Ken Dye: =xperience in dealing with politicians and bureaucrats.

by Michael Kelly

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Ken Dye, the new president and
chief executive officer of the Wor-
kers’ Compensation Board, visited
the WCB office in Terrace May 10
as part of an orientation tour of
WCE operations in the province. It
was his fifth day on the job.

Dye became a nationally familiar
figure over the past decade in his
position as Auditor Genera! for the
federal government. His annual
reports on the manner in which the
governing party spent public funds
gave him a nearly legendary stat-
ure as a watchdog on politicians
and bureaucrats and an advocate of
the average taxpayer. ,

Dye’s term as Auditor General
expired in March of this year, and
he said last week the WCB presi-
dency was the most attractive offer
he got in a number of ways. He

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than an accounting position, and
the WCB job put him in
Vancouver. "I’m 3,000 miles
closer to my skiing now," he said
with a laugh.
The skills he honed in the Audi-
tor Genera]’s office will be applied
to the new job. "The experience of
managing that office will come
with me, especially experience in
dealing with politicians and
bureaucrats," he remarked.

Beginning on June 3 there will ©

be sweeping changes made to the
upper management structure of the
WCB, and Dye was hired to see
those changes through. The previ-
ous structure, in which a set of
eight commissioners both adminis-
tered the organization and deter-
mined its policy will be scrapped.
Instead, the policy-making branch
will be divided from adminisira-
tion.

The new board of governors will
consist of five labour representa-
tives, five management representa-
tives, a board chairman, a public
interest representative and two
non-representational governors —
Dye and Connie Munro, the chief
appeal commissioner. Dye’s job
will be to put the policies estab-
lished by the board of governors
into action.

He said it’s too early to tell what

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CITY OF TERRACE
- PUBLIC NOTICE _
REZONING APPLICATION

TAKE NOTICE that an application has been made to amend —
the Clty of Terrace Zoning By-law No. 401-1966, and amend-

The application affects the area, within the City of Terrace

a) Lot 2, D.L. 368, Plan 3284 (4310 Marsh Crescent),
b) Lots 3 & 4, Block 1, D.L. 368, Plan 3349 (4324 & 4322 Marsh

c) Lots 5 and 6, Block 1, D.L. 368, Plan 3349 (4320 Marsh
d) Lots 1 and 2, Block 2, D.L. 368, Plan 3349 (3208 Marsh
e) Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, Block 3, D.L. 368, Plan 3349 (3211

f) Lots 1, 2. and 3, D.L. 368, Plan 3726 (4311 Marsh Crescent),
and shown shaded on the accompanying map.

Ex-Auditor General to oversee. |
sweeping changes for WCB

differences the new structure will
make, but he believes something
has to be done. In the 1989 annual
report of the Office of the Om-
budsman, the WCB accounted for
just over 10 percent of all com-
plaints investigated by the Om-
budsman, third among government
divisions. Only the Ministry of
Social Services and Housing and
the Solicitor General created more
complaints. |
"Why is there so much unhappi-
ness?” Dye wondered. "We have
the highest benefit rates, the sys-
tem is financially secure. But
labour says it’s not enough, and
management says it’s being har-
assed." |

He said he expects by September
to know how well the new system
is working. The province-wide trip
is the beginning of his manage-
ment style. "I’m a great believer is
getting out into the field to find
out what’s going on," he said. And
of one thing he’s certain: "This
will be a people-oriented organiz-
ation, inside and out."

At age 55, Dye intends to be
with the job long enough to retire
out of it. His term is indefinite,
and there are no guarantees. “I
didn’t want a contract,” he said.
"1’ll survive on my own merits."

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The intent of this zoning amendment application is to change
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