Ladies and Gentlemen
This
past Wednesday saw the OPP present their policing proposal to Council. The meeting was attended by some 60-70 persons,
the majority of whom were police officers and individuals from other
municipalities that are also making policing decisions.
The
OPP provided their year one all in cost of some $5.8 million. Council referred
this number to our OPP Costing Committee to evaluate and make a fair comparison
to the Midland Police Service cost – not a simple task. The Costing Committee will
take at least 3 months to make their evaluation. For regular updates on what information
has been presented and answers to your questions, please visit http://www.midland.ca/Pages/OPP-Costing.aspx
The
Week Ahead
Monday the 13th starts with a number
of Town meetings. At 2:00 pm the
Midland Bay Landing Steering Committee meets at Town Hall for further
discussions about our development partner. At 6:00 pm Council goes into a
special closed meeting to consider labour relations, disposition of land and a personal
issue. Then at 7:00 pm is the General Committee meeting. On the agenda:
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Council will receive its Annual Safe Drinking
Water report
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A review of proposed user fee increases for
the NSSRC, Parks and our Harbour. Most
fees are set to go up by 5% in 2017 and 2% per year thereafter
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A request for the removal of two large trees
in front of the Public Library
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Discussion of whether we should move to
telephone/online voting (instead of a paper ballot) for the upcoming election
Tuesday the 14th is a quieter day
with only County Council at 9:00 am on the agenda.
On Wednesday at 6:30 pm the Midland BIA has asked
the Town to meet with them to discuss parking issues in the downtown. That
meeting is at ShopMidland.
Thursday the 16th sees two interesting
meetings. From 10 am to 11:30 am our Library is hosting a Social Media Drop in Centre – everything you
wanted to know about using social media. Please register at http://www.nscfdc.on.ca/upcoming-events.php . Then at 12:00 noon at the downtown ShopMidlnd location is an information
session about how to start a business in our downtown. Sponsored by the BIA, the
event will cover how to get started: benefits to
opening up a business in downtown Midland; space availability and much
more. Please RSVP by at manager@downtownmidland.ca
or call (705) 527-7246.
On Friday our Legion helps with the fundraising
for the 2017 Frank Graham Cycle Liberation Tour. The
Legion’s Ladies Auxiliary is hosting one of their renowned spaghetti dinners
from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
Week -
End
Saturday February 18
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10:00 am its “Makers & Breakers: What’s On the
Inside?” at the Public Library. Geared for the younger set, ages 5 and up, this is your chance
to explore ‘What's On the Inside’ of some common devices by busting them open
and taking a look! They’ll look at things like lasers, magnets, and circuit boards.
What do they do? How do they work? This month’s featured tech is computer hard
drives. Register at the Library, 705-526-4216
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Winterama weekend in Penetanguishene. The
parade starts at 10:30 am.
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Three
items in closing:
1.
North Simcoe Muskoka Local Health Integration
Network (NSM LHIN) is accepting applications for the positions of Board Chair
and Director for current and upcoming vacancies in 2017. These postings will
remain open until February 21, 2017. Please see
2.
An electric vehicle charging station is coming
to Midland. The station should be in place by March 31, 2017 and will be at our
Tim Hortons on Hwy 12 - a great way to get a coffee and a charge at the same
time.
3.
For
all of us who have missed the insightful reportage of Doug Glynn, I am pleased
to say he is back. Doug feels he has recovered enough to write again. So
he is launching his own blog. https://doubtingthomas80.wordpress.com/. I have
always enjoyed Doug’s perspective and fairness in reporting local events. I
think you will too.
Gord McKay
The
Year for Getting It Done - 2017
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