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CATCHING UP
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Page 16
Finance chairman
calls for belt-tightening
as pressures loom
By Mike Ruta
Staff Writer
DURHAM — Budget approval is
half a year away, but Durham Re-
gion’s finance committee chairman
is already warning that “a massive
tax increase” could be in the cards.
Clarington Mayor John Mutton
at We dnesday’s meeting grum-
bled that around one per cent was
added to the tax bill after mem-
bers approved the hiring of 72 staff
members at Hillsdale Terraces and
Lakeview Manor, at a cost of around
$4.2 million. As well, the Region’s
payments to the Ontario Municipal
Employees Retirement System are
estimated at $2.2 million for 2006,
good for another 0.5 to 0.7 per cent.
Mayor Mutton says with regional
transit coming online next year, and
expectations that regional depart-
ments like police and emergency
services will seek more money in
their budgets, “it’s going to be a bad
year.”
“If the departments don’t start
taking a look at the entire corporate
picture, there’s not going to be a
budget that I’ll support as budget
chairman,” he said in an interview.
“They can’t have the wish list this
year.”
Mayor Mutton says the emphasis
should be on providing core ser-
vices, sending a message to all de-
partments that they “better tighten
your belts” or he won’t support the
budget. He says a regional finance
chairperson has never rejected a
budget. But with the way projects
are coming forward, Mayor Mutton
says a double-digit increase isn’t out
of the question.
The committee and full council
are to receive a five-year economic
and financial forecast, 2006 to 2010,
and the 2006 budget guideline re-
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By Danielle Milley
Staff Writer
DURHAM — A visit to the
Rouge Valley Health System’s
two emergency departments
leaves something to be desired
for patients.
In an emergency department
care report released last week by
the Ministry of Health and Long-
Te rm Care, Rouge Valley scored
below average in the four indica-
tors for patient satisfaction. The
scores are similar to last year in
that category and Hume Mar-
tin, Rouge Valley president and
chief executive officer, wasn’t
surprised.
“We were below (average), as
are all Toronto hospitals, in pa-
tient satisfaction,” he said, add-
ing Toronto is bigger, with more
choices so there is less loyalty to
one hospital.
The patient satisfaction indi-
cators are consideration (Rouge
Va lley scored 70, compared with
the provincial average of 74),
responsiveness (58.8 compared
with 65.9), overall impressions
(68.9 compared with 73.3) and
Ho spital happy, but wants more satisfaction
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PICKERING — Adam Turner gets a bath he’d rather soon forget as he gets helped into a wading pool
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Grade 9 student Jeff Crockett.
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DURHAM — A memorial run is
being held next month to remem-
ber Dwayne Moses, a young man
described as a “good kid all-round”
who had “huge potential.”
Mr. Moses, 21, was shot and
killed at a school pub dance at
Durham College last year.
To keep the Ajax man’s “mem-
ory alive,” the Dwayne Moses
Memorial 5-kilometre Walk-Run
is being held Sunday, Oct. 16. All
proceeds will be used to support a
scholarship fund at the college in
Dwayne’s name.
Thourla Moses said she was ap-
proached about the idea of a me-
morial run for her son. “It’s a great
way to keep his memory alive. It
will help the scholarship.”
At the time of his death, he was in
the second year of the human rela-
tions program. The first recipient of
the scholarship received $500 last
year. The Dwayne Moses Memo-
rial Scholarship went to “a student
enrolling in the same program
Dwayne was enrolled in,” said Di-
anne Rodriquez, a co-worker of
Ms. Moses.
Ms. Moses described her son as
a “happy-go-lucky person, kind.
Dwayne balanced everything and
he didn’t judge people. He would
see the best in everyone.”
He was also a top-notch rugby
player, having played on a pro-
vincial squad and with the Balmy
Beach rugby team in Toronto.
“Rugby was his love,” said Ms.
Moses. Ms. Moses has a 13-year-
old daughter, Camile, and “she’s
trying her best” to cope with the
situation. “It’s very hard for her.
Being her only brother, they were
pretty close,” she added.
Durham Regional Police Ho-
micide Detective James Stewart-
Haass wouldn’t discuss the inves-
tigation, other than to say an arrest
has been made.
“This is all about Dwayne today,”
the detective said. “He was just a
good kid all-round. He was a good
athlete, an all-round nice guy. Any-
body you speak to today will say
that. It’s a tragedy.”
Ms. Rodriquez, the event co-
ordinator, said she and some co-
workers do two or three similar
events every fall. “We want to keep
Dwayne’s memory alive.”
She’s hoping for 200 participants.
The Ajax waterfront was chosen
because Dwayne trained there.
It’s being held at Rotary Park,
on Lake Driveway West, at Parkes
Drive, with the walk starting at 9
a.m. and the run at 9:15 a.m. The
cost is $20, with a $2 registration
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Fundraising run will remember ‘good kid’
Ron Pietroniro/ News Advertiser photo
A press conference was held this week
to announce the Dwayne Moses Memo-
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port in November.
Oshawa Regional Councillor
Brian Nicholson took aim at the
police budget, even though the
budget status report on Wednes-
day’s agenda anticipates a $435,000
surplus at year end.
He questioned the $1.3 million
cost to renovate and repair the Os-
hawa police station. The bill will
be reduced with approximately
$700,000 taken from the OMERS
police services reserve, but it is still
$565,000 above the 2005 budgeted
amount.
“My concern is they see us as
simply a wallet to dip into on a
regular basis,” Coun. Nicholson
said at the meeting. “It just can’t
be, ‘here’s the police wish list, write
a cheque.’”
“I share (Mayor Mutton’s) con-
cerns that there will be certainly
a significant tax increase,” said fi-
nance commissioner Jim Clapp in
an interview.
Amalgamating transit services
alone is expected to result in a
seven-per cent hit to the region-
al portion of the tax bill. But Mr.
Clapp noted that with the “upload”
of transit to the Region, costs pre-
viously borne by local taxpayers
would be removed.
“You’re talking right off the top
you’re into a five-, six-, seven-per
cent increase from what you know
today, and I haven’t even heard the
departmental plans yet,” says Mr.
Clapp.
communication (58.7 compared
with 61.3); all areas are scored
out of 100.
Mr. Martin said the hospital is
working to improve patient care
delivery, especially with the em-
phasis on family-centred care.
Not wanting to make excuses,
he said working with the emer-
gency room at the Rouge Val-
ley Ajax and Pickering hospital
is difficult because it sees much
more visits than it was meant to
handle. “It would help to have
a better emergency department,”
he said, adding it is important the
Province approve Ajax’s redevel-
opment plan, which includes a
new emergency department.
The report, which was inde-
pendently prepared by the Hos-
pital Report Research Collabora-
tive, showed Rouge Valley at or
above the provincial average in
the three other areas: system in-
tegration and change (dealing
with change), clinical utilization
and outcomes (patient care), and
financial performance and con-
dition.
“You could say three out of four
isn’t bad, but frankly, we have set
a higher standard for our hospital
system. Patient satisfaction is a
key indicator to us, so we are
using the results of this provincial
and Ontario Hospital Association
report to assist our staff in iden-
tifying areas we will improve in,”
says Carmen Salmon, vice-presi-
dent of clinical programs and ser-
vices.
✦ Police from page 1
Police budget comes under fire as tax talk begins
✦ Hospital from page 1
Ho spital works to improve care, but notes expansion necessary
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Provision of Additional
Capacity for the Duffin Creek
Water Pollution Control Plant
The Regional Municipalities of York and Durham are undertaking a joint study to identify the preferred
method of providing additional capacity for the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) to service
future growth in the urban areas of York and Durham Regions.
Located in the City of Pickering, the Duffin Creek WPCP treats the wastewater flows collected by the York-
Durham Sewage System (YDSS), which provides sanitary sewer service to portions of York Region and
Durham Region. Population and employment growth forecasted for the service areas of both York and
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Creek WPCP.
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community. We are currently in the third phase of the study, which involves an assessment of the
alternative design concepts.
PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE
Members of the public are invited to attend an Information Centre on Wednesday, September 28, 2005,
between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the Duffin Creek WPCP, 901 McKay Road, Pickering to obtain
information on the study. Attendees will have an opportunity to examine and provide comment on the
preferred treatment strategy, as well as the implementation plan for expansion of the Duffin Creek WPCP.
We encourage your involvement in this study.
Please visit the project web site at www.region.durham.on.ca/duffincreek forfurther information on
this study, or you may contact either of the following:
Mr. Rich Tindall, P.Eng.
Project Manager
Regional Municipality of Durham
Works Department
605 Rossland Road East, Box 623
Whitby, ON L1N 6A3
Phone: (905) 668-7711, Ext. 3547
Toll Free: 1-800-372-1102
Fax: (905) 668-2051
Ms. Adrian Coombs, P.Eng.
Project Manager
Regional Municipality of York
Transportation and Works Department
17250 Yonge Street, Box 147
Newmarket, ON L3Y 6Z1
Phone : (905) 830-4444, Ext. 5098
Toll Free : 1-877-GO4-YORK
Fax : (905) 836-4590
Email: info@duffincreek.com
GREENWOOD HAMLET SERVICING &
WESTNEY ROAD RE-ALIGNMENT STUDY
Berrywoods Farm Inc.
PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE #2
OCTOBER 3, 2005
Integrated Approach –
Planning Act and Class
Environmental Assessment
In order to obtain the necessary approvals to expand the hamlet of Greenwood,
Berrywoods Farm Inc. is conducting the Greenwood Hamlet Servicing &
Westney Road Re-alignment Study. The study will address the following three
components:
• Proposed Berrywoods Farm plan of subdivision;
• Proposed Westney Road Re-alignment; and,
• Proposed new wastewater system.
You are invited
We welcome you to have a look at the alternatives and assist us to assess
them. Provide your comments on the preliminary recommended projects at the
second of three Public Open Houses:
Monday October 3, 2005 – 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Greenwood Community Centre – _Located on the East Side
of Greenwood Road South of 6th Concession Road across
from the entrance to Pickering Village Museum
Alternative road alignments and wastewater solutions are being evaluated
based on the following:
• engineering and public safety • natural environment
• social/cultural environment • economic environment
Planning Act and Class Environmental Assessment
Berrywoods Farm Inc. is using the “integrated approach” set out in Section A.2.9
of the Class Environmental Assessment for Municipal Projects. This study will
address the Planning Act approvals and the Schedule C Class Environmental
Assessment requirements for the road and wastewater projects together. In
accordance with the integrated approach, once the proponent has satisfi ed
Section A.2.9 of the Class Environmental Assessment, the Planning Act approval
of the subdivision will constitute the fulfi llment of the requirements of the Class
Environmental Assessment for the specifi ed wastewater and road projects.
Comments or Questions?
Add your name to our study mailing
list, or if you have any comments
or questions or require any further
information about the study or the
Municipal Class Environmental
Assessment, please contact:
Ms. Lynn Collins
The Sernas Group Inc.
110 Scotia Court, Unit 41
Whitby, ON L1N 8Y7
Phone: 905-686-6402
Fax: 905-432-7877
email: lcollins@sernas.com
This notice issued on
September 23, 2005
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PICKERING — Two teenagers have been charged
in connection with a street-level robbery in which a
victim had a knife held to his throat, police said.
When investigators closed in on the two teens,
they found them wearing clothing and jewelry sto-
len from the victim, Durham Regional Police said.
Police said the 14-year-old victim was lured away
from Pine Ridge Secondary School by two other
teens around 9 a.m. Tuesday. The boy was punched
in the face and his pockets searched, police said.
One of the assailants held a five-inch knife blade
to the victim’s throat and a diamond earring was
torn from his ear, police said. The youth was also
robbed of his T-shirt and running shoes.
Investigators tracked down two suspects in the
Liverpool Road-Krosno Boulevard area and found
one wearing the stolen T-shirt and earring, police
said. Another suspect had the victim’s shoes on.
Two Pickering boys, aged 15 and 16, are charged
with possession of stolen property. The 16-year-old
was also charged with robbery and held for a bail
hearing.
Tw o arrested after Pickering teen beaten, robbed
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