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Mlons Communty NewahP6 pi E ST A TE S PO0R TS C G M MU N IT Y S ee what's on Record-setting Nia offers the market inside night for Haydar www.rltoncanadianchamplon.com unique workout DENUR A . . ..n MdaGop ulcton Vl o. 2',sa, ue320 4 -4 Pg s e.0 DC discounts equal, about $10 tax hike By Melanie Hennes CANADIAN CHAMPION Afîer several hours of d many faîled motions, region last week approved a new devrlopmrîit charges (DCs) and discounts for somre of ih At ils meeting Wednesdt endorsed charging area-speci staff bad recommended regic that bring about double-digi age increases for most of the Il also supportrd giving counits of about 30 per cent facîuning, office and wareho opments. Flic lost revenues from tb counl will add about $10 on ical tax bill. Combiner thaî mandatory DC exemptionsi must grant under the Drvrlopmenî Chbarges Act ai crelionary exemptions alread Inisid Today's Chamnr OPINION HIGH SCHOOL PAGE DATELIN SPORTS CLASSIFIED wwmilsoncanadiancham www.mmItofltoyot GORRUDYS AUTC wvww.gorrud8autc>r sey STAFF tbings lîke agriculture uses and il equates 10 around $70 for tbe average bousebold based on a $300,000 assess- ebate and ment. Lai counicil This iS up from the $53.60 the typi- batch of cal homeowner has paid over the past fur Halton several years 10 cover DC discounts. e fees. Local residents turned out in full ty, counicil force at a Region meeting last week to lic DCs - voice their dissatisfaction with how the n-wide - discounts will affect their taxes. Lt percent- While only a small bandful of cîti- rates. zens spoke at this week's meeting, both DC dis- Kurt Koster of Burlingtongreen and to manu- Burlîngton resident Tom Muir urged use devel- council to defer the DCs by one montb to hold further public meetings for res- e new dis- idents; on the issue. 10, the typ "The whole process has been domi- with the nated by the development indusury," the Region contended Koster, who noted the Province's request is also supported by nd thse dis- Oakvîllegreen. v made for Commîssioner of Corporate Services and Treasurer jane MacCaskîll saîd it's important for tbe process to proceed, since the current DC bylaw will expire e in Augusi asnd ils preferable te have the iiewbylw pasedbefore then. )fl She also noted that a public work- soanpulcmeetings have already A6 bren beld on the issue, in addition to 1stakeholder meetings. A9 "Wr conducîrd the proccss openly A13 and transparently- she remphasized. No counicîllors inade a motion to A18 dclay the DCs,. A21i Oakville resîdent Bnian Burton also spoke and claîmed that Region staff was ion.com "beat Up" and "overwhelmed" by devel- opers' lobbying during the DC process. Halton CAO Pat Moyle defrnded bis staff,' saying that tbe finance depart- a.com ment "can not be overwhelmed." 'They are extremely professional, very competent and very diligent," hie upcam Coaid i I eard once again fromn the developmenî communiîy and local M- see BYLAW en page Ai7 CHRIS KORNACK / SPECIAL TO THE CHAMPION SAYING GOODBYE: Bishop Reding students walk f rom their Main Street secondary srhool 10 HoIy Rosary Church on Martin Street Friday for the funeral of Mario Llanos, 17, kilied in a single-vehirle crash on Tremaine Road May 25. Students were surely also lhinking about feilow Reding student Ilia Nourkos, 17, also killed in the crash. His funeral was held Saturday in Brampton. ;-JRwr11 p &P19L F 4 9Fiftl u'ne M,'or Pý,'t al thi- e-,st c f !Vin SI THIS WEEK ONYLY 30% OFF AIL PERENNIALS Sale ends Sunday, June 8th Fo 33 yas .. . Yo onr adnn te e 90.8411