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TERRACE — The forests”
nisiry should be- Protecting |.

pi in using them. as finan- ,
clal;;guarantees ’ for industry,
says’ ‘regional district director.;
bes: ‘Watmough - from - Thor. :
hill’ said ‘the. province's. pro-.
posal. ‘to’ guarantee 623,000’
cubic. metres of northwest pul
fibre’ a’ :year  for:225 ° ‘ye
amiounted to: “‘prost! tuting ou
resources: ‘for collateral: to’ in-
dustry.” ” ,

minister. Claude Richmond,

building of néw ones.

at. xt a March 25 regional district
meeting in which it decided. to:
oiutling its, ‘opposition to. the

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pulpwood guarantee to: Forests

: Thez proposed Pulpwood
Agreement 17 covers’ the area.
“west of Tertace'to Burns Lake:
It: Automatically. provides: for 1 ‘Regional - forest’: service of:
ficials: ‘also ‘Want hearings in.Ter-
~Yace: and. in Stewart’ to give mére =

the sale of trees for-pulp to a
company ‘or: ‘companies: which:
Successfully ° meet ..government
titeria,' Those ‘include. .stability.: vf
of: existing pulp: mills’ or. ¢

Successful-applicants under:
the % agreement must: first use all
wood: they have under existing
licénces.and-have attempted to -
_ Purchase what they need from

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vince, -

‘May 9°and 10. in Smithers.

: people an [

: Those whoa

Stewart,” . Buirocan _and ‘West

-Fraser'to supply. existing mills,

Northwood: ‘to. Supply” AN eXx-

pulp wood: sale from the Pro.

-Public. heatings ot on: ‘ applica-
tions. for the wood take ‘place

Skeena Cellulose to: expand re
Prince Rupert pulp’ mill, Oren-
da ‘to: build. a’ pulp: “mill at

isting mill and Zaul Zap for a
chipper, .
Kkkkk* *

Watmough, an employee of
Skeena Cellulose, was joined in
Opposition by two ‘other direc-
tors also connected to forestry
companies. :

‘Director Harry Nyce from the |;
Nass Valley is also a director of
Zaul Zap Industries. The com-
pany isn't convinced the wood
is there but applied for business
Treasons,-he said.

‘Zaul Zap did not submit the
Tequired - deposit with its ap-

_ Other sources ‘before receiving a

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“TERRACE — Kitimat-Stikine
regional district may, not have’
entirely endorsed Hazelton's

proposed forest industry charter ..--b

of rights but “mayor .Alice
Maltland says the exercise was.a

docurnent as. 4 basis for'a brief:
0 be: presented. to: the Fores
ne urces-Commisilon
(
That brief will also incorporate : :
polls. z -Faled hana noe

that's what we did this for,’ so"
W-.' people would think about it,’* ; -
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* addressed. «These ideas would te

‘lent: the’ village now intend:

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| meee vote.

wanted by board

TERRACE — Local property
owners will be asked in a
referendum this spring to pay
more school taxes, school board
chairman Edna Cooper said last
week,

The board wants to spend
$500,000 more than the educa-
tion ministry will pay-to run
area schools, she said,

Cooper’s announcement
follows new education financ-
ing rules by the provincial
government. It will increase
what it gives school districts by
an average of six per cent this
year. Districts can spend more,
but only by going to referendum
for approval.

“We have décided that we
will go to referendum,’’ board
chairman Edna Cooper. said.
“It would ave impacted the

to fit everything iii: ‘
The new. system gives the:

' Terrace-area school district a’

maximum budget of $30.28
million for the 1990-91 budget
year, without holding areferen-
dum. os

Cooper said the referendum

” Edna ‘Cooper ~

decision came last Thursday
night after five hours of budget

deliberations, She Said trustees -
"went inte thé meciing’ “jetding -
to trim $600,000, and came out
still roughly $500,000 over the.

ministry-set limit.

“Tf we opted to cut out
$600,000 and not go to a
referendum, we would be cut-
ting back programs and services

Administrators’
salaries rise

TERRACE. — School District
88 administrators and principals
have received pay hikes foilow-
ing a consultant's study of their
salaries and job descriptions.
The seven-month study cost

- the school district $75,000 and

resulted in -salary increases
averaging three per cent plus an-
nual cost-of-living increases of
5.5 per cent, school district of-

- ficials said. It was conducted by

Jack Gallagher, of the Van-
couver firm. Quinn -Martin
Gallagher Consultants Ltd.

School board chairman Edna
Cooper said the study was aim-
ed at the school district’s 47
non-union employees — mainly
school principals and ad-
ministrative staff — to separate
them from union contract in-
creases,

“Before they (adrhinistration
salaries) were all tied to
teachers’ raises,’’ she explained..
The study was presented to the
school board and adopted in
December...

The study looked at anumber
of factors, including com-
parisons with. other districts,
wage inequities within the
district and educational .

qualifications, a
Employees whose. salaries

were below those levels received —
increases above the . average

three per cent, Cooper said, and
athers who were higher did not
receive increases.

The study also set up a salary
structure for administrators
where none existed before.
Cooper said all non-union posi-
tions now ‘have defined job
descriptions and salary levels.

Principals are now divided in-
to four salary categories based
on numerous factors, including

the size of the school and —

salaries paid in other districts.
The four wage categories
recommended by the study
range from $48,000 to $74,000.
Cooper said 16 of the district
principals had salaries above the
recommended levels, and three
were below. |

The pay raises came into ef-
fect last September, and the
cost-of-living increases go into
place this month.

‘““Now everyone has a job
description,’”’ Cooper said.
“It’s all lald: out:— the
categories, job descriptions and
-salaries.”

_ changes,

severely,”’ she explained.

A special school. board .
meeting last night approved the
provisional budget, which is .
now being sent to Victoria to
meet the Friday deadline.

Secretary-treasurer “Barry
Piersdorff said going $500,000
over the limit would work out to
a property tax increase of nearly
$100 for the owner of an
average $70,000 home in Ter-
race on the schools portion of
property taxes. He noted pro-
perty tax relief measures sup-
posed to be included. in next
month's provincial budget
could completely change the im-
pact on homeowners.

Administration officials will
continue to look for ways. to
pare the budget, Cooper said,
and trustees now have to deter-
mine. what will. be cut from:the
budget: ifthe referendum-fails;-.

“That's the real’ problem
right now’— deciding what to
go to referendum on,”

The board will also ask the
province for extra money out-
side the budget for computers
and startup of the Year 2000
program. The province has pro-
mised to cover the costs of the
massive program of. education
and also provides
some computer money in a

technology grant.

“AS of last week the school

_” ‘board was requesting more than
“> $381,000 to begin the primary

grade portion of the Year 2000
Program next year, secretary-
treasurer Barry Piersdorff said,
adding the total might rise fur-
ther.

**The only safe bet is that the
demand for money exceeds the
supply,” he said.

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members still did not agree with
certain points. included in. the“
charter, she said it was clear the

oard: was at least. convinced it’:
hada place:in discussion ‘of tt.
~ dustry. issues, “'And that's fin

ay
ough. the iplanned’

Maitland said the village: had. Hight have yet to take place n

~ been: ““overwhelmed’?,:

tluded in. a: follow-up doc
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