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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, December 15, 2016 | 8 Town's 2017 budget maintains local services continued from p.5 and an added $52,500 to aid cultural programs and grants. Last week, the Budget Committee deferred to the 2018 budget, a request for funds to introduce flashing 40 km/h traffic-zone warning signals. This would allow for review of potentially new rules that could grant the limited use of photo radar in school zones before committing the funds. The committee also proposed re-allocating funds for council' s town-wide newsletter to ward-specific communications. m Pawit forward ig in y w gentlyusedleashard/®r coJlarandpurchaseanewleash and/orcollarandreceive2°%off andwewill donatey>ur »ld °neSt° hom elessdogs M r free l°cal h°me delivery askf°r details Award winning and Weekly walk,in $12 nail trims j °n m°st f°°ds aid Popular Raw T°oJ Brands A Secure and ea^ry wav t ° professional grooming Expert advice j 1500 Upper Middle Rd (at Third Line) and knowledge ^ 9 0 5 -8 4 7 -3 2 9 9 361 Cornwall Road (Whole Foods Plaza - behind Shoppers) 9 0 5 -8 1 5 -0 3 2 0 In addition to a property tax hike, Oakville Transit fares will rise as of Jan. 1, 2017. Cash fares get bumped to $3.75, up 25 cents, an adult monthly pass increases by $5 to $120, the student monthly pass rises to $75, up from $70, a senior pass will cost $55 a month, a $5 increase, while a group of 10 senior bus tickets goes up 50 cents to $18.50. Presto fares are going to increase, with adult prices set to rise by 10 cents to $2.95, while students will pay $2.25, up five cents. The budget will include an additional $500,000 for road resurfacing projects in 2017, brought forward from 2018-19, and funding for clean water and wastewater projects. Some key capital projects for next year include: · Trafalgar Park revitalization -- $13M; · Lakeshore Road bridge at Sixteen Mile Creek reconstruction -- $10.5M; · Road Resurfacing and Preservation Program -- $9.1M; · Legacy Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH) demolition -- $7.6M; · Phase 2 of LED streetlight conversion -- $6.6M; · Kerr Street widening and grade separation -- $4.7M; · Expansion buses -- $4.3M; · Speers Road widening from GO station west of Third Line to Fourth Line -- $4M; · Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Management u Oakville is well-placed to meet the financial and service needs of our community, now and into the future. As an Oakville resident, you can continue to feel confident in the high level of services and programs the Town provides, as well as our fiscal health. Ward 6 Councillor Tom Adams T ow nof O akville Budget Committee C hair Program -- $3.7M. Town staff was asked to prepare budgets for 2018, 2019 and 2020 to meet council's direction to keep overall property tax increases in line with inflation. As of now, the Town is forecasting a 1.84 per cent overall property tax increase (combined with the Region and education) in 2018 and a 2.97 per cent hike in 2019. "As in previous years, we will be reviewing the details of these forecasts. I am quite confident that as we move forward, we will be able to improve upon these figures," said Adams. H e lp u s p la n a s u s t a in a b le f u t u r e at Kelso Conservation Area and Glen Eden T h e b e st o f th e h o lid a y se a so n fr o m o u r f a m ily to you rs. We w ant to hear from you about our · · · · Programs Infrastructure Operations Environmental conservation DELMANOR G le n A b b e y In s p ir e d R e tir e m e n t L iv in g TM conservationhalton.ca/kelso-master-plan (9 0 5 ) 4 6 9 -3 2 3 2 · 1459 N o ttin g h ill G ate, O a kville C o n s e r v a tio n delmanor.com TRIDEU # «£=© Halton g le n e d e n