Have recent accidents in B. C. given you cause
to be concerned about the safety and condition
of trucks on local highways?

Barb VanHerd
Yes, definitely. There
should be some other kind
of brake inspection. How do
we know the driver has
checked his brakes, or that
he is qualified to do so?

Larry Merrill
I'm concerned, but not
because of accidents. | was
concerned before. We ought
to have more vehicle
inspections.

Steve Delano
I'm not sure, I'm from
Philadelphia, but for the
most part I'd say truckers
are very courteous. I’ve
travelled from Jasper on
through to here and |
haven't had or seen any
problems, but maybe I've
just been lucky.

- Wage level .
set for city
administrator

TERRACE — The last of the

‘city’s 1990 wage hikes has been

set. City administrator Bob Hallsor

‘received a 6.4 percent increase

effective Jan. 1, 1990, raising his
salary from $62,454 to $66,454.
The package for management staff
was released last month, and as we
reported two weeks ago increases

‘ranged between ‘zero and 16.9

percent, with an average increase
of 7.7 percent. The lowest wage in
this bracket is now $32,412 while
the highest is $57,775.

City council agreed on a 5.2
percent indemnity increase fast
January. This raised the annual
indemnity of a city alderman from
$7,162 to $7,538 while the
mayor’s post went from $16,430 to
$17,284. In June, city CUPE
employees signed a new two-year
contract giving them a $1.02
across-the-board wage hike in the
first year, an average increase of
6.5 percent. This meant that the
average hourly city wage jumped
from $15.76 to $16.78 in the first
year of the agreement. The second

‘Terrace

year of. the contract calls for: a
further seven percent increase.

The formula for elected city
officials could change in the
coming year. City council has -

- followed the recommendation of

the Finarice Committee, and during
the 1991 budget deliberations the
Committee of the Whole will
review a new policy discovered by
alderman Danny Sheridan in the
community of Tillsonburg, Ont.
The Tillsonburg formula sets indi-
vidual council indemnity according
to the number of years served by
each individual.

This is a policy which ensures
new blood on council from time to
time, Sheridan said when he first
described the system. As 2 local
official is re-elected year after
year, that individual's experience
is obviously something of value.
After a few elections, however, the

‘alderman begins getting a little too

expensive and therefore gets no
votes. A new-comer at the base
rate is far more economically
sound.

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by Robert Q. Smith

General Manager

-PLANNING A MEETING?

If you’re planning a meeting, conference, banquet or
special event, come and talk to us. The Terrace Inn features 5
Banquet and Meeting rooms and we can help make all the ar-
rangements for a successful event. We will provide you with
excellent food and superior service in comfortable surround-
ings.

Fall and winter dates are booking up now so give us a call
and talk to our banquet co-ordinator, Jackie Nadeau. Ask for
our Banquet Menus and Meeting facilities Guide. It will give
you all the information you need. By the way, dates for
Christmas parties are filling up fast. Book now.

COMPLIMENTARY
HOT HORS D’OEUVRES

We call it an “‘After 5’? Wind Down and it takes place in
Augie’s Lounge Monday through Friday between 5:00 p.m.
and 7:00 p.m. Relax over.a cool drink and enjoy our com-
plimentary hot hors d’oeuvres. After a busy day, take a break
at the Terrace Inn.

Tricia Wilson
Yes, We should have more
vehicle inspections.

John Myring
Definitely! Its a very
serious problem. There have
been numerous accidents,
like the one at the ferry
terminal. It’s just a matter of

. more inspections; I'd like to
see spot checks, greater
fines, even jail sentences for
some of these companies.

SUNDAY BRUNCH BUFFET

Terrace’s only Sunday Brunch Buffet is at the Terrace Inn
from 10:00 a.m. til 2:00 p.m. A super selection of salads
rolls, hot and cold items, pancakes, Baron of Beef, desserts,
juices and coffee. All you can eat for $10. 35 adults, $7, 95
seniors and $§.95 children.

Port study contract awarded

-The Kitimat/Terrace Port Com-
mittee has chosen Sandwell Inc. as
the consultant for the Kitimat Port
Feasibility Study, according to
committee chairman Dave Parker.
The Kitimat/Terrace port concept
combines a Kitimat port, the
Terrace-Kitimat airport, highway
and railway links and an industrial
park into a single economic

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development package.

Phase I of the study is to be
complete by the end of September
and will include an accompanying
report and market assessment.
Phase II will then begin develop-
ing a preliminary engineering,
environmental and socio-economic
impact assessment. This is sched-
-uled for completion in December

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of this year.

According to Parker, Sandwell
Inc. is yecognized as one of the
best marine planning and design
specialisis in the world and he says
he js confident the company will
be able to meet the committce’s
schedule.

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Phone: 635-6630 Fax: 635-2788

4551 Greig Avenue,
Terrace, B.C

[rout FREE: 1-800-663-8156)