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5| The IFP -H alton H ills | T hursday,D ecem ber 7,2017 theifp.ca ALBUMS FROM THE 60'S 45'S FROM EARLY YEARS CDS FROM INDIE GROUPS WECARRY TIMEWORN OBJECTS AND ARTIFACTS JUST GOWEST ON HWY7 TO 39MILL STREET EAST ACTON 519-853-4444 VINYLAND45@GMAIL.COM FREE COMPILATION LPWITH EACH PURCHASE NO TAX FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR. EXPERIENCE THE VIBE MUSIC IS THE UNIFYING FORCE n o w o p e n Ticket and dinner reservations: 905-456-0422 289 Rutherford Rd. S. Brampton Voted Brampton's Best Live Venue 2015 + 2016 NEWYEARS EVE 2018 with THE BEATLES featuring "THE LIVERPOOL 4" A Chef prepared Buffet dinner plus 3 sets of Beatlemania plus DJ dancing, midnight toast, and party favours. Only $69 per person or Show only for $30. Tickets available at SWEETIE PIES on 28 Main St S in Georgetown. or call Spot 1 905-456-0422 For more shows check www.spot1live.ca Sat. Jan. 20 HAREM SCAREM Fri. Feb 2 FREEDOM TRAIN Sat April 14 TEENAGE HEAD A DINNER THEATRE WITH A PULSE Plus 905s And Little Joe & TheWerewolves Halton Region has a number of committee meetings coming up, all having to do with the over- all budget for 2018. This week, the health and social services com- mittee, the planning and public works committee and the administration and finance committee will be taking place to dis- cuss budget-related items, respectively. During the health and services committee meet- ing on Dec. 5, council will be presented with a rec- ommendation of $311,283,332 in total gross expenditures. During the planning and public works committee meeting on Dec. 6, council will be presented with a recom- mendation of $231,902,000 to move forward to coun- cil to be approved. The fol- lowing day, on Dec. 7, the administration and fi- nance committee will hear a total of $96,401,510 to be moved to regional council to be approved next week. In total, the region is expecting a 1.9-per-cent increase for property tax- es. For police services, the Halton Regional Police Service Board has in- creased by two per cent. According to the agen- da for the budget meet- ings, the official budget document "will continue to ensure Halton main- tains the high quality of life and services which residents expect." A number of region ini- tiatives led to the num- bers, and they are as fol- lows: Comprehensive Hous- ing Strategy: $3.2 million. This increase is expected to provide an additional rent supplement to the re- gion's housing clients. Capacity to Prevent and Address Homeless- ness: $346,000. Children's Services: $9.4 million. This increase is expected to improve the quality, accessibility, af- fordability, flexibility and inclusivity in licensed child care programs. Since last year, the service has been reduced by al- most 10 per cent. Greenland Secure- ment: $800,000. This ser- vice will provide sustain- able funding for the Greenlands Securement program through the Green Fund reserve. Tax Writeoffs: $930,000. This budget will more closely reflect the seven year average in signifi- cantly increasing trends in tax appeals. Assessment Growth Adjustment: $2.2 million. This increase is funded by the tax stabilization re- serve to address the 2017 assessment growth short- fall. There are more includ- ed in the document, in- cluding state-of-good-re- pair capital funds for roads and regional facili- ties. A number of services have seen a slight de- crease from last year's budget: the healthy fami- lies item was docked 0.9 per cent; children's ser- vices dropped 9.9 per cent; employment and social services dropped by 4.5 per cent; and the housing services dropped by 3.2 per cent. All of these items will be discussed during the budget meetings. Water treatment, wastewater treatment and wastewater collection are dropping by 2.4 per cent, 4 per cent and 0.6 per cent, respectively. More information can be found at the region's website at halton.ca. NEWS Halton to discuss increases, decreases for 2018 budget KATHRYN BOYLE kboyle@theifp.ca