Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon 9° 5° 5° 1° 6° -1° 10° 1° Turn back the clocks Sunday Page 4 Spencer walks the red carpet Page 5 www.insidehalton.com MECHANICAL SERVICES AUTO AUTO AU TOPR PRO PR O OA OAKV OAKV KVIL ILLE E 2 2 Wyecroft Road, Oakv 221 kvill ille e autoprooakville.mechanicnet.com 905-469-2442 2 dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Friday, October 31, 2014 | 56 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax H A L L O W E E N T R A D I T I O N Police budget proposes 3.6 per cent hike at $134.8M by Michael Gregory Oakville Beaver Staff Oakville resident Todd Wirtz is hosting Solingate Manor at his 111 Solingate Dr. home for Halloween. For 20 years, the Oakville resident has transformed his front garden into a menagerie of monsters, ghosts and demons. This year, it will have a charitable component to it. There will be a large bin for non-perishable donations for Fare Share food bank. As well, you can visit www.oakvillehauntedhouse.ca and make a monetary donation to Fare Share. | photo by Inger MacKenzie - special to the Beaver The proposed 2015 Halton Regional Police Service budget is $134.8-million -- a 3.6 per cent increase over the current budget, which would sit at 1.9 per cent after assessment growth is factored in. Thursday, the police The reality is that services board approved as other services the 2015 budget request being sent on to Halton to the public have Regional council, which been cut back must approve the police through the years, budget, for consideration. there's been a Police Chief Steve Tanshift in demand to ner and HRPS director of the police. corporate services Paul Lavergne gave a presentaMayor Rob Burton tion to the eight-member Halton police services board chair board on the funding request as well as the 10year capital forecast. The board also granted the hiring of 10 sworn positions and the conversion of two contract eet technicians into full-time staff. see Technology on p.10 SAUNDERS, SAXTON & WINTER TEAM 905.845.1223 The Standard of Excellence ® www.sswteam.ca www.johnstonanddaniel.com WENDY SAUNDERS** wsaunders@johnstonanddaniel.com ksaxton@johnstonanddaniel.com KIM SAXTON** * RUTH ANNE WINTER rawinter@johnstonanddaniel.com ** * JOHNSTON & DANIEL DIVISION Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage Sales Representative Broker 136 Church Street, Suite 4A