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FRIDAY

NORTH VAN

CITY COUNCIL

Retreat
weekend
draws fire

SHOUTING MATCHES between aldermen Bill Beli and
Rod Clark on the subject of iast October’s controversial
Sunshine Coast retreat punctuated North Vancouver City

Counclil’s Tuesday meeting.

Mayor Jack Loucks had to call
the two aldermen to order on two
occasions, scolding them for their
‘snide remarks.””

“It’s time you two grew up and
confined yourself to business in-
stead of sniping at each other,"’
Loucks said angrily after Bell and
Clark hurled barbed comments at
each other in the course of discuss-
ing other items of the agenda.

“The retreat was re-inventing
the wheel,’ Clark charged, adding
that it was an abuse of pubiic trust
when aldermen go ‘“‘into” the
hinterland”’ to do their work.

Clark did not attend the three-
day seminar at Lord Jim’s Resort,
a fishing lodge north of Sechelt, to
which only council members and
senior city hall staff were invited.

“*t don’t believe in public poli-
cy-making behind closed doors,””
Clark said after Tuesday’s
meeting, ‘‘and } was afraid of the
cost. { didn’t feel that anything
would be accomplished.”’

The retreat cost city taxpayers
$6,500.

Beil reminded council that a ma-
jority of aldermen had voted for
the weekend retreat, and that the
discussions there were very worth-
while.

“Pm sorry Clark didn’t attend
as he would have been able to con-
tribute a great deal, as he has to

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council,”’ Bell told the meeting,
“and | object to Clark’s saying
that the retreat was a waste of

NORTH Vancouver City Ald, Rod
Clark ...‘‘afraid of the cost.’’

time.”’

“The purpose of the weekend
was to produce long-range plann-
ing for the city,’’ Bell said after the
council meeting.

Friday, sunny with cloudy
periods. Saturday, mostly
cloudy with a chance of
flurries. Highs aear 1°C; lows
near -5°C.

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