Mayor's Report for February 4, 2025

January 21st

I chaired the Marmara and Lake Planning Meeting at 5:30 p.m.

At 6:30, I chaired the Regular Meeting of Marmara and Lake Council

January 22nd

I attended the Planning & Development, and Finance, Property & Personnel Meetings at Hastings County.

One of the Planning decisions made was to recommend to County Council to approve the SPARC Program. This ·is a program that will approve the County to provide certain Planning services to the participating Hastings County municipalities. The Planning & Development personnel will be meeting with municipal staff to enter into an agreement regarding the services they are prepared to provide and the role of the local municipal staff. The agreement will be unique to each municipality based on its needs and current demand for services.

At 1:00, 1 chaired the first business meeting of the South East Health Unit in Kingston. The terms of reference for the Finance Committee and Governance Committee were approved and expressions of interest were received from members of the Board to sit on the committees. Those members were appointed. At the next meeting, on February 26th, - chairs of those committees will be elected.

January 28th

I attended Hastings County Council. County Council approved the recommendation of the Planning Committee and approved the SPARC Program. Our staff will report to Council when the program has been determined for Marmora and Lake.

January 29th

I participated in an interview with the Ombudsman Office regarding the meeting regulations of the new SEHU. The Ombudsman is being proactive to ensure that the meetings and agendas meet the criteria as set out in the Municipal Act as it relates to open and closed meetings and the role of the Ombudsman if there are complaints.

At 2:00, in conjunction with Hastings County staff and the Warden, along with Councillor Daoust and Tammy May, I presented a new business certificate to Remote Tax Team and Country ComputerZ - Computer Repair & Sales. On behalf of myself and Council, I thanked Bryon and Amanda for choosing Marmora for their business location and wished them success.

That afternoon, I attended the office to sign various documents and met informally with the CAO.

January 31st

I participated in a webinar training session - Briefing for Speakers and Moderators with the alPHa organization for its Winter Symposium. I have been invited to be a panelist at the alPHa Symposium on February 14th . This panel consists of the four new Board Chairs as a result of the mergers.

February 4th

Today is our regular Council Meeting.