Ladies
and Gentlemen
Quite the week! While
I have not seen the totals from Environment Canada, my estimate for the Blizzard
of 2014 was easily 30 cms of snow. Our
road crews have been working flat out – first ensuring the roads were drivable and
now cutting back the impressive snow banks. They have my sincere vote of thanks
for a great job.
Midland citizens have also responded very well. There
have been a few calls of complaint about ploughs depositing snow in driveways
but most of the calls I received were to alert Town crews to hazardous
situations. Having survived, we all now have stories that will keep the discussions
at Tim Hortons going for years.
This may be the Year of Making Decisions, but this is certainly
“The Week of Town Meetings”.
Monday January 13th starts with a closed
meeting at 6:00 pm to discuss a personal matter, collective bargaining and
committee appointments. At 7:00 pm is the regular General Committee meeting,
including:
-
Demonstration of our new Town website – early
“Beta release” only
-
Direction on a Code of Conduct for Council,
arising out of the recent Bill 168 complaint
-
Our new Asset Management Plan - a very important
document to guide our fiscal process. It will show us our infrastructure
deficit and comments that we need provincial assistance to make up the shortfall.
This infrastructure deficit situation applies to most Ontario municipalities
-
Proposal that we set up new skills-based Audit
Committee to help guide the Town’s finances
-
Introduction of a draft long term lease for
the Huronia Museum.
On Tuesday January 14th I head to County for
the first meeting of the year. The County Committee of the Whole will address many
issues including:
-
The amended 10 year affordable housing strategy
that will affect Midland. The discussion
will give us another opportunity to develop a housing strategy that makes sense
for North Simcoe
-
Direction on economic development funding, in
response to the $400,000 request from our HEA
At 6:15 that evening the BIA will meet at ShopMildand
(King at Hugel) to discuss many matters including the December parking situation.
No end of meetings for you on Wednesday January 15th.
1.
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit Board
meets in Barrie at 9:15 am. The Board is responsible for setting the budget and
delivering public health services for our area.
2.
At 4:00 pm at Town Hall is the January Police
Service Board meeting. The meeting (both public and closed) will discuss
matters including union negotiations, the 2014 police budget and selecting a
new Chairperson.
3.
A planning meeting for public input will take
place at Town hall at 7:00 pm. The Agenda:
a.
Revised development plan of the Moranis property
at 422 King Street
b.
Lot severance (Official Plan Amendment) at
990 Sumac Lane
c.
Change of use (Zoning By-law Amendment) for
the Watts Funeral Home at 895 King Street
d.
Sign by-law amendment in favour of
not-for-profit organizations
4.
Right after the public meeting is the regular
PDC meeting. The meeting will discuss the results from the public planning
meeting plus:
a.
Receive the seniors housing document from our
Seniors Committee
b.
An OMB appeal for the re-zoning at 340
Lakewood Dr.
We head to Toronto on Thursday January 16th for
a meeting with a prospective developer of our waterfront property. Then it’s
back to Midland for a special closed meeting at 7:00 pm at Town Hall to receive
further information regarding the potential sale of the MPUC.
On Friday January the 17th, things really get
into gear with our second annual Road Hockey game on King Street in downtown
Midland. Get your game gear on and come down for the puck drop at 4:30 pm. Your
chance to have some memorable winter fun.
Weekend
Saturday Jan 18 – Huronia
Fun Skate competition will take place a NSSRC.
Whether
you are learning to skate, elderly, looking for some shinny or just some quiet
ice time, the Town provides many opportunities for you to skate. Check them out at: http://www.midland.ca/ParksandRecreation/SkatingSchedule/index.htm.
And
to help you plan your busy Winterfest Weekend – February 1-3 – you will want to
visit:
Gord
McKay
Be
part of Midland’s Year of Making Decisions - 2014
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