Councillor McCann Meeting Report (May 2, 2017)

Belvedere Heights Monthly Board of Management Meeting
There were a number of items covered during the meeting.  Financial Statements for the year ending December 31, 2016 were presented by a KPMG representative and accepted by the board.  We also were in receipt of a benchmarking comparative report of municipal homes which looks favourably upon Belvedere Heights in its management.  Belvedere is below the mean in most categories compared to 82 other municipal home in Ontario.  Life Lease Unit sales have been good.  It has been some time since only one unit remains for sale.

Conversation was also focused on tunnel decommissioning, parking and other housekeeping matters.

Belvedere Heights is undertaking a plan to review our current IT (information technology) needs and to put together a strategic plan that we hope will turn Belvedere Heights into a leader in so far as managing the best technology available for our money.  We are striking up an ad-hoc committee to review our present infrastructure including hardware, software, systems management, communication, systems maintenance and web site.  The committee will then attempt to identify our needs now and over the next five+ years and put into place a system that will suit what we need in the way of information technology.  In putting the committee together, we will be reaching out to the community for individuals experienced and qualified in IT and systems management.


District of Parry Sound Municipal Association Spring Meeting
On Friday, April 28th, with Councillors Horne and Marshall, I attended the 160th Meeting of the District of Parry Sound Municipal Association in Sundridge.  Speakers included representatives of the Village of Sundridge, Township of Strong and Township of Joly.  The meeting was held in the new Near North Enviro-Education Centre.  We also heard from Hector Lavigne, Mayor of Callander with an update from  FONOM (Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities), Dr. Jim Chirico, Medical Officer of Health, the North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority on the topic of Restoring your Shore Program.

Later in the morning we heard about a new Spring 2017 Build, from the Southern Almaguin Chapter of Habitat for Humanity.
Stacie Fiddler, Executive Director of the Labour Market Group reported on interesting and timely statistics.

Finally, the Guest Speaker was Harold Elston, Barrister & Solicitor on the Role of an Integrity Commissioner.


Town of Parry Sound Civic Scholarship Applications
The Town of Parry Sound is offering a $500 Civic Scholarship for post-secondary students entering their second year in the fall of this year, 2017.   Applications are being accepted until May 31st.   Complete application with all documents assembled (in either WORD or PDF format only) must be emailed to the Office of the Clerk (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) no later than May 31st of this or any respective year.  Click below or got to the Town's web site to obtain your copy of the application form and criteria.
 
Bursary Criteria (PDF):  TOPS_Bursary-Criteria_Passed.pdf
Bursary Application (Word Format):  TOPS_Bursary-Application-Form.docx

Town of Parry Sound Web Site / Bursary Info & Application Form:
Town Of Parry Sound