NORTH Vancouver councils have agreed to bite
the restraints bullet for the coming year.

North Van City resolved Monday to hold its 1983
budget at this year’s level, while North Van District is
considering a variety of budget formulas within a
margin of 10 per cent. These would confine any in-
crease to a maximum of five per cent and might even
mean a budget reduction.

City Mayor Jack Loucks possible this year.
said he has already in- Meanwhile, District is

structed depastment heads going tq choose between
three budget formulas, the
most extravagant of which
would see expenditures

im

to maintam <next year’s
budgets at'1982 levels and to
try to save as much money as

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@ixstrating whether Crist's

feays were founded, before

ecouncdl makes a decision.
Meanwhile, North Van

reid at their: current level in
the municipality.

All boards and
ospanizations funded by the
City will be given the same
freeze, he said.

Council also voted to try
te curb its own expenses, by

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By CHRIS LLOYD

AN ELEVENTH-hoar
accord between North
Vancouver City and
District councils has
saved North Van
Recreation Com-

mission, as had  obecna
rccommendcd by a joint
funding formula commiuttce
which had represcntatives
from both councils, was
finally agrecd to by North
Van City aldermen at a latc-
aight closed-door scssion
Tucsday.

The formula, which will
sce focreation costs in North
funded by

municipality on a uscr-pay
basis of its resadents, had

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