The detailed and demanding work of creating, circulating, collecting and compiling the results of the municipal councillor survey is finally complete! The results of the municipal census were released back in May at MNL's municipal symposium and we can now release the results of the companion municipal councillor survey.
See the press release here and a pdf copy of the results here.
The CCRC would like to say a special thank you to Matt Beck who completed a great deal of the collection and compilation for both the census and the survey. Thanks Matt!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Regional Cooperation at its Best
It appears to be the norm that the day-to-day activities tend to bog down the best of people. Faced with the onslaught of paper to be filed, calls to be made, deadlines to be met and complaints to be dealt with there never seems to be enough time, effort or resources to get done what really needs to be done in terms of planning for the future.
This is, in short, is the main idea behind the ICSPs that municipalities are now required to complete. As has been discussed here before the ICSPs are an opportunity to look to the future and the Municipal Self-Assessment is the first step in that process.
One group that is looking o the future, and looking for more information on ICSPs, is the Great Humber Joint Council. The CCRC was invited by the GHJC Chair Tony Blanchard, Mayor of the Town of Irishtown - Summerside to speak on long term sustainable planning for municipalities. The presentation was very well received with great questions and interest. The session was also attended by a representative from the Western Star who reported on the event here.
It is truly great to see municipal leaders take a proactive step in understanding the need for long term planning. It is not surprising to see that the GHJC is one of the groups attempting to be proactive as they are a very well established and active joint council. Without a doubt regional cooperation at its best!
This is, in short, is the main idea behind the ICSPs that municipalities are now required to complete. As has been discussed here before the ICSPs are an opportunity to look to the future and the Municipal Self-Assessment is the first step in that process.
One group that is looking o the future, and looking for more information on ICSPs, is the Great Humber Joint Council. The CCRC was invited by the GHJC Chair Tony Blanchard, Mayor of the Town of Irishtown - Summerside to speak on long term sustainable planning for municipalities. The presentation was very well received with great questions and interest. The session was also attended by a representative from the Western Star who reported on the event here.
It is truly great to see municipal leaders take a proactive step in understanding the need for long term planning. It is not surprising to see that the GHJC is one of the groups attempting to be proactive as they are a very well established and active joint council. Without a doubt regional cooperation at its best!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Changeover issues continued.....
It turns out that not only were there email issues but also website issues.
So if you are looking for any documents from the CCRC section of the website and the links are not working give it a week or so and we should be up and running. If it's something you need ASAP please let me know at ccrc@municipalitiesnl.com and I'll get it to as soon as I can.
So if you are looking for any documents from the CCRC section of the website and the links are not working give it a week or so and we should be up and running. If it's something you need ASAP please let me know at ccrc@municipalitiesnl.com and I'll get it to as soon as I can.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Contact Information Changes
Just a quick note that all email addresses within MNL have changed. Since we are no longer the NLFM our new addresses are in the format of "position@municipalitiesnl.com". So for the CCRC the new email is ccrc@municipalitiesnl.com. The website has also changed to www.municipalitiesnl.com.
If you have any problems contacting the office give us a call at 1-709-753-6820.
If you have any problems contacting the office give us a call at 1-709-753-6820.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
And a good time was had by all.....
So now it's over and we can start planning for the next one but the 58th annual convention was a great success! Despite one issue taking centre stage there were many issues discussed of high priority to municipalities in NL.
There were presentations on asphalt quality, community scale hydro possibilities, Long term sustainability planning(ICSP) and waste management. There was an announcement on the new branding of NLMEBinc. as Trio, and sessions dedicated to fisheries and Marine Atlantic. There was also the resolutions session where members passed resolutions supporting mandatory winter tires, continuing the revolution of the MNL convention, the creation of a Provincial land use advisory committee, support for the new TODS program, and a fixed link across the Strait of Belle Isle.
Also released was the results of the Municipal Councillor Survey which will be added to the CCRC website shortly along with many of the presentations from the convention.
Now that convention is over the CCRC blog will be updated on a more regular basis so check back soon!
There were presentations on asphalt quality, community scale hydro possibilities, Long term sustainability planning(ICSP) and waste management. There was an announcement on the new branding of NLMEBinc. as Trio, and sessions dedicated to fisheries and Marine Atlantic. There was also the resolutions session where members passed resolutions supporting mandatory winter tires, continuing the revolution of the MNL convention, the creation of a Provincial land use advisory committee, support for the new TODS program, and a fixed link across the Strait of Belle Isle.
Also released was the results of the Municipal Councillor Survey which will be added to the CCRC website shortly along with many of the presentations from the convention.
Now that convention is over the CCRC blog will be updated on a more regular basis so check back soon!
Friday, September 12, 2008
ICSP Training with NLAMA
The CCRC has been engaged to provide some preliminary training on ICSP development by NLAMA during some of their Regional meetings. The first session was delivered in Clarenville back in June when we were still unsure how ICSPs would work for Newfoundland and Labrador. This coming Friday, September 19th in Cow Head we'll take another run at ICSPs. This session will be similar to the Clarenville session but it will contain up-to-date information on how ICSPs will for for NL.
Also included in the session will be some take home materials to help administrators prepare for the ICSP process and an update on the Self-Assessment project and it's links to the ICSPs.
If you are an administrator and are able to get to Cow Head on the 19th then give NLAMA a call and register for what should be a very informative session.
Also included in the session will be some take home materials to help administrators prepare for the ICSP process and an update on the Self-Assessment project and it's links to the ICSPs.
If you are an administrator and are able to get to Cow Head on the 19th then give NLAMA a call and register for what should be a very informative session.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Convention is coming! Convention is coming!
With summer pretty much over and Halloween just around the corner all the signs point to the annual MNL Convention coming to the Pepsi Centre in Corner Brook on October 8th to the 11th.
This year's agenda is full to to brim with great educational sessions on most all facets of municipal life. Of course the one session you can't afford to miss is scheduled for Friday morning at 8:30. Yes it's the CCRC session and jokes aside you should be in attendance.
This year there will be three presenters for the CCRC session. To start the sustainability wheels turning we'll have Sarah Breen speaking on small scale local level hydro possibilities in the province. Next will be Steve Quintin, the Project Coordinator of the Self-Assessment project and he will provide an update on the project including trends that have been identified in the results to date. I will be the final speaker and my time will dedicated to talking about ICSPs and what's will happen over the next year and a half for all municipalities receiving gas tax funding. I (Ryan Lane) will also briefly cover general CCRC activities but for this coming year the issue of priority will be ICSP development. I'm hoping to provide a rough timeline as well as identify some support mechanisms that will be in place to help those who need it.
Hope to see you there!
This year's agenda is full to to brim with great educational sessions on most all facets of municipal life. Of course the one session you can't afford to miss is scheduled for Friday morning at 8:30. Yes it's the CCRC session and jokes aside you should be in attendance.
This year there will be three presenters for the CCRC session. To start the sustainability wheels turning we'll have Sarah Breen speaking on small scale local level hydro possibilities in the province. Next will be Steve Quintin, the Project Coordinator of the Self-Assessment project and he will provide an update on the project including trends that have been identified in the results to date. I will be the final speaker and my time will dedicated to talking about ICSPs and what's will happen over the next year and a half for all municipalities receiving gas tax funding. I (Ryan Lane) will also briefly cover general CCRC activities but for this coming year the issue of priority will be ICSP development. I'm hoping to provide a rough timeline as well as identify some support mechanisms that will be in place to help those who need it.
Hope to see you there!
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