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It’s the law
(Community
Charter)– but so are balanced budgets – no matter
All
the QCI board members that attended were by phone – missing from the above
photo is James Brown the Port Ed rep for meeting who showed up subsequently Image right
is snow?!!! El Nino must be weakening |
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Public
comment open until March 12th via email to hkoning@sqcrd.bc.ca |
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Presumably
a copy of the budget may be picked up at SQCRD – or some are available in
Charlottes too At
the meeting each different fund etc was gone through by the Acting CAO – and
discussed by Board --- at the end of meeting the public was asked for
comments ---- those questions went on for about 5 minutes with 5 different
people either making observations, asking questions or pointing out errors
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Note
(see below) that Prince Rupert pays 75% of the QCI ‘municipal’ directors’
remuneration, travel and benefits (like medical etc) – but not the Area
Directors (see below) which have their own account --- it would be better
from Rupert mainland perspective if Charlottes separated out --- where those
taxpayers pay all their own travel, medical etc – perhaps then they would do
more of their business by phone rather than expensive travel, accommodation
etc |
From a
purely Rupert taxpayers’ perspective |
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We
in Rupert will be paying an extra 94.6T$ for just Administration alone ---
most of this increase is in wages etc --- and was supported vigorously by
Jack Mussallem during the subsequent discussion – he seems to think hiring of
new Treasurer etc will clear up the financial mess ---- The
administrator (note 100T$ difference between 2010 and 2011 for staff wages
etc--- is she getting that much $$$ for her salary/ living expenses etc) the
topic never discussed nor even mentioned |
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Rupert Pays:
Here
is how much Pages etc gets in Remuneration
(23T$) , and Benefits – like
medical etc 1.2T for Pages and 3,9T for Kulesha, etc– and that not including
Pages cellphone (paid for by
taxpayers) |
And more on
the Administration Budget |
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In
the presentation it was mentioned the ‘computer software’ increase was due to
need to renew licence for the Accounting program (AccPac?) ---And the QCC rep
asked about the ‘training’ budget – and was assured it had been increased
(under ‘Staff’?) ---Note too the Treaty Advisory Committee which has never
been discussed in an open meeting that I am aware of --- but Grant $$ cut in
half – but note C2C increased – again never discussed in an open meeting ---
and what Soccer League? |
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Are they
paying for their benefits? Or is it going into Administration Fund? More
worrisome is that budgeted 22T in 2009 for ‘Staff’ has been cut ---
presumably to gain $$ via ‘Administration charges’ see later
While
not shown here – the Area D taxpayers are dunned with about half of the 94T$ taxes
– perhaps because of dramatic doubling in ‘valuation’ of ‘forest lands’(?) by
BC Assessment --- Some discussion of MIMIC ‘grant’ that I did not understand
rationale for etc |
Electoral
Areas budget proposal |
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This
is Area A & C on mainland (treated as Dodge Cove and Oona River—but 90%
population on reserves--- I refer to this as Neo-colonialism BC style—(see my page and links) Areas
D & E on Charlottes seemingly more aware of high native population in
representation etc |
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Problems
on Charlottes --- the dump, the Sandspit
Water Utility and Sandspit Community Hall – all had varying degrees of
problems –Water system represents the lack of sound management – it is
illegal for it to operate at a deficit --- but let the Province worry about
that --- the Area Rep gave some alternative suggestion for getting out of
debt and more conversations will follow --- note Mussallem warned that SQCRD
is liable for water quality (getting sued etc) and that means mainly PR tax
payers --- but ‘we will work on it’ |
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More later The Land
Fill represent the main problem and
it seems helpless --- on the Positive side has a new manager so might be able
to sort it out |
And about
that ‘in-camera meeting’ More later |
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Created by LG on 10/3/2010
Last updated on Wednesday, March 10, 2010