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www.oakvillebeaver.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, January 13, 2010 · 8 Halton losing social services commissioner to York By Tim Foran OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF The woman in charge of Halton's public housing, long-term care homes, children's services and social assistance programs is leaving the Region after 26 years to take on an expanded role in York Region. Adelina Urbanski, who has served for more than a decade as the commissioner of Halton's massive social and community services department, will be assuming a similar position in York, but with an expanded responsibility to also oversee that Region's public health department. Urbanski, a Adelina Urbanski Mississauga resident, will take on her new role as York's commissioner of community and health services on Feb. 1, according to a December press release. At council's health and social services committee meeting Tuesday, Halton's top bureaucrat CAO Pat Moyle described Urbanski's departure as a loss to the Region. "When Adelina told me she was interested in this position, I wished her every failure," Moyle joked. One of five commissioners in Halton, Urbanski oversaw a department with a $170 million operating budget this year, almost the same as the City of Burlington's entire 2009 operating budget. The department also has the highest number of Regional employees, led by its Services for Seniors division, which has more than 500 staff mostly located at the Region's three long-term care homes. In York, Urbanski will head up that community's largest department, one with 1,500 employees. "Different challenges, different environment," said Urbanski as her reasons for leaving after a quarter century in Halton. A bureaucrat known provincially due to her role on numerous task forces, Urbanski was recruited by York after the retirement of its former commissioner, Joann Simmons. "They convinced me the time was right to go." Asked to cite accomplishments in Halton, Urbanski highlighted the Region's creation of emergency shelter beds and a comprehensive housing plan designed to build new affordable housing. She also cited less visible impacts such as a support services network for parents, children and those with mental disorders. She credited regional council for supporting a department that often See No page 9 Vision ­ To be the most livable town in Canada Notice of public information meeting Proposed air quality protection by-law Thursday, January 21, 2010, 7­9 p.m. Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road The town is proposing an air quality protection by-law in order to protect the health of Oakville residents and the environment from the negative effects of major emissions of fine particulate matter into Oakville's airshed. The public is invited to an information meeting to learn more about the proposed by-law, and to give feedback. On December 22, 2009, Council asked that the proposed by-law be circulated for public review and comment. Staff will report on the results of the public review on February 1, 2010. Please RSVP to Pam Dinsmore at 905-845-6601, ext. 3667. LAST CHANCE FOR THE 15% Home Renovation Tax Credit RONA 10% Rebate anel Hung 6 P s Preoor Interior D 10 %off 10 %off %off s All Vanitie s & Faucet 10 %off Rona Brand ona Bran 6L Toilet $60 Halton Rebate. Sku #320384 10 %off sage orge Pas ks F c Sets & Lo Rona brand Collection and Aura ore Benjamin Mo Paint ll Inte,rioorco, Sico, A R na E 10 10 %off Eco 4.8L Toilet co 4.8L oilet 8L $75 Halton Rebate. Sku #309833 399 SPEERS ROAD, OAKVILLE Speers Road and Dorval Drive 905.844.8010