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municipal employees saying
the decision was “nothing to
do with the attitude of West
Van crews” but with
ecomonics.

But the Municipal Em-
ployees Association insists
that it would be cheaper and
better for West Van to keep
the existing service “if ably
and properly administered.”
Blair Anderson, association
president, said “council says
they’re saving $250,000, I
dispute that.”

Two in-camera meetings
of council and the
association last week didn’t
resolve the conflict. The
contract price is fixed but for
a cost of living adjustment so
council anticipates nothing
but savings for the next five
years.

There are 14 garbage
collectors presently working
for the municipality.
Council promised = earlier
that the collectors would
have the option of joining
the new firm or of being
transferred to other
municipal departments.

According to Anderson,
two of the 14 will probably

accept jobs with Haul-Away,
seven will be absorbed into
other departments and
projects and five casual
workers will be laid off.

Anderson accused
management of going back
on a promise and suggested
that casual workers were
hired because they could be
easily dismissed once
contracting began.

He accused council of
merely paying “lip service”
to the concerns of the
workers. “The bottom line.is
still the erosion of 14 of our

membership" Anderson
stated.

CHANGES
There will be some
changes in garbage

collection policies under the
new contract which will
affect West Van residents.

The old two cams per
home limit will be removed
and garden refuse, properly
packed, can now be in-
cluded in garbage to help
compensate for the new
domestic burning restric-
tions.

Aldermen Diana _ Hut-
chinson and George Morfitt
emphasized the importance
of recycling and composting

to keep garbage to a
minimum.

Alderman Don Lanskail
suggested they keep the two
can minimum and levy a
charge for extra garbage
pick up.

“Landfills will come to an
end” he predicted citing the
problems at the Premier
Street dump.

In order to reduce garbage
he said you “need both a
carrot and a _ stick.”
Recycling is the carrot, and
charges are the stick, he
added.

In the new year there will
be a fixed collection day
each week which will be
moved forward one day,
only during the week of a
statutory holiday.

The example given at the
council meeting was if your
collection day is Tuesday,
and a holiday falls on
Monday, your collection day
will be Wednesday for that
week only. The following

week it will be Tuesday
again.
At the moment, the

collection day moves for-
ward for a holiday and stays
at the new day until the next
holiday when it changes
again.

Other policy differences

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include the borderline
commercial -_ residential
cases. :

In apartment buildings of
six units or less, the con-
tractor will pick up garbage.
In a building of more than
six units, commercial pick-
up will be required.

Conversely, small
businesses with “less than
one cubic metre of garbage
per week” (about five or six
cans according to staff) may
use regular pick-up service
“upon payment of the ap-
propriate fee” says the
contract.

The contract also specifies
that complaints will be the
responsibility of the con-
tractor, although when
asked at the council
meeting, Director of
Operations Don Walker,
replied complaints would
still be handled by the
municipality and “travel in
the same way and with the
same speed.” .

A9 - Sunday News, Novemher 22, 1981

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