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Warden George Boycor iess tasy 9 T _ § o oiee." > o qWw /.\ 3' is ready to pass on t ‘E»‘ J3 B > : ie e e o. o $s 0 : o tR . _ € e i o . ./. .. M Riruracces ~ o S29 the ch j s > ~~â€" § |t $ â€" C a ’ n O O , Ce onl e i:‘:i (g;“:g»gf::‘fi‘j\g‘}??é:::;,? {,‘, ': â€" can ?.,, q ud ‘ (4 "s) bor‘e £* i. esc oa /C‘ /4 l . > Caol 1'7“, [ S hronic/e e arveâ€"~."." SA s : .. S JY ARLJG) & 1 s >‘ § uy n . By Vaterie MacDonarb stakeholders (resiâ€" _ & =. : a‘? A &s g: | y $y ci.s STAFF Whiiek dents), 13 county : \ % Ee auss.~. h scA \‘ d * s 3. * councillors, 324 tg Si _~) ) ooo Qt o e .. NORTHUMBERLAND employees, four n i vag es t f;"ij'%ii ‘\ um A l «. â€" Warden George Boycott unions and a budget L 'x"“‘ 2i‘ itc W o 3 4 n ‘â€" says his sense of humour was _ of $48.2â€"million," _ [ % e C :. t ’1\’ k\ C m _ .. perhaps his most important ___ he said. * ww‘ ~g es asset during the oneâ€"year "The increase of h. C Cl j}“ Ne .o term which wraps up early $12.7â€"million over o hss .y" wl s next month. last year‘s budget s s f:j“:ffi:s}%f * gtas es f“I think I injected a sense _ was caused by the {?A & %“»f P maho ) '%[\ 3 . of humour," he says. downloading of l ng . N nhove Je ; inss‘ An The animosity between social assistance, r*‘”%\"?'fi"w;‘? F6 Y 5s V{: councillors is gone and "that _ public housing, s ””g}; # 25 * "QeX" * ;rr\l{ikcs it a lot easier to get pubéicl health, f:'fl i s c * > ... i3 ings gone." ambulance an propâ€" h > o oo /. wh * s :B During the warden‘s banâ€" _ Ety assessmenpfi. Ig & ‘ifi w‘, E k y $.. quet held several weeks ago _ addition, our county i e 25 es in his honour he joked: "I has taken over highâ€" ~ k# (elt ~% Cule ;4 think that the greatest characâ€" _ ways 28, 30 and 45 3 wl sef A § 5> teristic a Warden can possess _ and received $14.2â€" > id e Nes !;l f in these challenging times is _ million from the 1z s E h. ... 3A a sense of humour. To take province which is : 3 e ns 1 everything too seriously now carefully # $ m es would probably result in invested, earning o \"F P Es some permanent damage to interest." P 7 ho one‘s soul." With a dozen Fi " es When Warden Boycott years in municipal j hss : &-i \ e slipped on his chain of office . politics, Mr. Boyâ€" ~ ol ohee ? | about a year ago he was the cott says handling eA Fioroe o 4 hA e first in his position to preside _ the downloading of Re? t’_ beare ':J‘."* A hx over the downâ€"sized county provincial services j fevd W““&"’fi.ffl"-‘fi*&“x tfi on council with just 13 represenâ€" _ onto the lower govâ€" c‘ Rer i ~“,;‘V'§,’, tatives, cut down from almost _ ernmental tier was, . : s ue az+ ‘A,“__f;:;}g;":t“'» double that by far, the ; o => id i l,, 9 rrth s ‘*‘f";;wzéfiétfig:;f&‘"‘“fi number in omm mm o. * fopehdl. M e e tes e e ic l gel s ofa past years. Asked what the lenge of his oc tukes Cocrioetnes en s onl . /;g">*% filf??; While impact on his perâ€" term as Warâ€" E: ic cce h en on snn o there were sonalr',ife has been den. es ; i waesesane i PA io esicnse s +. . fewer over the past year, ~ Another i . } Proto ay Varerie MacDonaLp polificians, Wa.rden Boycott, it TAKING HIS PLACE IN HISTORY: Out-gomg Nonhqmberland County Warden George Boycott the 13 smiled his special of pay equity gets ready to pass over his chain of office as he sits behind the antique table at the county omeipanâ€" grin and listed the forcoutiy headquarters were the? Baldwin Act of 1849 â€" which set up municipal government in Ontario â€" fiescame‘te folfovymg.- § s oC was signed. The election for the new warden is set for 10 a.m. on Dec. 9. : the table T2 ',,_I gove uP pH Left dangling for tion in general has been a . ? with differâ€" (y.“‘l I med‘t several years, the major challenge, continued ent agendas iak: an ?:sult Will]h- province forced its Warden Boycott. and didn‘t out betiine upset"; completion and it will In the past it has been hanâ€" always pull andgflike t%le 'SJ()n 21 result, once finalized dled jointly by the municipalâ€" + together. says) 6 by the province, in a ities and the counties "but By midâ€" i "I learned you $.53â€"million payout you can‘t run a MURF as a term more can‘t always get for about 15 people sort of coâ€"op," he says. coâ€"operaâ€" what you want." and an onâ€"going A new countyâ€"wide bag tion was annual salary increase _ tag system is in the process apparent in â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" _ of about $170,000 for _ of being implemented and s many areas 57 people, including will be followed by a new but some, like waste manageâ€" those who work at the Mateâ€" garbage pick up scheduled. § ment, still remain conâ€" rial Recovery Facility (MRF) Among the toughest chalâ€" tentious. near Grafton. lenges faced throughout the : "The Corporation of the The county‘s garbageâ€"sortâ€" _ year was Warden Boycott‘s County of Northumberland is ing plant, referred to as "the need to keep his cool. ; a big business with 69,000 MURF", plus waste collecâ€" "I find it difficult to be |