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24 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday June 2, 2006 If you remember BONANZA followed ED SULLIVAN then this day is for you! FREE BBQ FREE MINI MASSAGES FREE DIGITAL POSTURAL ASSESSMENTS Council weary of allegations Continued from page 3 DOOR PRIZES DEMOS VENDORS and more... LIVE Saturday, June 3 from 1-4pm MUSIC Alliance Healthcare Professionals 232 South Service Rd. E (corner of Argus and South Service Rd. E.) WORKSHOPS Healthy Living 50+ Everyone Welcome! Incorporated 232 South Service Rd. E., Oakville · 905-845-2291 Alliance Healthcare Professionals Public Notice Ontario Regulation 162/06 Development, Interference with Wetlands and Alterations to Shorelines and Watercourses Regulation Effective May, 2006 Ontario Regulation 162/06 (under 97/04) - Development, Interference with Wetlands and Alterations to Shorelines and Watercourses - passed Provincial approval and is in effect. The main objective of Ontario Regulation 162/06 is to ensure public safety with regards to natural hazards through issuance of permits for works within or in proximity to lakes, rivers, streams or wetlands, as may be required. If you are planning to do any work, such as building, construction, changing the existing grade, adding material or removing material in regulated areas, you may need a permit from Conservation Halton. A copy of the regulation and other information is available on the Conservation Halton website at www.conservationhalton.on.ca For more information contact: from legal counsel on north Oakville though only 30 minutes was left after the meeting was extended beyond 11 p.m. Council did get a recorded vote on whether it should proceed in camera (behind closed doors) for the legal report and Mulvale told councillors to speak up if any of them felt she or the Town Clerk Cathie Best wasn't doing their job to speak up. The whole idea of secret meetings and suggestions of impropriety -- while it had councillors pointing fingers and excusing perfectly justified behaviour -- is what Knoll dubbed "an old tune." "I think people are tired of hearing this one," he said, noting he hasn't been getting lots of calls about it. Instead, he said people are concerned about growth, taxes, roads and other issues. Knoll said the Town is so open to public scrutiny that he dubbed it a "glass council chamber." Ward 1 Councillor Mike Lansdown joked that TV cameras and media are so present that he worries some days if he's done his hair correctly. "There is no reason to run scared because some try to paint us with a brush of dishonesty none of us deserve." Chris Stoate, Ward 3 councillor More seriously Lansdown defended that, in his opinion, nothing improper has been done in this term of council. Knoll also said instead of spending money on a review, the appropriate "review" will be November's election. Ward 3 Councillor Chris Stoate said all Oakville councillors are "honourable people." "This panders to the suspicions of people who project their own values on this group. This motion is a waste of time as it gives credence to unfounded innuendo that's not worthy of the time of this council," said Stoate. "There's no reason to run scared because some try to paint us with a brush of dishonesty none of us deserve," said Stoate. Mulvale said it was not Conservation Halton 2596 Britannia Rd. W., RR 2, Milton, ON. L9T 2X6 Tel: (905) 336-1158 www.conservationhalton.on.ca Protecting the natural environment from lake to escarpment SPELLING GRAMMAR READING WRITING MATH FRENCH STUDY SKILLS N NOW OPE productive to cast aspersions and if fingers were being pointed, names should be attached. Ward 4 Councillor Renee Sandelowsky said she has discomfort with Council Information Sessions. Oliver said he questioned a new Oakville Hydro Liaison Committee meeting without terms of reference. Mulvale said the new committee met to determine terms of reference. "We seem to go through these futile exercises, said Ward 1 Councillor Ralph Robinson, noting, "We should do whatever we need to prove we aren't guilty of all the things people think we guilty of." "In this term of council, council has done nothing that warrants anything like allegations like these. I see no merit in pursuing this further," said Lansdown. "We're going down a very sad, slippery slope," said Ward 2 Councillor Cathy Duddeck, also defending council's term of office, but noting it's important not what councillors believe, but what the public believes. "We need to put this to rest. There's nothing this council has done within the last three years that hasn't been in the interests of this community," said Knoll. "The longer we debate it we give more credence to allegations of misconduct that may or may not be in contravention of our oath of office," said Ward 3 Councillor Keith Bird who has served 10 terms on council. "We're shoveling fog here," said Bird. Wright said that it may not count if councillors say they're doing the job, that it may count more with the public if someone else makes the finding. "I am tired over the last three years of having jelly and fog hurled at me that I can't respond to. I am very tired of it," said Mulvale. Noting a campaign blog that alleged the mayor was bringing forward information technology policies to "look at people's mail is a misrepresentation of fact and a fabrication and I've had enough of that, too." SUMMER CORE PROGRAMS BETTER GRADES ARE JUST A SUMMER AWAY. A SUMMER TO REMEMBER ­BETTER GRADES IN THE FALL! 15 years old Khoa from Vietnam will be coming to Canada this August to study in Appleby College for a year. 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