Ladies and Gentlemen
A glorious spring-like day. Time to retire the snow
shovel and start tuning up the lawn mower. A great summer is ahead for Midland.
Monday March 7th starts with an early 8:00 am meeting
of the Snowmobiling Ad-Hoc Committee. This brand new committee will be
recommending the framework for snowmobile trails and regulations for snowmobiles
within the Town of Midland. At 5:00 pm that evening is the quarterly meeting of
the Citizens Healthcare Steering Committee. While there will be reports on our
District Health Unit and the new transit system, the main discussion will be
about our hospital. The meeting is at the Brian Orser Arena in Penetanguishene.
Please attend if you can.
At 5:30 pm is a special closed meeting of Council on
labour and personal matters. At 6:00 pm at Town Hall is a public presentation
by Hemson Consulting on your Water/Wastewater rates. Then at 7:00 pm is the General
Committee meeting. The meeting will feature a number of year end reports updating
Council on how our water, wastewater and transit services fared last year.
Additionally:
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Decision on the Watercross event in Little
Lake Park this summer
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Discussion on how to treat the many leases
that the Town has established with different groups
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Disclosure of the 2015 “sunshine list” – we are
now up to 35 on the over $100,000 list
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Plans for our own RibFest this August 4th
On Tuesday the 8th I am at County for the 9:00
am Council meeting where we will discuss;
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County funding for our hospitals including
GBGH
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Setting of the tax rate structure for all municipalities
in the County
On Wednesday you are invited to participate in the Great Lakes Café. This is a moderated evening of
dialogue, idea exchange and creativity around ways that we can celebrate our
Great Lakes. Your comments will be included in a report to the International
Joint Commission, the body that oversees the use of our Great Lakes. The event
is at 7:00 pm at the NSSRC. Please register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/celebrating-the-great-lakes-north-simcoe-tickets-21520149346
Thursday the 10th sees the YMCA Spring Job
Fair at the MCC from 1:00 to 5:00 pm.
Weekend
Sunday
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9:30 am to 2:00 pm - Pancake breakfast at
Phil’s Pub and Eatery. All proceeds go to
We are the Villagers.
Council Issues Update
GBGH
The mayors continue to work with GBGH on the two most contentious
issues facing our hospital:
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Ensuring GBGH has the “basket of health services”
that we need in our community
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Having the North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN modify
the funding formula so that our mid-sized community hospital is not
continuously strapped for funds
Each and every one of us has a role to play in
maintaining our local health services. Please get involved.
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And
in closing some good news. Pillsbury had been set to close their operation this
June. General Mills has now advised that they will be open until at least January
next year. Our economic development group EDCNS is also working with at least
one company that is interested in buying the property and ensuring a level of employment
stays at the facility. I will keep you updated.
Gord
McKay
Your
Year for Getting Aboard – Midland is on the Move - 2016
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