NORTH SHORE-\VIDE PROGRAM 3 mayors develop new recycling game plan Tuesday night at coming up with a plan that will coordinate a single multi-material recycling program for al! three North Shore municipalities. Tuesday night's meeting follow- ed the decision by North Van- couver City to put to public tender its contract to institute a multi- material recycling program even though the districts of North and West Vancouver had already pass- ed resolutions authorizing contract negotiations with International Paper Industries Ltd. (IP). North and West Vancouver districts will only proceed with the proposed IPI contract if it is ap- proved by ail three North Shore municipalities. The decision by the two districts to go with the IPI proposal was consistent with recommendations from the Mayors’ Task Force on Recycling that pointed out the cost benefits and other efficiencies of a WEST Vancouver Mayor Do Lanskail ...responding to a new situation. single.North Shore-wide program. ‘ But in the Dec. 1 News story chronicling the city’s decision to put its contract to open tender, North Vancouver City Ald. Biil Bell said he was ‘‘shocked’’ that the councils of North and West Vancouver had chosen the IPI contract without first subjecting it to competitive public bidding. A recommendation to make the municipality’s recycling contract public was passed unanimously Nov. 27 by city council members. Also approved was a recom- mendation that city staff tender a proposal on behalf of the city for the contract. If the recommendations are adopted this Monday night by council, institution of the city’s recycling program could be delayed a year beyond the propos- ed April 1990 start date outlined under the IPI contract. But West Vancouver Mayor Don Lanskail said it was agreed at Tuesday night’s meeting that the three municipalities could pursue News Reporter an option in which a single con- tract for all three municipalities would be put to public tender. The move, he said, was by no means an admission that the recycling contract should have been put to public tender original- “We are responding to a new situation...and trying to maintain a unified approach,”* he said. Lanskail estimated that the op- tion, if accepted by the city, would delay implementation of the pro- gtam by up to three months. He said it was not too high a price to pay {cr organizing a single unified recycling system. It is unclear as to whether city staff would till be directed to tender a proposal on one contract for the entire North Shore under the new optior. The time to put together a city tender would delay the program’s implementation beyond the additional three months estimated dy Lanskail. North Vancouver City Mayor Jack Loucks declined to give any details of the option until it had been presented to his council in- camera Monday night. West Vancouver municipal manager Terry Lester said West Vancouver had no intention of having its staff tender a bid on a North Shore-wide recycling con- tract: ‘‘We are out of the garbage business, and we don’t want to get back into it.” Mel Palmer, North Vancouver District’ s municipal manager, suid no final decision had been made on putting the single-contract op- tion to public tender, so it was premature to say whether district staff would be directed to submit a proposal on behalf of the district. In a Nov. 12 News story, the union representing workers who collect garbage in the district said the recycling contract should have been put to public tender and the union should have been given the opportunity to tender its own pro- posal. Lanskail said the multi-material recycling program on the North Shore must be instituted as soon as possible. And he reiterated the need, for maximum efficiency and cost ef- fectiveness, to have a single coor- dinated North Shore-wide system. “We wanted to provide one more opportunity for the city to come back into the collective ap- proach,”’ he said. 3 - Sunday, December 40." 1989 - North: Shore News FAIPLAAP NA 6 FBP RIB IRE wie iad NEWS photo Neil Lucente THIS MODEL offers a 3-D view of a development project proposed for the Super Valu site at 17th Street and Lonsdale Avenue. The main components of the proposal are an 18-storey residential tower fronted by an office-retaii complex on Lonsdale. Public input on the proposal may be directed to M&M Investments Ltd., 987-3151. 72-HOUR NOTICE WAS GIVEN IMPROPERLY Versatile strike illegal, says IRC THE STRIKE that began Wednesday at Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc. has been ruled illegal by the Industrial Rela- tions Council (IRC) on the grounds that 72-hour strike notice had not been served on the council as required under provincial labor laws. The ruling, made late Thursday following a hearing at the IRC, also stated that the IRC-appointed mediator in the dispute had not officially booked out of the negotiations. But Versatile unions wil] now be in a legal strike position Tuesday. Members of the Joint Shipyard Conference (JSC), which repre- sents the 23 unions employed at Versatile’s North Vancouver and Victoria yards, voted 90 per cent Nov. 7 in favor of strike action. Seventy-two hour strike notice was issued the next day to the company, but not through the IRC, which is being boycotted by the JSC. Ga7y Bannerman Business ....... TIMOTHY RENSHAW News Reporter But the unions served 72-hour strike notice through the IRC at noon on Friday. And mediator Jim Toogood also booked out of the dispute at that time. Because an additional 48 hours must pass after a mediator has booked out of any dispute before strike action can begin, Versatile unions must wait until noon Tues- day before being in a legal strike position. Picket lines were down at Ver- satile’s North Vancouver yard by Friday afterncon. Fashion Horescopes Bob Hunter Lifestyles . Mailbox........ Sports .......... Travel ...... What's Going On Second Class Registration Number 3885 The JSC plans to meet Monday, but union officials would not say whether strike action would resume Tuesday. Previous strike action was of- ficially launched at midnight Tuesday by the JSC following union frustration over what they claim is limited progress in con- tract negotiations. Union representatives have said the company is demanding job flexibility concessions that would remove the traditional jurisdictions of the various shipyard trades. The strike, they have said, is not over wages. Versatile’s latest contract offer provides for wage and_ benefits package raises totalling eight per cent in each of its two years. The previous contract expired Aug. 31 but had never been signed by the JSC member unions because of a disagreement over the con- tract's final wording. Sunday through Tuesday, cloudy with chance of Showers. Highs near 10°C. Christmas not always a treat for single moms THERE ARE still two weeks to Christmas, but only five days left to make a gift to needy North Shore families in time for it to count. Friday, Dec. 15 is the last day to make donations to the North Van- couver Christmas Bureau and the West Vancouver Santa Claus Fund. Janet, a single mother, is one of those recipients who depend on the Christmas Bureau to make Christmas a special day for her and her two children. **Myself, I’m actually quite for- LIZABETH COLLINGS News Reporter tunate I have enough money for us to live on, but I don’t have the money to do the extra things for the kids, buy them the toys and stuff like that. By the time | pay rent and day care, food and hydro, the shoes they need, that’s it.” This is where the Christmas Bureau steps in, as it has for the past four years since Janet’s hus- band left her and the kids. As a full-time word processor operator, Janet carns enough money to be self-sufficient, but this also poses a dilemma for her. “IT make enough money so | can't get the child tax credit, so that makes it even harder.’” Although Janet says her kids understand that money is tight, it’s a hard time of the year for her. “T think it’s harder probably on myself than it is on my children. It’s sad to not be able to do the things you want for them.”’ The Christmas Bureau hamper she will be receiving is not some- thing she enjoys taking, but needs to make Christmas dinner a treat for her children. “*You just have to swallow your pride sometimes and do what you can,’ Janet says. Christmas Bureau coordinator Pat Orr says it is imperative for the donations, either of non-perishable food, toys or money, to be made in time for the gifts to be sent out by Christmas. To find the food depot location nearest you, see the list on page 38 of this issue. In addition, the North Shore News is sponsoring Christmas Trees of Giving at Lonsdale Quay and Park Royal south, where donations can be made. For more information, call the North Vancouver Christmas Bureau at 984-XMAS (9627) or the West Vancouver Santa Claus Fund at 922-6522.