Mike Cluett

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  • Region Of Halton Approves 1.4% Increase

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    Again from Kim Arnott Region settles on 1.4% tax hike In a budget that will see close to $1 billion spent on infrastructure, programs, services, regional staff and police, Halton’s council was hung up on about $190,000.That amount represented the difference between capping Regional staff pay increases at 2.25 per cent, which was the amount…

  • Halton Region to Vote on 1.3 % Tax Increase Today

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    From Kim Arnott at the Oakville Beaver  Halton Region to vote on 1.3 per cent tax increase While Halton’s police officers will receive a 3.1 per cent salary increase this year, the remainder of the region’s staff could see their pay increases limited to 2.25 per cent.The region’s budget committee set the upward limit on…

  • Hospital Levy Increases Tax Hike By 1%

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    From the Milton Canadian Champion Christina Commisso, Milton Canadian Champion Town staff presented the budget committee a 2011 budget with a 4.86 per cent hike and included options to bring that percentage down to 1.66 per cent. The committee approved a 2011 budget with a 4.58 per cent tax increase. A passionate debate extended into…

  • Milton Police Blotter – January 20 2011

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    From the Milton Canadian Champion Teen robbed of cell phone outside Memorial Arena Shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday, two males approached a 16-year-old youth outside Milton Memorial Arena, police said. The two males proceeded to detain the victim, by holding onto his backpack, and steal his Blackberry.  The suspects fled, crossing Thompson Road. The first…

  • More 2011 Budget Feedback

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    There has been lots of discussion on the Hawthorne Villager web forum on the aftermath of the 2011 Milton budget that was passed by the committee on Monday.  You can follow it here. I made a comment on one of the threads regarding the importance of public involvement in the budget process that I’ll post here…

  • 2011 Budget Increase of 4.58%

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    *EDIT* I was incorrect with the amount of the increase.  It wasnt 4.56% it is 4.58% increase (3.58% plus 1% tax levy)  I apologize for any confusion. First off want to thank the many of you for sending your comments, questions and input for the 2011 budget.  Over the past couple of weeks since posting…