13 · Friday, August 6, 2010 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.oakvillebeaver.com Brian Burton to take a run at council seat By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Community advocate Brian Burton has entered the race for Oakville's Ward 4 Town councillor's seat. Burton, who has lived in Ward 4 since 1989, has stated that repeated Town spending increases and threats to the Natural Heritage System threaten to spoil both the lifestyle and landscape of, what he called, one of Canada's most sought after municipalities. He said two of the last three municipal budgets have seen significant spending increases with another significant increase projected for 2011. "We have to bring spending more in line with the population changes or face serious tax increases," he said. He also said more needs to be done to keep North Oakville's Natural Heritage System safe. "It was an eight-year battle to get the Province to turn over 1,200 acres of North Oakville land to Conservation Halton to protect Ward 4 from becoming a victim of "We have to bring spending more in line with the population changes or face serious tax increases." Brian Burton, candidate Ward 4 degree from the University of Toronto and has worked as president and executive vice-president for global engineering firms in Asia, Europe, North and South America and across Canada. In Oakville he has built a successful manufacturing business that provides jobs to 40 people. Burton is also a community volunteer with the Oakville/Burlington Cancer Society and with Oakvillegreen. He is now retired from business and is married to wife Diane and has two grown children. urban sprawl," he said. "It will require constant vigilance to ensure the Natural Heritage System remains intact, does not get turned into a site for infrastructures and does not get nibbled away at the edges as have previous green spaces." Burton is also concerned about improving transparency at Town Hall, especially with regard to Oakville Hydro, and lists standing up for the interests of families and seniors as additional priorities. For the past eight years, Burton has been a citizen's representative on Committees for Development Charges, the North Oakville Secondary Plan, Biosolids and the mid-Halton Plant Expansion. He said his expertise helped bring about a substantial increase in the amount and timing of revenue from development charges and helped significantly reduce the operating costs of the sewage treatment plant. He said his voice also helped ensure a moratorium was placed on a proposed incineration project and helped stop the extravagant plans for a new Halton Town Hall. Burton has an engineering Your floors are complete. Your tile's on the walls. Your base,your taps and faucet's installed. Your bathroom renovation will soon be over, With a Custom Tempered Glass Shower enclosure! $50.00 off "Frameless" "ShowerGuard" Shower Door 10mm Clear Tempered Glass with 6" "D"-Handle and 2 Geneva Hinges. (up to 30" wide) · Upgrades are available $150.00 off Custom "ShowerGuard" Frameless Shower Enclosure 10mm Clear Tempered Glass · includes door, sidelite(s) and hardware · Upgrades are available Sale runs July 16 August 27, 2010 550 Bronte Rd., Oakville 905.827.2951