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The Chilliwack Progress from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada • Page 11

The Chilliwack Progress from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada • Page 11

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THE CHILLIWACK PROGRESS, Wednesday, June 17, 1992 A1 1 'Very frugal shopping' for FCM Montreal trip Western By Robert Freeman invites you to a superb 'other's pav bronchi Sunday, June 21 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Reservations for parties of 10 or more accepted) send the five aldermen and mayor to Montreal. The Port Coquitlam council got a chilly blast from taxpayers for spending about $23,000 to sent the mayor, six aldermen, the city administrator and eight spouses to the conference. About 1 ,200 officials from across Canada attended the 55th annual FCM conference in Montreal.

Most other municipalities also booked cheap flights and paid only accommodation and expenses for aldermen but not their spouses. Les said the FCM has some real cash value as well as being a forum for municipal goverment issues. did not pay spouses' expenses cost taxpayers about $9,000, Les said. The bill induced $2,340 for conference registration, $2,510 for airfare, and $3,450 for accommodation at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. The accommodation at $129 per room each night may sound rich, but the alternative was staying outside the downtown core near the conference which would have added travel costs to the inconvenience, Les said.

Clerk administrator Ted Tisdale said no spouse's travel expenses were paid by the district which did some "very frugal shopping" to Staff Reporter Aside from some union anger about leaving Chilliwack in the middle of a strike, there has been little public reaction to a council trip to attend a Montreal conference. Other high-flying councils returned to a hail of public flak about the cost of attending the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference. Mayor John Les said that "some of the flak was justified" because some B.C. councils paid spouses' expenses as well as their elected officials. The Chilliwack district which lFEATURING: Baked Ham Delicious Roast Chicken Baked Pasta Scrambled Eggs Ham Sausages Assorted Garden Salads Fresh Preserved Fruit Mouth-Watering Dessert Display Speakers at Valley NDP fundraiser Only (3)95 per person KM pRCt Three potential candidates for the Fraser Valley East New Democratic Party will speak at a fundraiser this weekend in Chilliwack.

Federal NDP health critic Jim Karpoff is the guest speaker at the event which starts at 6 p.m. at the dinner ticket are welcomed to hear the candidates who are scheduled to start at 8 p.m. Karpoff, the MP for Surrey North, is a former social worker and a past alderman on Surrey council. He has been active with the party since the 1960s. Tzeachten Indian Band Hall.

The potential candidates are past provincial NDP candidate Gladys Brown, school board chairman Alan Davis, and Rollie Keith, president of the riding association. Those not interested in the $10 iffllll Mm 11111,1 m-S if ft It 1 ytf-i, ixma- a mm'wm mm mm ffnsfv' W- i d) i i Road work A contract for reconstruction of a two-mile section of Chilliwack Central Road was awarded to Span Valley Construction Ltd. The upgrading, which Mayor John Les said was "urgently needed," extends from Gibson Road to Annis Road. Sewage tank Use of a temporary sewage pump-out tank for a new auction barn at 7730 Old Orchard Rd. has been extended by council.

Chapman Auctioneers Ltd. asked for the one-year extension until a sewage disposal system can be installed this summer. Council, which orginially approved use of the tank at an April 22, 1991 meeting, will not consider any further extensions. Baseball backstops A $47,204 contract for Townsend Park backstops was awarded to Riteway Fencing Inc. A staff report recommended a quick start to construction so fields can be prepared for a Slo Pitch National Tournament in July.

The work is expected to take 10 to 16 days to complete. Property bought A property at 46961 First Avenue was bought by council for $22,000. The district purchased the property for drainage purposes. Public hearings Four rezoning requests and a proposed bylaw amendment will be heard by council in public hearings July 6. Rezoning for two properties at 44913 and 44877 Keith Wilson from rural residential to one-family residential, has been requested for a 16-lot single-family subdivision.

The Rosedale Pentecostal Holiness Church has requested rezoning of a lot at 51469 Old Yale Rd from one-family residential to civic assembly zone for possible parking lot or building expansion in the future. Rezoning for a property at 46348 Higginson from rural residential to one-family residential, has been been requested for a 17-lot single family subdivision. The proposed bylaw amendment would add indoor recreation use to the 'General Commercial' uses of the airport so that businesses like dance instruction and martial arts can operate there. At present the only commercial use permitted in the airport zone is a restaurant. GOOD FOR LIFE AN IDEAL GIFT FOR DAD THIS FATHERS' DAY.

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