I have been getting a number of emails recently from people who are looking for lawn signs. As a candidate I find this very encouraging because it means people are engaged and interested in what is going on.
As I talked about yesterday, town council tonight will be considering a report from staff that recommends a potential, stress potential, increase in the mil rate by 6.91% for the 2011 budget year.
Nothing is written in stone as that decision is made (by the new council) in the December budget meetings. This is a time where council makes comments and asks for further information and to give staff direction on where they would like it go.
Needless to say tonight’s council meeting should go long with the majority of council members now registered to run in the election. I hope to hear so positive comments tonight and maybe we can hear from council that 6.91% increase is unacceptable. There are some questions on how they arrived at this number and staff will also be making a presentation tonight.
Stay tuned to my Twitter for updates. If you haven’t been following yet, click on my Twitter feed on my home page and send me messages on how the night progresses.
I know staff is looking at the costs involved in streaming the meetings online through www.milton.ca and this is one of those meetings I know would get a lot of interest from taxpayers. If you can make it, bring a lunch and head down to Town Hall. The meeting starts at 7:30pm.
If you would like to be put on the list for a lawn sign, email me mike@mikecluett.ca or leave a comment in this post and when they are ready, I’ll have one put on your front lawn.
Thank you very much for your support! Until then, I’ll see you at the doors.