Needs another CAO? cklw reports: Amherstburg’s Chief Administrative Officer No Longer With the Town.
In between CAO Miceli’s departure in August 2021 and Peter Simmons’ hiring in February 2022, Interim CAOs were:
Antoinetta Giofu,
Susan Hiroto
Tony Haddad October 2, 2021
And Amherstburg’s CAO History continues.
Maybe OPP policed communities can better afford providing services like Tecumseh’s new pickleball courts.
The Tecumseh Police Services Board 2022 Proposed Budget of November 9, 2021 includes comparative policing costs 2020: all OPP policed Essex county municipalities pay less. The budget notes:
For Amherstburg’s 2021 population of 23,524:
Per Capita Cost $282
Per Household Cost $567
% of Total Expenses 13.63%
For Tecumseh’s 2021 population of 23,300:
Per Capita Cost $163
Per Household Cost $419
% of Total Expenses 10.54%
Also of interest; cklw’s story: POLICING COSTS EXPECTED TO DROP IN TECUMSEH IN 2022.
Nancy Atkinson, representing the Amherstburg Taxpayers Association, and former councillor Diane Pouget are delegates for the Monday, June 13 council meeting; both raise some good questions. More residents should hold council accountable.
I don’t spoon feed; view the full agenda on the town website.
Valerie Critchley, town clerk, emailed, “As Candidates provide us with their Campaign phone numbers and email addresses, we will be adding these to the site. I believe we were provided with that information for the two candidates that have filed to date last week and the website will be updated.”
I had advised that having to visit the town hall to inspect the nomination papers to obtain that information is a barrier to persons with disabilities.
Now everyone benefits; that’s what inclusive means.
Related: WANTED: Councillor Candidates And Their Contact Info
Amherstburg town hall displays the inaugural Essex County Accessibility Flag for National AccessAbility Week along with the ‘accessible entrance at back’ lawn sign.
The 54 year old wheelchair access symbol was intended to indicate access. A more inclusive symbol to display on a flag would be the Hidden Disability Symbol Canada.
Personally, I’d like to have five new councillors on Amherstburg town council.
There are no councillor candidates yet on the uncertified list for the upcoming 2022 election, although candidates have until August 19 to register. We’ll need time to sort through those that make sincere promises that are achievable and those that spew the usual rhetoric.
Getting to know the candidates might be a bit easier if their contact information was also published on the town’s website; Lakeshore and Tecumseh both post it – wouldn’t that be a good start to accountability and transparency?
Sunday, May 29, 2022 – the start of National AccessAbility Week; inclusive from the start is this year’s theme and this photo is my contribution to raising awareness of the need for inclusion in our community.
Amherstburg’s Open Air event where, for the third year, barriers prevent the almost 5,000 persons with disabilities from equally participating in their community: barriers to the downtown core, including the post office, banks, hair salons and parking to allow for games, patios, entertainment to occupy the streets.
Valerie Critchley, town clerk, has advised, “as Councillor Simone has not yet brought back her motion, your correspondence has been held in abeyance.”
In a May 12 email to Councillor Simone, I stated, “Since your notice of motion was ‘pulled’ from the agenda, without a motion detailing when it would return, my submission was put on hold, which delayed consideration of any actions to address truth and reconciliation. my requests should not be dependent on your decision to follow up/not follow up on your notice of motion.
i hereby request that my original submission be placed back on council’s agenda for consideration. if administration decides not to do so, then i request that you or any other member of council introduce my submission at the next council meeting just as has been done for any taxpayer concern.”
How long will Councillor Simone take to decide to take action/not take action?
Deputy Mayor Leo Meloche will not be seeking re-election for October. Amherstburg will get a new mayor and deputy mayor; visit am800 news for full story.
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