Local h3 rate wor, risc dfro No date for release 19t of hospital page 2 report vvmn -DBIA nomination, Warriors -,have deadlîne new general page 4' approachespage 22 manager page 29 New councllors won'9 t compomse picpe By Mke Kowalski Town council bas net yet taken office, but already there are signs that it may net be 'business as usual' on Rossland Road. New counillors GorryEim and Shirley Scott insist tbey will net forget the pledges they made te votera during their respective election campaigns. Althougb the two do net plIan te be obstructionist and both support Mayor Tom Edwards' election night plea for unity and reconciliatien, tbhey will ne t com- promise their principles, the two promise. Whetber this makes for a frac- tieus council in the months abead or Edwards' desired 'team' approacb te runnin g the munici- pality, only time will tel]. Emm and Scott, ialong witb councillor Dennis Fox, shared their tboughts on the issues council should tackle after assuming office Dec. 5. The tbree ail speak from a different perspective. Fox bas been a member of council sinco bis election as east ward representative in 1988. Scott is about to eînbark on ber initial term, having defeated centre ward councillor John Dol- stra. Emm is a former councillor with 19 years' exporienco, but bas been off council for six years after two unsuccessful runs for mayor. Emm finished a strong second te councillor Marcel Brunelle for one of Whitby's tbree seats on Durham Region council. Regional councillor Jee Drunim and Edwards are Whitby's other regional representatives. I've already told the mayor Fmn looking for changes on bow council conducts its business,» said Ernm. "I campaigned for a more open coucil and IFm going te be strong on that,» hoe said. *Emm was planning on repeat- ing bis concerns te Town administrater Bill Wallace dur- ing a meeting the two bad scbe- duled for this week. "lI make the point that ho fully understands where IFm comingfrom,» said Emm. "My pledge te the people was te be more open. Unless there la an extremo ernergency -- person- nel, land transactions - it sbould be done in the open," ho said. "TIl be thore watcbing care- fully and I won't tolerate any business that sbould be done in the open, being done bebind closed doors." Among the issues council must address in the coming montbs, according te Emm, are the future SEE PAGE 14 Bus dnvers may stri,'ke By Mike Kowalski « Whitby Transit bus riders may soon have te look te alternative forms of transportation. The Town's bus drivers ceuld be on strike by the middle of next week if negotiations faiu to produce a new contract witb thoir employer. The 37 full- and part-time dri- vers are employees of Trentway- Wagar bus cempany. Thoecern- pany provides drivers and main- tenance for the Town-owned buses. Meetings with a federal con- ciliator are being held teday, Thursday and possibly next Mon- day in a final attempt to hammer out' 'an are bin etwoen the union and Trentway. The drivers, members of Cana- dian Auto Workers* (CAW) Local 222, have boon without a con- tract since 1992 when they were previously represented by~ the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATf They disaffiliated from the ATU and joined the CAW oarlier thisZ year. CAýW .staff 1representative Dawn Cartwright was optimistic heading inte today's bargaining session. But she conceded that not SEE PAGE 42. By Mike Kowalski A Stouffville contractor is suing Durham Region for taking a $1.5-million construction con- tract away from it earlier this year. Pachino Construction Ce. is seeking approximately $225,000 for profits it dlaims to have lest as a result of losing a contract for road. and sewer work in Brooklin. lI addition, Pachino bas filed a separato lawsuit against, the Reg*on, Town of Whitby and G.M.Sornas & Associates engineering firmn over an earlier construction job on Anderson Street. The roughly $400,000 ýsought in the second lawsuit represents money, plus interest, the coin- pan y daims it is still owed for work performed on the Anderson contraet. Whitby and Durham Reglon had previeusV offered $25,000 each te settle Pacbino's otsa nd- ing dlaim, but the company rejec- tethe offers. Legal papos were served Fri- day on a1Ithree, defendants named in the two lawsuits. Officiais of the Rogion, Town and Semnas had little comment' except te say that the matter is undor scrutiny. "Unfortunately, we bad te serve the summonses,» said Pachine goneral manager Fred Palma. "But now that the (municipal) election is ovor they've all been bit. We can't lot it go on any longer,» ho said. Although more than two years separated the Brooklin. anci Anderson Street issues, the fon. mer stems directly from the lat- ter. Concerne raised by Whitby regional councillor Marcel Brunelle over the Anderson job and other allegatic>ns -made te him by persons unknewn, set off a series of evonts that resulted in SEE PAGE 21 The jolly old. mani with the flowing white beard and the brightgred suit will arrive in Whitby on Saturday, Dec. 3 at 10 The annuel Santa. Claus parade, organized by Whitby Jaycoes, is3 expocted te bo as large as last year's 90 entries. Entxy forme are available by calling parade chair Craig McCuag at 76-3967, or Scang & Associates, 1913 Dnda tE., Whitby, fax (905) 728-7194. Bring a non-perishable food item te, the parade and give it to one of The Free Press carriers. Al donations will ho distributed by the Salvation Army. ,Pachinowil sue Region