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- City budget ratified

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“TERRACE _ The city “has.
. finalized the 1989 budget and it’.
_ appears to offer something for

a t,

almost everyone. They — will
spend almost $791,000 on capi-

tal projects and about. $186,000 |
’ on sewer and water, but the city
portion of residental taxes will .
increase by only. three percent,
and ‘Mayor Jack Talstra says .

there will be mo increase to

NWCC gets

funding
: increase ~

B. Cc. “Minister. of “Advanced .
Education and Job Training ”’
~ Stan Hagen has announced a

13.6. percent funding. increase
for Northwest Community Col-

‘lege for the 1989/90 budget

year. He says the additional
funding, |
$890,000, will enable the college

_to increase its capacity by add-

ing two new programs and to
make room for more students in
several existing courses. He adds
that this increase is in addition
to the $368,000 announced last
month for the purchase of new
equipment. .

According to Hagen the in-.
crease in funding will enable the
college to add a new Office
Administration Program in its
Career/Technical division, a
Forestry. Technology Program in
the Vocational Training Pro-
gram, and expand the college’s
Adult Basic Education Pro-.
gram.

But there’s more. According
to NWCC academic ‘division
spokesman George Stanley, the
University Transfer Program
will be expanded as well. He
says details aren’t finalized yet
but new programs will allow
Northwest students going into
‘programs such as social sciences

_.to stay in the Northwest for their
second year of university.

Courses that may be included
‘on the list following this week-
end’s board meeting in Prince
Rupert are second year English,

‘Sociology and History, Intro-—
‘ductory French, Philosophy or

Classics 101/102, Social Work
141/142, Geography 150/160,
‘Math’ 141/142 and tentatively
‘Honors Computer Science and
‘Chemistry Programs. Another

program he says may be includ-.

‘ed is Anthropology ° of Native
Peoples...

amounting to

utility rates.
This means an additional cost
‘for the city portion of property

taxes on a $70,000 home of only -
$25.90 more than last year.

There will likely be a further

increase though, he says, when
‘the School District budget is

finalized later this month.

“At the same time, major .in-.

dustry will enjoy a zero increase
in city taxes, light industry will

- see a 5.1 percent hike and busi-

nesses will pay 4.13 percent
more than they did last year.
Talstra says the city is able to
hold the line on taxes’ because

the. economy is " good, property
assessments are. up, and reve- .
“ues are up. | ‘He added. that the. |’.

increase to. ‘light industry: and -

businesses results from. lowered
assessments; in actual fact, he
said, they will pay only a little

over one percent more than they
‘did last year.

. The lion’s share of the capital ©
budget, $532,100, will go to

Public Works. Planned projects
include re-capping the pavement
on Kalum St. and portions of

Lakelse Ave., storm sewers to

solve the Pear St. and Hall St.
flooding problem, Loen St. side-
walks, a face lift for ‘*Big Ber-

tha”’ (the portable spar by the .

Chamber of Commerce), the
relocation of the Farmers Mar-
ket, and filling in a portion of
the Mills Ave. ditch, followed
by paving that section of Mills
Ave,

’ Residents will also be peti-

tioned for LIP (Local Imprové-

ment Project) paving projects in
the 2400 block Apple, 5100
block Mills, 4500 . block

Straume, 5100 block Thomas, ~
- 4600 block McConnell, 2100 to -
2300 blocks Pear, 2400 to 4600 —

blocks Pear, 2700 to 2900

blocks Hall, the 4600 block of —

the lane between Ottawa and

Emerson, and a portion of the

5000 block Pohle, |
Other projects will see

. $108,000 spent on recreation,

including arena roof repairs, up-
grading Christy: Park road and

portable’ washroom “facilities, .

$25,150 on fire protection, and

$125,200 on office equipment
Some other ©

and renovations.
items in separate accounts are
six months’ funding for a Heri-
tage Park director, the reloca-
tion of the Halliwell waterline in
anticipation of a 1990 upgrad-
ing project, a five percent wage
hike for city staff and a five

. percent taise for management

forks ©

staff. which is yet to. be nego-
tiated.

Talstra . says. the city is in
good shape financially: the gross
city borrowing power is $10.94
million while the unused portion
of that borrowing power sits at
$4.89 million. He explained that

' incurred debts were for the new
sewage treatment plant and new —

RCMP building. This is good
news, Talstra said, when com-
pared to other cities like Dawson

_Creek-and Fort St. John who are

presently in debt beyond their
borrowing power.

| _ Crystal Hogg murder

- suspect arrested |

‘TERRACE — A Terrace
man has been arrested and
charged with second degree
_ ‘murder in connection with
_ the death of Crystal Hogg.

‘At 5:10 p.m. ‘Monday
afternoon Terrace RCMP
arrested 29-year-old Daniel

‘Joseph Bruneau. He ap-
peared in Terrace provin-
‘cial court yesterday, where

he was charged and

remanded until April 18.

Crystal Hogg’s body was
found at the Terrace-
Kitimat Airport by a

‘security guard in the early

* morning hours of Nov. 11,

1988. ‘She had died of
strangulation.
The killing prompted a

lengthy investigation that .

involved local RCMP
members, the force’s
Serious Crime Unit from
Vancouver and the Prince
Rupert Subdivision G.1.S.

(General Investigation Ser- —

vices) unit. For the past
five months the Terrace
detachment G.I.S..
conducted the investiga-
tion on its own. .

No further details were
available as this issue went

-to press.

Badminton players from Caledonia Senior Secondary School returned here in triumph Sun-
day after placing second overall In the provincial finals. They were greeted by principal Bill
Sturn and Terrace alderman Bob Cooper, who presented each member of the group with a
Kermode Bear pin. Story on page 8.

TERRACE — The Ministry of

- Environment has amended the

city’s Sanitary Landfill Permit
effective March 29 this year.
Under the amended permit, the
city is ‘now required to restrict

- the hours of public access to the
‘site and employ a full time

attendant during operating
- hours.

City council isn’t sure they:

agree these changes are neces-

- gary, however, and have sent the

matter to the Committee of the
Whole for further discussion.
According to Kul Bindra of
‘the Waste Management Branch
in Smithers the city’s permit was
-amended in response to two

he says, there will be much
greater control of landfill fires.
And second, garbage will be

covered more frequently, reduc-

ing the impact on wildlife —
particularly beats.
“‘As you are aware,” Bindra

wrote to the city in explaining

the changes, ‘““there have been
several complaints in the past
year or so concerning landfill
fires at the Terrace site. The city
has been very cooperative in
ensuring that the fires are extin-

_ guished. However, the ongoing

nature of the problem requires
that a new solution be sought.”
He continued by saying that he
was aware of the fact that the

_environmental concerns, First, » fires were being lit by. vandals

Dampen dump fires, city told

and said that “restricting access
should create a significant deter-
rent,”’

In a telephone interview, Bin-
dra was asked why thete should
be a concern over fires at the
Terrace site while Thornhill con-

tines to burn on a daily basis. .

He explained that both permits
allow the burning of wood-
waste, cardboard and similar
combustible materials, and the
Thornhill site is used by a great-

et number of commercial and .

business users who have a great-
er volume Of this type of waste.
He added that the Terrace site
will also continue to burn this
type of material | ona Periodic
basis.

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