in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, N ov em be r 14 ,2 01 9 | 10 oakville.ca Budget 2020 Be informed. Be part of the process. Oakville is committed to offering valued services and programs to residents and making strategic investments in community priorities. Each year the town's annual budget is one of the most important tasks facing Town Council, and Council has directed staff to prepare a budget that keeps the overall tax increase in line with inflation. To learn more, join us: Budget Committee meetings All meetings are open to the public and held in Council Chamber at Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road. Dates include: • Tuesday, November 19, 2019, 9:30 a.m. - release of 2020 Budget book, plus rates and fees • Thursday, November 21, 2019, 9:30 a.m. - staff presentations • Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 9:30 a.m. - public delegations • Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 7 p.m. - public delegations Budget Open House • Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 7 p.m. - with Councillor and Budget Chair Tom Adams, Bronte Room, Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road Approval of the 2020 Operating and Capital Budgets: • Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 9:30 a.m. - Budget Committee • Monday, December 16, 2019, 7 p.m. - Council approval Those wishing to appear before the Budget Committee as a delegate can register by emailing townclerk@oakville.ca or calling 905-815-6015. If you would like to attend the meeting and have any accessibility needs, please contact Kathy Patrick at 905-845-6601, ext. 4235 (TTY: 905-338-4200) or fill out the accessible online feedback form on oakville.ca. Can't make the Budget Committee meetings in person? Watch them live on our YouTube channel or email your comments to budget@oakville.ca. Visit oakville.ca for details. All submissions whether in person, writing, email or social media, will be considered as part of the Budget Committee deliberations. Fall loose leaf collection October 21-November 29, 2019 Loose leaves will be collected from designated areas in Oakville as follows: Date Zone October 21-25 5, 6, 7, 9 October 28-November 1 1, 3, 4, 10 November 4-8 5, 6, 7, 9 November 11-15 1, 3, 4, 10, A November 18-22 5, 6, 7, 9, B, C November 25-29 1, 3, 4, 10 Collection guidelines • Collection may occur any time during a scheduled week. To ensure your leaves are collected, put themoutweek. To ensure your leaves are collected, put themoutweek. T by 7 a.m. on the first day of collection in your zone. • To help keep leaves from blowing around yourTo help keep leaves from blowing around yourT neighbourhood, please do not put out leaves more than seven days before the first day of a scheduled week for your zone. • Place all loose leaves on the boulevard or on the shoulder, not over catch basins, in bicycle lanes or inshoulder, not over catch basins, in bicycle lanes or inshoulder the ditches in front of your house. • Ensure leaves are free of garbage or other yard waste materials such as brush, branches, large twigs or stones. Contaminated piles of leaves or leaves put out after the pickup dates will not be collected. Homeowners are responsible for removing uncollected leaves. Bagged leaf service Halton Region collects bagged leaves and yard waste on the same day as regular garbage pickup. This is a separate program from the Town of Oakville'separate program from the Town of Oakville'separate program from the T s loose leaf collection. Visit halton.ca for more information on your waste collection schedule. For more information on Oakville's fall loose leaf collection, contact ServiceOakville at 905-845-6601 (TTY 905-338-4200) or visit oakville.ca. Halton police are looking for one man follow- ing the theft of several hun- dred dollars worth of whis- ky from an Oakville LCBO on Oct. 10. At 8:15 p.m., the individ- ual entered the store, locat- ed at 321 Cornwall Rd., and made his way to the spirits section. Police allege he grabbed 11 bottles of whisky, con- cealed them in a brown bag and ran out of the store. The 160 lb. suspect, with a medium build and a full beard, wore a black/grey fleece jacket underneath an orange and yellow fluo- rescent construction vest, jeans, black shoes, a black baseball cap with a red de- sign on it and tinted sun- glasses. Anyone with informa- tion is asked to contact Hal- ton police at 905-825-4747. CONSTRUCTION VEST SUSPECT SOUGHT FOLLOWING WHISKY THEFT DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com