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The Canadian Champion, FrIdeiy, September 19, 1997-11 To property ts ax bis wi1l hit the doorstep By BRAD REAUME The Champion Town counicil has followed the lead of neigh- bouring municipalities and will issue two tax bills in 1998. "It is flot going to be business as usual around here in 1998 or 1999," said Mayor Gord Krantz. "There will be severe impacts, not juat here in Milton or Halton but across Ontario." The initial bill will retct taxes required to mun the municipality if current provincial shifts of responsibility do not take place. The first budget wîi l osei on the basis of .î tax frvee tromn 1997. 'The tollow-up tax bill will cover any shits due to provincial actions which affect the municipal- ity. Counicillors agreed Monday night that munici- pal departments should prepare budget packages which refleet a 15 per cent eut in spending t0 offset potential downloading from the province. These packages will give counicil the opportu- nity 10 see the effect of cutbacks. before they make decisions. "It would be fairly clear 10 people what the impacts arc tor changes and ainnouncemnrts hy the provincial governmnent,- said David Hipgrave, Milton' s chief administrative officer. The provincial government is shifting the rbsponsibility of some provincial transit to municipalities. in addition to changes to the funding of social services. These large tax increases are expected even after the provincial govemrment agreed to fund 50 per cent of the education bill. That money used to corne from property taxes. Mr. Hipgrave explained that the proposed two If emryoe reccledjuet onle more woft drink cani each woek for a year, m~ wouU eamn thousande and thousancI5 mooe coliar5 in rmnues. 5oft drink cane are madle from mxcIiny pro9rm. 5o when aluminum, the moit vaIuam'e you me a ro home (andl materiaI you can rcWie your Nue % ) remember to RecýçIinq more cari% ineteail of look for the neam-et recycIin throvim them in the garbage, M-on the stoee, at work. woul go aIlong way towar t ochool or take it home. cry the coet of your Every can counte! oQ tax bill SVSîemI WOLld .îllow Milton Io get on with the work of cotlectîng taxes. whîle clcaily showing any changes to the norro. Milton has not had a tax increase on its portion of property taxes since 1993. Mr. Hipgrave said financial information from the provincial governiment is expected by the end of October. Milton's director of corporate services, Jim McQueen, said if ail the expected provincial changes corne to pass there will be a need 10 increase property taxes by 17 per cent in Milton. Good show, art group It was picture perfect. The Fine Art Society of Milton recently hosted their firat annual Milton Arts Festival, getting rave reviewa from both artists and the crowds. Tina Newlove waa named Best in Show, Kai-Liis Melnnes was awarded first place, Brigitte Schrever claimed second and Anne Elliot, third. Those in attendance voted Linda Shantz winner of the People's Choice Award, while each artist received some votes, sug- gesting there was something for ail tastes at the event. Despite threatening weather 28 artists participated in the two-day event in Victoria Park. Artists came from as far away as Toronto and Kitchener 10 show their work. Society spokesperson Miriam Hynek said the show was very well attended on both days. I ~ mou-, SUNDAY 2-4 PM 371 Bronte St., #74 $127.500 Sales Rap in attendance REMAX WILTOWE REALTY CORP 1171117m SUNDAY 1-4 PM Palornina Ranch (Carlisle) Fromn $309.000 Gary Thomas in attandance REMAX WILTOWNE REALTY CORP. 878-777 SUNDAY 2-4 PM 337 Oak Street Barbara Crowe in ettendance ROYAL LEPAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES 87"4101 -j