Saturday, August 8, 1992 @ TheFARSIDE By Gary Larson Pakula gets city's bill collectors to back oft Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER The city has shelved a motion to sic its bill collector on delinquent accounts. Councillor Bob Pakula put forth a motion to the city on Wednesday that will tie up any action the city had planned to take in order to collect money on its outstanding accounts. At their July 14 meeting, council recom- mended that no special consideration be giv- en to 25 water and sewer accounts it says are unpaid from 1991. The city was going to inform those customers with a request for payment of the bills. But that idea has been stalled by Pakula. He asked council to rescind its decision, and instead estab- lish a committee that that will review each of the delinquent charges on an individual basis and report back to council. Any action the city had intended to take will stop until coun- cil deals with Pakula’s notice of motion. 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Second class mail registration number 0019. City pushing B.C. Hydro for answers @ Castlegar dissatisfied with Crown corporation’s list of priorities Scott David Harrison EDITOR Castlegar is making waves with B.C. Hydro. Council agreed Wednesday to write the Crown corporation to express its concerns over B.C. Hydro’s management of the Arrow Lakes Reservoir. Castlegar believes that the Arrow Lakes Reservoir is being exploited to serve B.C. Hydro’s own end. “B.C. Hydro treat the water like a reservoir,” Councillor Doreen Smecher said, Sons they have to start treating it as a lake.” The move is in reaction to a letter B.C. Hydro sent to Castlegar, outlining its priorities and mandate under the Columbia River Treaty. The letter identified the Grand Coulee Damn as being the top ° priority under the joint 4 water treaty. Castlegar is also concerned that B.C. Hydro failed to provide extensive figures surrounding the June runoff which left the Arrow Lakes Reservoir at its lowest level since 1976. Doreen Smecher “The figures we’ve been getting from B.C. Hydro and figures we’ve been getting from the (marinas and boaters) are different,” Smecher said. “That causes problem for us.” Smecher said city council wants B.C. Hydro to make the local reservoir a priority. “In other years, B.C. Hydro has sold the excess to the Americans,” Smecher said. “There wasn’t an excess this year.” Smecher endorsed Ed Conroy’s charge that a new Columbia River arrangement must be drafted. The Rossland-Trail MLA has been calling for a multi-use management plan which ensures that no one country suffers when reservoir levels drop. Smecher, though, would go as far as recommending a joint petition between the city, the province and users. _ “It doesn’t have to become a co-ordinated effort,” she said. “I think the government and B.C. Hydro will be willing to listen to individual concerns so there’s no need to gang up on them. Smecher said pressure may force B.C. Hydro to respond to the public concerns. “We have to keep the pressure up if we’re going to get some answers.” HAIR-RAISING EXPERIENCE a Moore scoffs at tolls Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER To pay or not to pay — it’s not even an option. Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore says it’s not a good idea to use tolls to pay off any construction of a Castlegar- Robson bridge. The president of the B.C. Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association was in Castlegar Wednesday to drum up support for increased funding for highway construction. At a gathering for the B.C. and Yukon Hotels Association, Ivan Hanchard stated that using tolls to pay for the immediate construction of a bridge is a possible avenue worth exploring. He says a mortgage could be taken out and the money would be paid back by road users. Moore disagrees, saying, “it’s not an option. “It would create an uneven playing field for our two major industries,” Moore said. “If you put a toll on the bridge you penalize (Celgar and Pope and Talbot). “They have to compete,” Moore continued, “I support a toll on the Coquihalla highway — that’s a luxury. But should (Celgar and Pope and Talbot) have to pay? I don’t think so.” Moore says she even managed to get Hanchard to see the light. “I talked with him after the meeting and he agreed with me it wasn’t a good idea,” Moore News photo by Glen Freeman | said. It looks as though nine-month-old Jessica Miller-Jones got the shock of her life Wednesday at Syringa Park, but mom Kathy was close by to calm her frazzled nerves. “He says he hasn't thought it through — in that context.”