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VOLUME 74
ISSUE NUMBER 15

Salaeanenainnremieater manent 7

The Central Saanich
volunteer fire chief has received
an almost three-fold increase in.
his honorarium.

~ "By GLENN WERKMAN
Review Staff Writer

Central’ Saanich council
ratified a finance committee
recommendation, April 5, to in-
crease the honorarium for Chief
Bruce Elvedahl to $16,100 from
$5, 600 per year.

: ERUCE ELVEDAHL.
Central Saanich Fire Chief -

“This i isa result of an overall
‘report of the needs’ of. the

_ and presented. to committee,”’
said. finance committee chair-
- man Ald. Ed Hernblad.

full-time municipal fire inspec-

spections as required under the
: Fire Services Act.”’

Natural, erowth in Sidney's

collected withotitan inereise in
the millrate, © aldermen learned
Monday right,
There's Sills is point, Hy

lot of unknowns,’ town
treasurer. Paul Edgington said
Sofa Level 4 preliminary buclet
report.

~~ Budget

this week, with couned using a
preliminary, budget Fepou ay i
puideline,. :

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the fallelection.

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departrnent that was prepared

The. report stated that. the |

tor, Art Curry, ‘‘does not have:
sufficient time to complete in-:

“assessimeat bise wieans a eat ‘ ,
$120,700 in tax revenue can be |

discussioix “sontinne .

“Central Saanich
byelection Saturday |

Central. Saanich voters can exercise their right. to vote, .
Saturday, ina byelection to dectone alderman iyo council for
-) aterm almost nine months long. SE a
- The polls open ar8 asmeoatthe Central Saanich municipal
hall, Brentwood E lementary Schoal and Keating Elementary
School, Polls claseat ® pam. | -
An all-candidates: forum for the two ‘candid Wes = “Arlene :
Bos, a Saanichion homemaker and Ishind View Road hobby
farmer, tnd: Karen’ Harris, Saanichton homemaker
Hovey Road hobby farmer — will be held tonight.
The forum will be held at Stelly's School gymansium on:
Stelly'’s Crossroad in Central Saanich begi Inning aS pan and
will be hosted: by a member of the C entra Saanich © itizens*

Sidney &
Saanich
Peninsula

Schools, hotels and licensed
lounges must be inspected every
60 days according to regulations
in the act, Hernblad said. ‘‘It
was a question of hiring more
inspection staff .... We looked
at different alternatives,’
said. —

‘“‘We thought we would be
better served to have the fire
chief take over some of these
duties,’’. Hernblad said. ‘‘The
only form of compensation was
to increase the honorarium.’’

The.committee looked at pay-
ing on a per hour basis but was

he
' neighborhood of

not satisfied with making. that
sort of arrangement, Hernblad
said.

-“*With the time spent it is still
a good deal for the citizens of .
Central Saanich,’’. Hernblad
said. ‘‘We’re. looking in’ the
1,300-1,400°.
hours per year; not to mention |

other duties required .in the
hall’?
“When you’. consider «the

alternative you’re looking at a.

>

fairly major expense,

Hern-
blad said, ;

Elvedahl’s honorarium —

four times other chiefs’

. The new. honorarium’ for”
Central: Saanich’: Fire © Chief
Bruce © Elvedahl:

-£*The -dedication | is ‘limitless.

Towle ‘said.

~ volunteer deal anymore.”’

Towle’s honorarium was in-

creased to $3,600 this year from

$3,100 he received last year. The’

North. Saanich deputy - chief

_ receives. a $1,800 honorarium,

North Saanich. fire department

--operates two halls —.the main ©

hall..on _Wain Road and a. -
satellite “hall on | McTavish.
Road. It “has. more-.than 40
Members... 000
Sidney Fire Chief. Mel
Baldwin said he- has spread

The preliminary: budget
report shows total resenue of
more than $4.7 million and ex-
penditures. of about. $8.1
-million,

lastyear,

Nor care: -vollections for the
regional woverninent and joint
‘hoards and:
sewn.

Aude ‘duingian witicl in an dhe

terview thats ntaffis not Propos: aa
een era Oe TW ch ployee. for the Motor

and :

Hoth ecitvdlidanies will- have the opportunity 10 present their
~platfor ms, then participate ind question-and-answer session.
"One of the two candidates’ will, i ike over a position created
“when former alderman Eric Lowi

res ik ned re gh. follow: ine

The successful candidate will be sworn in toa term starting
April 18, She will hold office und) Deo 4 .
“Nove 19 regular elecion will fill MWhree. aldermanic Positions

» When resulis of a

5 duties: around’ so
of the department: have“ a. fair?
far’ outstrips — /
those: of. the. other Peninsula.
-Municipalities. : -
North Saanich volunteer fire 2
chief Terry Towle said the Cen-
tral Saanich honorarium.i is four --
. times the amount he receives f or A
“much the same'dutiess °°” a

“department
. members.-

Towle and: Baldwin both hold fe
“full-time jobs »in .addition. to.

You could spend lots. of hours:
at “the: firehall;”’
You. get into (a $16, 100° in-..
Grease) ‘and. it’s..not really ay

ing: a.

However, the figures »
~ don't. inchide money collected ~
“ombebalf of the school board =

an in-out figure of $2. 4million,

: commissions .

oministradon .
2 allows an upgraded “computer

Eee a

“amount of. responsibility.”’
“Baldwin’s. honorarium.

“the -
The.
about

it“ for’
Baldwin. said.
“has

money;* ,

“35

their duties as fire chief.

Elvedahl, -a-
businessman, -
with. the Central Saanich fire

department for 27 years — 15.of..
them. as-chief. ‘'I sold my part-.>
last

nership -in- the : Business:
_year,’’ he said.

the: amount:. of

~honorariums in the three Penin-. '
Elvedahl
replied, ‘What they do is strict-’

‘sula’. municipalities.

ly their own prerogative." '

“deficit * budget: even
though there's a seven per cent
shortfall showing... on
preliminary report,

The expense ‘of general ad
mingtrative services would) ine
from.
$405,760, under the preliminary

crease © 10°. $829, 100

Hipures;

“Salaries and.” benefits. for:

generals administration: awoauld
rise 13> percent undercurrent,
© figuresy: to° $3386,3000 ‘fram,
$207 A420, THU, inchides. sala

Mereases cand. de request for. i

Vehicles side of the office. 90
“Wrother requested
dnerease: would
~ system,

“does: Hot give us the, level. ¢

“‘the officers -

“was |
© $3,500 last. year and. council. is
proposing ‘to “increase it~ by: a>
-couple of per.cent;-he said...

M7 feel that you’ have to: keep :
-itata. level so that people aren’t:
doing ®

looking at, remunerating curren

‘Sidney is

ly a retired © ¢
has - volunteered -

When. asked about the dif-::.
‘ference: in

“answer calls
- member,"" he said.

the

tual:
ade:
“tion services, 10° $677,
$602,647;
“erease in recreation and cultural
“DE feel: the: ‘software. We. rae

“‘We have an excellent fire

department,’’ he said: ‘‘Council

felt it was a good and fair way
to proceed.’’ Aldermen votee —
unanimously in. favor of. the
honorarium increase. April 5.
“‘The minute you start getting. .

“paid people in there you lose.a -

certain amount of the associa-
tion that exists. within” the
volunteer structure,’’- Hernblad
said..

The firé chief: is- ‘responsible o
for preparing monthly reports, «
_. preparing incident reports, con-
‘ducting fire inspections,
“policy manual. reviews and up- |.

dates and. bylaw. reveiws. He--.

doing

also. does annual — budget.
preparation, . personnel. record

keeping, purchasing, planning,:
issuing burning permits and at’
: tending meetings: ;

- Elvedahl- said it is.a situation 2
every . growing | “municipality ei

faces.
They | have. the alternative of
hiring. permament ‘employees: or:

‘members,’ oe ’ Elvedahl said?
“This ‘is: nothing” new. It

Jong time ago,’’ he said.

years.’”
He said;

years,’’

“The workload. ‘was there,’ ” oo

he said.
~ “If you" sit down ‘and ‘try. to

will stay the way it is now,’’ said

Elvedahl. -“It-is quite‘a dedica- -: |

tion that i isrequired.”’. |
“Pm ‘still a: volunteer. | still
like “any other

Sidney budget discussions begin

“ye

- financial reporting we’ need,
Edginton told The Review,
The report’s item on com-

puter expenditure demonstrated |

his’ point. The request calls: for
$21,200. in computer spending, |
but doesi’ t show the transfer of
$50,000 from — reserves
Would be needed. So although.

othe computer expansion reacquues|
-Tooks $21,

200, it. would re lly be
a$s3, OM expense. ~
‘Other projections .in

10 $780,600 from last year's ace
expense. (of: SGORS2475 4
$74,853 increase in transporte
a SRO,R9

‘and ine

SEMVICES | 10 200 fran

$371,
$2 190.3095 —

- Golf cours one. idea
for airport lands —

A developer is proposing’, 10,

build a golf course. on Pat. Bay

airport lands, There have beeu
several expressions of interest.”
-but no. firm: proposals, said:

Gary Hamburg, acHing. airport
managers: ©

The developer hae aleo ap
proached the mayor's office in

“North Saanieh, This avemed to.

be a suitable use of the lands,”
ead Moyer Linds Michalut in

J hotes of ameeting of the March -
21 meeting of the airport steer

Ing COMIMIALI Ce,
Meanwhile,

povernment

any” seriaus

the
has rot received
Reneinsts fron
cna

federal:

_ Private ‘companies. wishing to
Operate, Victoria International

Airport, said Transport vaniida a

spokesman Stephen Rybak.. ©
“There have been five orsix

inquiries or proposals, but none
of them were detailed enough, to"

demand
‘study,’ he added,
“There are: only two éerious
Proposals for. private ‘airport
management across Canada

in Calgary. and: Edmonton.""

The government is also con-

sidering ia proposal for. a Mon-

| Areal airport.

ee Ray airport had» “an

should’ have been: entertain ed a

“ “ti is not-a paid: position,”” he S
Said. “TP get voted in every. two &

“There is a need to

- provide the time for: someone'to
do it. That could change i in two :

help. the’. workload over the — |’.
years, hopefully the department |: |

that >

the.
“budget report include a $95,352

Jinerease. in. protective services, . money

pre feast bill tye

i

THREE-YEAR- OLD Justin Harrison, son. “of ‘Jeff and .
‘Laurine Harrison, takes a big lick of his ice cream cone .

Wednesday,.
April 13, 1988
Established 1912

and enjoys summer-like temperatures, Saturday.

_ Grocery store ~
robbed at knifepoint

Two men in’ their.

the
stor ¢

Valley:

grocery. on. Keating

“Crossroad: in Central Saanich
Sunday night.

Police report one of the white

“males pulled a knife with a deta.

S-inch: blade “and demanded

tecabout 9:20 - pam ©

$00 from

early 208.
armed with a knife robbed the.

owner... of. View,

)

Abidin $400 was fake and the _
_ robbers
Crossroad. towards the Pat Bay |
~ Highway.in a white
luggage rack onthe trunk:

fled ‘down © Keating
sar with av

No-one was: injured and the ©

owner was alone at the time of»

the robbery, Central Saanich ©

. police seek further: ironman

from ihe public.:" :

%
2B

Victoria man survives
electrical shock -

OA ‘27-year-old Victoria man is:
“lucky to be alive after the boom

fram the cement pumper he v

“operating on Lochside Drive.

> Friday, hit a hydro line ¢ arrying
25, (XX) volis, police sitid,
‘Donald Davies was show

backwards ‘about MW fest fron

‘the force of, the electric charge.
There were 20 to 25 dime-sized
~recond degree burns on hi bagh
., Where the electricity came out,”
an ambulance spokesman wad,

Police estimate-about 14, AOD -

volts of electricity: went Wiroughh
Davies’ bewly,

The workman apparently wads
Unconscious | for

pened.

‘about 30-

second’ after. the accident hap-

Ambulance uriits’ from
ANT VORA

‘Sidney and Central Saanich ats
tended the accident.

Central Saanich police receiv: va
ed the call about the accident at

839]-Lochside Dr. at about 226

pany ast’ Friday. They report
Davies wits using. i remote con.

“trol wired to operate the boom,

of a Trio: Ready-Mix Lid. ce-

“ment mixer/Pumper: when, thes:
aceldent. occured, -

The vlestric charge travelled

down. the Awite cinta the: contral ©
Davies was hohding,:

momen"
tarily sticking his Wind: ie ae a
device. oh Da

Davies wits “rushed. Ty Saanich
Peninsula, Hospital where. he.
was kept overnisht for observa
‘tion. Hes was releayed the next
dav

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