iy.

passed a modest. 1978.budget

Monday - in the face ‘of.
objections that:several hun- -
dred thousand dollars will be:

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spent on. waterfront
acquisition for a park.

. A total of $9,971,000 will
be raised for municipal
purposes, an increase of 1.5
per cent-over last year.

‘jand

A 14 per cent-increase in -
school -

-cost-per-pupil in

page 8, May 10, 1978 - North Shore News

‘West Vancouver. council.

side Park. |

Aldermen

. Aldermen .Tom
Marshall. and Ann Arnott

' also voted for the budget...
McAllister. said that he
was raising the waterfront

land. matter. now — because

| 3 Don Lanskail
and Bob Hicks voted in favor _

and pleaded for a unanimous ..

"vote. |

Doe eRe Es oe) individual land acquisition is
marked ‘to buy. . waterfront
properties to extend Amble-

- held in *‘in camera’’ sessions
_-Closed to the public. He later.
_ said that council’s:debate on.
_. the budget:should have been —
held in publics

aos pore

’. As council predicted sever-
‘al months ago, during ‘first
consideration of a proposed

budget, single family homes

will see an average five”per .
cent increase. while apart-
-ments will get an‘ average

spending. —

“One must question whe-
ther hospital’ ‘and’. health

services.with their skyrocket- .
ing take of taxes have been

effective when.one. looks at
the fact that the adult life
expectancy has not increased

in’ spite of these greatly . coming out of high school.’’ ae

Mayor Jones sharply criti-
cized hospital and. school

‘costs in decreasing. pupil- ~~

noticeable increase’ inthe ~

“Indeed this life \expec-
tancy is very similar to the |
expectancy in undeveloped.
countries. © © mi |
7 ntry whose

a. ; oe SER call levels

“In the same way the
great increase in education’

teacher ratios has not. shown
any resulting. benefit. or °:

standard of the graduates ©

discussion by council: on’ ‘five percent decrease. increased expenditures.

spending and a whopping 26 ©
_ per cent increase. in hospital.
_ costs’ prompted . Mayor.

- Peter Jones to call for a.”
- cha@irge in the system that
would bring those budgeis

under municipal control:

At present, the school |
board budget and- regional

_ hospital assessments: are-
collected by the municipality ’
along with general taxes, but -
those budgets cannot be |
altered by the municipality.

With school, hospital and |

.

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-$dermen Don -McAlister sot
and Doreen Blackburn voted er
against_the budget because 7

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non-profit organization of | §
over 48,000 independent |
business ‘owners dedicat- -
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A prime function of the
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ithe’ creation of both
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