Last Monday at the Milton Banquet & Conference Centre the Milton Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual “Breakfast with the Mayor” events which gives us the opportunity to talk about what we have accomplished over the last year and the outlook for the future.
This years theme was Milton 2022 and Beyond. In front of a packed room of community leaders, business owners and Milton residents our CAO Andrew Siltala outlined a number of accomplishments the Town of Milton has made over the last couple of years (this was the first time since 2020 it was an in person event) and the optimistic few of the coming years.
There was a bit of news that came at the end of the event that kind of overshadowed everything and that was the announcement by Mayor Krantz that he will be seeking re-election as mayor this coming October.
Here is the video link to YourTV’s coverage of that part. I’m sure you’ll let me know what you think about that.
We can talk more about that later…back to the presentation at the event.
Since the beginning of this term in 2018, our council has worked very hard with our senior staff in developing what we’ve called our “Council / Staff Workplan” that highlights our priorities – planning for growth – increasing revenue potential – community attractiveness & competitiveness – service innovation.
We have worked on the service delivery review of our departments at the Town of Milton. In this review, we have found some areas to improve in the delivery of service, making the town more efficient and to reduce red tape for businesses as well as residents. This review resulted in a multi year plan that council has committed to and will continue moving forward.
A number of those highlights include:
* Milton’s Culture Plan
* Fire Master Plan
* Civic Square Progression
* Economic Development Strategy
* Milton Education Village land development
This is just part of Milton’s vision of the future and we’ve been able to do this so far by working with councillors, staff as well as YOU…the residents of Milton through “We Make Milton” and we will continue to have everyone at the table as we move forward.
In case you missed the Breakfast with the Mayor, it will be broadcast on YourTV Halton this week (edit: Tomorrow at 11am) on CH 14/700HD
There is so much more to talk about that came from this presentation and I’ll be bringing you posts on the many topics covered in the speech.
Let me know what you are most excited about for Milton in the coming years as we all work together to bring Milton’s vision to a reality.