weekly message Bonjour, Good morning Tough to answer questions from my grandkids have been things like why is the sky blue ? Why is the grass green ? How can Santa make it to all those homes in one night ? A new question has now arisen, how is it, that the May 24 long weekend is held on May 17th ???? Just giving you things to ponder over your morning coffee. I don’t know about your yard, but between the rain and the spring fertilizer my lawn is crying out for a cut. Not say’n it’s chilly or anything but this might be the first time I have ever had to cut the grass with a Toque and mitts on ! Before you fire up your stove this morning to cook breakfast, consider this. Our Penetang Legion is holding a GIANT GARAGE SALE AND PANCAKE BREAKFAST today from 9 am until 1 pm. Breakfast is $5.00 per person. Be sure to pop by to fill your tummy and to discover some garage sale treasures! PSS ACTIVITY Communication efforts continue. A request for a delegation with the Trustee’s to bring to the light of day a number of process related matters and concerns was submitted. However the request was denied, due to, go figure, a board policy !! . I suspect that the purpose of the Board Policy is to prevent parties from circumventing the ARC process. That was not the intent of the proposed delegation. The ARC process is now concluded and notwithstanding serious concerns about flaws in the process, we participated in the ARC following the rules and restrictions imposed upon us by Board staff. However, staff are now recommending that the Board disregard the very ARC process they imposed upon our communities in favour of the staff position. The situation now sees Board Staff advocating that the Trustees disregard the ARC recommendation. The public should be provided the opportunity to respond to the Board position and to any board submission(s) to the Trustees. This is especially important given the concept of a new school being built and the funding pursuit of such an undertaking was never presented to the ARC committee to debate, investigate or deliberate upon. THE REMOVAL OF OPTHAMOLGY SERVICES - MEETING WITH THE LOCAL HEALTH INTEGRATION NETWORK (LHIN) Midland’s Mayor McKay along with the Midland Seniors council have spearheaded a seniors healthcare input session (see attached) for May 29th to discuss the LHIN’s attempt to remove Ophthalmology services from our area and to discuss where health care should head in the area. The meetings prime recipient to hear the voices of the seniors within our four local communities was to be the LHIN. Despite the LHIN’s desire to “hear” the voices of our senior’s community the LHIN has had to decline attending the meeting due to a Ministry directive to stand down during the provincial election. This poses two problems for the meeting (1) the LHIN will not be in attendance to hear the voices of our seniors and (2) the LHIN was to provide the lunch for the anticipated 250 seniors that would be attending the meeting and will not be doing so. This leaves the meeting with a $2,500 financial shortfall to cover the lunch bill. While delaying the meeting till just post the election would allow the LHIN to come back in to play attendance wise and solved the financial lunch crunch, Mayor McKay, as the meetings host, weighed the pro’s and con’s of moving the meeting date and has decided to proceed with the meeting on May 29th so please do mark your calendars. I should share that I am attempting to find a way to see if the LHIN can attend the meeting in a “listening only” role Stay tuned. A FRIENDLY REMINDER Our Huronia Economic Alliance (HEA) is seeking nominations to the Board of Directors for our newly created Economic Development Corporation. A board job description along with the mission for this new organisation can be found on our HEA website. investhuronia.ca . Tay Twp. Mayor Scott Warnock is spearheading the recruitment effort for us. You can mail/drop off your application, in confidence, to Scott’s attention at the Township of Tay offices ( 450 Park Street, PO Box 100, Victoria Harbour, Ontario, LOK 2A0 ) THE UPCOMING WEEK Tuesday A full day of town committee meetings. 8:30 a.m. Recreation and Cultural Services (RCS) committee meeting (Jamie, Helen, Gerry). Items of interest include the county confirming our $60,750 in funding for the Fuller Avenue Bike Lane, repairs to the spuds on the Town Dock and discussion on a summer trial that would see our Tennis Courts fully open to the public (i.e. a no membership required environment that would see the tennis court gates unlocked each morning at 6 a.m. and then locked at 9 p.m. each evening). 10:45 a.m. Planning and Development (P&D) committee meeting (Debbie, Erin, Gerry) We will discuss some topics I never dreamed would land in front of me. VQA wine sales at farmers markets, do we proceed with having staff investigate zoning to allow Medicinal Marijuana Manufacturing and later on in the day we discuss Beer/Liquor sales in corner stores. Boy, we live in interesting times don’t we. 1:00 p.m. Transportation and Environmental (T&E) Services Committee meeting (Brad, Michel, Gerry) All business as usual in nature. 2:45 p.m. Finance and Corporate Services (FCS) committee meeting (Daryl, Pat , Gerry) Pretty much business as usual in nature, as I mentioned earlier we will discuss liquor and beer sales in corner stores. Thursday 9:00 a.m. I Chair a Organizational Excellence Committee meeting. This group is focussed on improving the service delivery to children in need by our Children’s Aid Society. 11:00 a.m. I attend and the grand opening of the H.M.S. Tecumseth Centre. This is Discovery Harbour’s exciting new permanent exhibit and is also the kickoff event for a season long celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the founding of the British Naval Establishment at Discovery Harbour. 7:00 p.m. Councillor’s Helen Luzius and Michele Mayotte can be found at the Museum as the board meets for their monthly meeting. THINGS TO TAKE NOTE OF Boating Safety -- please note that the good folks of the Ontario Provincial Police are warning boaters that although the ice may be gone from area lakes, extreme caution must be used when returning your boat to the water. With water temperatures still being very cold, a personal floatation device (PFD) or a floatation suit should be worn at all times. Hypothermia can and will set in very quickly should you fall into the water and at least with a PFD or floatation suit you may have a chance in surviving such an incident. Boaters are also reminded that many area lakes may still have some floating ice or objects such as logs or other debris that may cause damage to your vessel. Spring is in the air and our Penetanguishene Horticultural Society are holding their annual plant sale on Saturday May 24 at the Penetang Curling Club from 8:00 am to noon. There will be annuals, perennials and vegetable seedlings for sale. A good place to get a jump on your planting plans for the season ! We are the Villagers continue their fund raising efforts to ensure that children from all walks of life get the opportunity to participate in recreational, artistic, music and many other programs. They are hosting a Murder Mystery next Sunday called the LOVE BUS !! Check out the attachment in today’s message for further details. Please note today’s Wellness Event attachment containing the details for an upcoming event on cancer screening. The session occurs this Tuesday ( May 20) from 7-8:30pm featuring one of our local family physicians and a well-respected physiotherapist. That’s all for now, do enjoy the long weekend !!
Posted on: Sun, 18 May 2014 14:36:10 +0000
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