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14 28, 2016 ® €® boundary to recover the cost of services & like transit, sidewalk plowing and street lightâ€" :- ing. Last year, these services cost $4.6 million. S Ward 4 Councillor Rick Malboeutf‘s motion apâ€" § proved by council in an 8â€"3 vote says that the = urban levy will be reduced to 50 per cent this ~â€"year, followed by one uniform tax rate startâ€" 5 ing in 2017. & This means rural residents will see an increase < this year of $12.38 per $100,000 of the asâ€" 3 sessed value of their home, representing a 5 5.73 per cent increase on the Town portion of insidehaiton.com | MILTON CANADI their tax bill. Meanwhile, urban residents will see a deâ€" crease of $1.74 per $100,000 of assessment, which translates into a .71 per cent decrease in Town taxes. While a notice of motion from a councillor is normally made public at least two weeks beâ€" fore it‘s on the agenda for a decision, counâ€" cil voted 9â€"2 in favour of waiving the rules of procedure to accommodate the motion on short notice due to 2016 budget timelines. At the residents‘ meeting hosted by the Desâ€" Notice of Temporary Road Closure Peddie Road, East of Regional Road 25 ; The Town will be completing a road crossing on Peddie Road for future development. In order to expedite this work, Peddie Road will be closed through the curved portion of the road from a point 300 metres east of Regional Road 25 to a point 20 metres easterly thereof, on: Monday, February 8, 2016 at 7:00 am until Monday, February 15, 2016 at 7:00 pm Access to businesses west and north of the closure will be maintained via Regional Road 25 and No. 5 Side Road. Any inquiries should be directed to: Heide Schlegl, C.E.T., MITE, Dipl. M.M. Coordinator, Traffic & Parking Engineering Services 150 Mary Street Milton, ON, L9T 6Z5 Tel: 905â€"878â€"7252 ext. 2506 Fax: 905â€"876â€"5029 Email: heide.schlegl@milton.ca tination Campbellville Community Associaâ€" tion (DCCA), facilitator Donna Danielli helped guide the discussion to focus on the key points citizens want to make when speaking to council. These include their position on the lack of pubâ€" “ lic notification, suspension of council‘s rules of procedure, the fact the services paid for by It‘s a temble precedent to be set; we‘re paying NEWS Council‘s decision to affect commercial, industrial rates per $100,000 of assessment on the Town por tion of their 2016 tax bill. Meanwhile, a commercial business in urban Milton will see a Town tax decrease of $2.54 and an industrial business, a reduction of $4.11 for every $100,000 of the assessed value of their property. "It‘s already hard enough for . as . » * r > P ! the urban‘levy such n.tran Somemmngf nOThlng. people out 'herg in lhe rug sit â€" aren‘t currently available 4 . area to maintain their busi in the rural area, and more. We‘re not mng any ness," noted Lemke. DCCA president Liz Lambrick noted the association is not taking a position on the issue, but rather working to inform its members so that they can make their own decisions. "It‘s a terrible precedent to be set; we‘re paying something for nothing. We‘re not getting any additional services for paying that (tax)," said rural Miltonian Kathyrn Lemke. She went on to express concern about the impact the tax change will have on rural busiâ€" nesses. According to the Town‘s number crunchers, a commercial business in the rural area will be paying an extra $18.03, while an industrial operation will be faced with a hike of $29.21 additional services for Local farmer Peter Lambrick : urged those at the session paylngthat. to be mindful of their words ’ when speaking to council and avoid calling the urban tax levy an "urban surcharge." "They (urban residents) are paying their taxes, just as we are paying our taxes," he said. "They‘re paying for services that we don‘t get." "Should we request a bus that goes up and down Guelph Line?" suggested fellow farmer John Opsteen. "We have to look at what the next step is if this (bid to council) doesn‘t work." Other residents in attendance also voiced worâ€" ries about whether their input at the budget session will actually make a difference. _ @GB Kathryn Lemke Local resident Providing Exceptional at home senior care. L in n nc ies ce Home LStay senior care M & fhe info@home2stayseniorcare.ca www.home2stayseniorcare.ca 905â€"749â€"9466 330 Bronte St. S., Suite 111 Milton, Ontario L9T 7X1