Vol. 2, Issue No. 13

Municipal council
will consider fair
wage bylaw

A delegation of con-
struction union represen-

' tatives filed objections to

the tendering process in-
volved in awarding the
RCMP building general
contract with Terrace
municipal council at
council’s March 24
meeting.

Only four aldermen
and the mayor sat at the
meeting. Ald. Mo
Takhar is on vacation,
and Fred MacDonald,
having resigned his seat,
was absent.

In a letter to council
Paul Johnston, secretary
of the North Coast
Building Trades, argued
that the removal of a
standard wage clause in
the terms of the tender
discriminated against
union firms bidding on
the job, Johnston stated
that the clause was

~ deleted by the architect,

Royce ...... Condie
Associates, 11 days prior
to closing of tenders, and
he called the deletion
“unilateral action on
questionable grounds’’.
Johnston concluded his
presentation. by calling
on council to adopt a
method of imposing pay-
ment of union wages for
all workers on the pro-
ject, or, alternatively, to
re-tender the entire con-
tract.

A motion by Ald.
George Clark to re-
tender the contract was
lost due to lack of a
seconder.

Although Johnston
contended that the union
wage clause was council
“policy”, Mayor Jack
Talstra stated that the
terms of tender were
written by Royce Condie
and did not represent a
position on the part of
council. Mayor Talstra
was supported in his
statement by Ald. Bob
Jackman and Ruth
Hallock. Talstra also
pointed out that amend-
ments to contract terms
are not unusual in the
tendering process, and
he added that all com-
panies who bid on the
job were notified in
writing of the changes.

Talstra concluded by
saying, ‘‘I don’t mind
this council taking a look
at the issue of fair wages,
and sitting down with
this contractor (Hegge
Construction) to discuss

the matter of wages."’ At
this point the matter of a
municipal fair wage
bylaw arose.
Clerk-Administrator
Bob Hallsor informed
council that several
municipalities in B.C.
have such bylaws, and he
suggested that the Union
of B.C. Municipalities
would be able to supply
continued on page 24

Outside
Date Hi Lo Prec.
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Mar. 18 9 1 384mm
Mar. 19 10 4 48mm
Mar. 20 13 -10«1.66mm
Mar. 21 B 3 52mm
Mar, 22 6 2 tr.mm

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Mar. 23 12 =-

Generally cloudy with
afternoon highs around 10,
and overnight lows of 4.

Inside

Business Guide

Church Directary 18
Classified Ads 22
Coming Events 10
Comics 21
Crossword 21°

Dining Directory 2

Entertainment 24
Horoscope 20
Letters 4
Opinions © - 4
Sports ‘ 6
Stork Book 10

Tatk of the Town 3

Grade 3 students from Thornhill Prima

Legislative Library,
Parliament Buildings,
Victoria, B.C,
V8V 1X4

“S0CENTS

Some Grade 12 students from Caledonia Senior Secondary School recently received their personalized jackets. See

story page 10.

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t’scheduled for Shames

Mountain presented to Regional District

TERRACE — The
Shames Mountain Ski
Corporation, repre-

sented by local sporting

goods proprietors Bob.

Park and Roy Long,
submitted its develop-
ment timetable for the

new ski facility to the
board of the’ Kitimat-
Stikine Regional District
on March 22,

The timetable calls for
development to begin in
April 1986 with the con-
struction of three road

ry School recently visited with senior citizens at the Happy Gang Centre In Ter:

bridges through the
Shames valley, Con-
struction of two and a
half kilometres of road
will be carried out during
May and June, followed
by timber clearing in the
area of the proposed

a Te

race. Pat Olson, instructor for the students, said the youngsters are currently studying the topic of ploneers and the ear-

ly daya. Olson decided It would be of benefit
days, Students were provided with Informatl
were also given a quilt-making demonstration by some of th

on about what it w

6 seniors.

to have the young people talk with senior citizens to learn about their school
a8 like In the early days around Terrace. The young people

base lodge and adjacent

parking lots. Work on

trail layout on the moun-

tain slopes and water,

electrical and sewer

engineering is scheduled

to go on throughout the -
summer.

Concrete footings are
to be poured in the fall
for the lodge and the lift
towers, Winter work in-
cludes finishing _ trails
and timber clearing
where necessary. Final
construction on the
lodge and lift towers is to
take place in the spring
and fall of 1987, and the
grand opening is set for
November |, 1987.

The proposal included
a tentative offer to
operate the Kit-
sumkalum ski facility
during the 1986-87
season, The regional
district board decided to
arrange a meeting be-
tween the development
corporation and the ski

hill committee for fur-

ther study, including the
disposition of Ski Ter-
race assets such as lift
equipment.

Fire Report

On Sunday, March 23,
the Terrace Fire Depart-
ment attended a grass
fire behind the local
courthouse,