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~The cost to Sidney and. North
Saanich. ‘taxpayers for ‘their
~ Panorama Liesure Centre will be
up 15 per cent-in 1985. later this year.
. The Peninsula. Recreation _
Commission. last week adopted a
1985 budget which calls for total
expenditures of $1,340,000 and a
tax requisition of $793,000. The
requisition. is split more or less
equally between Sidney and
North Saanich.

arena. and -pool’ were

The budget will be reviewed Stringent times were

By HUGH: NASH |...

At regular, monthly meetings. of the Peninsula Recreation
‘Commission, a number of items are dealt with, some pmponanls
others of lesier importance.

The following are brief excerpts from last week? S meeting of
Commission members Joan Beattie (chairman), Penny South,
Ray Mott, Don Phillips, Loyd Burdon, Harold Parrott, Rebecca
Vermeer and recreation manager Monty Holding.

The meeting began at 7:30 p.m. with Holding reporting that he
would be reporting at another time on a municipal parks study.

7:32.- A talk ensued on wage reclassifications covered. by. the
union 'agreement.: Vermeer questioned the reasons. for. the
~ reclassifications which resulted in raises and suggested that the
commission fight these i increases even ifi it meant pice present staff.
might leave.

-- “Pm not concerned about losing people. There’ re lots of good :
people out there to take their place. ‘The time is ‘not pen to give
people increases,’ she said...

Burdon sat.with his. chin cupped i in-his hand. Mott said he’d
had enough of that kind of talk. Beattie said the matter had been
“dealt. with at. a ‘previous meeting : and it: was. time 10 move on-to

: other matters.

SES 2s ae Vermeer. was. asked t to give a

come un with last fall and which hadn’t been: Oficially discussed

“yet. Vermeer. ‘said. she hadn’t brought: her COPY ee wondered if}

: -anyone else had. Apparently not.

- She: then’ spoke. on the: possibili ty_of an. across- thé:board: ins :
crease in user fees of say 10 per cent:which would bring in $17, 000

“more revenue, or of 20. ‘per cent. hike to yield $34,000. Centre users:

would get a bunch of cash.

mission: = mb us did: anyway. : a
- Burdon. tapped his yellow. pen up-and down, then dropped i it.
204, =re ceived. angifiled a letter fron North Saanich: ne

$ appointments to. the commission:. -Vermeer:read it 0

=: “municipalities,

anyway.

8:18. = 1Wo: letters: ‘quickly received and’ filed then’ Veritiee r:

wanted to talk about one of them and wasn’t stopped even though
- the commission had moved to the next agenda item,

8:26 = three more letters received without discussion, Then the eee

. my question, of whether:to allow the Sidney:Lions Club to. bring their

came up.

from the centre's concession -—. to: the tune of close to $3,000
Phillips, a Lion, said the club made only $189.10 last year and
“moved that the lunch box be allowed in again. for another try;

» Holding said that if the lunch box came in, he would probably.
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close the centre’s concession to save money beca
_lendees liked lunch box food better than concession food...

~The first vote was tied: so they. talked about dogs. and: food
“some more and then decided to: keep: the. lunch: box out. “d hope
“you know what you're doing,’' warned Phillips, 0

matters was received. and” filed

» discussed,
8140-0 secouid pot ot coffee was winried’s si

¢

the coffee, drinkers.
8:50 + Reattie: Tapped her gave ‘and Parrott si the
; must be over. i ;

romuclt by: oe
‘Rone Buing and pr. Ranaut

gain CARE $1LiBIO 682. an a

ee A
fg _2Seclided relating location ~ Brentwood,

iget up Is

by the Capital Regional District §
and, if approved, will form part
of. the: two municipal tax. bills

Recreation centre staff. had
asked for a 22.5 per cent tax re-
quisition increase-and in order to
come down to the 15 per cent
level, some proposed capital pro-
jects were dropped, wages in the
lowered

$5,500 anda $3,000 cut was made
in program brochure costs.

Capital projects deferred to
less

report ona. report she’ aes

- wouldn’t mind the increase of dust a. few pennies and the centre :

Jetter: ‘from he CRD* ‘regarding. North:

oud’ and a discussion ensued as to whether the two. mayors, who
ire. on the. commission because. they ; are the CRD Tepresentatives.
rom: their: municipalities, are representing, the CRD | or. their: own

Parrott said he represented both and didn’ i see any ; conflict: es
. “and intended to’ ‘express his own views. Burdon said the whole.”
discussion was stupid and that the commission was a.CRD com:
mittee not a collection’ of people representing power. groups. A -
“motion was j made): it wasn ag seconded: but they. talked About it

travelling. tunch box concession to the next dog show at the centre rer

» Mott said having the luneh box i at the ‘show ate into the profits”: .

“8335 another letter from North Saanich dealing. with ides
diand a! letter: sent: from. North’:
Saanich regarding saving money, through energy conservation: Was

ommitiee, reports ae
vere received and a five: “minute break was called for the benefit ORs

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THE REVIEW

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the

32,000. asphalt floor -in North Saanich. alderman
arena, an administration. office Rebecca. Vermeer. moved...that
carpet for $4,000, $3,500 for new Central Saanich, which does not
washroom cubicle walls: and 4 now contribute. tax. dollars

$3,000 chemical shed in the pool
area;

According. to recreation
manager Monty Holding, includ-

of the requisition increase.

ed. in the 1985 expenditures is mouon, she turned to North

close to $98,000 of deficits’ ac- Saanich Mayor Harold. Parrott

cumulated over the past few years and. asked ‘‘Harold,are you

when. provincial restraint seconding this?’’

measures precluded allowing for ‘*No, don’t think so,’’ Par-

unforseen repairs .and-~ other rott replied, and. the matter was
a costs.

dropped.

ecreation rundown

$470, insurance $120, share of oersoniel department costs $7,630,
share of finance-department costs $35,560.
Mott asked if there was any rule against either doing some of
this work themselves at the centre or contracting it oul. Trueman
said it wasn’t.allowed.
Parrott wondered whether Sidney and. North Saanich could

‘take over the centre’s operation from the CRD. Trueman:said she
“wasn’t sure but didn’t think so because the debt against it was-in
the CRD’s name and it couldn’t be transferred. _

_ © She said the total fee was allocated to the various CRD func-
tions on the basis. of payroll costs and the only way to reduce it
would be to have lower staff costs. Other CRD areas had reduced
their‘staff-costs last year thus pushing more of: the total cost: on
Panorama.

Vermeer called the allocation method ‘‘an inherent inequity”

and Mott suggested, and almost everyone agreed, that it would-be:

a good idea to write to the CRD and ‘‘see if we can reduce this

‘sucker.’
The conversation continued.

Parrott spoke for awhile and Vermeer, her voice gradually get-.

ting louder, said she: understood what he was saying-and Parrott
said he was pleased someone did.
‘Burdon said: that any increase in the. commission 5 budget

~ could very well be offset by other CRD cost decreases because the.

CRD ‘had committed. ee to a. Zero. increase in: hsexpeniditures in
1985 over 1984.
Trueman: said secret: meetings had tea going on. with North
Saanich concerning how. much federal grants in aid money would

*. be coming North Saanich’s. There was some nervousness that the”
which everyone knew about.

existance. of. the secret meetings,
: anyway, was voiced i in public.

a out what’ § going’on with: the federal. money.

“Sion business rather than North Saanich business.”

19: :34:- budget discussion. began. .

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When. no one seconded her

Parrott said the: Ministry- of Municiapl Affairs i is uring | to find nd ;

‘Mott said it would be nice if the commission: stuck to commis: Mase

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