Cramahe Council took a bold step and terminated its CAO, Craig Brooks. Council appointed Treasurer Arryn McNichol as interim CAO.
There are few details as to why and the media release was very short and to the point. The media release can be found here
Arryn McNichol appointed interim CAO
You can read more here:
In recent weeks, Toronto Mayor John Tory has slammed the Ford government’s spending plans, arguing that proposed funding levels for municipalities will lead to service reductions. City officials have chimed in, arguing these changes may also necessitate tax increases.
Toronto (as do other municipalities) has other options, including curbing spending on its wage bill for city employees, reducing administrative costs and reforming public services so they’re as good or better—at lower cost.
Earlier this month, a report from the Netherlands Tourist Board announced a remarkable policy change: Acknowledging that “more is not always better,” the board will no longer actively promote its country as a tourist destination. Instead, straining under the pressure of a booming tourism scene, the board will focus on redistributing the visitors it already has, operating as a sort of tourism damage control for popular vacation hotspots.
Since our inception in the Spring of 2015, the Cobourg Taxpayers Association has fought for transparency by continually asking that Holdco financial statements be made open to the public. We are very pleased that this has now happened. You can find more information here:
LINK: https://www.cobourg.ca/en/town-hall/Financial-Statements.aspx
Innisfil, Ontario, decided to partially subsidize ride-hailing trips rather than pay for a public bus system.
It worked so well that now they have to raise fares and cap rides.
Read more about this in the following article: Innisfil Update
8/10/2019 Update: “Exploring Innisfil’s Uber public transit experiment“
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