PARI TAME 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 grouATive ASSEMBLY ENT BLDG F CARDIN 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 t CAN 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 sind) alla: iit'e fi sid aziuk ses some mar @ practice iff camival. The: : , system too. -adversely i if This | mayor’ S. ; happy “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,’* ; - eda board ‘Sidon to'use ‘the | “ithe feglon next:'month: © ed on: * addressed. «These ideas would te ‘lent: the’ village now intend: cont'd A2 - 1Schoo outhen property tine ey di n/divert: ‘Garand. ot ot fish habitat,’ Fry. “a yere set outlast week ic A ut where the fish: are: | 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. ~ Page — Turners Costs probed, - Page. Al2.. Nisga’ a at Globe | 90, Page Als, 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 Pesos Nor thwest Roundup