www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, October 14, 2011 · 12 Resident claims taxes up, but growth is not Continued from page 10 · Look for administrative savings in office operations · Look for opportunities to increase fees and revenues The committee also said where opportunities for additional revenue expense reductions are not available for revenue-based programs and where the cost-recovery ratio warrants it, cancellation or major changes to the programs should be considered. Town staff were also asked to review programs where enhancements have been made and report back on whether the Sunday October 16th, 2011 11:00am to 3:00pm $50 for a family of 4 $25 for an in dividual You are invited to th he Pride & Joy hallenge Golf Driving Ch (minimum donation required) Family Golf Learning Cent re, 1455 Joshuas Creek Drive, Oak ville desired outcomes have been achieved. All of these directions must come before council for final approval on Monday. Chartwell Maple Grove Residents' Association representative Alex Murphy, who spoke at Wednesday's meeting, said the Town needs to be careful with its spending next year. Murphy said that between 2006 and 2010 the amount of taxes levied by the Town of Oakville has grown by 38.5 per cent while taxes levied by the school boards and Region during the same period has grown only by 10 per cent and 16.1 per cent, respectively. He said Town expenses rose 18.6 per cent between 2006 and 2008 and 13.6 per cent between 2008 and 2010, with Town salaries and benefits rising 36.9 per cent between 2006 and 2010. "The conclusions of our group are the actual Town expenses have seen excessive growth over these past five years of minimal economic growth. The taxes per capita are much higher than other comparable cities and towns in Ontario," said Murphy. "Our recommendations are that Oakville expenses only this is operating and capital do not increase on an annual basis more than the sum of inflation and population growth and total taxes per capital are reduced to an average of the Ontario cities and towns with a population over 100,000." Ward 4 Town and Regional Councillor Allan Elgar called on staff to put some of the numbers mentioned by Murphy in context at a future meeting. Help E r ino akKid s Foundation reach our goal of hitting 10,000 golf balls. Each ball represents a child and their family that walk through the doors of Er inoak Kid s every year. All particip ant s are encouraged to raise m oney abo ve the regist rati on cost thro ugh pledges. Everyone participating at the event will enjoy fun activities such as Drivin g Range Mini P utt Putting Gree n BBQ Lunch The Regional Municipality of Halton www.halton.ca Visit www.erinoakkidsfoundation.ca to register and participate in the Pride & Joy Golf Driving Challenge or contact Marla Bloomfield at 905-855-2690 ext. 4353; email mbloomfield @erinoakkids.ca Lunch Sponsor ErinoakKids Centre for Treatment and Development is Ontario's largest Children's Treatment Centre for children and youth with physical and developmental disabilities, autism, blindness and low vision, hearing impairments and speech delay. Media Sponsor NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION HERITAGE Lifestyle Home Furnishings oposed Sanitary Sewer and Forcemain on Dundas Street (Regional Road 5) from 300 m east of Towne Boulevard to Oak Park Boulevard, Town of Oakville S ALE RS S BE T TO EN OC EV SINCE 1977 Contract Number: Scheduled Start Date: Scheduled Completion Date: Project Manager: S-2747-11 October 2011 June 2012 Brenda Kingsmill ext. 7622 Making Halton a better place to live, work and retire. 4205 Fairview Street, Burlington · 905-634-5298 www.heritagefurniture.ca 141011 DONT MISS OUT ON THE INCREDIBLE INSTOCK SAVINGS Gary Carr, r Regional Chair Please let us know as soon as possible if you will have an accessibility or accommodation need at a Halton Region hosted event or meeting. 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 Dial 311 or 905-825-6000 · Toll Free 1-866-442-5866 · TTY 905-827-9833 · www.halton.ca