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Nesm e m Flynn asks councillors to see regional perspective | FREE (Continued from page 1) damaged for years to come. Flynn maintains that councillors must see the matter as a regional issue â€" just as the committees‘ members did â€" and put aside parochial concerns if inequitable property taxation in Halton is to be reformed. (The committee‘s membership â€" while including four nonâ€" voting area politicians â€" was drawn largely from citizens in Halton‘s four municipalities.) Burlington politicians, however, can scuttle the implementation of the recommendations. Under a preâ€"committee plan â€" which the meeting by calling Regional Deputy Clerk Pat Crimmons at 825â€"6000. Flynn is not alone in his support for the Citizens‘ Committee report. The Oakville Chamber of Commerce has endorsed many of the plan‘s recommenâ€" dations. These include the use of a 1992 base year, increased user fees and a gradual move toward Unit Value Assessment (UVA.) The Oakville, Milton and District Real Estate Board also approves. "In the short term, the Committee has recommended that Halton use 1992 property values as a more appropriate measure of value," said Board president Richard Weima. "In the long term, they are recommending alternative approachâ€" es to MVA â€" such as UVA, which looks at property size and amenities and is probably a more equitable system for the levying of taxes. "This is a tremendously important issue for all of us and it has serious implications for the future," adds The'Federation of Oakville Residents Groups (FORG) was impressed with a host of issues contained in the new WATER report. Among those proposals FORG | PROOFING considers strong points (in addition to w"-H AI.I- the items listed above) are provincially funded welfare costs and seniors over 60 given the option to defer property tax payment pending the sale of their home. FORG was also impressed by the report‘s example of taxpayers across Halton having regional and education taxes reduced by approximately $1,435 annually â€" a reduction offset by increased AUTQ MAGIC SHOE REPAIR user fee (38% of total) and prov1nc1al 635 AthLine 1 income taxes (62% ) South of Speers £661 ‘az ‘1dag ‘Aepung ‘puayaay 1oneag â€" £ :A io hi Nib hes in mc t i. Pn ie itc kh onl e e e Te NP en automatically goes into effect Jan. 1, 1994 if the committee‘s report is rejectâ€" ed â€" Burlington‘s overall tax burden would drop by approximately $4â€"milâ€" lion. If adopted, the Citizens‘ Committee report would redistribute taxes more evenly region wide but Burlington‘s share would now drop by only about $700,000. ‘‘They have to take a regional perâ€" spective, the same as the Committee," says Flynn. "But as soon as it hit the political stage the $4â€"million issue was raised." If Regional Council accepts the comâ€" mittee‘s report (twoâ€"thirds must vote in favor of the recommendations in order to establish them) the base assessment year of 1988 would be changed to 1992. If 1988 is upheld, says Flynn, seniors in certain Burlington wards will be hit by increases far in excess of those under 1992. Thinking in terms of the $4â€"milâ€" lion alone is foolhardy, he adds. Oakville‘s share of taxes under a revised apportionment system would increase by 3.32%. The remaining three municipalities‘ taxes would drop: Burlington, â€"0.72%; Milton, â€"4.31%; Halton Hills, â€"5.85%. Including its mayor, Burlington has nine members on Regional Council. Oakville has seven, Halton Hills five and Milton three. Twoâ€"thirds of Council must vote in favor of the recommendaâ€" tions in order to establish them. "If Burlington votes as a block, the issue is dead," said Flynn. "Twoâ€"thirds will be quite tough. It won‘t come easy." Burlington mayor Walter Mulkewich has said that the Committee‘s report contains nothing new, a statement Flynn considers a "slap in the face." As of press time, the four mayors involved and regional chairman Peter Pomeroy were still discussing possible compromises and alternatives to an outâ€" right rejection of the report. Thursday‘s meeting starts at 7 p.m. and takes place in the Council Chambers of Regional Headquarters, located on Bronte Road just north of the QEW. 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