County council to revisit 2010 governance restructuring report

New Tecumseth Free Press Online

Simcoe County council will meet for strategic planning sessions on May 28 and June 11 and “Governance” is on the agenda, with a focus on two previous restructuring-type reports from 2008, produced in-house, and the 2010 Berkeley consulting firm report.

Parts of those reports’ recommendations have been implemented including a return to a committee of the whole structure and creating a Deputy Warden position.

But other key aspects have failed to win support since 2008. Those included reducing the size of council from 32 members to 16; making the Warden a full-time, four year term; direct elections; eliminating weighted votes; and regional planning, or “area wide planning.”