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TERRACE — With a week still

- 10 80, this year’s revenue figures

have already beat the recreation
department’; budget projec.
tions, - :

Director Steve Scott; says...
revenue has ‘‘met or excéeded'®: |

target in almost every area o
the department's
The only exception had been in

recreation programs but the
drop off in Participation -there «

meant reduced costs,
That shortfall had also been
More than offset by the results

in other areas, As an‘example,
he pointed to public swimming ~
Where the pool had “taken ‘in

more than $135,000 to date,
more than $20,000 more than
originally forecast, ae

Overali, Scott said revenues
have now topped the half
million dollar mark, well above

.year and council approves: fee
_ increases’ of 3-5’ per cent effec.
tive Sept.1, Scott said the provi-
. Slonal.1992° budget projects...

‘Operations: * reventies will top $500,000 again

Terrace Standerd, Monday, December 23, 1901 —

rec dollars
Dr ojectio

the $475,000 budget figure,
In the expectation Usage of

recreational facilities continues

at close to the same rate ‘next

next year.
That's up 6.2 per cent from
the « original “1991 figure; but-

‘Scott said the extra money will

be needed to meet expected in-

_ creases in operational costs, |.
. With the’ contract -for™ cily
employees. up for, renewal this

year, he “said the ‘provisional
budget assumed a five per cent
wage hike... mo

- The remainder will be needed |

to take care of higher than ex.’
pected natural gas’ bills the
department is already’ experien-

“Provisional capital expenditure

“budget for next year, He said

"two major items to be included °

will be $42,800 for construction
‘Of -new- tennis courts fear

subject to review, and Possibly

_ amendment by council before »

‘the city’s 1992 budget as g
whole is-approved.

School head gives

plea for Y

TERRACE — Edna Cooper
wants to improve public
understanding of changes in the
school system.”

She made the comment for
support of and not opposition
to. Year 2000 educational
reforms last week after being re-
elected as chairman of the
school board,

“We have a very, very urgent
need to have the support of
society. That support does not
just mean money. It means
awareness and positive support
for what the schools are trying
to do,” said Cooper,,

School trustees voted
unanimously at the Dec. 10
board meeting to re-elect
Cooper, who was the only
nominee for the  chairman’s
seat. The vice-chairmanship Was
contested with
Wayne Braid getting the nod

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Terrace, trustee.

over Kris Chapman. of Stewart
for that. post, - ee!
- Trustees Stew Christensen

-and Mary Spooner were also

sworn in at the meeting after be-
ing elected last month: to two- -
year terms.:

Cooper said efforts to better
communicate with parents will
increase this year, adding the
district will continue to send
parents’ representatives to pro-
vincial conferences on educa-
tional reform, .

“We need to concentrate on
some type of public awareness
campaign to make the public
realize what’s happening in our
schools"? she said. “We as
trustees have to go out and sell
what we're doing,”'

Cooper said the successful
negotiation of a new contract

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-with the teacher’s union was
one of the year’s high points.
And she said she's pleased the
“district was finally able to pay
local teachers $1.2 million in
hegotiated pay hikes they had
‘been denied’ under ‘the former
Socred government, .

She said the district has a
small year-end ‘surplus —
although it's-been: acquired ac-
cidentally.. ... - ;

School District. $8 saved
money with the demise of the
dual-entry kindergarten system,
and revenues were up because

_ More Alaskan students than an-
ticipated attended’ ‘district
schools. ;

But 4 changeover in computer
Systems is also being blamed for
Part of the surplus. More bank
interest was received after

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several bills went unpaid during.
the computer onfusion,-.-

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