Kawartha Lakes Watch, In Case You Forget.
All to often things happen during the period before the next Election that get forgotten, KL Watch is here to be a Permament Record so that Residents can look back and see how well the Mayor, Councillors and City Staff have performed.
It is also a place for being a voice for Residents who want to participate by Submitting their own Articles.
Council bites the bullet to hike water/wastewater rates
Comments (1)KL Watch Note: Councillor Luff states:
“Coun. Luff said the situation has been “building for a long time” and noted the City has been “bankrolling unsustainable
systems” with few users. He said perhaps it’s time for a City-wide user-pay option. “It’s time to pay the piper.”
I certainly hope he doesn’t mean those of us on wells and septic tanks have to pay for the rest of the so called ‘City’ so they can enjoy having amenities like water and sewer.
Aging infrastructure, soaring debt and dwindling reserves force council to take action on water/wastewater budget
City of Kawartha Lakes CAO Resigns
Comments (1)KL Watch Note: Seems the only one headed in the right direction is the CAO, away from Kawartha Lakes.
Al Horsman accepts job at City of Guelph
By Lisa Gervais, Lindsay Post Reporter
Updated April 27, 2012
KAWARTHA LAKES – The city announced earlier today (Friday) that CAO Al Horsman is leaving the corporation for a job with the
City of Guelph.
“I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with this organization that I truly believe is heading in the right direction,” Mr.
Horsman said in a press release.
CKL Ranks Third Last in Magazine Rankings
Comments (0)By PEGGY ARMSTRONG, FOR THE LINDSAY POST
March, 23, 2012
KAWARTHA LAKES -The City of Kawartha Lakes is ranked third from the bottom of the best places to live in Canada out of 190
cities in an annual list by MoneySense magazine, but the mayor questions its slant.
The city also languishes at the bottom of the rankings for the best place in the country to retire -sitting at 183rd place
out of 190. It ranked 188th for Best Places to Raise Kids and slightly better for Best Places for Jobs at 170th.
Councillors in the Dark About Haliburton Partnership
Comments (1)By Peggy Armstrong, Lindsay Post
Posted March 20, 2012
The City of Kawartha Lakes has chosen not to partner with Haliburton County in a bid to host the 2014 Ontario Youth Summer Games, a fact that has caught some CKL councillors by surprise.
The city was prepared to support Haliburton if it bid on its own, but not participate, chief administrative officer Al Horsman said in an interview. He explained that the summer is already a busy time for the city and that it is viewed that any investment would be better spent on an event in the winter to attract more people here in the typically slower time of year.
Council Approves “Fastest Budget” in City’s history
Comments (3)KL Watch Note: Perhaps it is just me but I read a lot of “Lindsay this and Lindsay that…” in this article. Are we not Kawartha Lakes?
City of Kawartha Lakes taxpayers looking at a 2.79 per cent increase this year
City officials say key highlights of the budget include:
City targets 2.79% tax hike
Comments (2)KL Watch Note: Let’s see, population is in decline, what is left is largely made up of Elderly people with limited income and this Mayor and Council want to ding us again with another tax hike. Am I missing something here or do I just look like a large ‘Cash Cow’?
Posted Feb 28, 2012
City council is looking at a proposed tax increase of 2.79% when it meets to debate the operating budget in a public session on March 5.
The deliberation meetings were originally scheduled for the end of January, but were postponed by the mayor a few days before they started.
Resident Airs Concerns From Recent Budget Talks
Comments (0)Jan 27, 2012
Considering what I read recently is accurate, I must say that I was not overly impressed in the manner in which council discussed and decided on budget items. I am paying very high taxes and council is not thinking logically in making some decisions.
City’s Former HR Director Receives Severance of $170,684.89
Comments (2)By Mary Riley
Feb 07, 2012 – 8:23 AM
Janice Platt opted to take her severance as a salary continuation when her job was eliminated last May; she’ll be on the payroll until September of 2012
Janice Platt. (KAWARTHA LAKES) Former City of Kawartha Lakes director of human resources Janice Platt will receive a severance of almost $171,000 after her job was eliminated last year.
Kawartha Lakes This Week obtained a copy of her severance agreement via a request through the Freedom of Information Act, which Ms Platt did not contest.
Newsmaker of the Year for All the Wrong Reasons: Former Mayor Kelly Says
Comments (0)Jan 12, 2012 – 9:22 AM
To the editor:
I recently read in your newspaper a story about Ric McGee being chosen as your newspaper’s choice for Newsmaker of the Year.
Often this would be a very positive article; however, in this case the verbiage gives a very clear picture of the focus of
the last five years.
I have worked with Ric McGee in a previous term of council and know first hand what turmoil this person can cause if given
enough support.
Newsmaker of the Year
Comments (1)Will all the pieces fit back together at City Hall
Jan 3, 2012
Kawartha Lakes Newsmaker of the Year – Ric McGee.
Change is inevitable and, in most cases, necessary for improvement and success. But with change come questions, and there are a lot of them still unanswered after Mayor Ric McGee led a year of change at City Hall. For that reason Mayor McGee is our Newsmaker of the Year.
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