A visit to the Council meeting
Went to Council meeting last night, something I usually don't do, the disdain emanating from the elevated Throne that the Mayor sits in is palpable right back to the bench that i was sitting on. However bypassing that a couple of items stood out.
In the section called "coordinators' reports" this is where councillors can get up and talk about anything they have done and is considered information for the others who weren't privileged to be at the same meeting/event, Councillor "I have a terrible haircut," Bob Spooner dropped this bombshell (probably not even realising he had). "I was privileged to be at the Y's AGM the other night and was astounded to learn that the Y has 442 volunteers supporting the work of the Y. Without them the Y couldn't function without great cost to the taxpayers!" Did he just say that? No Bob the Y wouldn't function without volunteers it would just collapse, the taxpayers have nothing to do with this Private organisation except to provide a subsidy to the building. Members support the Y not taxpayers. Now with an opinion like Bob's floating around it is understandable that the public and private perceptions of the Y are confused.
The other item, the one I went to see was the approval of the money resolutions I noted last week. BTW Ian Davey did get back to me and provided the exact amount of money being applied for - a total of $34,450,000.
8.04.33hrs DM Broc rises to read the motion
8.06.45hrs DMB explains that his motion only asks for money for the Community Centre, the decision to build comes later
8.07.45hrs Coun. Mutton asks if we made the application date and an exchange takes place about the online application process. Apparently DMB met with the Poobah from Ottawa _ Rick Norlock and mentioned to him that the process was brief, RN said don't worry the bureaucrats will be getting back to the applicants to flesh out the applications, Yep we made it.
8.09.10hrs voted and carried.
8.09.10hrs DMB rises to make another motion authorising the application for the rest of the money.
8.09.35hrs DMB defends the decision to build Kerr St because it will be needed to handle traffic to and from the Community Centre!
8.10.15hrs vote called for
8.10.35hrs voted and carried.
So there it is folks how to apply for thirty five and half million dollars- all in six minutes.
In the section called "coordinators' reports" this is where councillors can get up and talk about anything they have done and is considered information for the others who weren't privileged to be at the same meeting/event, Councillor "I have a terrible haircut," Bob Spooner dropped this bombshell (probably not even realising he had). "I was privileged to be at the Y's AGM the other night and was astounded to learn that the Y has 442 volunteers supporting the work of the Y. Without them the Y couldn't function without great cost to the taxpayers!" Did he just say that? No Bob the Y wouldn't function without volunteers it would just collapse, the taxpayers have nothing to do with this Private organisation except to provide a subsidy to the building. Members support the Y not taxpayers. Now with an opinion like Bob's floating around it is understandable that the public and private perceptions of the Y are confused.
The other item, the one I went to see was the approval of the money resolutions I noted last week. BTW Ian Davey did get back to me and provided the exact amount of money being applied for - a total of $34,450,000.
8.04.33hrs DM Broc rises to read the motion
8.06.45hrs DMB explains that his motion only asks for money for the Community Centre, the decision to build comes later
8.07.45hrs Coun. Mutton asks if we made the application date and an exchange takes place about the online application process. Apparently DMB met with the Poobah from Ottawa _ Rick Norlock and mentioned to him that the process was brief, RN said don't worry the bureaucrats will be getting back to the applicants to flesh out the applications, Yep we made it.
8.09.10hrs voted and carried.
8.09.10hrs DMB rises to make another motion authorising the application for the rest of the money.
8.09.35hrs DMB defends the decision to build Kerr St because it will be needed to handle traffic to and from the Community Centre!
8.10.15hrs vote called for
8.10.35hrs voted and carried.
So there it is folks how to apply for thirty five and half million dollars- all in six minutes.
1 comments:
True, it's staggering, but remember every single municipality in the country is shooting for the moon with as many applications as they possibly can. There's no way Cobourg (or anywhere else for that matter) gets all they ask for.
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