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The Canadian Champion, Fniday, December 21, 2001-19 Lunau says small1 tax hike required vISùîce meal Perey Merry School enJoyed 108 annual Christmas lunch Wednesday. The food waa donated by atudents, teachera and communtty miem- bera. Below, Liz Patterson (loft) and Tort Pickering enjoy a tradltlonel turkey lunch wlth ail th. trimminga, whlle, at rlght, Vice-princIpal Shirley Chalason <Ieft) loada Up her plate wlth th. help of parent volun- teer and lunch co- ordînator Penny Patterson. * ram NO PROPERTY page 1 increase left without $54,500 in further cuts by staff. Tlhough he agrees with the zero increase, Mayor Gord Krantz would rather see the elimination of thse funds to hire new fuil-time fsrefighters - at a cost of $114000 - than Mr. Challinor's proposai. "I can't and won't support the hiring of five additional firefight- ers at a time wben everyone is down-sizing," the mayor said. "l'm flot in the business of build- ing huge bureaucracies." The lone committee member voting againat the budget - as amended - was Councillor Cindy Lunau, who said she'd like to see a small tax increase. "I think that we're deceiving ourselves if we think we can acconsmodate everything without a measure of a reality check as to what costs are," she told the com- mittee. "There's no question that the siota revenue and hydro revenues have helped. Shoulti that ever drop, we would be astounded to finti that we have significant tax increases just to maintain what we have accomplished." Siots revenues from Mohawk Raceway for 2001 totalled more than $6 million, while Milton Hydro revenues camne in as about $1.3 million. Both revenue streams feed the Town's reserve funds. With a significant rite in devel- opment charges - up to $10 mil- lion from $5.7 lasi year - the 2002 capital projecta will have lit- dle impact on thse tax base. Nearly ail capital projects scheduled for next year - totaling more than $24.5 million - are funded either through development charges or reserve funds. A special meeting of town council is scheduled for January 7 to formally address the 2002 budget. GEORGETOWN CINEMAS 235 GUELPH STREET 873-1999 O OD 0F TH1E RiNGs Dâily 7:30 p.m., S& Sun. 2:00 p.m. *JIMMY NEUTRON 9lb] Daly 6:45 & 9:00 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 2:00 p.m. OJOE SOMEBODY [PG Daly 7:00 & 9:00 p.m. Set. & Sun. 2:00 p.m. MILTON MALL CORRECTION NOTICE VES! Santa 15 here today from 2 -8 p.m. and Saturday Dec. 22:11 - 8 p. m. Sunday and Xmas Eve Dec 23, 24: 11-4 p. m. IriS Cool gift pack FREE Ideal for students $ Motorola Vi 20c ~iJnttsn.ted Lmc- Eennno iand -Weekeaf Callino ioctadsd $uimited Local o.ancnl ott ICafilnq 121 gm-' tud Fre R.. s gf pac (reg. 393 MAIN ST. EAST , SUITE 1, MILTON, ONTARIO L9T 1 P7 905-875-2352 COMMUNICAT0N~ INC ,TE LUS e:::ernobility* -s am6D Aa- m-Sa.1 m5P ui 12 m-5 Dm OPEN Chremas Eve 10a.m. -noon monumq