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Drumms Councilor 'Joe Bugelli han been Iaccused. of making a "mockery" of Town I council"scomtt.system. jCouncilor Jo. Drurnm levelled the c argaanst .Bugei iMlBght of coup nci dcsion last week te tuwld a park b.hind Kýapuscinski Ct. ,Althôugh both Town. staff and the -perations committee favoured a park on nCt., council, rejected this instead, , council voted >te commence imdiately on a small park. or îpakette" on 'Kapusinsld. (Se. separate Bugelli, perations comrittee .1 t' ~q i Iams park eciinprcdr chairnan,- did flot put forward the committee's .recommendation -but proposed his own alternative. Bugelli's --motion ,and* oeuncil's aceptanceof it infuriated Drumm. "Qut.é frankly,-I'm devastated. I believe the staffofour Town and CLOCA staff have been comprornised," said Drumm. CLOCA, (Central Lake Ontarie Conservation* Authority) considers the Kapuesicki site an environmientally senisitive area that. will require extensive spaigfor mosquitos and tree-cutting tomaeit a park. Bugelli is chairman of CLOCA. 'My ignoring our, own staff report, it made our staff look like oosmsid Drwmm. "You don't have, te aFee withitbut at least read what they said.",.,ý,. While he personally- object te ýa ,park on Kapuscinuki, that Iis,7 not Drumm' STe e lIèves Bugell asolgae to bring forward tI4ée ýconunittee's reconimendàtion rather than bhis,- own motion. "What he's don. is desecrated' an*d ruinod the conimitte. systeni, no respect was shown for the, committee structure," said Drumm. "Itfs been raped, really. From now on anything. that goes through committee means nothing." as deputy marori n n te. commite. meeting whchaprved h Briargreen location., Bahhe and eouncillor:,Denn is .,Fox' ut eteen . the meeting- and 'last' weeks councia sesion, Druinm saidý Bugelli lobbied council aainst th recommendation. "There's; no doubt .when it went to the.- floor members of council'knew about t' said bum "'Members'of the, conumitt.hdn SER PAGE 24 Committee refuses to hear park protestors FORMR W1TBY resident Desmnond .'Sandy' Hawley was in the fimelight Monday but not -as the well-known jockey in horse racing. Bawley married Uisai John of Whitby at Kaigse --w United Church in Osbawa, with the reception lfolowing at Le Gala in -Whitby. Over 250 family membr and frienda attended the service. ChBwpoto By Mike Kowvalsi Opponents, of .aàcontrovers ial park -in northwest Whitby were denied a chance Monday to argue their case. Tôwncouncçil'.o rations com-" mifttiie.refusecl'te hear a'delega- tion.i of anigry homeowners opposed, te a. mal park or ."par- ]Cette , being built ,north of KapuscinskiC t. in the RDF sub- division. Residenta were upset that wer- kers hiad begun clearing the site of trees and shrubs Monday without opponents being allowed te speak, against last weekes council decision (se. separate story). But aznid cries of «shame» and «unfair' from the delegatien, the. committee went behind closed doors following the public portion of its meeting. Despite a plea. from councillor Jo. Drumm that the residents b.' heard, the comxittee voted not te break policy. (Council rules stipulate that in order for a delegation te b. heard once a decision is made, council must rescind the decision by a. t.wo-thirds majority. ) Instead residents. were, told they couîd address the full coun- cil.at next week's meeting But this onlyprompte shouts of outrage that thfi trees would aiready be gone. Spokesman Joe.Vfrio of WVhit- burn St. teld the cemmittee the residents had no other means of regiterng teirobjections. re oppose*i a park in the Kapusci-nski woodlot but we have no way of ý- getting' a -public forum," said Virio. -He said residents follo'wed p per-procedure 'by pý-utting thèir request. in "riing, but were, in- 'Mhe clerkwrote back saying we couldn't speak, we didliit lik4 Work begïnsl on clearing trees for parkette Page 24 that»si Viro. There's been nào public input, into what youre doing to our woodlot» Councillor Joe Bugelli, com- mittee chairman, was firm in bis Ie3rfdr the-rules of procedure this committee caninot listen to you in anyr way, shape or formn,» said Bugelli. "The issue cari only be, aÜddressed by couricil." Since the residents had waited outaide the committee room dur- ing the vote Bugelli pointed out that only bruÎmm wanted to, waive the rules. SU PAGE 8 *................ ...................... ............ ..TWT n II Q ~ By 1<k. Kowalski A Durham Regiona1 Police officer was .ýsOted iniddeW tbhys municipal building ý Althiou.gfi could not be officially vifiMed, several -people believed the. officer waWthere in case residents, opposed te a park .being built in their subdivision, .,provedtee nrly(se. separate story). According te the officer, he was not told hyehad to be atthe Town hall, only to hab thereor:7 ToýWn council s operations. conimittee metnthe focus of, the residents' comùplaints,'waswsheduled te start.at that' tixne.i .Most residents however, did not appear - overly upset by tle officer's presence, but many ould net understand it. 'We're a fairly dangerous bunch" cemmnteda sarcastic Carol Willlson àf Kapuscinald Ct. Resientahad previously seen police during the day. As many as live officers were on duty while workers cleared away trees and &bbafor the park, said residents. 'Police w.re peipe away, eut at the site to keep said- Robert Hall of Since cozmî,ittee went into cloeed, session immediately fllowing the. meeting, the. reason for the. police could net ha readily determined.i Fermer coixncillOr Gerry Emm, for one, questioned the police presence both at tUi meeting and during the day. "These peô ple werenyt going te do any damage, thîeylie not eut te do harm,"9 said Enim. Although h. was not at the woodlot al day, Emm saw ne ne.d for the police. 'l didn't seé any violations o îe pace," SmE PAGE 8 iE ~INI D Eîii lTHEh 199'I FRE PRESS Eh1 R U:11E* qc G15,1