Author: Mike Cluett

Motor Vehicle Collisions in Ward 6

Mike Cluett

Many thanks to Regional Councillor Colin Best for sending this information to the local councillors in Milton.  He has been in discussions with the Halton Region Police Services and one of his reports included a map of all areas and where the most motor vehicle collisions (MCA’s) have occured in town.

As you can see by this list, the top 10 intersections in the region (minus Oakville/Burlington) for MCA’s are located in Milton.

The following is a map of ward 6 specifically.  As you can see the intersection of Derry and Thompson Road is an intersection that has a high number of MCA’s.  There are also a number of other areas in our ward that have a low number of collisions but they are still quite serious.

Budget Input Session July 11th 7pm Milton Sports Centre

Mike Cluett

As I have mentioned many times in this blog, I feel its important that the community get involved in our budget process.  I cant begin to count the number of times during the last municipal election I heard from residents that they dont know whats going on and want to have a say.

We as a new council wanted to make sure this changed.  The changes started recently with our online survey, which is still active, to get a feeling of what Miltonians want from their local government.

The full budget call report with the summary of comments can be found here.

During the last campaign, I promised to be as open and accountable as possible when it comes to feedback from taxpayers on our budget and along with other councillors in the “Hawthorne Village” area, we have scheduled an informal “Budget Input Session” to hear what YOU have to say.

The date has been finalized and the room has been booked.  Monday July 11th at 7pm at the Milton Sports Centre (Room 4) we will sit down and listen to your opinions on what services you would like to see.  The topics will range from transit, community services, parks, taxes, and the hospital levy that was implemented by council in the 2011 budget.

The online survey gave an overview of what Miltonians were thinking.  A majority of those surveyed felt that council should keep potential tax increases to 1-2%, maintain many services at their current levels and was pretty much split on the hospital levy.  Given the fact the response was down the middle regarding the levy, many of the comments showed that more public input was needed before passing such a measure.

Also, if you have not been able to submit your thoughts through the survey, it is still open at the Milton site for you to complete.  The deadline was for submissions to be included in the Budget Call report, but they will keep the survey online until August 18th.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FNVPFC8

If you have any comments or questions before hand, please email me mike@mikecluett.ca

We look forward to seeing you on the 11th

Milton Strawberry Festival June 25th 2011

Mike Cluett

Mmmm…

Its that time of year again.  This Saturday June 25th at the Milton Fairgrounds marks the return of the STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL!

All proceeds go to support the Milton District Hospital Auxillary.  Fun and games for kids as well as…well you know…STRAWBERRIES!

Everything starts at 8am!  See you there.

Admin. & Planning Committee Meeting June 20 2011

Mike Cluett

This coming Monday June 20th is the Administration & Planning Standing Committee meeting at Town Hall starting at 7pm.  

This Committee consists of five Councillors and the Mayor. Committee members review all reports, formulate policy and make recommendations to Council on matters over which Council has authority under the Municipal Act, the Planning Act and other legislation. Recommendations are made in the areas of corporate administration, personnel, legal issues, planning and finance.

The Administration and Planning Committee reviews the operating and capital budgets as well as various financial matters affecting the Town of Milton.

The agenda for the meeting can be found here.

Some of the highlites include:

As always you can watch online on Monday night at 7pm.  If you have any questions or comments for any of these reports, please email me mike@mikecluett.ca

 

Bruce Street Library Feasability Study Online

Mike Cluett

The Town of Milton has released the copy of the feasability study on the future of Bruce Street Library.

You can find it online here.

There are two public meetings happening June 16th.  One is from 3pm to 5pm at the Seniors Centre on Childs Drive and the other session is from 7pm to 9pm.

If you cant make these sessions, as always, you can email your local councillor (see the “HOW TO REACH YOUR COUNCILLOR” link to the right.

The report will be discussed at the next full meeting of Milton Town Council.

Hawthorne Village 2012 Budget Input Session

Mike Cluett

After consulting with Rick Di Lorenzo (Ward 7 Local Councillor) and Zeeshan Hamid (Ward 8 Local Councillor), and Sharon Barkley (Ward 1 Local Councillor) we’ve come up with a date where we want to hear from you.  Of course all other councillors in town are invited to join us but we wanted to have a focus on issues in our area that needs to be heard.

Thursday night June 30th at 7pm (location to be determined) If we get a lot of interest we might move it to the Sports Centre or somewhere larger but it could also be Symposium or Hawthorne Cafe.

The budget call process has started and thank you to everyone who filled out the survey online but thats not the only way to give us your input.

Sharon, Zeeshan, Rick and I want to hear from you in a “tell us what you think” format. We dont want to go on about what OUR priorities are just yet.  That will come in time for sure.  We want to hear what yours are.

Of course we can provide direction on the topics, like transit, community services, parks, taxation, budget increases, etc but the floor is yours.  Once we complile the opinions from everyone, we can send out a summary and these comments will be sent to staff as part of this process.

As always you can tell us what you think via email if you cant make it and each one of us encourages that.

So RSVP here or email one of us to let us know you can make it.

Its your time to speak and comments made there at the meeting and here on the Villager and in emails to us will be used in this budget call process. We can all agree this hasnt happened much in the past…lets change that.