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Town wants rules changed before signing Continued from page 7 9 · Wednesday, April 18, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com that's the one issue we need to send a strong message to the Province on," said Damoff. "When it comes to exit clauses, we are not financial partners in this deal, so I don't think that is something we should be looking at. Costrecovery is something the OLG stood here and said it wouldn't change, if I recall correctly. If it changed it for us, it would have to change it for everybody. `Appropriate reciprocity' to me is just too vague." Burton later said the OLG had agreed to examine cost-recovery issues concerning the agreement it had brought to Mississauga and, as such, that condition did not seem to be non-negotiable. "I would suggest to you that if you do not adopt that item, you put yourself in a position where Hazel (McCallion) potentially gets a better deal than you do," said Burton. In the end, council voted to maintain its position that the OLG's agreement only be signed if the four conditions are met. This decision met with applause from the audience. In a separate vote, Town council also voted to advise the OLG the Town of Oakville is not interested in any proposal to locate a casino or slot machines within its boundaries. Ward 1 councillors Ralph Robinson and Alan Johnston, who brought the casino motion forward, said it reaffirms the results of a 1997 referendum in which 22,652 Oakville residents voted against the establishment of a charity casino while only 4,627 Oakville residents voted in favour of such a casino. Robinson and Johnston also said officially stating the Town's position on the establishment of a casino is important at this time when the OLG has publicly stated it is seeking a site within the GTA to locate a casino.