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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday December 1, 2007 - 5 QUALITY INTEGRITY VALUE Town Council ponders earlier start to meetings An earlier start to Town Council meetings means an earlier bed time for everyone involved. But at least one Oakville councillor isn't sure how well a proposal for earlier meetings might work for commuters. Council, which has traditionally started its meetings at 7:30 p.m., will consider a change to its procedural bylaw that would move meeting starting times back to 7 p.m. Meetings would be scheduled to end at 10 p.m., but would be allowed to continue until 10:30 p.m., with approval of council. The current procedural bylaw allows meetings to continue until 11:30 p.m., with the approval of council. "We're trying to balance the conveniences of competing sets of people. We want it to be in the evening so it's convenient for the public, but we also don't want to abuse the staff who work all day," Mayor Rob Burton said afterwards. "I've always thought that the later in the evening it gets, the harder it is to make the smart decisions." Although a meeting start time of 6:30 p.m. was proposed to the Town's Administrative Services Committee on Tuesday night, the proposal was amended after Ward 3 Councillor Keith Bird expressed concerns about the potential impact on people, including councillors, who work out-of-town. "People ran (for election), I believe, on the understanding that it was effectively evening employment," noted Bird, who is retired. The issue of changing the starting times of the meetings will be considered at the final council meeting of the year, on Dec. 17. If approved, the change would take effect in January. At Closet and Storage Concepts, we don't just sell you a storage cabinet, we provide creative ideas for complete home space management. Our professional designers will assess your needs and design effective custom solutions to give you and your family more living space. 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