- ettace city council, like other municipal

governments across the country, receives —
- over the. course: of.a year numerous requests
: or financial. assistance from community groups and
“organizations. ‘The need and.amount of money

_- ‘varies, but in Tetrace. council: chambers one thing

has néver varied: the bottom line from the viewpoint
“of our city aldermen. Is this, or is this not, setting a
“precedent, they ask? Give to one group, a and the next

‘group.can argue that tey have to receive their share

- as well.

* Most often, the answer to their question. on preced- |

ence is, "Yes." And the answer to the group in need
As, "No." oe
This may } no longer be true, however. Local service

-.. @ltibs: seeking financial assistance to purchase a

_ ce. of emergency or medical equipment, or,
: ‘upgrade or build a. city park, may not have to sell
“hot -dogs on the corner.or raffle cars in the. mall.

- Raising the required: project funds may be as easy a as

“writing a letter.to city council. |
This apparent change in. the way | our city fathers —
w donations to worthy community organizations
k place council. chambers on a Monday, Jan, 13 at
“about 8:32 p.m. ::

On the agenda. was a'le letter from. the Kinsmen and |

Kinette Clubs of ‘Canada ‘headquarters in Cambridge,
Ont As it ‘has in previous years, the letter offers a
. brief. profile of the’ organization, points out 1992 is
‘their.72nd year of operation in Canada, and then
‘asks’ the City of Terrace to purchase a "Message-of-
Support" in a special anniversary issue of their
Bational publication, | KIN Magazine.

“The cost of advertisements, according to attached
--{nformation, range from $225 for one-twelfth of a
Bae to $835 for a fall page. And a according to the

lettier, the money raised will help the’ “Terrace club. ia
is stated that 100 percent of all‘ money’ ‘raised locally:
is spent locally: The cost of operating the club’s

internal mechanism is paid through membership fees.
Keeping pace with inflation, however, means’ ‘mem-"

bership fees rise annually. "Our members tell is the —

rising cost of annual dues is becoming a major draw-
back to new members joining our clubs," the letter
said. "If all the communities we-serve pitch in to

assist us by placing a ’Message-of-Support’ once a - |

year it can have a tremendous impact on. reducing -
our annual membership dues, making it easier for all _

Kinsmen and Kinettes to remain members and con-

tinue serving their community’s greatest need. .
Most city aldermen saw the light. All but Darryl

Laurent voted "yes" to a motion by Rick King that

the city purchase one third of a page in KIN Maga-

zine for a sum of $455. A resolution of this kind has. -

not passed Terrace council in living memory. The
annual Kinsmen request has always been viewed asa
precedent-setting donation to.a service club that _
would attract a swarm of other applications. Even
requests from service clubs for a-little financial. _

~ assistance from the city by way of property tax
. exemptions have been declined in the past.

According to King, "They (the Kinsmen) put so.
much into our community, it’s good for us to sup-
port them." But from Laurent’s viewpoint, (adding —

_ that he does recognize the value of the Kinsmen

organization ‘to our community), "As a member of a -
service club I have a problem in fund raising for
those sorts of organizations. They all have their own

projects... This is out of bounds."

' Alderman Danny Sheridan. agreed: swith King’ 8°
view, but warned of what was sure to come: The

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. and, "We have probably operied up a. whole t new.’
- avenue of letters to council... “We're possibly going
to have a deluge ‘ of letters from ‘whoever, and we

had better be prepared." we
. With‘this thought in mind, Sheridan made a second
‘motion, that the "appropriate" committee look at city
policy and report ‘back to council. The appropriate |
committee was later named as the Community and
Recreations Services Committee. One of the things |
‘that committee should consider, said Sheridan at the |
time, is to budget a: specific amount of money to |
- support community service’ organizations.

Laurent seetned to disagree with this idea as well,
but in the end voted his approval to a committee
discussion on policy. In discussion, Laurent acknow-

‘ ledged the fact, that the city had supported causes
like cancer research and the Dr. R.E.M. Lee Hospital
Foundation’s CT scanner fund, but-he argued that

both those causes are something entirely different.

"I cannot support the idea of cancer and service’
clubs as being the same thing," he said. "Service

"clubs support the community in any way they can

and I’m not sure going to council is the way to do-
it... I don’t think we can afford it." .
In spite’ of Laurent’s view, ‘however, Sheridan’s |

_ motions passed unanimously. And with that, the

Message-of-Support to‘the Kinsmen is open to inter--

_ pretation by all similar organizations, and the debate

on whether city residents should support local ser- .
_vice clubs through taxation begins.
The line between the functions of government and.

. the function of community-based ‘organizations is
foggy at ‘best, and city. council’s action, combined

the with Kitimat-Stikine Regional. District's: $50, 000 ~
gift toaa cross-country ski club, has not ctarified

: the situation.

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