Page AG — Terrace Standard, Wed

Regional District shorts

nesday, March 73, 1991

a TERRACE — ~ Atthough the Full
~ details “of the KitimateStikine
regional district’s 1991 budget:

will not be known until after its
March 15-16 meeting, there is

- already. a little guod news “for.
: taxpayers.

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- Directors have, “approved a
committee recommendation the
1991 levy. fof equipment. and
‘minor capital projects for
hospitals-health care facilities
be set at $400,000, $0,000 less
than.last year. That means the
owner. of a $50,000 house will
pay $7.93, down approximately
$1. from 1990,

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Meanwhile, directors have
approved a five per cent in-
crease in pay based on a 4.8 per.

Bruneat

TERRACE — The Terrace man
in prison for the 1998 killing of
Crystal Hogg was sentenced to
another. six months in jail for
sexually assaulting a 10-year-old
girl here in 1986.

Daniel Joseph Bruneau, 30, is
serving a three and a half year
prison term after pleading guilty
to manslaughter last year in the
strangling death of Hogg.

Bruneau was convicted Feb.

cent rise in the Consumer Price
‘Index‘since their last increase,
Once the necessary by-law is
passed, chairman Jack Talstra
will receive’ $460. for each
meeting ;he® attends, up: from

. $440, For ‘other directors, the’

attendance ~fee "will : gO from
$320 to $335.

Special. allowances to cover
expenses incurred in carrying
out their duties also go up. For:
directors from municipalities,
the amount will. be $37 per
month ($35 previously}, the
Thornhill director will receive
$68. ($65) and all other directors
5105 ($100).

Deciding the current figures _
were still adequate, directors
made no changes to other ex-

u jailed

2 and sentenced. by Supreme
Court Justice Bruce D. Mac-
Donald to a six-month prison
term, consecutive to his
previous sentence.

Crown prosecutor Laurie

Langford said Bruneau was a
stranger to the victim, who saw
him and recognized him about
three years later,

She said the offence took
place Oct. 2, 1986,

ANNOUNCEMENT

- Dave Dyer, P.-Eng.

Ltd. Is pleased to announce the appa
Manager for the firm's new branch In

“Mr. Dyer has been with the firm for
_Associate since 1988. He has davelo

and construction management,
Duncgan and Associales Enginearing

As part of &@ major expansion program, "Duncan and Associates Engineering

of munictpai engineering and transportation related projects, both in design

firm with production offices in Vancouver, Prince George, Victoria, Nanaimo

& ASSOCIATES
ENGINEERING LTD.

, 2010-4445 Greig Ave.
Terrace; Bese
(604) 638-8486

intment of Dave Dyer, P. Eng. as Area
Terrace.

the past 10 yaars, and has been an
ped particular expertise in many facets

Ltd. is a multi-dlaciplined engineering

pense reimbursement rates.
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' The regional district wants
government ministeries to dou-
bie the minimum value of con-

tracts on which performance’

bonds are required to $100,000
‘and to accept alternative forms
of security on contracts ranging
from $50,000-$100,000..

_At present, the government
requires a .50° per cent. perfor-
mance bond and a 50 ner. cent

labour and materials payment ,

A bit of taxation relief.

bond on. all. projects costing .

more than $50,000,

:.-The-call for change resulted:
from problems experienced last
year by. Hazelton’s Wrinch

Memorial hospital. It had to re- -

ject the low bidder on a contract
because, although the company
. could have put up a different

“. form of security, it did not meet

the bonding criteria.
Directors argued smaller

“-companies often did not get

“bonded because they did nat re-
‘quire it for most jobs they did

and the expense was not «.
therefore justified. That meant .

‘small, local - companies: "were
often. unable. to bid |
in their own area,

The district’ ‘wants the. ‘Union

of BC. Municipalities and its

northern. counterpart to. pass |

motions: Supported its stigges-

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‘The disttia will hold.a public.
-hearing a’ week tonight on a

rezoning application on proper-

ty near. the Kirkaldy subdivi-

sion. ;
Wade Contracting wants the

. lot's designation’ changed from . |
low density. rural to special in-
dustrial so that.it can developa .

gravel pit there, Future plans
could also include establishing a

‘ concrete and asphalt products

manufacturing- -processing

: operation.

- Maintenance were successful’ |
last year in a similar application

Kention-North Coast Road

fer an adjacent property.
The public. hearing takes

place March 13 at 7.36 p.m, in.
the Thornhill Community Cen-
tre. . ‘

Projects § -.
) The Kinsmen and Kinettes of Terrace. would
| like to thank the following for supporting the:
-1991 Mother's March campaign,

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and Terrace. The stalt compliment of 80 includes 35 professional engineers
_ providing services in structural, mechanical, electrical and civit engineering.

Associate companies are active in the fields of G.IS. and Industrial angineer-
ing.

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