fered,
. more than entertainment value.

Working their way to Calgary, Shella French and other Terrace Community
Band members joined in on a weekend car wash recently to help ralse
money for their anticipated trip the the National Music Festival In Calgary.
The band had applied for financial assistance from the city but were turn-
ed down because they are already betng Sponsored by the clty- -funded Ter-

race Arts Council.

Band turned down

A request for assistance by
Terrace Community Band presi-
dent Ben Webber has been turn-
ed down because the group is
already funded by the city
through the Terrace and District
Arts Council,

‘Now, the band hopes to raise
the money they need through a
concert, ‘Music for Mother’s
Day’’, to be held at the R.E.M.
Lee Theatre on May 8 — and in
view of door prizes being of-
the evening will offer

The reason for the original re-
quest to the city was that the
Community Band won the
Senior Band Class at the Pacific
Northwest Music Festival. As a
result, they were invited to com-
pete in both the nationals and
the B.C. Festival of the Arts.

Webber explained that this is
the third year in a row they have
competed in the B.C. Festival of
the Arts, an event where they
placed first last year, but it is
done by submitting a tape recor-
ding of a local performance and
costs very little.

However, he said, the invita-
tion to compete in the National
Music Festival in Calgary on
May 18 is an. opportunity to
represent the community on a
national level with a live perfor-
mance — but it’s going to cost a
lot of money — $10,000 to be
exact.

The band had no source of
revenue, ‘‘As a group, we nor-
mally only play for benefits and
various civic functions,’’ Web-
ber explained. ‘‘We do not
charge fees of any description
for playing at these functions,
such as Music in the Park and
the Salvation Army Kettle
Drive.”’

The only revenue shown on
the band's 1987 financial state-
ment is $300 from Young
Dracula, a $360 grant from the
Terrace and District Arts Coun-
cil, $45 in membership dues and
$12.04 in bank interest: a total
revenue of $717.04. This was off-

set however by $962.89 in ex-
penses in 1987 resulting in an

‘overall deficit of $245.89,

Tickets for the Mother’s Day
concert will be available soon at
the usual outlets at a cost of $8
advance or $10 at the door.
There are also a limited number
of children’s tickets available at
only $4.

According to band member
John Morgan, it will be a ‘‘class
evening with good music and.
entertainment at reasonable
prices’’, but it has even more to
offer. The biggest of. several
doorprizes is a trip for two to
San Francisco.

‘TERRACE — The city’s paving

contract will be going to tender,
and for the low bidder it could
be a long-term deal. Council’s

Preferential
treatment
questioned

It is standard policy for any
level of government to issue an
invitation to tender in order to
receive bids for merchandise or
work required. The normal
policy is to then accept the
lowest acceptable tender and
proceed with the job.

It has also been standard
policy, in most cases, for the
tendering authority to have un-
written preferential policies
such as buy locally, hire union,
etc. However, anyone continu- -
ing with this policy may find
themselves on the wrong end of
a law suit.

Information circulated
recently to Kitimat-Stikine-
Regional District board
members tells of a court deci-
sion last October in favor of a
Vernon contractor who sued
the Municipality of Abbotsford
after his bid, which was the
lowest, was turned down in
favor of an Abbotsford con-
tractor,

It seems that Abbotsford has
had an unwritten policy to buy
or hire locally for years but
asked for out-of-town bids

simply to keep local contractors

honest,

This practice ' was equated by
the judge to the municipalities
taking advantage of a free con-
sulting service and ruled unfair.

Although the precedent-
setting decision has been ap-
pealed by the municipality, and
even if the municipality were to
win that appeal, the decision is
sure to invite others to take
their losing bids to court unless

‘all decision-making policies are

printed in the original tender.

Revenue Canada
Taxation

ive

Income Tax

all district offices.

telephone service will
p.m.

You can find the local

As an extra service during the filing season, we
are extending our telephone enquiry hours at

Give us a call.

Until April 21st you can call us between 8:15
a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday to Thursday. From

April 25th to April 29th and on May 2nd our

There is no charge.

free numbers by looking in your telephone direc-
tory, or in your tax guide. ;

We are at your service.

Revenu Canada
impot

Questions?

be available until 8:00

and long-distance, toll-

Canada

Terrace Review ~ Wednesday, April 20, 1988 3

‘Tendering considered for
city pavement contract

Committee of the Whole has
asked administration to draft a
tender — for a possible five-year

-term — for the Planning and

Public Works Committee to
consider.

Council received complaints
last year when they awarded the
contract to Terrace Paving for a
one-year term without issuing a
tender, so when Terrace Paving
made an offer for the 1988 con-
tract council sent it to the Plan-
ning and Public Works Commit-
tee for recommendations.

Lester Wiebe of Terrace
Paving wrote council on March
1 asking for a five-year contract,
negotiable every January to
make adjustments for oil and
labor costs, and offered the 1987
price of $49.50 per tonne, or 67
cents per square foot, for
2%-inch thick asphalt.

Wiebe compared this to prices
paid by Prince Rupert, $76 per
tonne or $1.03 per square foot,
and Kitimat, $74 per tonne or $1
per square foot for the same
thickness.

“Knowing our position for
the following years would then

‘help us to plan ahead to stay

more ‘competitive and would
make it easier for budget plan-
ning for the City of Terrace,”
suggested Wiebe,

With the Terrace Paving deal
on the table, Michael Scott of
Kentron Construction Ltd. from

Kitimat approached council on

Apr. 11, saying his company
also has a stake in Terrace, and
asked for the right to submit a
sealed bid.

“We feel that the interest of
the taxpayers of this or any
other community are best served
by soliciting competitive bids on

business services,’’ said Scott.
“This insures that, the business
quality being the same, the tax
dollars are stretched as far as
possible and tax loads on the in-
dividual are kept at the lowest
possible level.’’

-He pointed out that the prin-
cipals and staff of Kenton ‘‘con-
tribute a significant number of
tax dollars to the City of Ter-
race” and ‘“‘some of our em-
ployees have resided in the City
of Terrace for a lengthy period
of time while others have just
recently relocated, brought their
families, bought houses, and
have become a part of the com-
munity,’’

According to Scott, Kentron
recently invested more than
$250,000 in a ‘‘state of the art’
asphalt plant and ‘‘many of the
components, goods and services
associated with the installation
were purchased from Terrace
merchants’’. He said that the
1987 purchases from Terrace
business totalled ‘‘in excess of
$200,000’’.

‘‘We have never declined an
opportunity to bid on your re-
quirements in the past,’’ con-
cluded Scott, and we have al-

ways been: competitive although

not always the low bidder. If
you go to tender now we may
still not be the low bidder but
irregardless of who is low, this
city will be assured of getting the
best deal for the taxpayers and
at the same time upholding the
time honored system of dealing
fairly with the private sector.’’

The Planning and Public
Works Committee is expected to
make their recommendations to
council April 25.

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