{"id":14310,"date":"2016-05-01T15:37:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T19:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=14310"},"modified":"2016-05-02T08:20:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T12:20:11","slug":"listen-up-it-will-be-a-cold-day-in-hell-before-district-councillors-vote-to-reduce-their-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/listen-up-it-will-be-a-cold-day-in-hell-before-district-councillors-vote-to-reduce-their-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen Up! It will be a cold day in Hell before District councillors vote to reduce their number"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Hugh<\/a>

Hugh Mackenzie
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CHERRY PICKING.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At a recent Muskoka District Council meeting members received a staff report on reducing the size of this august body which is presently composed of 22 members plus a Chair. It presented options for a Council of 18 or 12 members, plus a Chair. The Report came as a result of a motion put forward by Lake of Bays Mayor Bob Young, who is frustrated at the lack of reform of District Government and thought that perhaps the way to kick-start the process would be to knock off one issue at a time.<\/p>\n

District Council kicked the staff report around before they sent it back, many of them appearing to favour the option of a Council of 12 members. My own view is that it will be a cold day in Hell before this actually happens because too many Councillors around that table enjoy the status quo and the double stipends they get for sitting there.<\/p>\n

As much as I understand the frustration of Mayor Young and others who feel as he does, I believe that cherry picking specific issues in isolation of a complete review of District Government in Muskoka is a mistake. There are simply too many issues to be resolved and in many ways they are interconnected.<\/p>\n

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For example, if District Council were to be reduced to 12 members plus a chair, how are they to be chosen and what area municipality would they represent? At present, each of the three towns in Muskoka have more representation on District Council than two of the three townships, which effectively allows the towns to call all the shots. The argument for this is that the Towns by far represent the largest permanent population. On the other hand, the Townships, represent the majority of seasonal residents and therefore have a higher assessment base. We need to ask ourselves about the fairness to the township municipalities, who pay the majority of the taxes in Muskoka, but do not have an equality of votes at the District table with the Towns, who have the larger permanent population. If the Council is reduced to 12 members this could be easily resolved by having two representatives on District Council from each of the six municipalities. The problem of course, is that this will never be approved by District Council as the Towns control the majority of votes.<\/p>\n

There are other issues as well. As long as District Councillors also sit on local Councils, do they have to be directly elected? Perhaps we should go back to having area municipalities appoint their District representatives. If it was treated as all other committee appointments, perhaps it would eliminate the need to double down on stipends. Or possibly, District Councillors should be elected only to that office and be booted off local Councils.<\/p>\n

As for the Chair of District, why could she or he not be selected from among members of District Council for a one or two year term and then rotated? Direct election across the entire District would be a huge mistake. It would create a \u201cSuper Mayor\u201d with a constituency far larger than any local mayor and at a huge expense in terms of election costs. It could well sound the death knell for local municipalities in Muskoka.<\/p>\n

As it stands, District Government in Muskoka is just too big and too bureaucratic. Recently they appointed a Chief of Paramedic and Emergency Services as they take direct control of ambulances in the District, creating yet another candidate for the Sunshine List. And I would take a small wager that with this new bureaucrat in place it will not be long before a move is made to snag all local fire departments under this umbrella as well, as they, too, are sometimes called upon to perform emergency paramedic services. Just watch.<\/p>\n

District roads are another example. Why cannot area municipalities look after roads within their own jurisdiction? Recently Huntsville Council indicated a wish to reduce the speed limit on Brunel Road, a District road, because of increased vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Does it really make sense that they have to depend on the vote of someone from Honey Harbour or Severn Bridge to accomplish this in their own town?<\/p>\n

All of this is to say that District Government in Muskoka needs a serious and full review. The issues cannot be cherry picked. They have to be looked at in the full context of efficient local government, which, in my view, should be primarily delivered at the grass-roots level where accountability is most effective. Others may disagree. However, the status quo with increasing bureaucracy, duplication and power grabbing is not an option.<\/p>\n

Cherry picking reform issues at District Council will not be effective and certainly has the potential of turning into a delay tactic that will ensure that nothing gets done. Serious questions need to be addressed and they cannot be properly addressed by those who have a vested interest in the outcome. What we need is an arms-length review of government in Muskoka and both District and local Councils should petition the provincial government to appoint an independent commissioner to get on with it, but don\u2019t hold your breath.<\/p>\n

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