Nieman says snow.
--@learance. ‘excellent’

- ‘TERRACE _ In light of some
criticism by ‘a few - local . busi-
nesses, city ‘ council’s Public |

Works. Committée. chairman,
Ruth Hallock; has” “spoken in
defense. of both the city and

‘Public. Works crews. Con-

- gidering that this”. winter's

snowfall has been much heavier

than last year’s, Hallock told
council members last week that,
“‘Our crews have been doing an
excellent job.””

_According.to Hallock, there

have been ‘“‘few difficulties to
date’® and she says she has re-

ceived no complaints from either

the business community or the
general public... except for one
from South Eby. Hallock ex-

plains that one resident does

‘have a complaint, but his call

wasn’t one complaining of.

hazardous conditions.
‘*We're apparently cleaning
‘once too often per day in that

‘area,’ she explains. Hallock -

says ‘that this particular resident
had noted that each time South
. Eby was cleared, he felt he
_should shovel his driveway. But
in most cases the grader would:
make’ a second pass a: few

minutes later and effectively

destroy his labor.

With regard to this complaint,
Hallock. says the city is still
working on a solution and they

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ship on course’’ and all opera-
tions running smoothly.
Wagner gays that some of the

vacated instructional positions:

have. already been filled, but
other than looking for an im-

mediate replacement of the posi- .

tion of college president, the
board is in no hurry to look for
new staff. ‘Other positions

won't automatically be filled,”

he said. “Those positions will
first have to be reviewed and a
look will have to be taken at the
appropriateness of the deploy-
ment of existing staff.”’

George says that he has en-
joyed the past 12 years in Ter-
race and would prefer to stay in
the area-if at all possible. But
realistically, he says, his employ-
ment options in the immediate
area are limited and he expects

that he will eventually have to .

leave the community.

yey 18, 1989

are ‘currently exploring the. i:
merits of modifying the blades
on snow removal equipment."At .
a previous meeting, Bob Cooper

suggested that a “‘gate”’ could be -
installed at the end of each blade -
and could be lowered at the end °
of each driveway. According. to.
“Cooper, this would stop snow ff.
from sliding off the blade’ into. “|
freshly shoveled driveways and |
would be a welcome equipment A
alteration to everyone: — par-_”
ticularly the handicapped and 2 $

élderly.

Major Jack Talstra ‘ agrees aE
with Hallock and says that in jhis’ 9
opinion, the Public Works aE
Department. has done an “ex. ff
cellent’? job. Cooper also agrees
and points out: to city residents |
that they should consider condi- “J - :
tions. before they think of lodg- 9).

ing a complaint. “We're not gO-
ing to plow when it’s still : snow-
ing,’’ he said.

Hallock says that the city. ‘has

spent $179, 383. of 1988's

$201,667 budget and the balance
of about $20,000 will be- spent.
this year before the 1989, budget

is tapped.

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