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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1998 THE NEW TANNER | Bringing in the shears for the grand opening pa- rade Sunday as Acton Citizens' Band played the Olympic Anthem. eS Seat a The grandly decorated cake: Sea bu dget committee urged to 'regroup, refocus, revitalize' By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner Town councillors have been asked to keep in mind the three Rs when they be- gin deliberations on this year's budgets. Not the usual reduce, re- use and recycle, but three Rs for tough, uncertain times -- regroup, refocus and revital- ize. As members of the budget committee met for their first briefing last week acting Administrator Janet Lunn Stewart suggested that the old saying that the only things that are certain in life are death and taxes should be amended. a those of us in mu- nicipal government, I submit to you that there is a third certainty and that is the cer- tainty of change," Lunn Stewart said. "The irony is that so of- ten the nature, pace and im- pact of change is so very un- certain. This will never be more apparent than during this round of budget delibera- tions," Lunn Stewart said. "However, I respectfully submit to budget committee that 1998 n to be a year in which we pause, regroup, refocus and revitalize," Lunn Stewart said. While several major plan- ning initiatives should be continued Lunn Stewart sug- on the PUERTO PLATA CRUISE Aboard the MS SUNDREAM Best Available Cabin, 7 nights (Single add $500) ITINERARY: Puerto Piata to St. Kitts, Antiqua, Martinique, St. Maarten and Tortola gested that with a new coun- cil and an ongoing search for a new town administrator that consideration should be given to a brief deferral of discretionary initiatives. "The dust has yet to settle with respect to the implica- tions of provincial downloading and the new property assessment system -- these details have not been finalized," Stewart said. "T realize that is yet an- other budget dilemma, an- other balancing act to put to budget committee.... yet any tangible or intangible consid- eration respecting your cor- porate work plan and your staff, will be truly appreciated and will realize constructive outcomes," Lunn Stewart said. Acton Councillor Rick Bonnette said it was too soon to say whether or not he would support a tax increase or push to hold the line. "This is probably one of the biggest years of transition and it would be premature to say if I think that it (any tax increase) should be zero or one per cent." Acton Councillor Norm ola es SENSEI M. SATAKI Elliott said he wanted to wait until he knows what the gene is doing, not saying, fore saying yes or no to a tax increase. "We've had a half-a- per cent tax increase over the past six years. Inflation has gone up 14 per cent. Most intelligent people in the com- munity would know that that's a trend that can't be continued so, somewhere Missi? along the line we give u something or bite the bullet," Elliott said. Following the meeting Councillor Clark Somerville echoed his colleagues's com- ments, adding that," in a year like this there are too many unknowns to say now what budget decisions we may make. Let's get down to work," Somerville said." Authentic ¢ Original « Traditional Okinawa Kobudo & Go-Ju-Ryu Karate-Do ¢ Attitude ¢ Meditation Sport Federation 1988, 1989, 1992 MEMBER OF Karate-Do (Ontario Government) ¢ Sport Canada (government body) National Karate Association of Canada * World Federation If you did not receive your please let us know! 853-0051 ¢ Concentration ¢ Discipline ¢ Sensei Sataki has many years experience ¢ 36 years of hard training in the world ¢ 6 dan by original World Karate Federation and ¢ 2 dan after 22 years training in Kobudo ¢ 2 dan after 22 years training in Ju-Jitsu ¢ 3 time world champion. Really Kumite in ¢ 121 Dojo in Europe and 4 Dojo in Toronto ¢ New in Acton: Honbu Dojo * Original traditional martial arts in Okinawa Nahate, Goju Ryu, Karate-do and Kobudo * Best facility in Ontario Original traditional karate-do and kobudo from Okinawa Now Open ¢ Don't Waste Your Time ¢ Don't Lose Your Money ¢ Come See Us We are the best in the world and we have the best facilities! FREE TRIAL After sign-up, free uniform Clip Ad for extra savings 11 Mill Street East, Acton (519) 853-4110