By Pepper Parr
May 14th, 2020
BURLINGTON, ON
There is a new graphic related to what the city administration iis call Service redesign.
Administration has been workiing on this for weeks. They will put it before a Standing Committee today and then make it official at a Special Meeting of Council. What’s the rush? No time for public engagement.
The item popped up on the agenda for a meeting of the CPRM Standing Committee as an addendum. It is a 64 page document about how the city administration wants to run things differently. It will be discussed at the committee this morning.
Immediately after the Standing Committee there will be a Special Meeting of Council to approve the changes – which the public knew next to nothing about.
No public engagement.
We should be getting an uncomfortable feeling just about now.
I didn’t vote for MMW, but I would if there was an election today! I think the Mayor, Council and City Hall should be commended for their sterling efforts through challenging and uncharted times.
The “What we don’t know” item in the graphic would seem to imply that the “What we still need to do” item is also not known, and therefore invalid. Unless “What we still need to do” includes finding out “What we don’t know”?
Has anyone in Burlington noticed an improvement in City services since this Mayor and Council took over? I certainly haven’t but I have noticed that my City taxes are 7% higher. And what is becoming an increasingly obvious focus of this Mayor and Council is that they are more focused on the bureaucracy than on the services. Roll on the next election.