-Selfinsurance program —

pondered by council |

In light. of rising insurance

costs, the proposed. establish-.

ment of the Municipal Insurance
Association of B.C.:(MIABC) °
on Dec. J, 1987, has been called

the “most significant decision of
the. 1987 UBCM Convention’’.

With overwhelming approval,

_ B.C.’s. municipalities accepted
the adoption of the. proposed

MIAEC “‘despite some apparent

(but not universal) softening in.

the insurance market at this
time,’’ according to Jackie
Drysdale, chairman for the

Union of British Columbia

Municipalities . Liability Task
Force.

“I feel the delegates were
voting for cost stability and ade-. |
quate coverage,’* said Drysdale. |

“We voted for a program where

costs will reflect the experience

of B.C. municipalities and a
program designed and run by
local government for local
government,”’

Drysdale was referring to a &

UECM initiative where munici-
palities would participate with

regional districts to develop a

‘*self-insurance program’’

known as the Municipal In- -

surance Association of B.C.

- through the creation and opera-

tion of a ‘Reciprocal Insurance
Exchange”’.

‘During this convention, mem-
bers were encouraged to par-

ticipate in the insurance scheme, — F
because the creation and opera-°

tion of the insurance association
was conditional on at least 100
B.C. municipalities and regional.
districts joining the group.
.According to Drysdale, in-

In Court

~ In Terrace provincial court on

Friday, October. 9, Gerald King -

was. fined $600 and given.a six
month drivers license suspension
for impaired driving.

; In Terrace provincial court on

Friday, October 9, Franklin
Flint was sentenced to 14 days in
jail and given a six month
drivers license suspension for
impaired driving.

Solution
heritage

_ Terrace council has adopted a
recommendation regarding the
fate of the old police building on
the corner of Lakelse and Kalum
following an agreement reached
between representatives of the
Happy Gang Centre and the
Community and Recreation Ser-
vices committee. |

Alderman Doug Smith ex-
plained to council that the Hap-
py Gang Centre had indicated
they were interested in purchas-
ing the two lots on that corner
for parking and future building

expansion, and they had asked —

the city to move the building, .

However, according to Smith,
the Heritage Society was not in-
terested in moving the building
to Heritage Park and said the
building would best-be restored
at its existing site because
Heritage money for restoration
could not be obtained if the
building were moved.

Smith said a tentative agree-
ment had been reached and the

committee had recommended

_ surance brokers Marsh and Mc-
advised UBCM.

Lennan
members:at the convention that
they. were interested in under-
writing the self-insured program
and were satisfied that the pro-

_ gram could be established on a

‘sound and viable basis”.

However, Marsh and McLen-
nan added that claims manage-
ment.was also. a. concern and
there would have to be a high
standard of management before
they would agree to become i in-
volved.

Drysdale explained that
MIABC will work with the Pro-
vincial Risk Management Ser-
vices. who are to assist with
claims- management and who
also ‘‘currently administer self-

‘insured programs for the schools

and hospitals and will guide us
in selecting competent contract
services for . the day-to-day
operations.’”

Terrace council. has. sent the -

MIABC proposal to the Finance
committee for further con-
sideration, ©

Mickey Bromley (right), an Early Childhood Education student at Northwest

Community College, had good reason to smile last week as he received a
$500 bursary. from B.C. Tel, presented by Bob Pegg.

oe

found to

dilemma

that the Old Age Pensioners

Association purchase the prop-

erty, subdivide it and deed the
portion containing the old police
building to the city, who would
-then restore the building and

lease it to the Old Age Pen-—

sioners. .

“The Old Age’ Pensioners
may then sublet it to 2 business,
which would generate revenue
for the Old Age Pensioners
Association, and taxes would
not be lost to the city,’’ he ex-
plained.

this exchange, the city would
also close the alley behind the
Happy Gang Centre to allow ad-
ditional parking in the area, per-
mit fewer parking spaces than
required under city bylaws and

forgive taxes on the remaining

portion of the property.

‘The effect of the plan would
mean that the Happy Gang Cen-
tre may be expanded and the
same number of parking spaces
will be available,”’ Smith said.

Smith added that in turn for .

is yours for

In a recent presentation at Northwest Community College, Human Service
Worker student Donna Bruneau received a $500 bursary from the Terrace
and District Credit Union, represented by Dennis Srawer. The award was the
first disbursement from the Credit Union Foundation.

Terrace Review — Wedriesday, October 28, 1987 17°

Charles Hennessey, a student in the electronics program at Northwest Com-
munity Collage, recently received the Lleutenant Governor's Award for
was given to Hennessey last week by

academic excellence. The medallion
NWCC board chairperson Judy Jeph

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