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Kids at the
alternate school spotted a wolf in mall parking lot yesterday |
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Keeping up with the Joneses? One Payne brother has a penthouse overlooking harbour – arrow left --- thus perhaps another brother wishes to emulate with this new addition over 101 E First? (see my previous)
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Lots of
Spring cleaning/ Works going on in PR |
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At one time Rupert
produced lots of good apples – here is one of the ‘old timers’ in front of a
house on Third |
Back to the
Future? |
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We
have gone through a period where trees became mere ornaments – useful only
when flowered – thus ‘cherry’ tree above |
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Back to the
Future? |
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Here
someone on 2nd West has planted a new apple tree in front yard –
only time will tell if apples edible or ornamental ---- Still it is the kind
of thing Green Team 2 should look into – I am told that similarly currant
bushes used to be common all around town --- and some other fruiting trees
--- the point is that need varieties adapted to Rupert climate – might mean
salvaging these ‘heritage’ plants |
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So when did
Koning take over at SQCRD and what is her pay? |
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That was what one
questioner at last meeting was trying to get at --- the rumour around is that
she is earning on order of 200T$ with all the added benefits --- Looking back
at my files I have her leaving the City in March 2009 and John Holland leaving SQCRD on August 19th
2009 (file has many links SQCRD) --- The question then becomes was the CAO
job ‘advertised’ (not likely) --- or was Koning appointed without a
competition ‘because City Reps (read Mussallem) knew her’ etc – More later |
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I was told by staff
the point of the new drafting software
– OCP maps by outsider contractor were like ‘postage stamps’ – and very
difficult to tell exactly where a property might lie --- (what zone) as those
postage stamp maps were the legal plan etc – now can ‘see’ within inches
where boundaries are etc |
City Budget
‘Be Happy ‘ the cuts could be deeper to support Watson Island at $10T/ month |
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Not
only are transit fares increasing ‘dramatically’ but so too fees at Civic
Center Complex (latter only to cover HST) --- but is it fair that City Staff
get subsidized at 1/3 rate Senior Citizens must pay? At least employees should
pay same rate kids do
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I will look
more closely at City Budget over the next few days |
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In
many ways this should be an easy job as it is essentially last years budget
with new numbers But
note how Dumbed down the Rodin budgets are from what we had before – I
am told Council has a thick binder with much better information – but mere
citizens don’t need to bother with such detail See
this page for links to previous
Budget articles |
Here is the kind of info that is needed
All the above info is folded into Grants and other Fees in 2010 budget and given as a lump sum |
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Let’s
use Rodin logic as rolled out in Recreation Complex discussion – his data
shows that City has consistently subsidized the Civic Center Complex to the
tune of 2M$ -- and that the Revenue taken in is about 1/3rd the
subsidy ----Now lets apply same ‘logic’ to City Transit where public puts in $319,664
and City $239,665.00 --- for a ‘subsidy of 1 to 0.75--- And for the Airport
subsidy it is $883,152 to the City’s $915,528 or about 1:1.04 Using
this ‘logic’ Transit fare increases should be limited to 1:1 – similar to the
much more expensive Airport Ferry Recounting: So
Taxpayers allow RCMP and City Staff to swim at 1/4 rate paid by adults ---
but ding the poor who ride buses and don’t drive GHG emitting cars to work
etc – makes sense to me More
later – Previous Budget links here
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Created by LG on 20/4/2010
Last updated on Tuesday, April 20, 2010