{"id":15700,"date":"2016-06-04T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=15700"},"modified":"2016-06-03T15:28:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T19:28:38","slug":"discussions-about-changing-muskokas-governance-model-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/discussions-about-changing-muskokas-governance-model-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussions about changing Muskoka&#8217;s governance model continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Debates about the composition of council at the District Municipality of Muskoka are expected to move forward. It comes on the heels of complaints by township representatives who argue that they do not have an equal voice around the table.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong> <broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>There are currently 22 councillors, plus the District chair, who sit at the District Municipality of Muskoka council table. Each of Muskoka\u2019s three towns have four representatives as does the Township of Muskoka Lakes while the townships of Lake of Bays and Georgian Bay each have three.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInterestingly enough, any change in council composition requires a two-thirds majority of the municipalities and the number of electors in Muskoka as well,\u201d Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison told his fellow Huntsville councillors at their May 24 meeting.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that any changes at the District could have an impact at the local level as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"modern-quote full\"><p>Any changes to the composition of District council might affect the composition of this council. I think it\u2019ll be a very interesting discussion about how many people should represent who exactly, whether it is permanent residents, seasonal residents, electors, all citizens\u2026.   <cite>Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Changes at the District would likely open up discussions about the number of Huntsville\u2019s own wards and who represents those \u2013 especially if the push to decrease the number of representatives at the upper-tier municipality is successful. How the District chair is elected is also up for discussion. Currently the chair is elected by District councillors. Arguments have been made for quite some time for the position to be elected at large, but opponents have said the cost of such an election would be prohibitive.<\/p>\n<p>District staff has brought two reports forward. One deals specifically with the requirements associated with changing the governance model, while the other provides background information about the current model as well as alternatives. You can see those reports <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/muskoka.civicweb.net\/filepro\/documents\/0?expanded=417,27267,27676&amp;preview=27687\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/span> and <a href=\"https:\/\/muskoka.civicweb.net\/filepro\/documents\/0?expanded=27855&amp;preview=27865\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free, twice-weekly newsletter <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Debates about the composition of council at the District Municipality of Muskoka are expected to move forward. 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