Mayor's Blog

COVID-19 Update from the Mayor - April 1, 2020

Posted Date Wednesday, April 01, 2020

Welcome to another Mayor’s Blog update on COVID-19 operations.

Since my last post, things have been busy. I’ve made some efforts to work at home, with increasing success! Here goes my update today:

• I declared a State of Emergency to exist in the Municipality of North Perth as of Thursday, March 26 at 1:30 pm. As explained in the Media Release, this provides me, as head of council, with a few additional direct powers that do not require Council’s consent. I intend...

COVID-19 Update from the Mayor - March 25, 2020

Posted Date Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Update March 25, 2020

Welcome to another Mayor’s Blog update on COVID-19 operations.

Since my last post, things have been at times busy, and at other times calm. Here goes:

• Council took action to pass its 2020 Budget at our meeting on Monday evening. You can watch the proceedings of the meeting on the North Perth YouTube channel.
• Also at Monday night’s meeting, Council adopted a recommendation from a report prepared by the Treasury to waive penalty and interest fees on...

COVID-19 Update from the Mayor - March 23, 2020

Posted Date Monday, March 23, 2020

Welcome to my first update on COVID-19 on my Mayor’s Blog. I am hoping to get into the habit of this – but of course, there are so many habits to change all at once that I too am finding it difficult to keep it all together.

For so many who have asked how I am doing – thanks so much for your consideration! – I am busy but well. My own business activities have largely quieted, and I’ve pretty much become a full-time+ mayor. Those in my household are...

Understanding the Big (Capital) Projects In North Perth’s Medium Range Future

Posted Date Wednesday, February 19, 2020

On the white board in my office, I keep a short list of projects that I expect lie ahead for our community. Some of these are new initiatives that will spark appropriate growth, some are remedies for infrastructure that is deteriorating past the point of maintenance recovery, and some are essential upgrades to accommodate the growth we’ve seen and the impacts on service capacity.

I feel it important for my fellow residents of North Perth to get a sense of what lies ahead....

Asset Management in North Perth

Posted Date Monday, January 27, 2020

Through the Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act passed in December of 2017, the Province of Ontario issued Ontario Regulation 588/17 (known as “Asset Management Planning for Municipal Infrastructure”) in an effort to provide a more standardized approach to asset management planning in municipalities. Assets include a lot of things: roads, drains, buildings, bridges, computers, snow and construction equipment, playgrounds, sport fields and critical water...