With the pomp and circumstance of the inauguration of Milton Town Council over, now the work really begins.
Last Monday family and friends of council members and staff filled the chambers to witness the new council for 2010-2014 being sworn in. As I mentioned in my comments that night, it was a very humbling experience. I had a great time meeting with other members of council and their families. There is a feeling amongst all the councillors that over the next 4 years, we will be a close to each other as our families.
Tonight’s meeting will consist of receiving a number of reports (very LARGE reports) that we have been sifting through for the past few weeks regarding the Boyne Survey and the Derry Green Corporate Business Park.
Here is the link to the agenda from Milton’s website.
The work doesn’t end there as next weeks meeting we will be receiving the budget documents for review and that begins the process in early January of approving the 2011 budget. (Cue the sounds of pencils being sharpened)
Over the next few weeks as these documents become available I hope that you take some time to review them and provide any suggestions you might have to either myself or other members of council.
In January when I launched my campaign, or what I call my “conversation with Ward 6 voters”, I urged people to get involved in a discussion of ideas with town council. There are a number of councillors who are described as “connected” and they are also looking for input. The only way we can be effective is if we have a two way conversation of ideas to help Milton grow and be as fiscally sound as possible.
The decisions we will be making in the coming weeks will be tough. It will be hard to please everyone. As Councillor Rick Malboeuf made mention on last Monday night that council has been sworn in for 4 years which means we will “be sworn at for 4 years” as well.
I will also try to get as many tweets as possible out tonight. It will be a learning process and I have to see what I can get in while listening to discussion around the table. Easier to tweet from the gallery but we’ll see what happens.
I’ll see you at the meeting.
Looking at the agenda and the reports I noticed these were mainly for information purposes and to get the ball rolling with Boyne and Derry Green. WHY were most of the councillors hell bent on asking questions about things like how many people will be driving on Britannia (hint TONY Check with the Region as its a REGIONAL road). I know its the first council and everyone wants to put their mark on these proceedings but I mean come on….
Thanks Left early for your comment.
Council had a very short period of time to review the background documentation presented to us over the last few weeks. Some of us have been attending meetings and reading reports for some time so we had a bit of a head start. Most of my questions were answered earlier by staff and any other concerns I have can be addressed at another time. Thanks for coming to the meeting (im assuming you did attend) and I hope you can take part in further discussions regarding Derry Green Corporate Business Park and the Boyne Survey. I am very excited about the business park as once it gets rolling, we can intise new companies to come to Milton and bring in much needed revenue! – Mike