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3 · OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Town tightens belt Councillors cut $16M from capital budget By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Inside Automotive.........................................16 Artscene..............................................26 Earth Day............................................30 Sports..................................................32 Classified.............................................36 Partial Delivery: Sport Mart, JYSK Bed and Bath, Ho Lee Chow, Curry's, Bank of Montreal, Baskin Robbins, The Bay, Rona Cashway, Coast Mountain, ACI Apostrophe, BMR Hardware, Tutor Doctor, The Kitchen Gallery, James Boyd, Nevada Bob's, Sheridan Nurseries, Toppers Pizza, Home Depot, Sears Canada, Henry's Camera, Rona Cashway, The Bay, New Balance Oakville, Desjardins Insurance For home delivery & customer service call (905) 845-9742 Mon., Tues. and Thurs. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Wed. 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Fri. 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m. NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS call (905) 845-9742 or subscribe online @ www.oakvillebeaver.com See inside today's paper for special subscription offer. Preschool JK and SK Programs The Oakville Academy for the Arts offers award winning, innovative and progressive arts enriched half day Pre-K, JK & SK programs. At the Academy, we believe that children need to take part in the entire cycle of learning: interest -> investigation -> questions -> inquiry -> research ->dialogue -> connection -> expression -> reflection Our Reggio Emilia inspired philosophy and project-based emergent curriculum celebrates a child's inherent ability to see the world as whole and inter-connected. This approach, coupled with the Ontario Government's Kindergarten Learning Outcomes, ensures that our students spend their formative years developing skills and habits of mind that will prepare them for life as avid creative thinkers and learners. Our Preschool, JK and SK programs feature dynamic dance, music and visual arts classes taught by outstanding artists! We offer 2, 3 and 5 day enrolment opportunities and an affordable fee structure. The Town of Oakville has reduced or deferred funding to more than $16 million worth of projects from the 2009 Capital Budget in the wake of slowing growth and the resulting reduction in development charge revenues. The admission that the budget would need to be adjusted due to the hard economic times was made during Monday night's council meeting. The reductions and deferrals include library collections for growth, which will lose $245,000 worth of funding, the South Shell Waterfront Park, which will lose $1.5 million in funding, the North Park Sports Park, which will lose $5.4 million in funding, the library ILS Upgrade, which will lose $160,000 in funding and the traffic signal construction program, which will lose $140,000 in funding. The Town's vehicle and equipment replacement funds also took a hit to the tune of more than $2 million. "We're in the same boat as every other operation in the world," said Gord Lalonde, Commissioner of Corporate Services. "We are facing the effects of the economic downturn." In a report submitted to council by Lalonde, the commissioner noted that over the first quarter of 2009, the Town experienced a decline in revenue, beyond what was anticipated in the budget. These shortfalls were related to planning, building and development fees, as well as a decrease in development charges as the pace of growth slowed and the amount of available serviced land declined. Based on preliminary first quarter results, the Town is expected to face an operating revenue shortfall in the range of $2 to $8 million. Development charges, which are fees paid to the Town by developers to fund town services, are also expected to come up short by $15 million. Besides deferring or reducing capital project funding to deal with these economic issues, staff is also implementing policies to better manage the Town's departmental operating budgets. The goal of this policy will be to reduce expenditures on overtime, out-of-province travel for conferences and seminars, and to reduce discretionary expenditures such as subscriptions and memberships. Hiring within the Town will also be scaled back to finding people for positions that are critical to the operations of the organization, support the strategic priorities of council, are not funded through For more information contact our Kinderschool Director, Ms. Kim Speer. 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