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It was almost like
Christmas in the North
Vancouver City chambers
Monday night.

Deborah Browning and
Fanny Wakeland of the 1st
North Vancouver Brownies
presented Mayor Jack
Loucks with two boxes of
Girl Guide cookies, and
received an armful of
presents in return.

The presentation kicked
off Girl Guide cookie week,
which lasts until Sunday.

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Loucks gets his cookies

“Selling. cookies is a good
cause,” Loucks grinned, as
the two litte girls made an
almost inaudible presen-
tation.

“It’s just like Christmas,”
piped up Ald. Stella Jo

an.

Loucks presented cach of
the girls with a Canada flag
pin, City medallions and
brand new 75th Anniversary
flags which feature the City's
new coat of arms.

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AS - Wednesday, May 5, 1982 - North Shore News

ri | District council split

over budget increase

District's -1982 budget rose
about nine per cent over last
year’s $24.1 million figure to
$26.2 million. And ac-
cording to Alderman
Marilyn Baker the increase
reflects the provincial
governments cutback in

cost-sharing programs.

“The provincial govern-
ment’s reduction in funding
results in the 12 to 19 per
cent increase to taxpayers,”
said Baker. “We have
and pared and pared and 'm
sorry we couldn't pare it
down further ... we tried to

minimize the costs to tax-
payers.”
Although residential levies

mean locals will dig deeper
into their pocket linings,
District industries also face
hefty rate assessments — up
to 50 per cent above last
year.

As Alderman Peter
Powell, who opposed the
budget, remarked: “It’s been
the most frustrating budget,
the least satisfactory budget
since Ive been in council.

“We should pull back on
expenditures until we have a
growth rate equal to ex-

Alderman John Lakes
(who opposed ratifying
District’s budget) echoed
Powell and added: “Some
members of council do not
realize many taxpayers can't

afford to pay such increases;
they're on fixed incomes.”

But Alderman Mary Segal
criticized both Powell and
Lakes for lacking com-
munity consciousness and
pointed out that if District
expenditures remain static,
services wil] deteriorate.

“The budget is good,” said
Segal, “and we shouldn't cut
services unless we hear from
the taxpayers what they feel
would be appropriate.”

Alderman Ernie Crist also
defended District's levies
and noted, “It’s a responsible
budget,” since no essential
services were axed. :

“To an extent we've
subsidized industry,” Crist
said, “and the fact is we're
now asking them to carry a
greater burden, though it is
still lower than they would
pay in other areas.”

Mayor Don Bell said he
felt remorse at having to pass

on “overall average in-
creases of 19 per cent” to
local taxpayers but once
again the felon was the
provincial government.

“It’s a substantial move by
Victoria to increase costs to
municipalities,” Bell said.
“The government axed 30
per cent off District's ex-
pected cost-sharing revenue
.. it’s a very substantial
shortfall.”

Bell noted that in 1977 the
annual budget crept 3.8 per
cent above 1976. And during
1978 to 1980 District's
budget “held the line at zero

per cent growth.”

In 1981 the budget jumped
about 14 per cent “so over
six years it amounts to about
32 per cent,” Bell declared,
“and this is nothing to make
apologies over ... it’s a pretty
good record.”

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