The Mayor’s Message

August 31st
I am meeting with Dave Henderson, a mover and shaker in the water industry and the new CEO of the Walkerton Clean Water Centre, Larry Moore. I have a draft action plan that would see Walkerton become a water cluster, where anything and everything to do with drinking and waste water would be centred here.
The [...]

On Friday August 20th the local Health Unit issued a ‘DO NOT USE’ order to people who rely on drinking water from Marl or Rosalind Lakes.
John Graham of Veolia, Colin Saunders, Brockton’s Water Manager and I quickly took off for the Lakes just before 6 p.m. We were armed with over 250 information packages and [...]

On August 15-17 in Windsor, I met with several Ministries to discuss issues that need addressing.
Transportation was encouraged to continue supporting our Saugeen Disability Transportation service.
Environment was lobbied to become proactive with regards to Blue Green Algae. The Quebec action plan was presented for discussion.
Community Safety and Correctional Services was brought up to speed with [...]

I discussed the decision to drop the rates for solar projects ( Micro Fit Program), with Minister Duguid in London on August 5th. The letter is printed below.
 
He promised that a fair and equitable solution would be sought. He understood the plight of those that had invested much time and money based on an 80.2 [...]

         BROCKTON’S STRAGTEGIC SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY FROM                              
     INFAMY TO EXCELLENCE WITH DYNAMIC    LEADERSHIP
                 LET’S KEEP A GOOD THING GOING!!
 
                SUSTAINABLE FUTURE STATEMENT
                              (Where we would like to be in 2030.)
Brockton is a diverse rural community and a leader in balancing social, economic and environmental sustainability and successfully meshes and attractive urban component with a vast [...]

The Clear Bag Program is underway with the end goal of extending the life of our landfill.  Eventually clear bags that contain large amounts of recyclable blue box material will be left at the residence.  For the first few weeks, as a courtesty and to assist in this process, the municipality has opted to have a volunteer follow the truck in order to help residents who [...]

Hi Charlie:
We met at a business development conference in Guelph a while ago.
As we chatted I marveled at the gumption to seek the Walkerton Mayor’s office after the water tragedy.
While the original events in Walkerton were tragic, I must say that I enjoyed ‘Province Wide’ last Sunday.
What a marvelous Phoenix like success story and what [...]

Hope you are enjoying all the sunshine this spring, although for some the lack of rain is beginning to be a concern. Let’s cross our fingers and pray for our share of precipitation for the sake of the farmers who are invested in cash crops.
A direct benefit of the weak winter and early spring is [...]

The Saugeen Mobility & Regional Transit Corporation is funded by several municipalities and overseen by the Ministry of Transportation whose funds are used for Capital Expenditures.
S.M.A.R.T. primarily services seniors and people with disabilities, many on fixed income at or below the poverty line. The need for medication transport and social outings to this ever [...]