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Minutes of the January 28, 2013 Council Meeting
That staff provide a full accounting of the $1.56 million expenditure
for engineering services in relation to the (1) EAs, and (2) Grand
Bend Sewage Treatment Facility by the end of February. This
report will include, but is not limited to, the following information:
Date of Payment, Recipient, Amount Paid; and Purpose of the
payment in sufficient detail to distinguish it from other payments;
and further that if payment is made for more than one item on a
cheque, the division of the money should be clearly enumerated.
Carried
11.2 Notice of Motion from Deputy Mayor Davis-Dagg – Re: Council Approval &
Endorsement of 2012 Year in Review
Deputy Mayor Davis-Dagg provided a list of Municipal achievements and asked Council
to endorse them as the 2012 Year in Review.
13-0128-26 Moved by: Deputy Mayor Davis-Dagg
Seconded by: Councillor Bonesteel
MOVED that Council approve and endorse the following 2012
Year-in-Review with any additions/deletions they feel appropriate
and post it to the main page of the website for public review and
include it as an insertion in the electronic newsletter.
2012 Lambton Shores Year-in-Review (In random order. Not
exhaustive.)
1. Strategic Planning – Direction Defined – Council identified and
synthesized its core objectives into three key areas: (1) Economic
Development – creating the conditions for a thriving economy in our
municipality; (2) Community Spirit – the unifying of the community
behind common goals for the achievement of the common good
and the enhancement of the quality of life; (3) Environment –
targeting key environmental issues in an effort to both proactively
and reactively protect the unique natural habitat in the municipality
we call “home.”
2. Significant Debt Reduction – From the time that Council was
elected in 2010 until the end of 2012, the municipal debt has been
lowered from $21.4 million to $17.4 million – a reduction of 20%.
3. Successful Ad Hoc Committee Deliberations – Council
members participated in and facilitated 10-months of deliberations
by members of the Ad Hoc Sewage Advisory Committee and the
production of an extensive report on a prospective sewage system
in Zones 3 & 4 (Grand Bend) which included 6 recommendations
that were received and endorsed by council. This Ad Hoc
Committee represented one of the best examples of cooperation
between council and the community on a difficult and controversial
issue that this municipality has ever witnessed. The Committee’s
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