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Newsstand Price 25¢

December 10, 1980

Tel. 985-2131

Classified 986-6222

By NOEL WRIGHT

GLUM NEWS FROM COUNCILS

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residential property values

x" Taxpayers from Horseshoe Bay to Deep Cove
. heard a tale of woe Monday night at the 1981

,', : imaugural meetings of the three North Shore
councils. Next year’s homeowner taxes are going
* “to be UP — in at least two municipalities possibly

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a “way, way up.

— were blamed for the
projected tax hikes.

West Vancouver, in
particular, faces an an-
ticipated “catch up” wage
settlement of the order of 25-

e:

Weekly 2 And in North V a -“ municipal staff. ‘PASS IT UP, RUDOLPH’. House at 1553 Draycott Place, in North Vancouver,
wer es ancouver §% nd in No ancouver er budgetary increases appears to be heseiged by seasonal break-in artists as Howard Th ts up the
“provisional 1981 budget District Mayor Don Bell — there include an additional * iged' By wlom, on kone ae

.... foresees a tax hike of 15.1%

> but it could break the 20%
mark if “the provincial
government cuts back on its
‘contributions to municipal
“and school costs. a

while taking pride in the fact
that council had held the line
on taxes for three con-
secutive years — warned
“there is no doubt that a tax

firefighter shift’ for the
Caulfeild fire hall, together
with the completion and
operation of the new senior
citizens activity centre and

cartoon characters be made for his Christmas decorations. (Elisworth Dickson photo}

PUBLIC VOTE OF CONFIDENCE

step increase will finally be the expanded pohce and
Mayor Dernck Humphreys necessary this year (1981) ~ court building
said is quite possible In North Van City. Mayor
In North Vancouver City MATERIALS, LABOR Loucks predtcted “some
Mayor Jack Loucks told severe cults in services
council “a preliminary Pressure would be on 9 provided by sdime of the city
survey of the provisional council, he added. to departments and @
budget indicates that the scrutinize the provisional municipally tinanced .
provision of the services budget in an effort to keep agencies if the general tax
proposed by the vanious city the tax increase “lo a Increase is to be kept ata
departments and reasonable level”. reasonable level |
municipally financed Increased costs of At oan carher council
agencies will result in’ a matenals, labor and ser meeting Wo had also been By PAT RICH In the News survey 3608 for North Van and West
substantial increase in vices, together with what) indicated that ctty people were asned the — Van, although West Van had
gencra) taxes, particularly to) Mayor Loucks described as Police forces on the following question ‘Do you
homeowners ~ “a tremendous. increase in) CONTINUEDONPAGEA2 Worth Shore’ have pave confidence in your CONTINUED ON PAGE A2
“ ; received a rousing vote —jocal police force”
of confidence from Of those polled 72%. said
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