Council Briefs Pool repairs approved CITY COUNCIL and regional district representatives have approved a $415,000 improvement to the aquatic centre. The repairs will involve a redesign of the entrance, plumbing and electrical, as well as other interior and exterior repairs. Parks and recreations superintendent Steve Scott said the plumbing system is in dire need of repair, noting the copper tubing in some areas is ‘‘paper thin.” “‘Before a multi-miltion dollar building rots into the ground we best do something about il,’’ said councillor David Hull. Under an existing agreement with the regional dis- trict, rural taxpayers will kick in aboul 30 per cent of the cost, or around $120,000. Travel allowances upped CITY COUNCIL has voted to increase the amount of money council member and city staff receive when theyre travelling on city business, Council decided to hoist the per diem amount, ¢x- pected to cover food and other expenses, from $50 a day to $65 a day. That was in line wilh a recommenda- tion from city deputy clerk Denise Fisher, who found other communities have rates ranging from $45 to $75 per day, with an average of $65. They also upped the mileage rate for use of personal vehicles from 32 cents per kilometre to 38 cents a kilo- metre — in line with the provincial government ralc, Other communities ranged from a low of 27 cents 10 a high of 38 cents, Fisher had recommended not increas- ing the mileage rate. City buys new vehicles THE CITY will go to tender on replacement of seven city vehicles — mainly pickup trucks and vans — at an expected cost of $310,000. The moncy comes out of the city’s equipment reserve fund, which contains around $1.4 million. The old vehicles were all 1985-1989 models. No left turn NORTHBOUND vehicles on Tetrault St. wanting to: turn north onto Keith Ave. will not be allowed to do so between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. The city approved the recommendation from the min- istry of highways, Townhouse approved A DEVELOPMENT permit has been issued by the city for construction of a six-unit townhouse on property at 4436 and 4438 Park Ave. The permit relaxes the setback requirements for the side and front yard of the project. Il’s being built by Jobn and Sylvia Griffin and will be very similar to the newly constructed townhouse at 4822 Lazelle, a@ When youcan't breathe, “nothing else matters. ELECT _, ON MARCH 28 WORK AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Territory Manager B.C, Lottery Corporation 14 years in the Recreation, Hospitality and Tourism Industry #5 years Regional District of Kitimat-Stikina o 3 years with the Econamic Development Commission ({RDK-S) 5 years working on the Shames Mt. Ski Area Project & Life member of the Kinsmen Club of Terrace m v8 years Chairman of the KinsmenfCaledonia After Grad Dance im oy 6 years Race Director of the Skeena Valley Triathlon [x]LISSIMORE, Dennis FOR COUNCILLOR f have lived i in Terrace : for 16 years,.arm: +. ELECTION GOALS o Multiplex Facility - Including 2nd Sheet Of [ce And Meeting And Convention Facilities & Finalize Airport Negotiations « Including the Airport Lands for Light and Medium Industrial Development o Regional Tourism Strategy ¢ lvnestigating B.C. Assessment a Practices THIS AD PAID ROW BY DENNIS LISSIMORE UNBC announces the start-up ofa B.A. Program in Resource- Based Tourism. eeeee Resource Recrestion and Tourism classes this Spring: = m* RRT 203: Introduction toe Resource-Based Tourisin ay 4-10, MIWThE, 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm, wil Saturday and Sunday eld trips Bs RT 201: Introduction to Resource i Recreation Management May 11 - 22, MTWTHE, 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm Location: Northwest Community College, Smithers. @ Delivery: face-to-face instruction, with a pre-class aa mecting a month in advance for the assignment of B readings gE The deadline for registration is March 31*** i Applications for admission and registration forms: “ Student Advising at Northwest Community ma = College, 3966, 2 Avenue, 847-4461. i For further information, please contact: Be Alan Evert, Chais of the RRT Program at UNBC: (250) 960-5863 > Or Marian Scholtmeljer, NW Regional Coordinatar, at - (250) 638-5448 (in Terrace) ROM (UNBC's ability to offer this progr ee will depend on cnrollments City backs bank probe CITY COUNCIL is throw- ing its voice behind calls for the Federal government to set up an all-parly com- mitice to investigate the pro- posed merger of the Royal Bank and the Bank of Montreal, 'The move came after Kitimat-Terrace and District Labour Council president Norm Lavallee urged coun- cil March 9 to pass a resolu- tion opposing the merger of the country’s two biggest banks. Although city council didn’t go that far, it endorsed fhe labour coun- | cil’s call in a letter to fi- nance minister Paul Martin for an all-party probe. Lavailee predicted the merger, will mean a third of the two banks’ employees laid off, with dramatic ef- fects on the two local bran- ches in Terrace, and a deterioration of service. Councillor Val George said he agiced with many of the points raised by Laval- lee, but said he simply didn’t have enough informa- tion to condemn the idea outright The episode prompted mayor Jack Talstra to recall a session last year in which Lavallee had urged the city to stop dealing with either the Royal or the TD Banks, because of their role in the Skeena Cellulose crisis. “What am I going to do, Norm??? 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