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in applying for a necessary bank loan and at the same time offers
the regional district a way of insuring they recover the original loan
amount at some point in time.

This council show of support for the coversion idea isn’t unanim-
ous. A Committee of the Whole recommendation preferred forgiving
all the interest accrued to date and then restructuring the repayment

- schedule on the loan in order to give the corporation time to get into
operation before the loan came due. This was one of several options
to the conversion proposal, and one that Martin argued strongly
against. |

Alderman Danny Sheridan convinced all but two of his fellow
alderman that the committee recommendation didn’t serve the best
interests of the community or the corporation. "We tend to get
caught up in this illusion that this paper (the Kitsumkalum debt)
held by the regional district is worth money,” he explained, adding,
"IE they tried to sell it they would probably get nothing." ‘That is
primarily due to the deterioration of the Kitsumkalum lift equipment
over the past three years. Sheridan also pointed out that Kitimat
‘council had backed the conversion proposal with a unanimous vote.
“In fact it is egg on our face that Kitimat council is on record as
willing to do so," he sald. Sheridan’s motion to support the
coversion option was then put to the test and passed with recorded
opposition from aldermen Ruth Hallock and Dave Hull, who still
aren’t convinced that it is the right way to use taxpayers money.

On May 26, then, Kitimat and Terrace board representatives as
well as Area °C’ representative Gordon Robinson and Area ’E’
representative Les Watmough will be voting on the share conversion
proposal. In a weighted vote, each has three votes on the issue and
it is likely this will result in a recommendation to the entire board
that the share conversion idea be backed.

The entire board will then take part in a weighted vote on the
issue, and there is reason to be optimistic that this too will pass.
Last Saturday, Hazelton director Pete Weeber was one board
member who applauded Kitimat’s position by saying, “I think it’s
very encouraging that Kitimat is putting their money where their
aspirations are,"

If the conversion issue proceeds to this point, the idea stil requires
approval from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Some of the
groundwork on that aspect of the issue has already been done.
Regional District administrator Bob Marcellin says the conversion
idea, along with several other options such as debt rescheduling, was
put before the Ministry of Municipa! Affairs last March. Marcellin
says he could have an answer by ne next week and Shames directors
could have their answer May 26.°.

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The .R.E.M.Lee Hospital
Foundation is coordinating a
fund-raising drive to raise
$500,000 for the purchase of a

Computerized Axial _Tomo-

graphy Scanner (or C.A.T.
Scanner, as it is more familiarly
known) for Mills Memorial Hos-
pital.

To start off the fund, alder-
man Mo Takhar, on behalf of
the City of Terrace, presented a
cheque for $50,000 to Michael
Leisinger, Administrator of the
Health Care Society.

Marlaine Webber, one of the
fund-raising coordinators,
described some of the plans that
the Foundation has to raise
money for the Scanner.

“A dinner and auction at the
Inn of the West on June 16 will
be the first big event,’’ said
Marlaine, “Roy Henry Vickers,
a well-known artist from the
Northwest, has been commis-
sioned to paint a new picture for
us. Roy lives in Tofino now, but
he was born in Greenville and
lived in this area for a long time.
His painting will be one of the
main attractions at the auction.

‘*Last year at the auction, the -
- big. money-raiser was the totem
pole donated by the Kitsum-
-kalum Band.

“The Auction is a lot of fun
and a great fund-raiser too.”
There are several other events

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Hospital foundation set
for major fundraiser

planned, including a Golf Tour-
nament, the sponsorship of the
RCMP Band, and a Calender
Lottery for the coming year.
The C.A.T. Scanner is now
considered an integral part of
health care, according to Leis-
inger. It is particularly useful in
diagnosing brain tumors and in
orthopaedic surgery.
“Donations such as the city

has made,’’ said Leisinger,
‘tshould be considered an invest-
ment in the community. It rein-
forces the reality of Terrace as a
health care centre for the North-
west. It will be a great saving to
patients in time and money, as
they now have to travel to Van-
couver or Prince George for that
service.””

Refund on project taxes

A, few property owners in Ter-
race who paid for water and sewer
extensions under Local Improve-
ment Projects will be receiving
refunds from the city totalling
$15,812.

The refunds represent $10,110 in
the Water Utility Fund and $5,702
in the Sewer Utility Fund, the
amount of money collected on
extension projects since 1978 that
was in violation of a 1966 bylaw
amendment.

Under that bylaw amendment,
homeowners were only supposed
to pay for 80 percent of the total
bill on sewer and waterline extens-
fons, but somewhere along the line
the idea was tost around 1978 and

the city has been collecting 100

percent since.

Homeowners who have a project
pending on their streets, though,
shouldn’t get their hopes up. It’s
unlikely the 80 percent policy on
extension projects will last much
longer. Council has asked adminis-
tration to investigate the rationale
behind the 1966 amendment, and it
will probably be reversed soon.
The city will then be charging the
taxpayer 100 percent of the project
and there will be no more refunds
down the road.

Explaining the reasoning behind
the 1966 bylaw may be difficult.
According to administrator Bob
Halisor, the minutes of the day
really don’t offer any explanation
and at this point he’s guessing it
was done to encourage residents to
tap into the city-owned systems.

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