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Budget committee shuffles building services department to save $67,000 The Town of Oakville’s 1993 bud- get committee wants to eliminate three supervisory positions from the building services department in order to save $67,000. Under the reorganization, two supervisors in the inspection section would be assigned other duties in the department, while a third supervisory position, which is currently vacant, would be eliminated The reorganization was discussed behind closed doors at the budget committee meeting, Tuesday night. Effective Jan. 1, 1993, the move would result in a net reduction of $67,000 from the department’s origi- nal $2.55-mi11ion budget request. The committee also approved fur- ther reductions to building services totalling $180,000, to bring the depart- ment’s budget down to $2.24 million. The committee also approved bud- get requests of $1.6-million for the planning services department and $335,000 for the economic develop- ment department. This year’s building services department budget has been set at a level which is $150,000 below the By SAL BOMMARITO Oakville Beaver Stafi' find the Mask! Grand Prize- Trip to New Orleans. Ballots available in all stores. Wheel of Prizes! Proof of purchase to enter. Monday, Ianuary18 110 Fine Stores and Services Just north of the Q.E.W. and Trafalgar Road. To cut costs, the building services department won’t contribute Building services director, David Humm said the elimination of three supervisory positions was not con- tained in the department’s preliminary budget request, but was part of a “stand-alone” reorganization of the department which had been approved previously. The other two budgets, however, represent slight increases over last year’s budgets for those departments. The committee also approved Humm’s recommendation to add another staff member to the property’s management section at an added cost of $23,000. Humm’s request for $10,000 to fund the Oakville Dispute Committee â€" a group of citizens which provides bylaw enforcement complaints media- tion service, was referred to the next meeting of Town Council on Monday night for approval. department’s 1992 actual budget. $100,000 to the building mainte- nance reserve as in past years. As well, the $80,000 Centennial Pool dehumidification program will be financed with reserve funds instead of the operating budget. At that same meeting, council also @AWILLE will be asked to approve the planning services department's request for an additional $50,000 in its 1993 capital budget to fund the town’s portion of a park design competition for the Uptown Core. Because of those savings, Salisbury is recommending the Phase 2C lands study for the River Oaks community be undertaken m 1993, a year ahead of schedule. Planning services director, Ted Salisbury said the Uptown Core's developer, Metrontario, will con- tribute up to $100,000 to organize the competition, if the town provides $50,000 in prize money. Of the town’s portion, $38,500 would be funded by development charges, while the remaining $11,500 would be raised throUgh the tax levy. Salisbuty said the reduced cost of the park design competition will cut $23,000 from the tax levy portion of the planning services department’s capital budget. “Since the budget requirement for the park design competition is less than originally anticipated, staflc would forward other projects so that the tax levy portion of the capital budget is kept relatively constant from year to year,” Salisbury reported. TAKE TIME TO TAKE A BREAK. ’outhem Hospitality! Face painting, bargains galore . 8t so much more! Ureat Dixieland Iazz.’ Mimes and Stiltwalker. Open Mon.-Fri. 9:30 am -9 pm Saturdays 9:30am - 6 pm Sundays 12 noon - 5 pm (some store hours may vary) to Sunday, [anuary 24 A wage from Ontario“ comerwlionich ONTARIO FEDERATION ()F ANGLERS Ill \IERS