- ee gra nts

to groups _

TERRACE — Grants to com-

munity organizations will more -

than quadruple this year and .

_.. Glose to $90,000 will be spent on

‘high-profile recreational pro-
jects under the terms of the city
budget ‘announced last week, '

. Major grant beneficiaries are

the Terrace Health Care society, -
which getax$50,000 to help pur- ’.

chase a CAT scanner, and the
1991 Northern. Winter Games
society — $37,500 this year and
$12,500 next year,

While installation of a scan-
“ner at Mills Memorial Hospital
would - remove ® the’ need for

residents to ‘travel to Prince |°-

George or Vai neouver, alderman
Mo Takhar said council also

regarded it’ as an economic -

development project.

a Takhar

. Suggesting 3.5 full-time
equivalent ‘jobs would be [Ee
created, he said that could mean ‘&

an additional $300,000 for the [im

community’s payroll.

Takhar said the health care
society had decided to purchase
the scanner after being told by —
the health ministry it would
likely have to wait up to six
years for government to do it.
The ministry -has, however,

' agreed to cover operational
costs if the society can raise the
$250,000 necessary to buy the
equipment.

Recreational -projects getting
the go-ahead this’year include
public waslirooms at Lower Lit-
tle Park ($30,000) which will be
available for events ‘held in the
park and the weekly farmers’
market. held from May to Oc-
tober, The facilities will ‘be
located in the northwest corner
of the park, -

Those attending functions at -

the arena banquet room during
summer heat-waves will be coo]-
ed by a new $20,000 air condi-
tioning System. That -facility 5
also gets new-cuirtains at $3,800. *

The city:has also agreed to.

take’on the full cost of improv-
ing the accéss road to the Chris-
ty Park soccer fields ($19,000)
‘and will spend $10,000 building
a“linear park’’ along the banks
of adjacent Howe Creek. Alder-
- man Dave Hull said this first at-
tempt at’ ‘providing “‘pagsive
recreation” would include a

Taxes rise
5 per cent

TERRACE — The city's 1990 -

budget, announced last week,
contains a fiye per cent tax in-

crease for residential, commer-_

- Gial and industrial property.

--That contrasts to last year's

_ where increases Tanged from
zero per cent for major industry

and utilities to 5.1 per ¢ cent for

light industry.
‘However, once debt servicing

and transit charges are worked | .

in, tax bills of local
homeowners this year jump 6.7
per cent while businesses face a
6.6 per cent increase.
For the owner of a $60,000
house, that means an additional
'... $47 while the increase for a
- - $100,000 home is $79. In the
-.¢ase of a business property
valued at $470,000 the tax bill
goes up by $956,
>. The budget also includes in-

7 . Greases for services provided by
. the municipality. Water and

sewer rates will go up 10 per

* cent effective the second quarter

-, Of 1990. There is a similar hike

-in garbage removal charges but
‘only for commercial premises.

“S The city expects to take in

$9.36 million in revenue ($9.03

“million in 1989) of which $5.4

million. will. come from local .

7 “taxpayers. That revenue figure
“also: includes $411,000 carried

oe forward- from surplus money °
s accumulated in previous years
"Sand a further $911,000 from the

os city’ 8 general reserve.
“On the expenditure side, the

most expensive item is provision .

.- OF. protection services at $2.58
oe ‘millon, $1.5 million’ of which

“““govers the cost of maintaining ff
, the local RCMP detachment. P- -
he: public’, works department:
operation ~~. that. includes.

-‘Malnteriance of. city stréets and
buildings. ‘= ‘accounts for
. $2. ae million _ while
nd cultural ‘pete

David Hull

walking /jogging trail and some
brush clearing at its edges.

’ Preliminary work will also
begin on a convention/com-
munity centre. Aldermen Dan-
ny Sheridan said $10,000 had
been set aside to ‘‘come up with
a plan’? for such a facility, pro-
bably based on re-engineered
drawings of a similar one
elsewhere. ‘‘We are not sure at

this stage when.or if that: would .. as

Sbe put; before, the ‘public in |:
referenduttt form,” ‘he’ ‘added.

Tmprove F |
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Choose from a
huge selection
of frames!

. — public washrooms at Lower Litde Park ($30,000) and im-

“1990 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS |

— Five per. cent across-the-board increase in general. taxation
rate; Rises to 6.7 per cent for residential and 6.6 per cent for
commercial properties once debt servicing and transit charges
worked in, .
— Water and sewer rates up 10 per cent and similar hike in
commercial garbage removal charges.
— Projected revenues of $9.36 million of which $5.4 million
will come from local taxpayers,
— Revenue figure includes $411,000 from previous years’
surplus money and $911,000 from the general reserve,

— $37,500 grant toward 1991 B.C. Northern Winter Games
with a further $12,500 for 1991,
— $50,000 grant to Terrace Health
$250,000 cost of a CAT scanner,
— Capital projects totalling $606,000 — $276,000 for public
works, $145,000 in planning department and $102,500 for
recreation,

Care Society toward

provements for Christy Park access road ($19,000).

— $10,000 each for waste management (including recycling)
and community centre studies, Same amount for second over-
pass lobbying effort.

Tarrace Standard, Wednesday, Faia) 21, 1990 - Page Ag

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