Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2024-05-03
issued: 1995-03-01
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note: UTILITY BILL DUE DATES UNCHANGED *J---MiiWM}i '.hi . Public fury defused as council backs off LANGLEY - Township council backed off a change to utility billing process that had large numbers of irate property owners lined up in protest at Mondays meeting. Council quickly defused the matter by announcing that due dates for utility notices would revert back to July 4 of each year. Council will also "compensate pre-paids" by allowing a five percent discount to those who meet the Marsch 31 date, with an additional one percent discount for each month prior to that date. Administrators had recommended moving the due date ahead, as a means of spreading the property tax burden over the year, but coun. Muriel Arnason's warning that many would see it as "dou- ble-billingn went unheeded by the majority of council. The change was announced at the beginning of the 7 p.m. meeting, but some of the departing public expressed anger that they didn't get a schance to vent their spleens at ■ councilors. One of them, Steve Connor stuck around till the meeting wrapped up, past 10 p.m., to ask to speak on the matter. Connor blasted council because the quick implementation meant his annual business planning was thrown out of whack, and said the March due date also was "poor" as this is federal taxes submission time. He went on to question the "inefficiency" of sending out two utility notices each year and suggested it was a means of "hiding the fact that rates are going up." Mayor John Scholtens agreed with Connor's argument that the matter had been dealt with "insensitively" and offered council's apologies. Professional development and continuing education for people in the childcare field will be the focus of a family daycare conference, "Room to Grow", which will be held at the UCFV Mission centre on Saturday, March 11 from 8 am to 4 pm. The conference is co-sponsored by the Mission Community Services Child Care Support program and is open to parents, foster parents and interested commu…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Rudy Langmann, April 9, 2003.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0442146
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [place of publication unknown] : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text