TERRACE _ _ The. win-

"" ners of a suggestion con-

test. for municipal’ em-"
“ployees. were announced |
- recently, and Ald; George

Clark said the city stands

_, tosave as much as $75,000
-from their ideas.

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Hearing

' contiaved from pagel.

_- on the subject of improv-
- ing labor laws. Reid said |

~ the public hearings are in-
‘tended to provide a chance -

' for. people to participate

-yorally. in the process.

-."**Not everyone has time to

“. put pen to -paper,’” Reid
‘said, ‘'and these hearings.
~.will give-everyone an op-
7 ~ Pomtunity to speak out.’” --

- The. deadline for sub-
“mission of written briefs is
~-Jan.° 17,

for some revision in labor
law has been thrown into
clear relief by the recent

“IWA-FIR. dispute which

resulted in the costliest
strike-in B.C, history.
“Most people agree that
we don’t want to go
through that situation
again; the question is, how.
do.we prevent it?’’ Reid
said. -
‘At the Terrace hearing,
according to Reid, the
ministry will be seeking
concrete ideas to address
existing problems in the
collective bargaining pro-
cess and alternatives to
current labor legislation.

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ecutive meeting sometime
this month. -

Associated legislation
concerning . occupational
standards for domestic
workers, caretakers, agri-
cultural workers and other
employees who fall out-
side the minimum wage

-. guidelines is also expected,

. but specific information is
not yet available.
The last minimum wage
‘increase was in 1981.
Statistics Canada figures
indicate that since 1981
the cost of living in the
metro Vancouver area has
gone up 30.7 percent dur-
ing the same period. No
statistics are kept for the
Terrace area.

Building
report

-TERRACE — During
November 1986 the total
revenue for permits was
about $164 which included
$114 for building permits
and $50 for plumbing per-
mits.

Fourteen miscellaneous
permits were issued in this
time period at a value of
$15,800. All permits for
the ‘month covered the ‘-

_ installation of woodstoves,

“ in'the Tertace area.

and Reid in-—

. dicated the ministry has

. Feceived more than 150 as
--of Jan. 2. He said the need

while

Mary Ann Davis : receiv-.

_ed the first prize of $200

for a proposal to pool
equipment used by crews
who work: on water,

“sewer, roads and drainage
projects. Davis stated that
_ sharing of tools and heavy

for city of Terrace =

equipment would reduce

the city's inventory of
such items, enhance coor-
dination between ‘depart-
ments, and increase the
flexibility of employees in
the departments,
The $100 second prize

out that the installation of
_ water meters in residences,
city hall and the Terrace:
* arena serves no useful pur-
went to Kevin McLeod for: Pose.
his suggestions to increase» Don Gare and Bill
productivity and efficien- ‘Davies ‘both received
cy and waste reduction honorable: mention for
through better planning. ‘proposing a mobile equip-
Julia Mitchell and Mar- -ment pool to serve ail

garet Dodd tied. for third departments and better .
prize of $50 by pointing coordination among ‘the |

race Review — Wetusdy, enor 1

"activities of*. the ‘various

Public - Works - depart” a
‘ments, (00 Fe Sser oe
_ Brad North. also got ;

honorable mention. for his —
criticism of the practice of “

bringing, independent con-

- sultants in to do work that

city employées are capable
of performing. >.

A total of 38 ideas. were
entered i In. the contest. ce

In court

On Tuesday, Dec. 9 in
Terrace Provincial Court
Arthur Stewart was jailed

14 days for a breach of

recognizance,
** *
In Terrace
Court on
Dec. 10 Robert Burkart
was fined $500 for driving
while his ability to drive
was impaired.
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On Friday -ec. 12 in
Terrace Provincial Court

Provincial

Richard Snider was found —

guilty of theft and was fine
ed $400.
‘* *

In Terrace Provincial -
Court on Monday, Dec. !
Bonita Wilson was fined
$50 for an offence under
the Federal Fisheries Act.

ed

‘On Tuesday, Dec. 2 in

Terrace Provincial Court

Kelly Bennett was: fined

$25 and put on probation
for four months with con-
ditions for having posses-
sion of property obtained
by crime.

* * :

In Terrace Provincial
Court on Wednesday,
Dec. 3 Anthony Broman
was found guilty of theft
and put on two years pro-
bation with conditions.

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On Thursday, Dec. 4 in
Terrace Provincial Court
Thomas Meyers was jailed
90 days for driving while
his ability to drive was im-

paired. Meyers was also —

jailed 90 days for driving
_ disqualified.
Thomas Meyers was.
found guilty of assaulting ©
a peace officer and. was .
fined $250.

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On Thursday, Dec. 4 in

Terrace Provincial Court

Heber Grose was jailed 14
days for operating a
motor vehicle while his
ability to drive was im-
paired.
* * ;
In Ter: ze Provincial
‘Court on Vhursday, Dec,
4 Jerry Johns was found
guilty of theft and was

jailed four months.

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On Thursday, Dec. 4 in 7

Terrace Provincial Court
Jerry Johns was jailed
four months for theft and
18 months for breaking
and entering with intent to
commit an indictable of-
fence.
* & ”

In Terrace Provinicial

Court on Friday, Dec. 5

Shirley Moore was found.
“guilty ‘of theft. and fined

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