Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 24, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free january 1986 13 by Patrick Mckinley th6 Day stay Patch up its dispute with a provincially appointed com Mittee reviewing the Structure of Winnie legs Vic Gerry Duchar Rae said mayor Bill Norrie and senior City officials recently refused to appear before the committee because of differences with committee member Alan director of the Institute of Urban studies at the univer sity of Norrie and the Board of commissioners questioned Art ibises ability to be impartial after Artinise recently suggested the City be sued to update its tax chairman of the cites executive policy commit said Progress was made towards resolving the dispute yesterday at a City meeting Between City rep Artinise and Law Rte chairman of the review i think something will come of Ducharme he said Norrie has yet to make a commitment to appear before the review and chief City commissioner Nick Diakiw also has made no commitment to asked if Norrie acted too hastily in announcing he would not appear before the Ducharme said maybe the mayor should have discussed it he said Artinise relieved some of the cites concerns at the for one he said Artinise has agreed to take time off from a Job As a radio commentator on City affairs while Tak Irig part in the Alan Wade Dame last night withdrew a motion that called on Council to demand Artinise be re moved from the Between review committee Premier Howard Pawley recently refused a similar request from and Wade said it would be pointless for Council to repeat the demand when it has already been turned Wade said he still believes Artinise should resign if he cares about the Success of the he said he believed other councillors would have supported the but Ducharme saying the Issue has been widely discussed among the review is looking at the cites including the number of seats on the method of electing the mayor and councillors and the makeup of the City Council refuses request for earlier reassessment City Council has refused to Call for a full scale reassessment of All taxable property by councillors last night voted 216 against a motion by Harold Taylor to move the Date of a planned 1988 reassessment Forward by one Taylor said City officials Are fully capable of conducting the reassessment by 1987 instead of it has been Long enough that the residents of the City of Winnipeg have had to wait for an he noting the last wide assessment was done in because the relative value of various proper have changed since some taxpayers Are paying too much compared to he he said he also feared that if reassessment is left until the cites tax base will be eroded by taxpayers winning rollbacks of Overly High As million Dollar fur Sale Harvey Smith and Sargent who supported moving the Date said it is mainly intercity taxpayers who Are paying too Smith also 6riticized suburban councillors and mayor Bill Norrie for insisting that provincial legislation to lighten the Impact on Home owners be implemented before the reassessment goes into he said residents have been paying too much for years and need Relief even if City Council had called for an earlier reassessment last the motion would have been Only a suggestion to City assessor Isaac by Funk has sole authority to set the assessment and already has indicated he plans to put the new assessments in place in time for 1988 tax Council also voted last night to once again ask the provincial government to ban appeals of existing assessments until the reassessment has gone into effect municipal affairs minister Andrue Anstett has said he will reject that Anstett said recently he could not support stripping taxpayers of the right to Appeal inequities for such a Long the Price of warming up is going Down our Sale of he season continues save hundreds of dollars and More fur liners natural Muskrat coat gents Muskrat fur liner Raccoon jackets Blue Fox Coats a leather Muskrat backs Coats ranch Mink ranch Mink Heads Coats Pearl Mink jackets gents natural Muskrat coat longhair Beaver Coats pastel Mink Paw Coats natural Coyote Mink dropped Black Cross Mink Chevron Blue Iris Mink furs of great value of open daily fridays 99 251 Portage 9425832 health court Polo Park mall dentists chiropractors optometrists opticians fitness counsellors aerobic instructors take advantage of new practice opportunities in the growing Field of accessible retail health for leasing information Call John Menear 1 4166361340 Clea Ranee Jean store 1 ;