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The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, February 17, 19 Photo by GRAHAM PAINE A Halton Regional Police officer guards the scene while OPP investigators search for the body of a missing man. Police found what they were looking for Saturday. OPP investigators find body • from MAN'S on page 1 Mr. Andreopoulos, who ran a now-closed furrier company in Barrie, was reported missing July 7, 1996 by his family. They had not heard from him for five days. In what appeared to have been a contraband liquor run, the married father of two was last seen driving alone eastbound on Major Mackenzie Drive in a U- Haul truck July 2, 1996. The truck was found abandoned the next day in the parking lot of LongÔ's Food Store at Highway 5 and Trafalgar Road in Oakville. It was earlier reported that a business associate of Mr. Andreopoulos' told police they had met a third man in Maple to buy liquor. Mr. Andreopoulos, believed to be carrying a large amount of cash, was seen driving away with the third man following. The OPP were assisted in the investigation by By STEVE LeBLANC Special to The Champion Service cuts or a five per cent property tax increase? Milton council may have to pick its own poison when it begins ham- mering out the 1998 budget this week, warns Chief Administrative Officer David Hipgrave. Numbers from the Tories' Who Does What initiative require Milton to cut $330,000 from its $16.6 million budget to cover the costs of provincial downloading. Municipalities across Ontario are being asked to find a total of $565 million to offset Mike Harris' social services pooling plan. Milton's share could result in a four per cent hike in the mill rate and five per cent rise in combined municipal and regional property taxes. If council opts for cuts, services such as its transit system, road maintenance program and recre- ational facilities could be compro- mised. Mr. Hipgrave stressed, however, that he is only offering the worst case scenario in discussing service culs and a tax hike. "We'll be starting budget talks this coming week so we have to go on the assumption that the financial information released in December is accurate," he said last Thursday., "However, we .believejhere are ... .. andminsýind netinil Halton Regional Police, who guarded the site around the clock. OPP detectives were sure they would find what they were looking for. It was just a matter of time, said Sgt. Frank Phillips of Halton police. Armed with shovels and backhoes, investigators began searching the 10-acre property in the most obvi- ous places - places that were easily accessible, but also out of sight. They concentrated their probe in an open tract in the back of the property near a ravine and ended up not having to lpok any further. It's not believed the murder took place in the Milton area, Sgt. Phillips said. And neither the property owners nor tenants renting the rural home are involved, he said. The charged man, a landscaper, was to appear in court yesterday for a bail hearing. DavId Hipgrave figures." As a result, Milton and munici- palities across the province have petitioned the Harris govermment to release final Who Does What data for each municipality no later than this Friday. This represents one of two reso- lutions that came out of a February 6 Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) meeting at the. Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Roughly 700 municipal officiais attended the gathering, including Mr. Hipgrave, Milton Mayor Gord Krantz and councillors Barry Lee, Lieven Gevaert and Cindy Lunau. Almost unanimously, AMO rep- resentatives agreed that the provin- cial promise of revenue neutrality - that municipalities will break even j the long mn - is impossi- Only two members opposed this belief. AMO is demanding the province make available sufficient additional funds to municipalities in order to prevent huge property tax hikes or deep service cuts. "I think it's important to note how strong the majority indeed was," said Mr. Krantz at last week's community services com- mittee meeting. Mr. Hipgrave said the provincial govermment has abandoned plans to pool education taxes, which is "definitely favourable for the 905 area code." He remains optimistic that accu- rate figures will be made available by Friday, though seems a little less sure about additional funds trickling down to the municipal level. "We're hoping (funds will be made qvailable)," Mr. Hipgrave said. "We've heard some real horror stories from other municipalities, those that have to assume the cost of OPP policing, or where the wel- fare caseloads are high." The first set of budget talks are slated for today and tomorrow, with user fees and the capital bud- get among the iàtitial'items up for 1990 TRACEER One owner Red/grey cloth, i WRIOAJ LfiOe w UWIIUIidi5lgryc<iliIo /JdOs soft-top, auto. cassette. 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