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'PAGE 2. WHFY FREE pRES, wEDNESDAy, MAy 1e, 1990) Region udget increases by 11.o2% Noomeed Air Conditonig Sping hue eprung,ad les time for aur annual Evergreen and 8hrub' bananzal 80 deun out the trunk, dlust off the tiuller, load Up the idsb- and head for Brouwers. Chances are, you wan't b. able ta reelet aur hom.-grown boses and shrubs. and yaur Nis lllIlave, aur ducêcs, gemee.swans __.O and animais. p. Petmoss Amust for any garden ,eat mos Imries aeration and watsr ho ngcapocity.Us throughout the season ta keepsoil base, Improve plant and fiower gmowth, 4 cii. ft. cornpressed bale. 56 9 Reg. Puice $8 .99 Now$6 9 See our huge new greenhouse filled with thousands of box plants and geraniums. Shop at ease with aur new benches and walkways, rain or shine. Thousands of annual hanging; baskets to pick from. THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL: Alil Red Petunias Only $5.99 By Trudie Zavadovlcs Whiitby councillor Jo. Drumm and Mayor Bob Attersley locked wS Our 'Evergreen and Shrub' B'onanza »includeës**** Goldtlp Euonymus: A broadteaf evergreen with a yellow and green leaf. Good plant for any foundcation planting. 30 cm - Reg. Price $22.95 NOW $1 4-95 Compact Andorra Junlper:- A compact spreading juniper with green toliage that tuns a rich plum colour in winter. 30 cm - Reg. Price: $22.95 NOW $14.95 Goldflame Spirea: New growth on this low growing attractive shrub begins red then changes to a golden yellow. Light pink fiower in mid-summer. 30 cm - Reg. Price $1 4.95 NOW $9.99 Faîrview Junlper: A Iovely green upright juniper of medium size. Good for foundation plantings. Similar to, a Spartan Juniper. 80 cm - Reg. Price: $44.95 NOW $34.95 N See PUFFY THE CLOWN between 2 and 4 pmn on Sunday. Puffy can show you a trick or two and make special balloon animais! 0f course the french fry truck is back and with an expanded menu tool So make aday of it. See the animais, have a picnic, PUFFY THE CLOWN. homne over hiring 114 new staff in the 1990 budget juat moments before the budget was appoe by a vote of 28-3. poe The budget will see the re1oa portion of taxes in Whtygo Up by 11.2 per cent. Juet after Oshawa coundillor Brian Nicholson reminded coun- cil that last year they promised a moratorium on hiring Drurm got up and echoed the senti- ments suggestinq that an outeide consultant b. hired te validate the necessity of the 114 new staff. An angry and animated Attersley rose te bis feet and defended the. need for the person-, nel. As chairman of the Durham Regional Police Commission ho too exception te commentealrom both councilors, since 51 of the new staff are slated for the police department. Attersley said later that it was a tough budget and particularly tough on the Police department. "They cut 24of the 75 (person- nel) we asked for. Fm notliappy. We have a 14.5.per cent increase in cails for service over last year. Crime is up over 15 per cent. Just the hours alone spent on the missing girl() have cost over *100,000. That'. just 'for one missing perso Overaîl1Whitby wvas right on the mark coming in at a $36 increase which was the regional average. "Whitby had the highest' growth municipeality in the region,» says Jack Gartley, com- msinr of Finance. Rie added though, that it was not the hi hest dollar increase. «W. have some municipalities that were much hher. Aax was the highest alit $40 and Newcastle was the lowest at $25.» Làast year there was $5,300,000 in the reserve fimd. This year there is $6,400,00. Gartley says that police chop- ped their budget somewhat but stili the budget increased $6.4 million over last year. «It's the largeat single contri- buting factor to the increase in the net regional levy. of 11.2,» says Gartley2'T he major reason is the hiring of 51 new, people, 24 By Trudie Zavadovica After months of heated debate contentious negotiations anc1 public outcry, the deed is finally done. At a special meeting May 9. Durham regional council appro- yod a deal with Metro that will allow Metro te dump up to 4.5 million tonnes of garbage at a Durham Region anï il site throughout the period from Jan. 1. 1992 te Dec. 31, 1996. lower than they asked for. Last year the. plice <budget) was 35P y OOhis year it is C41,700,'00; 'an 18 per cent in- crease." In 1989 health coes were $1.4 million te, the region. This yearit's $1.6 million. That is a $.2 million increase over last year or 13 per cent. Gartley says that he estimates health coste are 80. per cent subsidized by the province while t ! olic have no subsidies therefoiZehave a more direct impact on the budget. "Socal services-m general went up by 15.9 per cent,» says Gartley. He said that in 1989 the. social services budget was $13.5 mil- lion while in 1990 it is $15.6 million. The breakdown for that is General welfare $9.3 million, homes for thi e - .4millin, daycýare - $ 1.3 Millonfaily services -,$700,000. «Council bas' been faced with a lot of extra costs beyond their control, welfare is on. of them." He said the. normal moacl budget after lot levies is $6.5 million. Gartley said that in ordar te corne in at a total budget in- crease of under 12 per cent, quite a bit had te b. cut from the special levies. He said next yearls budget will b. very bard for council and that we may b. !ooking at a 20 per cent increase. Slated work and expenditures for Whitby in the budg-et include widening Victoria St. W. from two te four lanes from Regional Road 23 (Làakeridge Rd.) te Gor- don St. Land purchase cost for the project are *295,000, relocation util-ity costs are $120,000, con- struction costs are *1.63-milion and crryovercosts are $260,00o. Widezng Thickson Rd. N. from Crawforth te, Rossland Rd. is proposed. te cost *470,000. Construction costs are estimated at *250,000 and carryover costs *220,000. Water and sewae coes for wid.ning Thlickson Rd. N. from Rossland Rd. te, Taunton total $551,000, with water consuming the maority of the coots at The. deal is alo elated te dump *251-million into the. regional bank account. The signing of the agreement was a major hurdle, but the road ahead je still a rocky one. The proposed Pl site in White- val. has yet te paso environmen- tal assessuients. Whitevale residents are doter- mined to stop the Rogion from SEE PAGE 16 r.4~~4. I £ jýkA ii a 'j -jje J148 âu ý*j à l A k g. .làvaaiu4 , ee, è*4 ,f4# ae DURHAM REGION'S LUMBER SPECIALIST FOR O VER 50 YEA RS Spring Is finally herel Corne in and let our friendly staff give you a quote on cedar arnd pressure treated lumiber for clecks and fences. OSHAWA 328 RITSON RD. Region approves Pi dump deal Effective May 9, 1990 Cardinal-Westby Nannies & Companions Inc. will be knmm as Cardinal Nannies & Companions Inc. and is located at: 101 Mary St. W., 3rd Floor Pearson Lanes, Whitby The neý,v phone nurnber is: 666-3351 Moyra Pudleiner 4ÂJOHN BROUWER GARDEN AND LANDSCAPING CENTRE 650 Lakeridge Road South, Ajax, Ontario Li S 4S7 TELEPHONE: 686-1545 or 686-1680 OPEN: Moniday to Friday: 8 am - 9pm9ar-5m