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Cost concerns local regional politician INDIAN RIVER DIRECT CITRUS TRUCKLOAD SALE 5 Independent & Free Press, Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Fogal, eight other councillors to study need for lobby registry and instead sided with staff's suggestion that a sub-committee be set up to look at options for the registry. A sub-committee set up to deterSome councillors complained last mine options for a lobbyist registry fall the suggestion to look at one, as in Halton now has more local poli- recommended by Oakville Councillor ticians on it-- nine-- than the 21- Alan Johnston, implied the existence member council's three of corruption at the regional main standing commitlevel. tees, each of which have The makeup of the subseven. committee is evenly split: Halton's council voted · Halton Hills CouncilWednesday to add two lor Jane Fogal and Milton more regional councillors Mayor Gord Krantz voted to the lobbyist registry last fall against investigatsub-committee to the six ing the registry, mostly due already recommended by to concerns expressed about the administration and fiadministrative cost versus nance committee a week the necessity earlier. Regional chairman · Oakville Councillors JANE Gary Carr will also autoAlan Johnston and Allan ElFOGAL matically be a member. gar are the two main backThe popular sub-comers of the registry mittee will examine whether a lob· Burlington Councillors John Taybyist registry is needed, how much it lor and Peter Thoem, Oakville Counwould cost, who constitutes a lobby- cillor Jeff Knoll, and Milton Councilist, and what people would have to lor Colin Best are neutral but voted do when they wish to lobby regional last fall to at least examine the idea. officials. Halton staff have said they believe Even putting forth the notion of the clerk's department could mainsuch a publicly available online reg- tain the registry with no additional istry in Halton, as already exists for cost to the taxpayer, one of the major Toronto and the provincial and fed- concerns expressed by Fogal previeral governments, has been contro- ously. versial. Elgar, meanwhile, has noted, even It was the administration and fi- if it cost $200,000, the money would nance committee that almost killed be a small part of the Region's budthe idea of setting up a lobbyist reg- get. istry in early September when it votHalton's 2010 budget is $1.1 biled not to bother exploring the issue. lion, about 40 per cent more than the However, regional council rejected budgets of the four lower tier municthat recommendation a week later ipalities combined. By TIM FORAN Metroland Media Group GEORGETOWN ACTON Wednesday, January 27th, 10 am - 12 noon Yoyo Japanese Restaurant 357 Guelph St., (beside Ford dealership) Wednesday, January 27th, 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm The Hide House (Eastern & Mill) 20 LB. BOX OF FLORIDA $ Seedless Navel Oranges or Ruby Red Grapefruit PER BOX 22.00 SERVED THURSDAY & FRIDAY 11:30 am to 2:00 pm LUNCH BUFFET $ Featuring: - Roast Beef - Pork Loin 9.99 We pay the GST & PST Post-Game Interview The first goal is having fun. Private Catering Available ~ LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ~ Thursday 8:30 pm - close Fri. & Sat. 9:30 pm - close Open Mic Night Everyone Welcome Middle Aged Crazy 79 Main Street South, Georgetown 905-877-3388 !