Ward 1 — Town of Milton
One seat, two councils
A Regional Councillor elected in Ward 1 sits on two councils: Milton Town Council and Halton Regional Council. That dual role is what makes this seat different from a Town Councillor’s, and it decides which of your questions this office can actually answer.
What the dual role means
Halton Region is an upper-tier municipality made up of Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville. Each of those four has its own council, and Halton Regional Council is drawn from all of them. A councillor elected only to the Town sits at one table. A Regional Councillor sits at both.
In practice that means one vote in Ward 1 fills a seat where local decisions are made and a seat where the region’s water, roads, policing and budget are decided.
Milton Town Council
Decisions about Milton alone: local roads, parks and recreation, fire, transit, permits and bylaws, and the Town’s own budget.
Halton Regional Council
Decisions shared across Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville: water and wastewater, regional roads, police, paramedics, public health, waste, and the regional budget.
Who sits where
Milton Town Council has nine members: the Mayor, four Regional Councillors and four Town Councillors — one Regional Councillor and one Town Councillor for each of the four wards.
Halton Regional Council has 24 members. Milton holds five of them: the Mayor and the four Regional Councillors, one from each ward.
A Town Councillor sits only on Milton Town Council. A Regional Councillor sits on Milton Town Council and on Halton Regional Council — the same person, two tables.
Town of Milton, checked 10 September 2026.
Where Ward 1 is
Ward 1 is the north-west ward. It runs north from Derry Road to the Eramosa–Milton Town Line, and west from Tremaine Road to the Halton / Wellington boundary. It takes in the hamlets of Campbellville, Moffat and Brookville, most of the former Nassagaweya Township, and the northern edge of urban Milton.
- North
- Eramosa–Milton Town Line
- South
- Derry Road
- East
- Tremaine Road
- West
- the Halton / Wellington boundary
The regional table
What Halton Region decides
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Water and wastewater
Treatment and the network that carries drinking water in and wastewater out. Servicing capacity is also what determines when land can be built on.
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Regional roads
The arterial network that carries traffic between and through the four municipalities, as distinct from the local streets a town maintains.
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Police services
Policing across Halton is delivered by the Halton Regional Police Service and funded through the regional budget.
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Paramedic services
Land ambulance and paramedic response for the region, including response-time standards and the size of the service.
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Public health
The regional public health unit: immunisation, inspections, health promotion and outbreak response.
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Waste and recycling
Collection, recycling, organics and the regional waste facilities behind them.
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Housing and social services
Community housing, social assistance, child care support and long-term care homes operated by the Region.
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The regional budget and levy
Regional Council sets the regional budget each year and the regional portion of the property tax levy that pays for it.
Which roads Halton maintains
If your complaint is about one of these, it belongs at the Regional table. Everything else — the residential streets, the collectors in your neighbourhood — is the Town’s.
- Guelph Line Regional Road 1
- Derry Road Regional Road 7
- Steeles Avenue Regional Road 8
- Tremaine Road Regional Road 22
- Bronte Street / Highway 25 Regional Road 25
Halton Region, checked 10 September 2026. Full network at halton.ca — regional road network.
The town table
What stays with the Town of Milton
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Local roads and sidewalks
The residential and collector streets in your neighbourhood, their maintenance, and winter clearing on them.
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Parks and recreation
Arenas, pools, community centres, sports fields, parks and trails — including what they cost to use.
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Fire service
Milton’s fire and emergency response, stations and staffing.
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Milton Transit
Local bus routes, schedules and fares, and how they connect to services the Town does not run.
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Building and bylaw
Building permits, property standards, noise, parking and bylaw enforcement.
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The town budget and levy
Town Council sets the Town’s budget and the Town’s portion of the property tax levy.
Land-use planning is a Town decision
Land-use planning is a Town responsibility, not a Regional one. Under provincial legislation, Halton Region stopped being an upper-tier municipality with planning responsibilities on 1 July 2024. The Region is no longer the approval authority for local official plans or amendments, can no longer appeal Planning Act matters, and is no longer a party at the Ontario Land Tribunal. The former Regional Official Plan now operates as a local plan of Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville.
In practice: development applications, zoning and official plan decisions in Milton are Milton Council decisions. That makes the Town table the one to watch on growth.
Halton Region, checked 10 September 2026. See halton.ca — supporting land-use planning.
Where your property taxes go
One property tax bill, three portions. The Town of Milton sets its own. Halton Regional Council sets the regional portion. The education portion is set by the Province and collected on its behalf.
A Regional Councillor votes on two of those three — which is why the seat matters to what you pay.
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44%
Town of Milton
Fire and protection services, recreation facilities and programs, road and park maintenance, transit, Milton Public Library, winter maintenance, civic administration, cultural programming, stormwater ponds, planning and zoning, street lighting.
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38%
Halton Region
Garbage and recycling, police and paramedic services, regional roads, social services, public health.
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18%
Education
School boards. The rate is set by the Province.
Of every dollar of residential property tax collected in Milton. Town of Milton, checked 10 September 2026 — milton.ca — understanding your property taxes.
What this seat does not decide
Worth saying plainly, because a councillor who claims otherwise is not being straight with you.
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Schools
School boards run schools and set boundaries, through trustees you elect separately on the same ballot.
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Hospitals and health care
Hospitals and health care delivery are provincial. The Region runs public health, which is a different thing.
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GO rail
GO service on the Milton line is run by the province. Council can press for better service; it cannot schedule it.
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Provincial highways
400-series highways and provincial highway projects are decided at Queen’s Park, not at either council table.
What Sajid would do with the seat
Every commitment this campaign is running on, argued in full, with a note on which table each decision sits at. Election day is .