rezone property at the northeast.corner of Thickson Rd. N.and Taunton Rd. E. to, permit a gas bar, con- venience store and bank machine. Referred to planning and development conumttee for report. Lette rs f rom Whitby, Scarborough, Toronto and Oshawa residents expressing- concern about theé possible e limination of'VIA Rail's Toronto-Peterborough- Haveiock ro ute.. Receiveas information. Recommendations from Operations Commnittee. That a commu nity hall permit be limited to eight hours. If the user group requires more than eight hours it will have to pay the Town the prevailing labor rates. Approved. That the 10w tender of $26,1 651f rom Hard-Co Excavating Ltd. be accepted for construction of a parking lot at the Animal Control Centre on Thickson Rd. N. Approved. That council authorize the publication of a notice reminding ail homeownersto destroy noxious weeds or weed seeds. If homeowners do not, council authorize regionai weed inspectors to destroy the weeds at the homeowner's cost. Approved. That the landscape- architecture f irmof Milus, Bollenberghe, Topps and Watchorn undertake phase one of the redesign of Brooklin Memorial Park at a cost of $40,000. Work will include the redesig n of the racetrack, parking facilties and the design of two soccer fields and a ighted softball fil. Approved. That a no parking restriction be placed on the west sida of Byrn S. . fomPit ... W.q INe(w Business That council authorize the residents of Myrtie to hold a f amiiy f ireworks dispiay at Myrtie Park on the evening of Sunday May 21. Ramn date is Monday, May 22. ApprovedL Ontario riding MP Rene Soe- tens sbould keep bis nose out of municipal affairs, cbarged nortb ward councillor Ross Batten at tbe Whitby coundil meeting Mon- day night. Batten was responding to comn- ments made by Soetens in the April 26 Free Press wben be warned Whitby councillors tbat tbere is more land available in Whitby for a new garba.ge dump Cadet review COMMODOIRE- BRUCE Johnston. reviews. the. cadets o f >RCSCC -Whitby- 226 at . Heydenshore, Pavilion, *May 7. -It-Was the cadets' 49th-annual' inspetion.Free Press photo 19% tax hike, P ROM PAGE J expect taxp ayers to beç con- tinuai ly b ombarded,'" s aid Drumm, wbo said be would have preferred an increase of 10 per cent. Fie also bad some criticism for tbe timing of the Region's budget. He said ail council members, including the 16 new representa- tives. of whicb be is one, did not receive -ail the budget documents until tbe Friday nigbt hefore Wednesday's (May 3) council meeting. He said that wasn't enougb time to read ail the documents. PRegional cbairman Gary Her- rema also bad criticism, but of a different nature. Fie said council bad been talk- ing too Ion g about the budget. At tbe staff level, budget negotia- tions began Iast September. "We dragged tbe budget on too long. There was no will to make cuts," said Herrema. He said at least $3-million could have been cut from tbe budget by hiring new employees over two years, cutting back on reserve accounts and cutting out family counselling programs that aren't mandatory. According to the Region's budget document, the 19 per cent increase is due to a number of factors. SA total of 201 new employees will be bired b y tbe Region at a cost of $2.4-million. That 'hiring includes 101 new emp loyees for the Durham Regional Police force. As part of tbe budget's approval, council also imposed a staff biring freeze in 1990. Inflation, wbicb. is expected to range between 5 and 7 per cent in 1989, will cost tbe Rgion an additional $3.6-million. Garbage tour ËR OM PAGE 1i Brunelle will be joined by works chairman an d Oshawa councillor John Aker, Newcastle councillor Larry Hannab, works commissioner Bill Twevetrees and director of operations Art Leitch. -Taxpayers.-account..for .$61.7- million of tbe Region's $170.8- million. exppnditures in 1989. regnioacn Pckersno oing ate aeZa site.isnw ooig t III suggets to Mr. Soetens that be has more to do than stick bis nose in municipal affairs. He should keep bis own nose in bis own business," said Batten. He told council he' bas bad pbone calis from residents wor- SEE PAGE 25 Colemùan.' - You've seen the ight. Now feel the comfort.~~ -Coleman means qualty. AlwayS lias. Always wîlL I5Yr. 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