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COMMENT..-..., PHOTOFINISH... FOCUS..................., SPORTS..........,......., CLASSIFIED...“ SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS Shoppers Drug Mart, Woolco. Pharma Plus, White Rose,Hikers Haven Weall a. Cullen, National Sports INSIDE 1ri1d.cat'siii. J?.apeg: “‘1‘- A' ' Isl"',, . _ Ai . . 1 N 'ite ' ' [ I “; 'r, L“ _ , _ ITT _ 5‘ _ tt' tr V v t t ik ss" L, "mer: Us“. Greening of Oakville 184 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville 845-5582 389 Pearl St., Burlington 639-1372 By BARB JOY Oakville Beaver Staff The Bosnian crisis is a human tragedy [,fWlmLijrii, Ntnups dll1.tiratt,"l. A Metrolnnd Community Newspaper Vol. 31 No. 53 Page 22 Page 1 s Page a umanitarian agencies working in Bosnia and Croatia are themselves victims of a cruel war that sees borders shifting almost daily. Cull ”VI-IN HE OAKVILLE BI '.......1S19 4245.28 .......16~27 Oakville resident Michael Campbell Mercy International dramatically descrit the frustration of agencies trying to pr0v refugees with food, shelter and some edu tion for their children. "Some recent refugee centres have be closed," he said. "Just when we had a refug camp established in Split, (Croatia), we l to leave it behind because Split is now be overrun by the Serbian army. Moving tens thousands of people we're trying to care Ma Tr nancial strain on org Oakville resident I Penn Limited, a T though MI is a clie Despite approving the recommendation to reconvene budgetcommittee,touncilwas adamant thebudget commi will under no circumstances consider raising the tttill-tatt offset the unexpected provincial grant reductions. "We're not going to open our levy and add 2% on. We got to find it," said Mayor Ann Mulvale. Instead, council has directed the budget committee examine whatoptionsareavailable -otherthanraisingthe levy - to offset the impact of the provincial cuts. Those options will likely include further cuts in send The town is expecting its unconditional grants from the imwintr-whichtotalaround$2.4rttil1hm-tobetrimmedby $300,000. Also expected are further redaction of $345.000 in supplementary road subsidies and $250.000 in fire integration revenue from GO Thnsit. Whenexactlythebudgetcommitteewi1lmeethasyettot determined. The time frame will depend on when the tow receives official word from the province on what the actm impactofthegmttreductiortswillbe.saidMichelleSegu'u the town's finame director and treasurer. Despite approving the recommendation to moonvene ti Inal1,thefundinghxtfallmtnshuesintoa2%impnctor the town's budget, which was approved by council ir Febnmy. At that time, council appmved a mill-me increase ol just under 2%. Town 's budget committee returns tofind $85 0,000 cut by province By SAL BOMMARITO Oakville Beaver Sadr Oakville Town Council Monday night agreed to reconvene its I993 budget committee to look at ways of trimming a potential funding shortfall of $850.000 from the town's budget because of provincial grant reductions. The staff at Oakville's Fareshare Foodbank on Speers Road were busy last week when a 'dis- tinguished looking' older gentleman came into their facility. When the staff returned to the reception area, they found the man had left an envelope. Lisa Rutherford (above) opened the envelope and found a crisp $1,000 bill inside. The money has been desposited in the bank but Fareshare personnel would like to know the identity of the man so they can at least say thanks. (Photo try Christine Chew) extra Ml hours "Your Award-Winning Community Newspaper lanaUOn fr H Michael Campl ommmcc t aisine the ta on. We've Me If be WEDNESDAY owns ty with Developer faces $l0,000 fine for not cleaning up site and interdepartmental budget reductions. said 1993 budget committee chairman Kevin Flynn. The process will also include input from members of the public. he added. Flynn said there is no way of knowing at this point what services will becutorhowmuchmustbecutfhmtthebudget until the budget committee meets for the first time to deal with the grant reductiom. In a council report. Seguin did offer some clues as to how he mvcnuc shortfalls could be addmaed. Shesaidintterteportthattowndepertmentshavealreatty been directed to cunail eotpenditures and have been put on m: The Town of Oakville has started gal proceedings against an Oakville tttstruction company which failed to Inply with a property standards elder sued two months ago. Halo! Construction Ltd. - which msatacant meta! Sue Aas mane; Because nnlv wilt "vacantpmpestyonthesoutheast trot SpeetsRoadandNurthLine sgivenuntilApril30thtocomply theoMerbutthiiedtodoso,said Bouiilomtheiowtt'ssupervisorof venfoeemerttand1icensimecmtr, B m uhaCttetstructioetiaiiexito heoMer,thetownhasno uttochamethecmnttany. acitt-c, stih.ee: _ a. "ft.; " taxes 588 mBSTMMTmlni PLAZA 338i1ti0$/216 LAKESHORE M. TOWNE SQUARE in from M It :EAVEF It?.'? buildings dew Bouillon said. A tentative date of July 6th has been set for the charge against the company to be heard in Oakville Provincial Offences Court. If convicted, the corn- pany could face a fine of $10,000. A second conviction under the charge would bring a $50,000 fine. The neglected property - slated for development - has been a source of ini. taimtothetownandneartymetchants for more than two years. The issue came to a head late last year after merchants near the property tacked up business signs on the hoard- They Bronte Creek Park needs $6-m in improvements says HRCA he provincial government will have to decide whether to I continue to operate Bronte Creek Provincial Park at an annual deficit of $1.5 million, or adopt a $6-million proposal to transfer the park's management and ownership to the Halton Region Conservation Authority (HRCA). The proposal was approved by the HRCA on last week during a special meeting dealing. The HRCA will now wait for a response from the province before moving on to the public hearing stage of the trans- fer process. The HRCA wants the province to spend $3-million on capital improvements for the park, and an additional $3-million to develop 300 trailer campsites as part of the transfer agreement. Authority members think the proposal is reasonable, considering it was the provincial government's idea in the first place to transfer park ownership to the HRCA, said the authority's general manager Murray Stephen. , The HRCA has always maintained it would not assume ownership of the park if it were to have a negative impact on the tax bases of those municipalities which make up the authority. By SAL BOMMARITO Oakville Beaver Staff As well. Stephen estimates the park will lose about $8-million over the next five years, if it isn't transferred to the HRCA. Under the HRCA's proposal. an annual deficit of approximately $1.1-million in Conservation authority wants facility improved before it would take over d then told Seguin said a funding shortfall for Oakville Transit may be offset by fare increases. Comwall/Speers Road corridor, and by savings in the tendei amount of the road construction contract or by deferring financing until I994. Seguin reported. Deferral of the finams mg could result in a project scheduled for 1994 being defend to I995. she added. notice that they may be requested to make further budget cuts.,, A $300,000 mad subsidy shortfall for Cornwall Road could be partially offset by a $l50,000 contribution from kanett Properties Ltd., which owns property along the future illet to tax ; F, ', C; i551? _ , _:,,'::,..):.."'::,':,".":-,,.':."':::.."::,,.")."-:.":] 66 Pages h the (See 'Park' page 2) n The businesses removed their signs after being assured the town would order Bulut Construction to clean up the property. Bulut Construction was issued a building permit for the property earlier this year. The company has plans to con- struct a commercial plaza on the proper- ty. Site plan approval for the project was issued in 1991. signs down by the town's bylaw enforcement department. The merchants objected, charging their signs were minor issues compared to the real issue: the poor condition of the hoarding and the property in general. ll snian city 76 Cents (CST included)