Ladies
and Gentlemen
As
the song says – Baby, its cold outside. But if you step outside there are all
sorts of things going on in our wonderful Town. Coffee shops are busy; lots of
hockey at the NSSRC; the Cultural Center has just expanded its Saturday “open
mike” due to increased demand; and this morning I walked with some 100 area
residents in the Alzheimer’s Walk for Memory. If you want to beat the cold - get
active.
Lots
of meetings on Monday January 27th. At 11:00 am a special Police Service Board
meeting will take place at the Town to discuss its response to the Town’s 0%
and 2% budget request. Later that afternoon I will meet with representatives
from the MSS Parent’s Group. Our area is well into an “ARC review” process that
will decide the future of our public high schools. There are a lot of factors
at play – the over-riding factor being the quality of our children’s education.
I will present the results of these discussions and our position to the ARC
meeting on February 4th at 7:00 pm at MSS.
At
6:00 pm at the Town there will be a closed meeting to discuss a number of
personal issues. Then at 7:00 pm is the Town Council meeting. An interesting
agenda including:
-
Presentation recognizing 25 years of service
for volunteer fire fighter D. Dahmer
-
Deputation by the Midland Bay Sailing Club
-
A Public Meeting (you are invited to speak) covering
three topics:
o
Sale of public lands at 349 Lakewood Dr.,
1037 Ingram Cres., 1041 Ingram Cres., and 347 Estate Court
o
Council communication policy regarding contentious
correspondence
o
The new Town web-site
-
Decision on school safety zone signage for
Monseigneur Castex and Huron Park
-
Our 2014 budget – coming in at a Town tax
rate of 1.7%
-
Approval of decisions on zoning changes for
422 King St (the Moranis property) and 845 Yonge Street (the Watts Funeral Home)
Tuesday
January 28th starts at the County. The most interesting items on the
agenda are a staff presentation on a central composting facility for Simcoe
County and the approval of the economic development funding for North Simcoe. That
evening Council will meet in closed session to discuss what we would like to
see in the agreement with Hydro One for the MPUC facility.
Wednesday
will feature a couple of interesting internal discussions. Bell Canada will
visit Town Hall to map out the high speed telecommunications that we have in Midland
for business and residents. Modern communications infrastructure is essential
to our future. Later that day we will have our first meeting with the Small
Business Enterprise Center (based in Barrie) to discuss how they can help our business
community.
On
Thursday the 30th the meetings continue with internal discussions with
SSEA (financial arrangements) and the Georgian Bay Land Trust (preserving
tracts of land for future generations). At 5:30 pm Karianne Copeland will
continue her “downtown discussion’ series at the ShopMidland location. You are welcome
to participate and bring your ideas about how we make our downtown better for
all.
Friday
is the start of the Midland Winterfest weekend. For all the details click:
Weekend
Saturday
Start of Novice and
Atom league hockey tournaments at the NSSRC.
Go Midland!
Sunday
The annual Gateway Spelling
Bee at the NSSRC. It runs from 11 am to 4 pm
Stay
warm.
Gord
McKay
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part of Midland’s Year of Making Decisions - 2014
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