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Family Day In Milton February 21 2011

February 8, 2011February 16, 2011Mike Cluett

As I sit here and go through my calendars (yes more than one) scheduling in meetings and other work related items, I just remembered that February 21st is Family Day (ie: a day off) We haven’t had a shortage of days off in February with our snow day last week and the PA Day’s from school…we have Family Day off. I’m sure that no one will send me an email complaining about that. Well, you never know.

From the Milton website, here is a listing of things to do on Family Day in Milton.

Between the Milton Leisure Centre, Milton Sports Centre and John Tonelli Arena there are lots of events for the family to enjoy. Family Yoga, Zumba (I have NO idea what that is, but it sounds like FUN) and dodge ball (Anthony would love that!) is going on at the Leisure Centre from 9AM to 12PM.

There will also be free public skating at John Tonelli Arena, sponsored by RBC, CIBC, and Halton MPP Ted Chudleigh.

Milton Community Resource Centre (MCRC) will also be having a FREE Mom & Baby Zumba event at 10AM at their location (410 Bronte Street South) Again, call the numbers to register as space will be limited.

Check out the schedule and get more details by calling the locations and pre-register (if necessary) and make Family Day in Milton on the 21st a great day.

Live Council Feed

February 7, 2011Mike Cluett

According to www.milton.ca we will be offering live coverage of council and committee meetings. This is a work in progress and we would like to see how it works. Tonights meeting might be brodcast live through www.milton.ca and here’s the link.

http://www.milton.ca/execserv/video2011/live_video.php

Seeing how I will be AT the meeting and not watching from home, try it out tonight and submit your comments to me at mike@mikecluett.ca and let me know how it goes.

Committee Meetings

February 7, 2011February 7, 2011Mike Cluett

Tonight is the first of our “non-council” meetings throughout the year. As I’ve mentioned here before, Milton Town Council is divided up into two standing committees (Community Services Standing Committee & Administration and Planning Standing Committee) Half of council is on one and the other half is on the second with the Mayor sitting on both. The Community Services Standing Committee consists of Regional Councillor Tony Lambert ( Wards 1, 6, 7 8 ) Local Councillors Greg Nelson (Ward 2), Local Councillor Rick Malboeuf (Ward 4), Local Councillor Arnold Huffman (Ward 5), Local Councillor Rick DiLorenzo (Ward7) and Mayor Gord Krantz.

The Community Services Standing Committee consists of the five Councillors and Mayor. Committee members review all reports, formulate policy and make recommendations to Council on matters over which Council has authority under the Municipal Act. These matters are related to Community Services, Fire, Library, Transit and other operational programs.

Our first meeting of the Community Services Standing Committee is tonight at town hall (7pm) and while I don’t sit on that committee, we do attend these meetings without a vote. Council members are not required to be there but the standing tradition is that they attend when possible to provide any additional information and feedback from the community that other councillors might not have.

The agenda for tonights meeting is here.

One of the items on tonight’s agenda is the by-law to be passed regarding the 4th Line / Britannia Road intersection closure slated for March to April of 2011. You can find the report here.

Some of the questions Ive received over the past couple of weeks that I had my posting on the blog was to find out if the traffic lights set for Britannia Road (during the closure, Britannia Road will be reduced to one lane instead of two) and if the temporary lights will be unmanned and / or timers set to accommodate morning/afternoon rush hour traffic.

I received an email from Joe Proietti at the Region of Halton who assured me the lights will be unmanned but set up on timers and those timers will be set to recognize the increased amount of east / west traffic through the mornings and afternoons on Britannia Road. This isn’t the most ideal situation and hopefully the Region of Halton will complete their work as soon as possible during this time.

Its imperative that the traffic flow along Britannia Road not be hindered during this time as it just adds to confusion and frustration of drivers looking to leave and enter Milton during the day.

I’ll keep you posted during the meeting via Twitter for any other updates. Thanks to everyone who sent me emails about this.

How To Reach Your Councillor

February 6, 2011January 16, 2014Mike Cluett

I’ve had a few emails from people outside ward six wanting to know how they can contact their elected representatives. You can go to www.milton.ca for that information in the Mayor & Council section. It has the contact info of every member of council, along with a picture for reference. 🙂

Elected Official		Contact Information
	Mayor and Regional Councillor Gordon Krantz	Town of Milton – Mayor’s office 150 Mary Street Milton, ON L9T 6Z5 Email: Executive Services Home: 905-878-9423 Bus: 905-878-7252, ext 2104 Fax: 905-878-5927
	Local & Regional Councillor VACANT Wards 1,6,7,8	Email: Web: Cell:
	Local & Regional Councillor Colin Best Wards 2,3,4,5	Email: Colin.Best (colin.best@milton.ca) Twitter: @Colin1Best Web: www.colinbest.ca Home: 905-878-3623
	Local Councillor Sharon Barkley Ward 1	Email: sharon@sharonbarkley.ca Web: www.sharonbarkley.ca MAP: Ward One Home: 905-466-1642
	Local Councillor Greg Nelson Ward 2	Email: Greg.Nelson (greg.nelson@milton.ca) Web: www.gowithgreg.ca MAP: Ward Two Phone: 905-864-9860
	Local Councillor Cindy Lunau Ward 3	Email: Cindy.Lunau (cindy.lunau@milton.ca) Web: www.cindylunau.ca MAP: Ward Three Home: 519-853-3772
	Local Councillor Rick Malboeuf Ward 4	Email: Rick.Malboeuf (rick.malboeuf@milton.ca) MAP: Ward Four Work: 905-875-5019 Fax: 1-866-259-2753
	Local Councillor Arnold Huffman Ward 5	Email: Arnold.Huffman (arnold.huffman@milton.ca) Web: www.arnoldhuffman.ca MAP: Ward Five Home: 905-864-6476
	Local Councillor Mike Cluett Ward 6	Email: Mike.Cluett (mike.cluett@milton.ca) Web: www.mikecluett.ca Twitter: @Mike_Cluett MAP: Ward Six Home: 905-878-1327 Cell: 647-888-9032
	Local Councillor Rick Di Lorenzo Ward 7	Email: rick@dilorenzo.com Web: www.hawthornevillager.com Twitter: @RickDiLorenzo MAP: Ward Seven Home: 905-864-4053 Cell: 416-821-1219
	Local Councillor Zeeshan Hamid Ward 8	Email: mail@zhamid.ca Web: www.zhamid.ca Twitter: @Zeeshan_Hamid MAP: Ward Eight Cell: 416-823-6993

Feedback About 1% Tax Levy

February 3, 2011February 10, 2011Mike Cluett

From The Milton Canadian Champion – Letters to the Editor

Hospital levy should be rescinded; taxpayers engaged in discussion

Dear Editor:I read with interest the article in the January 20 Champion entitled ‘Hospital levy increases tax hike by 1%.’

Reporter Christina Commisso wrote that in a 6-5 vote Milton council approved a 3.58 per cent tax increase, plus an unprecedented 1 per cent tax surcharge to help fund the possible future expansion of Milton District Hospital.

Any 6-5 decision is a bad decision, and this one is no exception.

It’s little wonder that Mayor Gord Krantz and councillors Mike Cluett, Tony Lambert, Greg Nelson and Rick Malboeuf didn’t support the 2011 budget. The 4.58 per cent tax hike is more than twice the 2 per cent inflation rate estimated for 2011 by the Bank of Canada. The 2010 inflation rate was 1.7 per cent.

Worse, monies will be set aside for a hospital expansion that isn’t even in the Province of Ontario’s current health infrastructure plan.

Our community’s ability to absorb a 3.58 per cent tax hike, let alone a 4.58 per cent tax increase with a hospital surcharge, is doubtful.

We’re in tough economic times and seniors on fixed incomes, young families with mortgages and local manufacturers and retailers that create jobs and drive municipal assessment revenues are all at risk.

Very few will see business revenues or personal incomes rise 3.58 or 4.58 per cent this year.

A re-do is in order.

Re-open the operating budget and reduce it to inflationary levels.

It’s time to rescind the unprecedented hospital surcharge and engage taxpayers in an open discussion about its future.

Council should also request Queen’s Park to immediately include the hospital expansion in its health infrastructure planning and require it be funded through a public-private partnership, rather than using municipal property taxes.

John Challinor, Milton

Also…

Hospital tax levy tough to swallow

Dear Editor:This letter is in response to the 1 per cent tax levy approved by council for the hospital expansion.

At the time of planning for growth, where on the list of priorities was the expansion of Milton District Hospital? This should have been a top priority. How is the hospital supposed to cope with this new growth?

We already pay taxes to the Province for hospitals. Could money the Town gets from the Mohawk slots not go toward the hospital fund?

To me, there has been some poor planning shown by our governments.

Cecilia Thorpe, Milton

Milton Police Blotter – February 3 2011

February 3, 2011February 3, 2011Mike Cluett

From the Milton Canadian Champion

Trucks, wire stolen

Between 7:45 a.m. and 5:26 p.m. Monday, the Hydro One site was broken into by thieves who climbed the firm’s Lower Baseline fence.

F250 pick-up truck with 2366 RW plates and a Ford Ecoline truck with 161 MF plates were taken. Also stolen was about 1,000 pounds of copper wire. The estimated value of the property is $40,000.

Wire stolen from scrapyard

Overnight Sunday, 43,000 pounds of copper wire was taken from a First Line scrap recycling site. The estimated value of the goods is $5,000.

Man charged in break-in

The Rock Universe shop on Main Street was broken into Saturday at 11:45 p.m. The front door was smashed. Loose change was stolen.

Later in the evening, a man was arrested by plain-clothes officers in the area and charged with break and enter and breach of probation.

House broken into

A home on Nassagaweya Puslinch Town Line was broken into sometime between 4 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday. Entry was gained by forcing open the door to the home, which was under construction.

Stolen was 50 to 60 pounds of copper wire worth an estimated $225.

Cars broken into

Between 8 a.m. and 6:40 p.m. Tuesday, three cars were broken into at Glen Eden Ski and Snowboard Centre on Kelso Road. In the first incident a wallet was stolen containing identification.

The second break-in resulted in a wallet containing ID and credit cards being taken. In the third incident, a purse containing ID was stolen.

Police are investigating.