THE GARBAGE issue simply —soundercutting = City Philips told council Mon- with) = municipal workers’ bage pick-up more efficient
flared again in North Van- Engineer Alan Phillips’ day mght he would meet representatives to make gar- in ]9&3
couver City Monday night, figures.

only to get bagged again as
aldermen deferred the mat-
ter until absent alderman
Elko Kroon returns to the
chamber.

This ume. union and
private contractor sniped at
each other as both promised
a better deal for municipal
taxpayers.

Len Remple, president of
Haul-Away Disposal Ltd

“We know in our heart it
would be cheaper if it went
to pnvate enterpnse.” Rem-
ple told aldermen

He then went on to relate
how a fmend of his who was
going on a trip found he
could get the best service
from a Russian ocean liner.

His fnend refused to give
currency to the Russians, he
said, because that would be

A3 - Wednesday, March 17, 1982 - North Shore News

WORLD RECORD
breaker Alex Hunter
looks understandably
fatigued after playing
pinball non-stop for 64
hours 33 minutes.
Hunter is seen relaxing
at Right On Submarines
on Lonsdale
immediately

Avenue
after his

pinball marathon there
which he

ended
Tuesday morning.
Sponsored by Sunshine
Cabs ,he raised $950 for
children's’ charity. He
also gained the highest
total score of any
contestant at a_ single
session and now
Hunter's’ pinball feats
guarantee him a place in
the Guinness Book of
World Records.
(ENsworth Dickson
photo)

Garbage costs war confuses NV City

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which carnes out pnvate Supporting a communist
garbage collection for West = regime PAGE BI2
Vancouver, romised .
P Alderman Gary Payne
garbage collecnon at rates

much cheaper than he had
offered the City before

And he laid the issue on
the political line as he sug-
gested a vote against private
contracting was a vote for
communism.

told council members if a
municipahty is efficient as
possible. a private
contractor--which 1s pro-
viding the service for a
profit--cannot possibly com-
pete

APPLIANCES

Remple said he had Philips had earher told Clearance low low
studied the cost: of North aldermen there would be vir of all
Van garbage pick-up IN tually no saving in going to

inflation fighter

greater depth and had found

private collection

floor stock

he could do oat much prices

cheaper than earlier He said any saving would ae

estimated be the result of “modified ne es
The cost would be less :

than in West Vancouver, he
sard so which) his
Haul Away
VICES

It would alsa be less than
municipal presently
cost the City for the service
He based that estimate on
fipures City

aldermen

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service and cited City costs
at $40 &2 per household per
vear compared to Haul
Aways $39 &2 per residence
per vear initial estimate

But Aldermen Bill Soren
son Elko Kroon, Ralph Hall
and Stella Jo Dean confused
by the figures he provided
voted to defer the suc bac k

to staff oat that time for

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