TERRACE. — Representatives of the school district and the local teachers’ union traded ~ shots again last weekend as con- tract negotiations continued with no sign of a breakthrough. During @ recess in the talks, the Terrace: District Teachers’ Association: (TDTA) issued a statement attacking trustees for’ letting the bargaining process . Stagnate for so long.; After. nearly eight months of bargaining, a few minor clauses have been agreed to and: signed off. Prior’. to the weekend bargaining session, 62 itents of . the 82 in the existing collective agreement — which expired Ju- ly 1 — remained unresolved. - The two sides have agreed toa list.of non-monetary issues and agree they will resolve those before tackling the money issues, TDTA~. president Robert Brown. accused the school district of spending too much money on upper management : lie. La _ and administration, “The board cut ‘back on native education, gifted éduca:: tion, learning assistance, : and teaching assistants —-all. direct services to students," he charg. _ ed Friday, “‘At the same time, _ they had enough money to hire seven. more school-based. ad-- ministrators than Provided for - _ by ministry funding and to give them an 8.5 per cent pay in.” crease. We also have a new per- oa ‘sonnel. director who can "t negotiate and an assistant secrétary-treasurer . position ‘to:- help us spend money, It’s clear ~ to us where trustees! Priorities. Union negotiator Greig: ‘Houlden - said despite the board's hiring this spring of. personnel director Bruce Green- wood — who was to also serve as full-time negotiator — a paid - negotiator is leading the board's team. ‘‘Basically, it’s the same old song with a more expensive orchestra,” he said. “And Candidate seeks TERRACE — Terrace and District. Community Services’ administrator nounced he is entering Kitimat’s mayoral race in the Nov, 17° local elections. In declaring his candidacy last Wednesday, Beck also tevealed one plank. of his plat- form would-be .making the mayor's job a full-time position with an. annval Salary of $45,000. 3... , My research “shows it (salaried, full-time mayors) is a growing trend and people are moving in that direction,’’ Beck explained. “‘In today’s world, doing this as a hobby or part- time just doesn't cut it,’ he ad- ded. Beck said making it a full- time position would allow the mayor to concentrate on carry- - ing the municipalities concerns to various levels of government, to “‘get out into the community to talk:to people” and’ inciéase his accessibility to the general public. last week an-_ Detlef Beck He said he had got a positive reaction to the idea from people he sounded out prior.to declar- ing and the reaction since had been the same. Although ; “ miinicipal by-laws ‘do not pro- vide for a paid mayor at the mo- ment, Beck explained, “If 1am Kitimat? SB we’ re stilt. geting nowhere, slowly,?? _ School board spokesman Kris | Chapman’ agreed the negotia- tions.-are. proving costly, although she was unsure how much paid negotiator. Ralph Elke’s services were costing the district, ‘We're spending 50. much money on the negotiating process -~ and: the more we spend here, the less we'll have to’ spend on education.’® | - But she blamed the lack of - progress at the table on foot- dragging by the union. ‘Up un- til now. we haven't. gotien © anywhere,”? « Chapman said. *They aren’t moving on anything. " And she attacked Brown’ s contention that. ‘the: school district has too. many: ad- ministrators, —. ‘“T really counter that, she said. “We don’t have a top- heavy administration. We have the people we need to run the: system and that’s it, In fact salary. . elected on that platform, coun- cil, I expect, will ratify the by- - law that will make it so." ~ The $45,000 figure suggested was, he said, comparable to that earned by the nearly. dozen other salaried mayors in the province. Decrying the lack of leader-. ship in the community in recent |. : years, Beck pointed out Kitimat’ ‘had in the past concentrated on chasing “‘mega projects.’ He- said it should instead be looking more at the ‘‘smdll oppor-. tunities.” Pointing to the Terrace ex- perience as an example of the direction Kitimat should’ be moving in, he added, “I wantto bring that sort of energy and en- thusiasm that Terrace has down .to Kitimat.” In the long term, Beck main- tained, the small business sector was the key to economic viabili- ty while retaining the quality of life yalued.in the: northwest. “We can't rely on large industry and large projects to’ keep us go- . “ing forever. ” Idea gets cool reception TERRACE — Commenting on a Kitimat. mayoral candidate's call:to make the position full- time with a. $45,000 a year salary, Terrace mayor. Jack Talstra says any such move here ‘would have to go toreferendum first. And he’s not so sure the idea is 4 good one, Pointing out there was a danger a full-time mayor could end up developing an ‘“‘ad- ministrative’ outlook, Talstra said a mayor had to remain con- clous his task was to ‘‘set policy and set direction.”” With both a full-time mayor and an ad- ministrator, the lines of respon- sibility could begin to blur and their jobs overlap. There was also a cost factor beyond the mayor’s salary to consider. He suggested a full- time mayor would likely require some support staff — if only a part-time secretary -- and would probably make more fre- quent lobbying trips to both the Two more declare TERRACE — With the deadline for nominations NOW, less than two weeks. away, two incumbent alderman have con- firmed they will be seeking re- election at. the Nov. 17 municipal elections. - City. hall . confirmed Danny Sheridan and Darryl Laurent . had both. filed papers last week, | the only. candidates to do so.as" of Friday. Noting newcomer Adrian Van de Mosselaer had indicated: ~ he will be cunning for a council © seat and ‘*a couple of other peo: - ple had ‘expressed an interest," Laurent sald he.welcomed such moves. | “] think it’s good, the more:. - candidates, the livelier the cam- paign for everybody,” he: sald)” adding it would not be good:for’ | the ‘community if all:positions ~: federal and provincial capitals. The real cost, therefore, could end up being :more like $80,000 a year. In the case of Terrace, given its 10,000 populatiop, Talstra said that would translate to $32 a year for a family of four to finance the mayor’s office. Some- people might find such a figure “quite steep.” ° Talstra said those running for local office under the present “stipend” system knew the job was a losing proposition both in terms of time and money, ‘But that’s a choice you make and that’s a choice you live with,’’ # BUY AT PRO.RAM?... 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Vacant positions in recent years.: I'm sorry, but that just doesn’t hold water.'” ' And she said Elke is needed because the board never intend- ed to have Greenwood lead negotiations in his first year, “When you go into a bargain. ing process like this, you go in with the best people you have available to you,” she added. - ‘Directives from the B.C, Teachers’ Federation regarding the provincial union's bargain-' ing objectives may be one. reason local teachers want to’ slow down the talks, Chapman. suggested. “T don’t know what the pro- vincial agenda is,’* she said, * Ask. them. But [ know there is a BCTF agenda.” She maintained the issues causing the most problems dur- ing bargaining have been “‘pro- vincial issues’’ and hoped the local organization would con- centrate on its own agenda rather than following BCTF orders. “We're not making much progress,”’ she said, “And it may not happen until these guys decide what’s important to them at a local level and to settle on that basis.’ The TDTA denounced Chap- man and the other trustees for not actually sitting in on any bargaining sessions since spring. Chapman countered. . that. . trustees trust. the negotiating Skills.of Elke, Greenwood and secretary-treasurer Barry _ Piersdorff. \4 Then you will want to know about.... ares Glucometene Extra convenient testing with One Button Added conveniences: portable *easy to read fast _ of Glucometer 1 or Compatitive meter ‘Regular Price lesttstnssesensnsenet 29, . 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