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NORTH VANCOUVER
District Mayor Marilyn
Baker was showered with
roses on behalf of district
staff, council and citizens at
Monday night’s council
meeting in celebration of her
assumption of duties as
president of the Union of
British Columbia
Municipalities (UBCM).

By MICHAEL BECKER
News Reporter

Nominations for the position
were held Sept. 21 at the Whistler
UBCM meeting. Baker officially
took on the duty, for which elec-
tions are held on an annual basis,
Sept. 23.

The mayor has worked on the
executive of the UBCM for a
number of years. Last year she
served as first vice-president.

Said Baker: ‘‘The mandate is to
represent issues facing local gov-
ernment and raising these issues
with the provincial government
and the federal government to en-
sure there is representation when
our voice should be heard.

NORTH Vancouver District
Mayor Marilyn Baker ...new
president of the Union of British
Columbia Municipalities.

“A question that’s going to take
the next year of study working
with the Ministry of Municipal Af-
fairs is the issue of local governm-
ent financing and the stability of
the tax base.”’

Areas te be covered by the study
include the question of assessments
and the implication of assessment
swings regulated by the market.

In one of her first official ef-
forts, Baker will be meeting with
Provincial Secretary Bill Reid next
week to discuss criteria for
evaluating the allocation of funds
made available under the newly-
announced $162 million GO B.C.
capital projects program.

Premier Bill Vander Zalm
recently committed lottery funds to
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