By Meade Helman AWARE News Network Apruil 4 2013CLOSED SESSION: Council held another closed session prior to the council meeting that lasted 1.5 hours. EDITORIAL COMMENT: What is going on that they have so many closed sessions?...
By Meade Helman AWARE News Network March 21 2013 The CAO Jay Currier shared a process with council to arrive at an OPP decision that is much more transparent than what has happened to date. It will review costs that have been ignored to this point like the upcoming 13.5% OPP increase; the cost of sep...
By Meade Helman AWARE BWG February 26 2013 A number of interesting issues came up at the last council meeting: 1. Attendance: Once again Councillor Del Crake didn’t attend, he is still vacationing I was told when I asked. He hasn’t made council since before Christmas....
By Meade Helman AWARE News Network February 14 2013Council met to hear a proposal on policing from the OPP. There was an outstanding turnout from the community, the room was full of citizens. It appears that going with the OPP will provide some savings to the 2013 budget, but the OPP proposal is bas...
The following letter has been sent to Bradford West Gwillimbury media January 30 2012At the last council meeting Councillors Simpson and Lamb expressed concern about the town’s ongoing use of debt. It was said that it currently takes $5 mil a year to service our outstanding debt. Their concerns were ...
By Meade Helman AWARE News Network January 21 2013 The biggest item on the agenda was the Finance Department’s report on the Town’s Debt. Councillor Lamb and Councillor Simpson are both concerned about how frequently the town uses debt and the fact that there are no contingency plans in case cash doe...
Harper Government Announces Funding for Lake Simcoe and South-Eastern Georgian Bay Clean-Up Projects
Environment Canada news release January 7 2013Today, the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Member of Parliament for York—Simcoe, on behalf of the Honourable Peter Kent, Canada's Environment Minister, announced that funding is available for clean-up projects through the Lake Simcoe/South-eastern Georgian Bay...
Report of December 26 meeting of Bradford West Gwillimbury council By Meade Helman AWARE News Network December 20 2012The financial audit from 2011 was presented. According to the auditor, at the end of 2011 the town was $50mil in long-term debt. There has been additional debt incurred in 2012. Coun...
EDITORIAL COMMENTBy Meade Helman AWARE News Network December 14 2012 This is supposed to be a democracy, but our BWG council seems to be working hard to eliminate any and all citizen input since the last election. OR as one of our councillors told me, “ We were elected so quit criticizing and let us ...
Councillor wants compensation for town By Christy Burton Bradford Topic Dec 06, 2012 As Toronto Transit tunnel boring machines Holey, Moley, Yorkie and Torkie corkscrew their way from Downsview to Vaughan, the cost to the BWG area is mounting, according to Ward 3 Councillor Gary Lamb....
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