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page 8, January 18,1978 - North Shore News

West Vancouver “citizens
were warned Monday that —
there would likely be consid-

erable local tax increases this -

year to cover increased —
school. costs—and Mayor
Peter Jones is arranging a
meeting between West Van-
couver council and the school

board to discuss the prob-

_- lem.

‘In a letter to council,
provincial deputy education

minister Walter Hardwick 7

‘school costs for 1978, which

show next year’s. school

_ budget at 180 per cent of
pene Laer oe et

-what it was five years ago.
But student population will

_be only 80 per cent of what it |

was five years ago. -

What ther is pushing the -

school costs up while the ©

number of pupiis goes down?
Almost every item in the
budget is double what it was
in 1973. Teaching supplies
are about three times higher
and teaching salaries are
nearly double.

“The. (school) board and
taxpayers should realize that

the school. board minutes as
saying the basic tax levy will

. go up from 37.5 last year to

42.5 mills this year—an
increase of 13 per cent. ©

‘‘Either Victoria is not
doing what it ought to be
in this area or
conversely we are not man-
aging our affairs the way we
should in school district 45,”’
Marshall charged.

. ‘Thad some. concern about
bringing up this matter this .
“but it |
should be known at this time -

evening,’’ he said,

because in the next two or
three months’ we will. be

_ setting the general tax rate
for this municipality. Despite —

‘whatever efforts we make,

we are going to be stuck with
these school costs.’’

Mayor Peter Jones was not

comfortable with the idea of

a public debate on the issue..

“Certainly these figures

are very much a cause for
concern but I think the
appropriate place to discuss

it will be with the board at a_

meeting as soon as we can

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arrange avs Baw Urnese

Meanwhile, a citizen opin-

. jon -survey being conducted

by. the municipality’ will have
questions relating: to school
costs, although the school
board has ‘declared that it
will have notthing to do with

the questionaire.
The school

petence ‘of the municipality

and the public to delve into |

the matter of education

time to find out whether or

how the provincial govern-

ment intends to pay taxes in

-respect of provincially-owned

ss.

a

land within the municipality.

The discussion arose from |

_an article in the December
issue of the — provincial
government's Quarterly Re-

view headed ‘‘Full taxes will.

be paid.’’ The article stated
that Victoria would begin
paying full municipal prop-

board = has_
already challenged the com- .

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“erty taxes: ‘on its improved
‘Properties in’ the New Year.

Council adopted" a policy |

committee recommendation.

asking the minister of muni-_

cipal affairs to clarify the

following points:

1. What 7 is
‘‘improved lands,’’ and if

taxes are to be paid only on

improved lands, what com-

meant by |

‘tinue to be. retained,

or
whether it. would: be more.

‘economical for the city to hire ©
its own legal adviser on staff. .

‘During the question period
Alderman Gary Payne. asked
Mayor. Jack Loucks whether |

pensation can the municipal- - . |
ity expect to receive on. §

provincially-owned ‘*un-

improved lands?”

2. What is. meant by the |

statement: ‘‘We will now pay. |

the full local mill rate...as [

determined for school pur-
poses? (i.e., how wiii this be
computed?)

The recommendation also —

advises the minister. of
council’s opinion that taxes

~

paid by owners of private.
property in the municipality.

‘In other business council.

received a recommendation
from the policy committee on, —
violations of the city’s noise |

bylaw on. property outside

that they. may be brought to
the attention of the approp-
riate minister with a request

for him to take immediate

action.

Council also decided to
consider the matter of fhe
city’s legal counsellors—
Bull, Housser and Tupper of
Vancouver—in a
finance committee meeting,
in order to determine
whether .they should con-

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he had received any response | oh
from Municipal Affairs Min-
isterHugh Curtis to council’s

request for a meeting with |
minister.
waterfront park proposais for .
‘the expropriated | SeaBus
terminal jand.

to.. _discuss

Mayor Loucks ‘told council
he had received a. letter.
stating that. Curtis. was on.a
“month's holiday. :
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