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‘Salaries nub of
school budget’

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Dungey calied ‘‘deficits ina variety
of needs,"

Voicing the only opposition to
the budget, Regan said he was
concerned about what he said was
the $3.6 million fiscal framework
overrun in the district. To arrive at
his figure, Regan added in the
district’s $800,000 shortfall from
the 1985-86 school budget, then
subtracted the $360,000 share of
additional monies given the district
from the Fund for Excellence.

Exactly what that overrun would
be put towards, he said, will be
almost impossible to ascertain.

Regan subsequently made a mo-

tion te trim . $500,000 from the

budget. :
“*Taxpayers in this district have

the right to know exactly where .

that money is being spent,”’ Regan
said. “And none of the. trustees
around this boa~i: table know ex-
actly where the riioney is going.””
But District 44 school superin-
tendent Dr. Leo Marshall. pointed
‘out to Regan that documentation
of where the money was destined

. had. been. presented in: previous ;
budget discussions:

_ On March 3, Berg told the board
‘$1.7 million’ of the overrun would
-be devouréd in inescapable costs
““"Buch-as heat and light expenses and

“negotiatied-valary, increases. A fur-: ;
‘ther $1.1 million, he’ said,- cou Id be

average provincial, increase, which
he estimated to be $45 for 1986.

But Regan singled out district
salaries in general and district
teacher salaries in particular as the
main culprits in the school tax in-
creases faced by North Vancouver
taxpayers.

He said the average North Van-
couver teacher salary, at $38,672
including — benefits, was $1,502
above the provincial average.

“We have a good teaching staff
in this district and we pay them
well,’ Regan said, ‘‘but this is not
the year for salary increases."

Of the inescapable costs in the
“budget overrun documented by
Berg on March 3, $800,000 is ac-
counted for in negotiated salary
increases and $350,000 in pay in-
crements. That salary increase,
which went into effect June 1,
1985, represented a 1.5 per cent
-pay raise, the first for North Van-
couver teachers in two years.

Rather than salary increases,

Regan said, the district shouid hire -

additional teacher aides and
custodial staff:

nub of this budget.”

Trustee Marg Jessup. said’ she «..

disagreed with Regan’s implication

that trustees. didn’t know where.

monies were going.
“To me it’s perfectly. clear where
‘the money is going:.So'l can’t see

-why it’s not.clear to others around _

‘this table.’’.

Regan? S ‘amendment

defeated in'a 5 to I vote.

The ‘budget’ and tax rate bylaw. “

“was pacced unanimously.

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