20 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday February 3, 2006 2 W EEK S SAT. FEB. 4 TO FRI. FEB. 17, 2006 Oakville part of super city plans elected on a ward system. The proposed city would cover all of Halton county A super city to rival and include a large portion Hamilton and Toronto in of Peel and smaller parts of population and prestige, is Wellington,^ Dufferin and Oakville's secret weapon Wentworth counties. against the threat of these It would form, roughly a two giants swallowing the triangle from Aldershot on area between them. the west to Orangeville in In a well guarded report the north to Port Credit in prepared by department the south. heads of the town staff and It would have a popula approved in principle tion of about 250,000 people behind closed doors by Oakville council the abolish and County councils, all at its birth and a fat equal ment of Halton County as municipal councils, conser ized assessment of $524, such, to be replaced by a far- vation authorities, boards 752,375. The necessity of setting flung megapolis is recom and commissions in the up such a regional unit and mended. area would be scrapped. A arrangements for financing Burlington, Oakville, and single governing body, a Toronto Township would be mayor and 10 councillors it are contained in the 25 page report which will be the nucleus of the new city the basis for the brief which will be sent to Thomas Plunkett, commissioner of the regional government Why an electraflame Fireplace? j study for Halton and Peel · in s ta n t a m b ia n c e a t th e flick o f a sw itch counties. · Sets u p in m in u te s The brief was prepared by lust p lu g it in town administrator · O p e ra te s for p e n n ie s p er d ay Kenneth Neddham, treasur C o m p lete ly safe er John White, personal glass stays cool bulk barn* pitted large Ashlock 40 years ago .77/1 OOg reg ular or .29/1 OOg natural or red 1.10/1 OOg .73/1 OOg Worried about pure milk chocolate centres assorted flavours .77/1 OOg B e lly B u tto n z trail mix adm inistrator Dennis Camm and planning direc tor Edward Cumming. It has been discussed only at meetings closed to the public and press and is now being brought before various boards and commis sions for endorsement. The brief condemns the present county form of gov ernm ent as inadequate because of improper repre sentation, a system in which municipalities "do not have a fair and equitable share in the determination of poli cies." A single regional unit comparable in size to the logical region for Metro Toronto is necessary "in order to avoid the fusion of Toronto and Hamilton." 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