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Wednesday, at the regional plan- ning and public works committee meeting, Mulkewich attempted, unsuccessfully, to stall further funding for a committee studying the whole thorny question of MVA, and possible alternatives to it. Mulkewich wanted regional council to review allocating the $50,000. Although the two men are ideolog- ically on the same wavelength with many issues (both have ties to the NDP), there is a rift over MVA, which has deeply and evenly split Halton regional council. By ROB KELLY Special to the Beaver _ Political skirmishing surfaced between Burlington Mayor Walter Mulkewich and Oakville councillor Kevin Flynn Wednesday when the controversial topic of market assess- ment (MVA) came up. Rifts developing among councillors over MVA A m seminar from Roy’al’B'ank. There's more to buying your first home than just looking at houses. Find out how much more at our free seminar. We'll give ou the facts on how to proceed, what to look for, w at to do and whatnot to do. And, we'll tell on what to do about a mortgage. It's free. There's no obi afion. You get a hoe Royal Bank Home Buying Information 't and answels to all youf questions. Special Guest Speakers W111 Discuss: 0 Real Estate 0 Moxtgage Options 0 Use of RRSP Funds 0 Legal 0 Home Inspections HOW to buy your first home. Hotel Oakville - Howard Johnson's ' 590 Argus Rd. {1‘ rafalgar at Q.E.WJ 7:00 p.m.â€"9:00 pm, Monday April 19, 1993 All you have to do is callfor a reservation at ROYAL BANK 849-4103 Pun property values in Oakville were deemed generally higher. Milton councillors support Burlington in pushing for MVA, while Halton Hills representatives back Oakville’s oppo- sition to it. Mulkewich said that given the thrust of committee activities, $200,000, not $50,000, could be exhausted further studying property taxation. Regional finance director Joe 11w? ENOUéH TELEVIStoWM_ \ Mulkewich did not appear much swayed by that argument. “The full costs of this exercise should be on the table for all the taxpayers of Halton to know,” he said. He called the $50,000 Rinaldo said that was entirely possi- ble, if one truly billed for the time regional staff put into such work. But much of it is done by management employees, who don’t get overtime, he noted. “To suggest there’s something here that is not above board is extremely erroneous,” Flynn replied. Of the MVA committee, he added, “if they need anything, they need encourage- ment, as opposed to being portrayed as having ulterior motives. I see this is extremely top-notch value for the tax- payers’ expenditure.” request “misleading.” Flynn depicted the committee as You COULD ALWAYS RY READING”, Part of the extra money will go toward preparing and analyzing infor- mation in ajoint project with the provincial Fair Tax Commission, which will use Halton data in a study of province-wide business and proper- ty tax systems. ' frugal, saying he “sensed hesitancy” among members about asking for the $50,000. “To try to portray this group in any other way is extremely unfair.” [E OAKVILLE] by Steve Nease