a “TERRACE _ “After a slow Jan- -. Wary: start, February may have ~ Launched the local construction :. industry i into a ‘near-record | year. According ‘to-senior building in- Spector Bob. Lafleur, new con- struction. in. January was valued” at less. than $100, 000 but Febru- “revamp in. 789 budget TERRACE — City Hall will soon have a new mayor’s and ‘administrator's offices complete with a reception area, These will ‘be located where the city’s draft-. ing department, now in the Gra- cham Ave.Public Works build-_ ing, was once located. Also in ‘this area will be a new office for i council, members. _ blinds, an electrical upgrade and some minimal construction. The. . Building Inspector will ‘be - “moved into larger quarters and - ‘what was the once mayors office ” will be divided into two smaller _ Offices. "s+ The’ renovations will ‘cost ea , 7 ‘estimated “$110,000, sind at. + Monday night's meeting council : approved the use of $45,000 . from building renovations sur- “plus, $30,000 from a 1988 bud- . ‘get carry over, and att additional ‘$35,000 which council voted to include in the city’s 1989 capital _ budget. The 1989 budget amount of $35,000 was set at an in-camera’ Committee of the "Whole meeting: last month — ‘where council members .re- viewed. proposed - renovations. _ and. examined ‘a ‘‘color board” - “prepared by interior designers, But according to city treasurer Keith Norman, the distribution ‘of cash will have to work a little ‘differently. The $65,000 in. budget surplus will be a little bit more difficult to access for the . purpose of renovations than was anticipated, and Norman is rece ‘ommending to council they use $90,000 from. the General Re- .. serve Fund and put $20,000. into” the 1989 budget. According to’ Norman, the - Teserve. fund was initiated by a. 1972 bylaw in which $40,000 was set aside for general pur- ‘poses. Since that time, the fund ‘has earned interest and is now worth approximately $90,000 ‘which council can access: through a new bylaw... “Deputy: Clerk Denise. Fisher and: | ‘a private “Meeting . . room for ‘The south end ‘ofthe: building &F will receive “‘minor’’ renova-" tions — paint, new carpet. and - most $1.53 million. — This represents an increase of . about 50. percent over last year, Comparatively, in the first _two months of 1986, .construc- tion was valued at $221,600, in No signs of slowdown ary skyrocketed to $1.45 million . for. a year-to-date total of al- " 1987 it was: $367,170 and last © year jumped to $973,650. New ‘commercial development ac-- counts for the majority of this ‘year’s construction, with four renovation; valued: at $430,000 and two: additions worth $950,000. There ‘Was: only one’ Don't worry Mom, everything’ 8 under control. These 12 youngsters, seen here with workers.from the T D Care Centre, won't be accidentally misplaced. A stout lece of ro @ terrace Way in building © housing start valued at $50,000. According to Alderman Ruth Hallock, ‘‘There are some rather impressive building pro- jects underway.’? And Mayor Jack Talstra indicates that it could get even better. “Rumor ‘has it there’s even. more out -. forthe day’s adventure — a tour of the town on a city bus. there,’’ he says. - This would seem ‘e ar out. a. o comment made early this year by Dennis Palmu of Impact Construction: the only problem the construction industry is go- ing to have this year is a short- age of skilled labor. ss - pe keeps the group intact as they wait patiently ‘New manager named for local sawmill Rand Mehhinick has been promoted to the position of manager for the Terrace Skeena Cellulose sawmill. - The announcement was made yesterday in Terrace by Skeena Cellulose senior vice president ‘of. operations Reg Lightfoot. The position of mill manager was left open last Friday when . the former manager, Jim . ~ Davis, left Skeena Cellulose for Canadian Pacific Forest Prod-— _ ucts in Vancouver. ; “ ‘Davis was most recently re- © sponsible for the planning and © construction of the mill’s ex- © ‘parision program, Project Star- ship; last year. Project Starship — has yét to réalize full opera- © = tonal capacity, but Lightfoot” says that’s neither surpising or . unusual, He explains that any new operation takes time to - reach full production and the Terrace mill is currently - , operating according to Repap’s “budget and plan’’. “Tt just takes time to work things through,’* says Light- foot. Répap is the parent com-. _pany of Skeena Cellulose operation in Terrace and Prince ‘Rupert. As far as other Repap plans for the Northwest, Lightfoot ‘says they are still looking at the - Prince Rupert pulp and paper: _ operation, but says they have -not yet made a commitment to - expand the mill. “There are no «Gal conclusions," he says, adding that Repap’s recent ac- —_final decision on board chair- quisition of a sawmill/pulp and man George Petty’s dream of a. ‘paper operation in La Pas, ‘paper machine in Prince . Manitoba, would not affect Rupert. During a visit to Ter- - their decision. race a little more than a year There are many decisions to ago, Petty promised a paper | be made. says Lightfoot: the machine in Prince Rupert if the health of the market, avail- free trade agreement was ability of timiber, and Repap’s signed. | Index . 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