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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, May 14, 2015 | 24 I will pay $15 for the kettle Make it $20 and its yours. NEED MORE COUNTER SPACE? Tradyo is a mobile app that connects you with buyers and sellers that are nearest to you. Snap photos and post items you want to sell or chat with the sellers of things you want to buy. Really, it's that simple with Tradyo! So - What's in your Tradius? 13 Kettle 30 2 km tradyo.com Mayor Rob Burton hosted a group of Oakville school children in a Grade 5 "Bring it to council" competition. Students got to be councillors and present ideas on how to improve the town. Posing with Mayor Rob Burton are co-winners Erin Wright (left) of Palermo Public School and Zoe Perenack of Captain R. Wilson Public School. | photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) Grade 5 students `bring it' to Town Hall by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Twelve Grade 5 students from the Halton District School Board stepped into the role of Town councillors during the Bring it to Council competition at Town Hall Friday afternoon. CONCRETE Visit activities events restaurants travel more! EXPOSED AGGREGATE (Pebble) · DRIVEWAYS · STEPS · FRENCH CURBS · WALKWAYS · PATIOS · GARAGE FLOORS uality At Its Best! Call Fernando 905-844-5518 1-888-944-5518 www.concretetrimmings.com FREE ESTIMATES The students, who came from various Oakville schools, were directed to bring forward an idea that would make Oakville a better place and a plan for how to pay for implementing the idea. Each student obliged, with some calling for more green space and parks, others advocating for additional food banks, and some saying more sports facilities were a good way to improve the community. Others suggested traffic congestion could be improved by building additional side streets, while another student said the banning of plastic bags would improve the local environment. All these plans were well-received by Oakville Mayor Rob Burton, who presided over the mock council meeting. "I was very impressed with their energy and the excellent quality of their big ideas," he said. "They presented great livable Oakville concepts that also incorporated solid financial planning -- a great job all around." Each student had one minute to present an idea and a plan to finance it. see Students on p.26