Ladies
and Gentlemen
The longest days of the year are brightening our late evening
BBQs. The Party on the Dock is now an echo. It must be summer.
On Monday June 22nd your Council gets right to
work with three meetings. At 5:00 pm is a special meeting of Council to receive
a report from our IT consultant about how to improve our municipal technology systems.
At 6:00 pm a closed meeting will consider appointments to various committees. Then
at 7:00 pm is the regular Council meeting. The agenda includes:
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Four deputations and petitions:
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Comments on the Downtown Master Plan from D. Penrose, St. Paul’s Church
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Request for a splash pad at Little Lake Park
o
Petition regarding the Downtown Health Centre
location
o
Petition regarding changes to downtown
parking
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Public meeting (you may speak) on closing the
road allowance near Portage Rd.
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A plan to bring people back to Little Lake Park
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Introducing the new inspector for the shared
Midland/Penetanguishene building inspection service
June is Senior’s month. On Tuesday at noon you are
invited to the annual Midland Seniors Council luncheon at NSSRC. Speakers will
include Wes Crown, Town of Midland and Jill Tettmann, CEO NSM Local Health
Integration Network (LHIN). The lunch is free but you should pick up a ticket at
the NSSRC before attending. Then a 2:00 pm the North Simcoe Housing Working Group
meets at Town Hall to continue its work on finding housing solutions for our
area.
Wednesday June 24th starts at 9:00 am at the
Fire Hall with Project Zero. Midland is pleased to again be selected to receive
smoke and CO2 detectors that will be provided to the public by our fire department.
Please remember that smoke and CO2 detectors are required to be installed in
all of our homes.
At 3:00 pm that afternoon in the Council Chambers, the Town
will hold an open house to provide information about the new Downtown Health
Centre proposed for the Edgehill Park location. This is the first of the public
meetings on the matter and a chance for the public, Council and staff to hear
from each other about concerns and questions. There are many rumors circulating
on this matter, so of you are interested please plan on attending.
And lastly, the OCPC hearing that had been planned for
today to consider the safety issues with outsourcing of police dispatch has
been cancelled. To be rescheduled.
On Thursday the 25th Midland plays host to the
third Economic Prosperity Summit. This all day event at the MCC will welcome some
140 delegates from business, government and the public to hear about how our economy
is performing and the steps being taken to bring more jobs to our area. This
summit will showcase the groundwork being undertaken in the four municipalities
to ensure a prosperous future for our area.
June is also the month of graduation. Students all over Midland
are looking forward to taking that next big step towards their future. Ceremonies
include:
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2:00 pm Midland Learning Centre graduation at
NSSRC
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7:00 pm MSS and St Ts graduations at their
locations
On Friday June 26th at 10:00 am the Downtown
Safety committee meets in the Town Hall.
Weekend
Saturday
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4:00 pm Relay for Life in support of cancer research
at Little Lake Park
Sunday
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GB Rowing Club regatta – all day on Little Lake
Park at their location
Gord
McKay
Be
part of Midland’s Year of Bold Action - 2015
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