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Budget Held3o 1983 Level Chipping company Budget held3o93 1983 level Bb .& ‘ .* SI * q +,7 : . -.., ’7 , 2 7 Deloitte Haskins & %Us Limitcd was 9 pointed reccjvcr of b District‘ No. 48, Squamiih , so be it. No one i6,-- ’a Xusa Forest Products Jan. 10 by;iolc nup&p court of B.C. Early in ita ddfbaatioas, doun- ETlToo et - Keg i o n’al H o s pi t a1 reductian,” the mayor .com- B.C. dl decided to bold ~unlU@tsx Dist’rict, Squamish-Lillooct mented. in 1983;dmdetrretswillcost A five cent would almost $533,000 to maintain com- A letter dated Jan. 17 went out to unsecured creditors of Xusa requirements to the 1983. lwd, Regional District, B.C. Assess- per increase which amounted to 54,332,023 ment Authority, Municipal have meant an additional pared with $513,000 last year; and the company has ceased operations. S9,OOO and are considering and on’s $4,622,825 Finance Authority and Provincial S430,000 and that would have put operation and maintamma of the The gravd bank, Just north of letter, says, administrati In the the receiver “We we unable to provide any recommendation for this yair had Education levy. the budget in fie $9 donrange Civic Centre is up almost $30,000 anotha SI 1 ,Ooo request. the hydro bridge 011 the motb side assurance at the present time that the proceeds [from sale of to be cut $290,800. Further ad- At the outset of budget with more money for capital to $450,290. “It looks like some of it is a little of the amlramus, eroded In the assets] will provide sufficient funds for any payment to the justment increased the amount to meetings, Mayor Jim EUiott said works. The district also has $47,000 in more than my budget cap handle,” highwata.Paynesaidilhaaneva unsecured creditors.” be pared to 3311.655. council must be realistic and As it stands, the provisional debt service charges and $266,095 superintendent John Payne said becn rigrappad and has bem Xusa set up temporary operation in Squamish early in 1983 budget allows for total capital ut- in debenture debt charges this when the subject first came up two slowly eroding whaneva the river with the initial intention of remaining as a permanent chipping penditures this ytar of $3%,460. Year. wecks ago. rfses. That is $29,075 less than in 1983. As is evident, expenditures are company. However, in October, when contacted by the Times, a Few accidents in past week The ditch on the cast Bide of The bd“huld ~VCim- company spokesman said its equipment would moved back to That number has Alderman on the rise everywhere with the a- Thunderbird Ridge waa eroded by mediate attention”, whkb would be ception of capital. its Chilliwack plant the supply of wood from the Ron Barr concerned. He does not the amount of water running main 300 fect of rock riprap as Squamish General Hospital. Damage to the know how the district can main- A general government request area was insufficient to retain operation. There have been two accidents downhill. It reqh reshaping, which Payne estfmated at $1 1,ooO. in the past week with a passenger vehicle amounted to $2,000. tain a satisfactory level of service for capital expenditures of At that time, questioned about its financial position, the larger rock and replacement of injured in one. Carter has been charged with holding the line at 1983 levels. w.600 was reduced to 512,800; asphalt where that has Payne told council that spokesman said there were financial difficulties and Xusa’s been no On Jan. 15, a vehicle driven by driving without due care and at- Some things of note in the 1984 police department was cut back to damaged. although freezing temperature creditors would be paid. Robert Carter went off the road to tention. budget are general government $3,320 from $17,000; the fire followed by heavy rainfall is an The original estimated cost for the left it was proceeding south On Jan. 14 at Porteau Cove, administration at $359,015. department requested $38,000 and “unusual ciruunstancc, it has as 3,000 feet of ditch was $7,000. It near bridge. Elizabeth Laky of Squamish was $17,000 more than 1983; other got $19,000; transportation ser- shown the weakness in OW Mamquam was reduced to $500. The vehicle flipped three times travelling south when she came general government - elections, vices - equipment, road drainaue system and we should be and landed on its roof. The driver around a corner and found a large conventions, insurance, grants in upgrading - was reduced from The north ditch from Perth preparkrbrarcpdpaformancc had apparently fallen asleep. A rock in the road. Her vehicle aid - at SSO,ooO, up $5,000 from $483,900 to S286.u)o; the Civic along Rum and Eigg Drives hrui before cxtensfve propcrtv damage passenger, Shean Oroulx, was in- struck the rock causing s600 1983; the library received $13,OOO Centre dropped from S56,OOO to culvert pipe protruding which will occus.” jund and admitted to Squamish damage. more at $78,320. $17,000 and improvements and have to be completely moved. equipment for parks went from a The 1.500 feet of ditch will be request of $53,000 to $42,600. The provisional budget had to costreshaped of s3,m. and lined with rock at a Man killed be adopted by the middle of Rather again installing M January which it was. than in addelit underground storm from The final budget for 1984 will drain Way North to Fritdel not adopted until May 15 and Highlands A 21-ycar’old man did shortly be Crcxant, whm the pipe became changes can be made, but rarely after being pulled from his wreck- blocked, the district will remove arc, in thc meantime. ed car early Sunday morning. the old pipe and dig an open ditch. Council agreed the open Fraser Simpson of West Van- ditch was a temporary measure, couver hit an abutment on the Penalty but in so doiq the cost wareduc- Mamquam Blind Channel bridge ed from $10,000 to S5,CIXI. on Highway 99 and was dead disallowed within hours. The jaws of life had Payne pointed out he did to to him from The district hscovered it has no that be used extricate not think the underground storm the vehicle and traffic on the auibority to charge a penalty on drain was installed properly the highway was tied up for more overdue water, sewer and garbage in first place, noting the pipes were than hour. collection accounts, therefore had an to amend three bylaws. ’Ibe bylaws WKC given third reading Des. 28, but they had to be rrsdnded to comply with the Permits up in ’83 Municipal Act. In a letter from the minisrry of municipal affairs it stated a legal The overall building picture in the District of Squamish last opinion had bcen grven on the year was considerably better than in 1982, but December issue of applying a penalty to statistics showed a dedine from the previous year. overdue“There BCCOUntS. would appear to be no In a report summaridng the year’s building, 1983 showed a authorityh the Municipal Act marked improvement with a total value increase over 1982 of which empowers council to im- $2,568,252. That was reflected by activity in single family, im- pose penalty additions for over- provements, commercial, industrial, mobile home park, institu- due wat~and sewer accounts, ex- tional, municipal construction and miscellaneous which cept on the basis provided under numbered 1% permits with a value of $4,215,456. dm435 of the Municipal Act,” the letter dd. In 1982 there were no permits issued for industrial, mobile That donof the act specifies home park, institutional or municipal construction and the that charges due and payablc by number of permits for the year amounted to 129 with a value of k.31 which have not bcen pd $1,647,316. Tern and Buy (Pbove) were hnrd at work in tbe snow Saturday kcowEufilhlamars. However, December 1982 figures show of $99,478 IUI they stnrted COM~QC%a huge snowman. A change of plloll Council was proposing to levy a an increase reverted the wMte fellow to n dack, they dedded, dong dth five per ant penalty on current compared with 1983. friend AlIdn, wlth tbe hat on. But the work ethic, they won charges unpaid by June M and an Institutional construction, primarily the hospital, accounted additional heper cent penalty on found out, wp8 not the way to dad Wttb tbe mtt stuff that fdl for more than $2 million of the $4.2 million permit value dw unpaid charges as of July 31. Saturday. ampsscd wan Frldny dght and Tbe pUe of snow thty The first the readings rescind- 1983 and six more single family, 11 more improvement and thne down much more fun to sll& and jump on. Sno’wmm or duck, ed and Bylaw 847, 848 and 849 more comlnercial permits, along with 65 pennits in the remain- It did not last long as rain took over late Spturday and fdl amadd, c~undlagain gave the ing categories, made up the diffaence betwccn last year and throughout the day Sandfly and M9nd.y. bylaws threc madings Jan. 17. 1982. i 1 .. I t h \ -. Radiothon to raise money to furnish -newbuilding . I/ " I The fundraising committee of- each $122; desks, $lU;d;essers, chairs at $96 would be kd-1 '* 6' the Squamish hospital board and $178; lamps. S52 and $61: chair& ed, along Witb WO foldins tables , i: the Squamish intermediate care S2ll; giest chairs, $85 and pt $96 eacb, a raqw at i1,0m, a board is holding a radiothon in miscellinfneous items such as mir- sewing machine 'at S600 and conjunction with CISQ on Sun- rors and notice boards at $45.
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