Talstra says he expects the questionnaire to be in
the mail in the next month or two, and he empha-
. sizes the fact that it’s "only a poll".

The response from one quarter is already in.
Skeena Sawmills manager Don Chesley addressed
council recently and called it "a bureaucrats dream
and a taxpayer’s nightmare" and "a dumb idea that
should die and stay dead”.

The forest industry, according to Chesley, already
pays 18 percent of total municipal taxes. "We have
no objection to paying for hard capital assets, but we
do not believe we should pay for aesthetics." Abram

Wiebe, speaking on behalf of the city’s other major —

' sawmill, Skeena Cellulose, agreed.
The questionnaire will go to the general public,

_ though, says Talstra. And individual taxpayers .
should consider all of the pros and cons before

making their reply. Following that, whether the

proposal goes to a referendum or not will depend on»

the final count.

SHERIDAN WARNS OF
COMPOSTER STAMPEDE

"They'll go in about an hour-and-a-half... In other
places there have been traffic jams and lineups."
This prediction came from Terrace alderman Danny

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Sheridan at Monday night’s city council meeting.
What he is referring to is 300, 12-cubic foot Soilsaver
Composters the city has decided to purchase for
resale to city residents.

The idea is one of recycling. According to a report
filed by city director of operations John Colongard,
"Approximately 33% of residential solid waste is yard
and kitchen wastes ...The cheapest way of reducing
the collection and disposal of this organic waste is by
backyard composting.”

Colongard makes further calculations: Each
composter has the potential of reducing curbside
collections by 200 to 300 kg per year. That computes
to an annual collection and disposal saving of 60 to
90 tonnes of organic waste by use of all 300 compos-
ters each year. In dollars, the collection cost per
tonne (1991) is $79.15 and the disposal cost per
tonne (1991) is $7.05.

A best case annual scenario, then, would be a —
reduction of 90 tonnes of solid waste per year in the
sanitary landfill at a monetary saving of $7,758. In
the long run, this would mean a longer sanitary
landfill life and a delay in the inevitable increase in
collection and disposal costs, At the same time it
would help the city in their goal of working towards
provincial guidelines of a 50% solid waste reduction
by the year 2000.

‘The total cost of the project will be $17,263, with
the city’s share being a third of that total. The cost
will be shared equally by the city, the provincial
government and city residents.

The composters should arrive in town in four to
six weeks, Each unit will be worth $57.54 -F.0.B.
Terrace but will be sold at bargain basement prices...
Only one per customer. A provincial grant will cover
one-third of the total price, the city will pay another
third, and that means the purchaser pays $19.18
($20.52 with GST).

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INTERSECTION TO.
UNDERGO SIGNALIZATION

Anyone watching last Monday's council meeting
on television to learn what traffic solutions may be in.
the wind was no doubt disappointed. For anyone
whose primary concern was the location of a pedes-
trian-controlled crossing light on Kalum, it was
revealed there will be further deliberation on that
matter. But for those who were curious or concerned
about a new traffic light on Lakelse Ave., there was
no information at all. The matter wasn’t even dis-
cussed.

That information was contained in the minutes
of the March 4 Planning and Public Works Commit-
tee Meeting, and that report was simply adopted
with the recommendations contained therein. To