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More shine per square inch Save on your next cleaning. See back for details. merrymaids.com Well take care of the cleaning. You take care of the fun. 905-847-2210 mer ymaids.ca Vision To be the most livable town in Canada Saturday, December 11, 6 8:30 p.m. (tree will be lit at 7:30 p.m.) Location: Fire Station #4, 2024 Sixth Line (near Sixth Line and Upper Middle Road) Celebrate the season with us at our annual Christmas Tree Lighting at Fire Station #4 (Sixth Line and Upper Middle Road). Come out for hot drinks, horse-drawn sleigh rides, fresh-baked goods, caroling, and maybe even a visit from the jolly old elf himself! Jeff Knoll Regional and Town Councillor 905-815-6000 jknoll@oakville.ca Marc Grant Town Councillor 905-815-6001 mgrant@oakville.ca Ward 5 Christmas Tree Lighting with Councillors Jeff Knoll and Marc Grant This event is free but we would appreciate donations of non perishable food items and/or new unwrapped toys to donate. Your contributions will help make the holidays a little happier for your neighbours in need. Public workshop Health Protection Air Quality By-law 2010-035 (Section 4: Reporting) December 14, 2010 2:304 p.m. Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road Committee Rooms 1 and 2 This workshop will focus on Section 4 of the Health Protection Air Quality By-law 2010-035 that explains the requirements and process for reporting emissions. A guidance document will be reviewed at the workshop, followed by a question and answer period. Guidance documents for Section 4 are available on the towns website at oakville.ca/healthairqualitybylaw.htm, as well as background information and presentations. Please pre-register for the workshop by emailing healthprotection@oakville.ca Facilities that fit under the Town of Oakvilles Health Protection Air Quality By-law 2010-035, are required to submit a report to the town on their fine particulate matter (PM) and health-risk air pollutant emissions by February 1, 2011. For the definition of facilities under this by-law, please visit oakville.ca/healthairqualitybylaw.htm The purpose of the by-law is to protect the health of Oakville residents from the negative effects of fine PM by collecting information on emissions from facilities within Oakville and implementing regulatory controls for major emitters as defined in the by-law. For more information, please visit the towns website at www.oakville.ca contact Jeffrey Lee at 905-845-6601, ext. 3149 or by email at healthprotection@oakville.ca Were improving our website to serve YOU better. Before we start, we need to hear from you. Your feedback will help us to create a website that provides you with the information, resources, services and answers you need. Visit oakville.ca and click on the web survey button. Open until December 10. w w w . o a kv ill eb ea ve r.c o m O A KV IL LE B EA V ER W e dn es da y, D ec em be r 8 , 2 01 0 8 Knoll had previously expressed concerns about council unfairly excluding him from all committees, except for the ones he was required to serve on, over the past three years. There is better representation of all members of council and the workload is more evenly distrib- uted. Im very pleased and look- ing forward to the next year of getting back into the committee cycle again. It was kind of lacking for the last few years, said Knoll. I hope this is a sign of good things to come. Im going to remain cautiously optimistic that maybe some of that stuff that went on last term was first term power politics and maybe every- body has learned those words about working together should actually be carried out and not just spoken. For newly-elected Ward 3 Town Councillor Dave Gittings and Ward 2 Town Councillor Pam Damoff, the evening marked not only their swearing in, but the completion of their very first council meeting. Damoff could be seen wiping away tears as she and all other councillors took the oath of office. I was very emotional, as you could tell, but this was very excit- ing, she said. Its a real honour to be up there and Im looking forward to the next four years. Gittings echoed these senti- ments. We worked all through the election to be sitting up there, he said. Im looking forward to work- ing with the mayor and council and the residents associations. Its all just very exciting. New councillors excited Continued from page 7