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It was almost like Christmas in the North Vancouver City chambers Monday night.

Deborah Browning and Fanny Wakeland of the 1st North Vancouver Brownies presented Mayor Jack Loucks with two boxes of Girl Guide cookies, and received an armful of presents in return.

The presentation kicked off Girl Guide cookie week, which lasts until Sunday.

DEBBIE keeps in shape skiing the local mountains and when the weather ts warm she can be seen enjoying the scenery on her 10 speed bike. (ElisWorth Dickson

Loucks gets his cookies

“Selling. cookies is a good cause,” Loucks grinned, as the two litte girls made an almost inaudible presen- tation.

“It’s just like Christmas,” piped up Ald. Stella Jo

an.

Loucks presented cach of the girls with a Canada flag pin, City medallions and brand new 75th Anniversary flags which feature the City's new coat of arms.

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AS - Wednesday, May 5, 1982 - North Shore News

ri | District council split

over budget increase

District's -1982 budget rose about nine per cent over last year’s $24.1 million figure to $26.2 million. And ac- cording to Alderman Marilyn Baker the increase reflects the provincial governments cutback in

cost-sharing programs.

“The provincial govern- ment’s reduction in funding results in the 12 to 19 per cent increase to taxpayers,” said Baker. “We have and pared and pared and 'm sorry we couldn't pare it down further ... we tried to

minimize the costs to tax- payers.” Although residential levies

mean locals will dig deeper into their pocket linings, District industries also face hefty rate assessments — up to 50 per cent above last year.

As Alderman Peter Powell, who opposed the budget, remarked: “It’s been the most frustrating budget, the least satisfactory budget since Ive been in council.

“We should pull back on expenditures until we have a growth rate equal to ex-

Alderman John Lakes (who opposed ratifying District’s budget) echoed Powell and added: “Some members of council do not realize many taxpayers can't

afford to pay such increases; they're on fixed incomes.”

But Alderman Mary Segal criticized both Powell and Lakes for lacking com- munity consciousness and pointed out that if District expenditures remain static, services wil] deteriorate.

“The budget is good,” said Segal, “and we shouldn't cut services unless we hear from the taxpayers what they feel would be appropriate.”

Alderman Ernie Crist also defended District's levies and noted, “It’s a responsible budget,” since no essential services were axed. :

“To an extent we've subsidized industry,” Crist said, “and the fact is we're now asking them to carry a greater burden, though it is still lower than they would pay in other areas.”

Mayor Don Bell said he felt remorse at having to pass

on “overall average in- creases of 19 per cent” to local taxpayers but once again the felon was the provincial government.

“It’s a substantial move by Victoria to increase costs to municipalities,” Bell said. “The government axed 30 per cent off District's ex- pected cost-sharing revenue .. it’s a very substantial shortfall.”

Bell noted that in 1977 the annual budget crept 3.8 per cent above 1976. And during 1978 to 1980 District's budget “held the line at zero

per cent growth.”

In 1981 the budget jumped about 14 per cent “so over six years it amounts to about 32 per cent,” Bell declared, “and this is nothing to make apologies over ... it’s a pretty good record.”

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