Ontario Community Newspapers

Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 11 Aug 2016, p. 22

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NEWS Councillor would support transit expansion into Campbellvilie value they‘re receiving for their tax dollars as either excellent, good or fair. + Approximately 33 per cent of respondents would support increased taxes to enhance or expand services, and the same percentage would prefer to maintain current tax levels by way of cutting services. However, 22 per cent would support increased taxes to maintain services at current levels. + The majority of respondents indicated that services should be maintained at current levels, with the exception of road networks, where 55 per cent of respondents would like to see service levels enhanced. + 59 per cent of respondents support an increâ€" mental one per cent dedicated tax increase to provide funding for maintaining assets to adâ€" dress the existing infrastructure funding deficit. Rural resident Trish Walker shared her thoughts with council on the survey, which she deemed to have an "urban bias" in its phrasing and structu.:=. She also pointed out that in residents‘ reâ€" sponses to the openâ€"ended survey questions, there were 106 separate references to "the unâ€" just removal of the urban tax levy." "I strongly encourage councillors to pay close COME IN AND SEE WHAT‘s NEW! C L | s PICK YOUR STYLE s YOUR PIECES s PICK YOUR h td , , | l Leisure ./ M attention to the qualitative feedback from this 2017 budget call report," she said "The most significant take away is equal sevices for equal taxes. So if council is not prepaed to provide transit, sidewalks, crossing guaris, etâ€" cetera to Ward 3, then the urban tax levymust be reinstated." Ward 7 Councillior Rick Di Lorenzo said te did notice suggestions in the survey commentary of a bus going from Campbellvilie to the Milâ€" ton GO station. "I would be supportive of that if there‘s in acâ€" tual demand," he said. "I want to make sire it‘s not residents just saying that because thy say, ‘We‘re paying taxes and not getting the sevice." Ward 4 Councilior Rick Malboeuf said since the survey responses received only repesent about 1.5 per cent of Milton taxpayers, "t tells me the vast majority are happy with the way we‘re going or content with what we‘redoing and are allowing this council to make tie deâ€" cisions on the budget process" Regarding the 106 mentions of the arban tax levy phase out â€" a measure tha Maiâ€" boeuf made a motion to introduce lat Deâ€" cember â€" the councillior claimed hes "not overly concerned, especially when | know SUiâ€"mwn | NOIdWVHD NYIGVNYI NOLTIW | ‘T T isn@ny Aepsuny1 | gz wosuojeyapi EXCLUSIVE OFFER BANGLE BRACELEI OR ONLY $85 PANDORA ESSENCE COLLEG WITH A SELECT CHARM 905â€"847â€"8551

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