~~ hefty. pay increases approved: .
“by city council. - lof
_.- .The biggest beneficiary is :
. ., chief: administrative: officer .-.
- Ron Poole, who will now be
‘paid $115,000 a yéat—a'30
Sper, ‘cent’ increase from: his ...
old salary of $88,400. en

oe * Mayor’ Jack ‘Talstra said
° the raise: brings:thal position ..
. Up.ta the average. level paid *

a cities. re wo
«Poole: has: “also” eained

ing. on” much of: the - Work’
‘previously done by. the cily’ So
“special projects director. “

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That ‘position. wasn't 're~

; _- placed when ~Paul Gipps, -
39,000 per"
year job, -went to: Houston |:
> 2) this fall-to become’ chief. ade

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oo “We have-a management » :
m learn ‘and. staff that-is very

highly. respectéd. throughout: |
“the: province,” Talstra. said; :
“Son ‘highly respected, thal
~ we re’starting t6 lose them.” -:21
+ Hes said’ the: pay adjust-"- a

“ments help: address the fact:

. salaries - here: “were, much a
- lower than. elsewhere. |

- Most of ‘the: money; ‘from:
“the: ‘elimination’ ‘of: Gipps’ ce
" “position have. been: used to
2 jnerease other: ‘Managers’
_. salaries, although’ there “is =.
oe still a. net, Saving of: ‘nearly
$3,000. ‘
ily, reobrds. show total

| ‘From front

who: held” the. $6

“Ron Podle.

management” “salaries

2001."

“lulose crisis ‘dragged. on,

: we retain. ‘our excellent: staff :
“thal Aye. ‘have. and-who- are ".
coveted” ‘by’ other communi

Mes | in B.C."

Two other: mariagers' spot

: raises of around- 10) Per. cent

marketing company: owed

. $6 million by New. Skeena, —
is also looking at buying the

Teirace sawmill, Hull said.

“2 *We've talked, with Cell- a:
Mark,” he Said.“ We'told |

‘them’ if they got lt' we'd be

ss interested in: working with.
~ them,” .. .
CellMark stands ‘to lose.
much of: the «money. it’s”

~.. owed, Itwould, along with
the City, of Terrace, get a |:

‘share. of - the. ‘proceeds: from |.
the salé’of the Térrace saw-

; mill, after ‘receivership eX _—

“penses and other cosls are. Ta

deducted.

“The . mill hete isn't. eke
pected: to sell for-anywhere .”
~~ near the $6 million CollMark,

is owed, |

“are:
‘ow. $848,000. ~. down: 13°.
“per: cent from. $973, 000, ‘in 7

Seven. “other ‘positions:
have’ been cut over that time“,
as-council’ clamped’ down on
‘spending. as-the Skeena-Cel-.

Mosi- ‘management: sala~:
“ries: had, been Frozen. since
"2 200L,- hue :
We ivréstled with ‘that:
ver the: Tast. six manths to-
ce what was fair arid’ appro-..
hod priate,’ Talstra'said. "-
We ‘had -a - decision | to

‘Harty Papushka .

Instead, Hull’ ‘id,

AQ: The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 22, 2004

| City gives chief exe fi
_ahefty pay raise _

“CHRISTMAS. came ‘early -4
-for-some ‘of. the city’s top _

= the: director ‘of “finance :
“Judy - Degerness. who-now.”
_.makes $83,579-and fire chief

Randy Smith at $80,388.
‘Those :

an airline.

“Talstra defended. Poole" 7
increase, ‘saying’ the. city's *~
“top / administrator: of . six”.-.)
“years has. skillfully-run city,
hall “‘under“ihe: most ‘try--- a
ing ‘of: times”.= in: particu.
‘Tar handling: thé “complex
“Skecna. Cellulose crisis: and.
the: resulting” “need to ‘elit ‘the :
“budget, Bee a

“Poole's children are s grad. -
uatingfrom school.soon, the . 2
" mayor. added and-that will > 4

inaké: as to, ‘whether, or not”. tae
: eliminate: another. reason to. “4

slay intown.-”

io’ the: north.

_ Former Repep | people § |
in running | for sawmill |

- CeliMark, a Swedish pulp ;

and sell it for. more later. a

_ “Their intent is ta look at
buying and starting it, get i 8
~Tunning and sell-it’so they ..
dor t take’so much of a hair- w

he said...

He suid a third ‘group | in
“the bidding is. Bear Creek"
~ Contracting, owned by the.
~ Munson family, and: Main‘
Logging, along . with’ the: =
1. Kitsumkalum, and Kitselas us

bands. °

‘The:

Prince Ripert: :

The. TFL sal is to close -

vin January.”

two > "positions,
along with development. Ser-
~ vices director Marvin. Kwi- “e
. atkowski, who-is ‘being paid A
® $81,600, are. the three high- *
@ est paid jobs after Poole’s. °
|. Other. city. ‘management
‘staff received.smaller raises’
“fn: the range. of: $1,000, to
82, 000... vO
The: ‘amounts. ‘vary, de-
pending: on: individual, cir-’
: cumstances, Talstra said. .
“Ss The’ city “now , pays iss
chief. administrative: officer. -
<* .,more'than provincial cabinet
_ Ministers’ make,”
“Gary - Collins who? left his:
job’ as finance’. minister. last | Sg
-Week'lo lake over ‘as § CEO of. Ng

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‘including -

oo “Itswould: be: a shame t to. :
lose. him now,” he said, not-
“dng -it’s difficult “to attract
new “peopl

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bands had been bidding. to”.
“buy Tree: Farm Licence: #1,
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