Oh the weather outside is frightfull….

Its that time of year again Milton.  SNOW IS COMING.

Well some of it is here now is small doses but the weather reports are showing that the GMA (Greater Milton Area) is slated for a little dusting of the white stuff over the course of the weekend.  With this in mind, I thought it prudent to give you a link to the Town of Milton website showing some information on snow plowing, when it happens, and what you can do to help everything out.

One of the BEST things people can do during a snow fall is to keep their cars off the road as to allow the snow plow to clean your streets properly.  We saw last year during a big snow fall, there were a number of people who parked their cars on the road and ended up ticketed or snowed in because the plow had to move around them.  Lets hope we dont have this happen again this year.

Here is the link to the Town of Milton SNOW PAGE and if you DO have any questions, please email or call.  If we do get a large amount of snow, please take this into consideration when calling as you might have to leave a message but we will do our best to get to your street.  In a recent presentation to council, engineering services outlined many improvements to our snow clearing policy and procedures, including using GPS to track each of our plows and ensure things are done as quickly as possible.

Here is an outline of our snow plowing response times for each type of street in Milton.

Hopefully this will give you some information on how things are done and what you can do to assist in helping our crews get to every street as quickly as possible.  This coming weekend might not be a HUGE storm, but this is Canada and it WILL happen.  Bookmark this page and share it with your friends on Twitter and Facebook to keep it handy if and when the big one comes.

NOW…Im out to shovel what little came down today and lets hope for a safe, snow free weekend.

I’ll see you at the doors.

2014 Halton Region Budget Documents Available

Its budget time! I know, I know you’ve all be waiting on this moment each and every year. www.halton.ca/budget is where you can find the full 562 page budget document for Halton Region.

The Town of Milton 2014 budget is expected to be released November 25th on or about so that will give you LOTS of time to review this one.

OR, I can save you some time and review it for you. I know at THIS point it isn’t technically my job (that can be fixed on or about October 27, 2014) but I will do my best to review this one and provide some commentary.

So far it looks like Halton Region will continue its trend of 0% increases given the amount of growth with only a 0.4% increase allotted to Police Services. I’ll have more details as I continue to sift through the document. If there are any questions people have, please feel free to let me know.

Santa Claus Comes To Milton This SUNDAY!

Hang on to your hats everyone.  Santa Claus is coming to town this SUNDAY!

Please be reminded that there is a new route this year.  It no longer starts on Bronte Street but starts at Scott along Main Street.  This is due to the sheer numbers involved in the parade each and every year.  The parade no longer ends at Milton Mall but will continue along Main Street to the Milton GO Station.

I know its said every year its going to be the best yet, but organizers of the Milton Santa Claus Parade are telling me, you aint seen nothing yet.

Look forward to seeing everyone out this year.  Make sure you bring some food for the Stuff a Bus to assist our local Salvation Army Food Bank….bring your letters for Santa as well.

HO HO HO!!!

United Way Christmas House Tour This Weekend

Thinking of something to do this weekend?  Looking to get into the Christmas spirit before the annual Milton Santa Claus Parade on Sunday?

Why dont you take some time this Saturday to take the United Way Christmas House Tour through Milton.  Tickets for the Friday limo driven event have been sold out for some time but you can still take advantage of some tickets that are still available for Saturday’s self guided tour.

Six Milton homes have been specially decorated for this event and the tickets only cost $30, which is a great deal.  Each year this event gets better and better and its an amazing way of getting to know some neighbours and get into the Christmas spirit.

Call (905) 875-2550 to get your tickets today.