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Soup kitchen fundraising success Page 12 Sports OSC is fighting back www.insidehalton.com dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 353 IROQUOIS SHORE DRIVE, OAKVILLE Stay Connected! Friday, October 25, 2013 | 32 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon P U M P K I N P U P Gairloch to stay -- for now by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff 9° 1° 8° 3° 9° 3° 10° 4° Halton police aim to hike budget by $3.2 million by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff While the fate of Gairloch Gardens remains unclear, the Town of Oakville will go ahead with scheduled maintenance at the facility -- to the tune of more than $500,000 over the next ve years. The Town's Administrative Services Committee, Tuesday, heard an update on Gairloch Gardens, which consists of a park and gallery in the old homestead, south of Lakeshore Road near Morrison Road. Maintenance fees, expected to reach nearly $1 million over the next decade, and a previous desire by Oakville Galleries to have more spacious accommodations, prompted Town staff to look at options in October 2012 examining the future of Gairloch Gardens. The rst option would see the estate kept intact, all repairs completed and a municipal use found for the facility. see Council on p.3 The Dog Rescuers Inc., Oakville's all-breed dog rescue group held its fourth annual Tails in Town event Sunday at Palermo Leash Free Park. The theme for this year's event was a Pumpkin Patch Party. Here, Mia, a ve-year-old Maltese terrier cross, a puppy mill rescue, has fun exploring the pumpkin patch. To donate to the cause, visit www.thedogrescuersinc.ca. | photo by Graham Paine­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) The Halton Regional Police Services board voted Thursday to approve a 2014 Halton police budget of more than $130 million. The funding request, which must still be approved by Halton Region through Regional council, is $3.2 milWe are continuously lion larger than last aware of the board's year's budget repobjective to demonstrate resenting a 1.5 per cent increase after prudent use of taxpayer assessment growth dollars while recognizing is factored in. the need to provide If approved by adequate and effective the Region, housepolice services for holds would pay Halton Region. an extra $1.85 per $100,000 of assessment on 2014 Chief Stephen Tanner, property taxes or Halton Regional Police Service $6.47 per $350,000 of assessment. "We are continuously aware of the board's objective to demonstrate prudent use of taxpayer dollars while recognizing the see Chief on p.10