• our Chief Administrator Officer received a glowing performance appraisal from staff and Council (4.5 out of 5) after one year on the job.
• Oct. 1 was the deadline for the purchase of road allowances that went from $4/sq. m to $8/sq.m. Over 70 applications were received which will take several months to process and approve.
• staff will apply for a $4K grant from Muskoka Futures to prepare an investment package for Honey Harbour to assist in the eventual funding of a proposed waterfront development project
• Georgian Bay Forever presented a report on the economic impact of low water levels in the Great Lakes. Losses could be as high as $9B in the foreseeable future.
• the requirement of building a secondary road for the Middleton Development in MacTier was removed since a new underpass on Maple Street has been build. The underpass was paid for by CPR ($6M).
• $30K will be put in the 2015 budget for consideration of a Township wide shoreline fish habitat zoning study. Satellite photos would be used in this assessment.
• the Site Alteration and Tree Cutting By-law that applies to shoreline frontage will be approved in Nov. Only 25% of the shoreline can be trimmed.
• Council will consider the costs associated with snow plowing the entrances to private roads to allow winter residences to park off Township roads.
• the public and Councillors will be able to attend the meetings of the HH Waterfront Development Advisory Committee scheduled for Nov. 5th.

Please vote before the mailing deadline of Oct. 18th.

Paul M. Wiancko
Six Mile Lake
Township of Georgian Bay
paul.wiancko@gmail.com