A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 17, 1994

News
In Brief

‘New chief

reports in

TERRACE’S NEW fire chief
is now on duty.

Randy Smith, a 15-year
veleran of fire fighting ser-
vices, was chosen ftom 22 ap-
plicanzs for the double-dury of
fire chief and co-ordinator for
Terrace Emergency Services.

He'll focus on fire pr-
vention and public education
in Terrace as the department
chief,

“T really want to promote
how we can stop fires from
happening in the first place,”
said Smith.

His job as the emergency
services co-ordinator will in-
volve mostly administration,
he said.

“Basically I'm just the
vehicie for search and rescue
10 get their funding and make
sure they get the taining they
need,"* said Smith.

He's come to Terrace from
Iqaluit, a community of 3,500
in the Northwest Territories,
where he was the director of
emergency services in charge
of the fire department, search
and rescue and ambulance
service,

Prior to his four years in
Iqaluit, Smith spent a year in
Yellowknife as a fire depart-
ment captain

He began his- career in

McMurray, Alberta as 4
firefighter and ambulance ate
tendant

Smith said he is impressed
with the knowledge and expe-
rience in the Terrace fire de-
partment,

‘There's a lot of years of
experience in this department
which makes my job easier,”’
said Smith.

Union signs

up workers

WORKERS EMPLOYED by
one company doing work at
the new Petrocan bulk plant
site behind [rlybird are now
Tepresenied by the Interna-

tonal Brotherhood of
Boilermakers, [ron Ship
Builders, Blacksmiths,

Forgers and Helpers Local
359,

Union representative Darrel
Fleming said the nearly 20
people working for sub-
contractor Gord Dunn Enter-
prises of Didsbury, Alberta
now have more access ta
safety taining and better
wages. Some of the helpers on
ihe project were making $8 an
hour compared to the $16
ihey are now being pald.

“For same the rate isn't
close to our field agreement
but we wanted (0 bring guys
up (in pay) without undue
hardship on the company,
And there is also the safety is-
sue which we have now ad-
dressed,’’ said Fleming.

8Workers at the site won't
be replaced by other union
members without just cause,
indicates a clause-added to the
agreement between the union
and the company.

‘Our purpose is not to dis-
place workers already on
site,’’ said Fleming,

RCMP seize
pot plants

A 42-YEAR-OLD Thornhill
resident has been charged
with cultivation of marijuana
and possession for the pur-
pose of trafficking after
RCMP seized a number of
marijuana plants and
hydroponic equipment Aug,
11

Robert Erb, 42, will appear
in court Sept. 30 to answer to
the charges. RCMP say the
plants and equipment were
seized from the basement of a
Thornhill residence.

" to see the project go cut to tender,

. and even with an immediate start

emergency services ‘in’ Fort’ p"

Councillors wrangle
over Keith project

IF CREWS put as much energy
into the Keith Aye, rebuild pro-
ject as counciliors did into debat-
ing who'd do the work, it will
probably be completed ahead of
schedule,

Work on the Kenney-Braun
stretch of road began. this week.
with the city’s public works de:
partment running the show,

Bur the decision to do the pro-
ject in-house came only after an
hour-long wrangle in committee

liest weather conditions would al-
low it would be after the March
31, 1995 deadline. .

As for the suggestion of con-

completion into November.
In the absence of any indication

the ‘completion deadline could be
extended, he asked for an im-
mediate go-ahtad on Keith as an

. - in-house project.
of the whale meeting Aug. 8.
, . -. While councillors Ruth Hallock
While some councillors wanted and Rich McDaniel were

prepared to give approval, Ed
Graydon maintained a way
should be found solicit outside
bids, even if only by phone calls,

Christensen warned that miss-
ing out one contractor would
result in charges of ‘' fixing’’,

Gorion Hull declined to take
Part in the discussion because of a
potential conflict of interest given
Don Hull & Sons are a road
building company and would
likely bid on the project.

engineering director Stew
Christensen explained there was a
time line problem.

The project was only possible
because the city was getting a
$466,666 grant from a provincial.
federal works program.

But the grant application had
included an undertaking to com-
plete work by March 31, 1995,

Christensen said that undertak-
ing had been given because the
city was told this would give it a
betier chance of success.

Noting the application was sub-
mitted in December of last year,
‘he added the deadline did not
look like a problem then.

But with the grant confirmation
having only come through Wed-
nesday, Aug. 2, timing was criti-
cal. Weather considerations
meant October. was the latest
paving could be done, he said,

that company — agreed the city

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Nor could be paving be put off
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tacting out, Christensen pointed
out the tender process would take.
at least five weeks, pushing back

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sion should be postponed for a
few days.so. Christensen could
find out whether there was any
chance of a deadline extension.
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Speaking Thursday morning, For applications
Christensen said the best’ he'd
been able to get on an extension
was a “strong maybe’’ but no
guarantee.

Therefore, the road. work was
scheduled to start this past Mon.’
day as a city-run project,

Ironically, 80 per cent of the
dollars spent on Keith Ave. will
stlll go 10 local contractors be-
cause the city does not have all

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