TO BLOW or not to blow
their own horn was the
question faced by North
Vancouver City council at its
Monday night meeting, and
the eventual decision was to
keep mum.

The horn in question
concerns the money and
services the City donates to
non-profit or service groups
by charging nominal fees for

rental of City property or
facilities.

Alderman Gary Payne
pushed for an end to the
city’s “ad hoc” method of
determining nominal rents,
which for the majority of the

groups concerned is $1
annually but for others
ranges as high as $45.

“What we have here is a
system of concealed grants,”
Payne charged. “I'm against
the status quo. The current
policy is totally ad hoc —
theré is no policy, it’s all
tradition.”

He said the effect of the
system is to disguise the
mayor grants the City makes
to these groups because the
market-value rates are never
publicized to show the
money the City forfeits from
token rents.

Payne said if realistic rates
were used, i{ could be shown
the City is actually granting
$600 000 or more annually to
these groups.

“What we should be doing
is bringing the grants out on
the table and labelling them
as grants,” he said.

He proposed having the
groups paying the full value
for the properties used, and
then receive a Compensating
grant for the amount less $1,
or whatever was applicable,
to dnve home the size of the
City’s largesse

But few aldermen
ported Payne's
Sorenson — was
sympathetic,
feelings oon

sup
view Bill
the most
sharing Payne's

the lack of
recogniiion the City received
forats efforts

by Payne's and Sorenson's
arguments.

“It's not necessary to have
an offsetting grant to show
what we're doing,” said Elko
Kroon.

Mayor Jack Loucks added.
to go

“We don't need

blowing our own horn to
show it.

tor students

Jobs now — that’s the goal of the
provincial government's newly appointed
Cabinet Committee on Employment
Development A number of important
employment-stimulating programs are
being initiated Today,
piven to a $10 million
unding program to help B Ce mplove rs

create upwards of 8000 summer yobs

é

“We should keep the
system simple. Changing the
system may do more harm
than good and we don’t need
a manipulative rigmarole to
deal with the (grant
system).”

Alderman Stella Jo Dean
felt Payne's proposed system
would create unnecessary

red tape and financial
hardship for the groups.
Payne was defeated in his
bid to change the system,
but the aldermen agreed to
have all non-profit

organizations renting City-
owned properties file annual
audited financial statements
with the City during the term

FOR B.C. EMPLOYERS

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for

er Jobs.

All - Wednesday, May 12, 1982 - North Shore News

Mum’s the word over grants

of their leases so economic
rent, rent received and grant
in heu of taxes could be
determined for the books.

Some of the groups in-
volved include North Shore
Neighbourhood House, the
North Vancouver Chamber
of Commerce and _ the
Burrard Yacht Club.

Frank Bakers

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