Pottwcary keeping contents confidentiaL.. Rtegional By MICHAEL KNEL~L chairman. Free Press Staff The report The long awaited report due at the er, from the Special Committee and no reaso: to Rcview the Region of has been madi Durham Act wîll be handed Thle reporti down on April 30. prior to the The committee was set up council meeli last faîl by Durham although itk Regional Council to review confidential al the five year old act that of Pottîcary. established regional gover- Whitby RU nment to determine public cillor Gerry1 reaction to the system and ber of the sp seek their imput as to im- te, said that1 provements that should be why the repq made. kept confidej The committee was the he would nol brainchild of Whitby Mayor its contents. Jim Gartshore and Oshawa He did say, Mayor Jim Potticary, who "Whitby'sc subsequently became its ý ee incorpc review report document for council's con- Emm sit at thg was originally s uideration, " thc ot.her twoi d of February Ini a brief prcsented to the have their r n for the delay committee last December, three member e. Whitby Town Council 0f- Council alsc was completed fered several proposais that support of thq last regional it believed would improve extend the te. ing last week regional goverrnent. municipal p has been kept Among t.hese was a three years frc ýt the insistance request for an additional two. seai on regional counicil for They also s egional Count- the town. The reason for the the boundar Emm, a mem- request stems from the fact Durham Boari pccial commit- tjist both Uic towns of be the same as he cid not know Newcastle and Pickering Durham. Undi mort was being have comparable situation alil ýntial although populations and have one in Uic region reveal any of more seat than Whitby on Durham boart council. ception of t howcvcr, that At present, Mayor Jim Newcastle. oncerns have Gartshore and counicillors The town wc 'rated into the Bob Attersley and Gerry have more cori By MICHAEL KNELL Free Press Staff In an unusual, though not rare, act of unity, Durham Regional Council has asked Uic Governnient of Ontario to expedite some of their own major projects in the region to help offset Uic loss of employmcnt because of the shutdown of Firestone Canada's Whitby plant. At council's last meeting, Whitby Mayor Jim Gar- tshore asked for their unanimous support in asking Uic province to hurry up projects schcduled for this arca. In his motion, Gartshore asked that "Uic Region of Durham request the im- mediate start of the L.C.B.O. warehouse in the Durham Industrial Estates, that Uic province expedite thc rcvamping of the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital, and that thc province put a greater cmphasis on its Go East Policy. " He also asked Uiat the province also start the con- struction of the revenue building in Oshawa as quickly as possible. Gartshore said that the work should be donc with "iail speed and ahl haste" to offset what he called Whit- by's " Black Friday. " Firestone Canada an- nounced two weeks ago that it would close down per- manently its Whitby tire manufacturing plant on July 18. The move by the company will put a total, of 650 people out of work most of whom liv e within the region. 0f these, 146 people live within the Town 0f Whitby. The company cited sagging tire sales and a need to restructure their operations as reasons for the shutdown of Whitby's third iargest industrial employer. The region will now send a letter to Premier William Davis and the MPP's (rom Durham requesting an im- mediate meeting to discuss the situation. In supporting the motion, Oshawa Regional Councillor YOU DON'T PAY FOR YOUR MISTAKES czt j MXBM* PHOTOGRAPHTY When you bring in a roll of film to be prooessed, we charge you ONLY FOR THE PRINTS THAT COME OUT Y WII1 also be there to give you f riendly, professional advi ce (if you want it) and show you wbere you made your mistake. M.B.M. - The Fiendi y Pro fessionals M.BI'. PHOTOGRAPHY 131 BROCK STREET NORTH VVHITBY 668-6111 Mon, Wed, 9 bThur-s, Fri, 9 -8; Sat 10 5 ie rs e WHITI3Y FREPRESS,' EI)N[SD) . APRIL 9, I9ffl. PAGE 5 coming April 30 region while streets and over storm recommendations will be nunicipalities water management forwarded to the Ontario embers and especially when the creeks goverrnment in the hope of of COUnCÎJ. cross town owned roads. having the recommen- came out in Mfter council makes its dation incorporated into the proposai to decision on the report, their Region of Durham Act. ýoliticians to >m the present suggested that ries of the -d of Education ýs thc Region of ler the present municipalities belong to the ,d with the ex- the Town of ould also like to ntrol over local ni )r Pm c 0 Alan Dewar said that it was important to note that "thc council is not asking the province of Ontario or the taxpayers of Ontario to start new projects. " "lThese are ahl announccd projects, " Dewar said. Council passed the motion in a unanimnous recorded vote. 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