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Council Meeting Reflections – October 20, 2015

21 Wednesday Oct 2015

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Some reflections on last night’s council meeting. In general, I will not be offering council meeting wrap up notes, that is done quite effectively by Moose-FM and the North Star (online and print). And anyone who wants to understand all of the decisions can catch up with the meeting minutes that are posted to the Town’s website no later than the end of the week. My intent is to add a bit of colour to those issues I believe can benefit from it.

There was another deputation last night on the subject of water fluoridation. The presentation was well prepared and delivered. I did however have the sense that I was listening to missionaries. In this case missionaries trying to save the Town from the evils of fluoridation. I wonder if they are trying to save themselves or are they trying to save me. It appears that the individuals offering an opinion on the evils of fluoridation are in a good position to save themselves, but they insist on saving everyone else. There really is no ‘forced’ fluoridation in Parry Sound. If you don’t want to drink the water you have any number of relatively low cost alternatives; certainly available to all of those who have proselytized on behalf on fluoride removal. But they claim to worry about those that cannot afford unfluoridated water. The the poor ‘unwashed’? I increasingly understand the consternation of people who are ‘petitioned’ to accept a new religion by missionaries. These missionaries sincerely believe that what they are preaching is the truth and genuine. They don’t have solid evidence for their claims about their ultimate deity, or that their way of life is the ‘proper one’, but believe in ‘miracles’ as evidence, and sincerely feel their beliefs are the only path to salvation. These missionaries aren’t in a position to understand the complexity of their own religion, the evidence, or the countervailing evidence for other religions. But they believe, have faith, and the energy to try and change the belief of others.

I’m not big on faith, I am big on evidence. And the preponderance of evidence and statistical analysis suggests that fluoridation has a positive impact on community public health. But if you believe in a truth no amount of evidence will change your beliefs. Faith always trumps logic and evidence. Does anybody truly believe in ‘witches and warlocks’? Does anybody truly believe in the inherent superiority of the Caucasian race? Time and evidence have shown these beliefs are the result of prejudice, fear, and a refusal to try and understand. My cow died and it must be because of that witch. But many people have died and been subjected to inhumane treatment because people believed these to be truths, not opinions.

Please don’t save me. Save yourself, and be sure you don’t harm others in the process.

The issue of the adoption of the Trails Master Plan was postponed to permit public comment. That was a good move in my opinion. Discussion at Tuesday night’s meeting revealed that at initial public meetings there was some controversy on more than one issue, and the committee tried to steer a reasonable path with the Trails Master Plan. Rather than post the final report for public comment it seems Staff preferred to present it to Council as a fait accompli. Council in their wisdom has asked that the report be posted on the website for twenty-one days and public comment be solicited prior to Council’s review at the second meeting in November. I think we have learned that it is better to have open public discussion about issues prior to a Council decision rather than have individuals come back to protest a council decision, again and again and again and again and ….

Parking was also postponed pending an analysis by Staff on possibly allocating some of the costs of parking management to the Parry Sound Downtown Business Association (DBA) who are expected to be the primary financial beneficiaries of free parking in the downtown. It may return to Council as soon as the second meeting in November. The free parking trial has been extended to the end of March 2016.

The creeping expansion of Big Sound Marina seasonal dockage has been capped at 35 slips. I’m not happy with the decision. I believe capping it at 25 would have met market needs and limited local business losses, but Staff supported the increase. As was noted at the meeting, slip occupancy goes up and down depending on the economy. Good weather and lower fuel prices have made boating more affordable and occupancy is up. But that can change quickly. Who suffers then?

I cannot urge people enough to get ahead of issues that are discussed at Council. Council is often left to rely on the recommendations of Staff and their own intuition for many issues. They are interested in your opinion, but they can’t read your mind. Send them a short email with your position, make a deputation, or catch them at a public event. Don’t chew off their ear. They are smart and conscientious, but they need to know what you think, good and bad. Most importantly, stay on top of what issues are coming before Council. That is best done by asking to be put on the council agenda email list. That gets you the full package provided to the council members. Or at least check out the summary agenda on the Town’s website. But don’t procrastinate. The agenda comes out on Friday for the following Tuesday evening meeting. That gives you about four days to track it down and understand if there are any issues you wish to offer comment on.

The Colour of Sunset on the Big Sound (Parry Sound in Colour)

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Council Agenda Preview – October 20, 2015

17 Saturday Oct 2015

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What sems to be a rather limited agenda raises, in my opinion, a number of issues that need to be properly understood, discussed and receive the benefit of public input. A couple of the items before Council, trails and parking, have been the subject of public consultation through committees and some limited meetings. But now that the consultation process has finished, and the final recommendations have been drafted, the issues are being presented to Council for approval. But the recommendations have not been presented to the public as a whole through a formal presentation or even a posting of the recommendations on the Town’s website with sufficient time for the public to access, read, and process the implications of the recommendations and their possible implications. It’s only because I receive the full agenda packages on the Friday before a meeting that I am aware of these issues. In my opinion that is too short a time to read and reflect on the issues and provide some input. For most there won’t be enough time. By the time the public looks at the agenda online, without the supporting documents, and realizes they may or not have a concern it will not be until later on Monday that they can get the full package (assuming Monday is not a municipal holiday) and they can see what is being proposed. That probably okay for an issue like the tendered purchase of sand and salt, but not issues that will have a long term impact like parking and trails.

And there are issues that require input beyond committee, staff and consultant recommendations. So I will be making a deputation on three agenda items on Tuesday evening: 9.1.2 – Trails Master Plan Adoption; 9.2.1 – Traffic By-law amendments; and 10.1.1 – Big Sound Marina – Seasonal Slips. I offer some of my concerns in the text that follows each of the items below.

Council is loathe to go back on decisions they have made in good faith and based on what they believe is good information. Council needs to be careful that Staff doesn’t push items forward for their consideration without ensuring the public has been consulted with appropriate time for reflection and input.

Letters

4.3 – Leslie Panipak, resident. Re: Concerns about the garbage limits for apartments versus detached homes.

Detached residences get two bags of garbage per week, and non-detached get one. It doesn’t seem fair to me so long as the building is zoned and registered as being multi-unit (to avoid issues with informal rooming house type situations). Time to change the by-law I suspect.

Deputations

5.2 – Wayne Gilbert, resident. Re: Water Services.

Resolutions and Direction to Staff

9.1.2 – Trails Master Plan Adoption. Resolution. That Council adopt the Trails Master Plan, as prepared by Plan by Design, 2015 and as attached in Schedule “A”.

So how do you feel about the plan? Oh, you haven’t seen the plan, have you? A search of the Town’s website does not find the plan. It seems you need to have been a committee member to have access to the plan prior to it’s inclusion in Tuesday’s council package. And even then you need to be getting the full council package to understand the implications. Overall I think it’s a good plan, but I have one issue. It is a plan for Parry Sound trails, that is supported by Parry Sound taxpayers, but puts Parry Sound residents at a disadvantage relative to our neighbouring communities. How so? The plan recommends that ATV access through Parry Sound be permitted to connect the ends of the Park to Park Trail. That’s great and an important step forward. It means a resident of Seguin, can get on an ATV at their home, ride through Parry Sound and get to the trail that runs to Killbear Park. And a McDougall or Carling resident can hop on their ATV and ride through Parry Sound to connect to the Park to Park Trail that leads to Algonquin Park. But a Parry Sound resident will be required to trailer their ATV to either McDougall or Seguin to be able to get to use these trails. We will pay for issues related to ATV traffic in town, which is acceptable from my perspective, but we will not be able to get the benefits of being able to ride from our homes to get on the designated throughway in Parry Sound to get onto the trails. That seems wrong, wrong, wrong. Let’s not throw out the positive of ATV access through Parry Sound, rather let’s make sure Parry Sounder’s are not the disadvantaged. Will be reduced to a population of people on mobility scooters? FYI – I do not have an ATV, and I am a board member of the Park to Park Trail Association. My position is independent of the association.

In addition, there are four elements ignored by the report:

  1. There is no mention of the status of e-bikes or motorized scooters and the privileges afforded them. Can a handicapped person use their scooter on the Rotary Algonquin Regiment Fitness Trail (I prefer the name not be changed)? It is motorized and probably shouldn’t be permitted on the Rotary Algonquin Regiment Fitness Trail, but I imagine that it would not be enforced. But an e-bike might well be in violation. What is the difference? That needs to be worked out.
  2. There is no mention made of the trail beyond Champaigne Street that is used by the snowmobiles in the winter and pedestrians in the summer.
  3. There is no mention made of the trail that effectively extends the Rotary Algonquin Regiment Fitness Trail across Marion Street onto private property. This trail has a parking area that is maintained year round, and is very actively used, but is ignored in this report. It is a real asset that needs to be acknowledged and appropriately incorporated into any Master Trails plan. (Don’t Ask – Don’t Tell?)
  4. There is no formal acknowledgement and planning in the report for children walking and biking to school.

9.2.1 – Traffic By-law Amendments. Direction. That Council direct staff to amend the Traffic By-law to:

Allow permit parking: 12 parking spaces in St Andrews Lot; 8 parking spaces Gibson Street Lot; 8 parking spaces Miller Street Lot; 6 parking spaces in James Street Lot and 3 on Gibson Street (behind the Post Office)

Allow for 6 residential overnight tenant permit parking spaces on Mary Street adjacent to the Post Office (taxi stand)

Allow for the procurement of a day use parking permit (contractors, film crew etc.) at

$8.00/day/parking space and $4.00/half day/parking space

To allow for the continuation of free parking – 2 hours on street and 3 hours in the municipal lot and to make it an offence if an individual re-parks their vehicle within a designated zone or street.

To create designated free long term parking: 7 parking spaces on Mary Street, 8 parking spaces on north Miller, 30 spaces on south Gibson Street: and

Further that Council direct staff to create a policy pertaining to the procuring of short term (daily) parking permits for contractors, special event organizers, film crews and day users, etc.; and

That Council direct staff to commence the process to hire a contract Parking Attendant on a one-year contract to complete enforcement of the time limit regulation. This process would include a job description and a review of said job description by the Hay Group with this position being implemented in January of 2016.

It looks as though Staff is recommending that we continue with free parking, including a few ‘tweaks’ to address issues related to the need for longer term parking. This seems reasonable, but there is only passing mention that it will effectively increase our local taxes by something a little less than 1%. For the near term the plan is to drain the parking reserves before implementing the tax increase. Whether we are draining reserves, or raising taxes, the net/net is the same, Town residents are being asked to subsidize free parking and by extension our local businesses. It may be a worthwhile investment as the businesses do pay property taxes that support Town services and facilities, but let it be understood there is No Free Parking. Someone pays, and in this case it’s all of us. Perhaps we can put up signs around town that state “Thank a Parry Sound resident or business owner, they are paying for your free parking.”.

9.5.1 – Quotation – Bowes Street Retaining Wall. Resolution. That upon the recommendation of Triton Engineering Services Limited, Council accept the quotation from CSL Group Limited for the replacement of the existing concrete retaining wall on the northeast corner of the intersection of Bowes Street and Louisa Street, in the amount of $90,760.72, excluding HST, this quotation being the lowest quotation of three quotations received.

Wow, it wasn’t that long ago that the retaining wall was installed. That makes how many retaining walls we have replaced and there are how many to go? And it’s all about materials failure. In the end I estimate it will cost the Town more than half a million dollars to redo the various retaining walls (fire hall, Rotary Algonquin Regiment Fitness Trail, Bowes Street …), yet some walls put in a century ago are still standing. Have we learned anything? I hope so.

By-laws

10.1.1 – Big Sound Marina – Seasonal Slips. Being a By-law to amend By-Law #2014-6428, a By-law to authorized the execution of an operating agreement between Massasauga Management Co. Inc. and the Town of Parry Sound for operation of Big Sound Marina and the Town Dock.

Okay I have a big issue here, one that I raised when the contract was first approved. The Town wants to allow the operators of Big Sound Marina to expand their seasonal dockage business by 40% to further compete with local businesses. This is so wrong. My sense is that the Town is terrified to say no in case the operators decide to walk away from the deal. They have no easy alternative for operating the facility. Heaven forbid they have to do it themselves. The Chamber of Commerce ran it for a couple of decades with far, far fewer resources than the Town, and under much poorer financial arrangement, no seasonal slips at all. But the Town can’t do it? The real issue for me is that the slips will compete with the two local marinas who pay property taxes, are responsible for funding their own capital improvements, and are required to meet tougher environmental standards because of the necessary services they provide, and Big Sound Marina seasonal dockage customers require. And to top it off these Parry Sound marinas also need to compete with several other marinas in Seguin and Carling who pay only one third the municipal tax rate. And it doesn’t take an economics degree to understand that more supply will put downward pressure on pricing. Ask realtors what happens when there are a large number of properties on the market. What is the Town trying to do – cut the throats of local businesses that pay the Town’s high taxes for the benefit of carpetbaggers? How would the Island Queen and the Chippewa III feel if Big Sound Marina made a few more bucks by operating tours out of the facility? Or what about Georgian Bay Airways if the Big Sound Marina operators encouraged charter flight businesses to operate from the facility? Let’s make sure that there is a fair competitive environment. Big Sound Marina receives a very large subsidy municipally, provincially and federally. Don’t ask the local businesses to subsidize them through lost customers, price pressures and their municipal taxes.

10.3.1 – Changes to Council Procedural By-law. Being a By-law to govern and regulate the proceedings of Council of The Corporation of the Town of Parry Sound, and its Committees, and to repeal By-law 2012-6129.

No surprises here but it would have been nice had the final by-law been included in this meeting’s package.

I will be attending the council meeting this week and will be making a deputation on the three issues noted above. It’s only ten minutes, but the points should be pretty obvious.

Potential Big Sound Marina Seasonal Client? (Parry Sound in Colour)

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Fluoridation Redux

07 Wednesday Oct 2015

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The fluoridation issue came to the floor of last night’s council meeting and I’m sure the local media will offer a nice summary of the discussion. I ended up doing an impromptu deputation to balance out the public opinion and offer a few thoughts on some of the issues being raised. In thinking about it a little bit more there are some points that I perhaps might have made, or are perhaps worthy of consideration.

1) We have become a very selfish society. It’s all about ‘me’. How do things impact me, and me alone. It’s not a question of what is best for me and my neighbours and my fellow citizens, and my fellow humans, and our environment and our earth. It’s about ‘me’ and what pleases or frightens me. I think about the sacrifices that our parents made to give us what we have. Can you think about a better time in the history of the world to live? Our lifespans are not only longer than ever, but we live in better health for a much larger part of this longer life. Yet we bitch and moan about how the little things are so unfair. Want to go back to the pre-fluoridation years of 1939/45 for something to complain about? Or how about 1918 and the Spanish Flu that killed more than 50 million people? Or how about the Black Plague of 1346-1353? We are largely past these types of pandemics because of public health initiatives. But when public health officials suggest that fluoridation of public water is a benefit, some disagree and resent the imposition of broad public health initiatives. Where would we be without their advice?

There is a simple answer don’t swallow. Swish it around in your mouth to get the dental benefits and then spit it out, and reach for a glass of purchased unfluoridated water and then swallow. Or even cheaper, make friends with a neighbour in our surrounding communities and just bum some water. You actually don’t drink as much as you think. And evidence suggests that what you drink doesn’t hurt you. Unless of course you think it does, and then by golly it does. It’s called the placebo effect and it’s more powerful than most medications.

2 The issue of how and where the sodium fluorosilicate is sourced is a bogus issue. It doesn’t depend where it is sourced, but rather is it sufficiently pure to not introduce toxic ingredients. It doesn’t. As I mentioned last night some of the more commonly used medications come from sources you would rather not know about. Premarin – from the urine of pregnant mares, and the increasingly common use of fecal transplant for patients with C. difficile, where you take the feces (poop) of a close family member, encapsulate it, and ask the patient to take it orally to re-establish the intestinal flora. And not mentioned but an interesting piece of trivia. The natural red dye used in food products and lipstick is sourced from crushed Cochineal bugs. Don’t be worried about where a chemical or ingredient is sourced, be concerned as to whether the company is doing the proscribed testing and quality control.

3) Speaking loudly and forcefully doesn’t make your argument any stronger.

4) The issue of environmental contamination was raised in a couple of deputations. That’s an issue we should all be concerned about, but probably doesn’t apply here. Water naturally has fluoride in it. I understand the fluoride levels in the groundwater in the area surrounding Parry Sound is higher than normal with levels that might be in excess of 1.5 mg / litre. That may explain why one area resident has no cavities despite not benefiting from fluoridated water as a child, or they could be a conscientious brusher, or they could have good genetics. The Town sources its water from Georgian Bay which would not have the same benefits of this enriched natural fluoride source. (See the map below and this Wikipedia article for the source of this map.)

Returning to the issue of environmental contamination I would suggest people worry more about what we flush down the toilets in our pee and poop. The pharmaceuticals we take, partially metabolize, and then excrete have been shown to have a profound impact on amphibians. How do we solve that problem? And what about the people who like to wash surfactants down the drain, and the plastic microparticles found in so many consumer goods? Fluoride is in fact a natural ingredient that is widely found in nature and many water sources.

5) The issue of fluoride and calcium. They are not nearly the same nor do they play the same role in animal physiology. Calcium behaves as a doubly charged cation; fluoride acts a singly charged anion. Calcium has characteristics more like Beryllium, Magnesium, Strontium and Barium than Fluorine. Fluorine behaves more like Chlorine, Bromine and Iodine. Fluoride does not replace calcium. Calcium and fluoride can react to form CaF2, which is largely insoluble.

6) Let’s talk about folic acid supplementation. This is a synthetic chemical that is added to most packaged foods we buy. Its purpose? To prevent congenital malformation and neural tube defects in the children of women who are pregnant. It is important to be taken before conception. So we pretty much put it into all packaged grain based foods, think enriched wheat flour among other foods. So we are all ingesting folic acid to benefit people who aren’t ‘me’. Who made that decision? Don’t we have rights? Actually I can handle it. I have come to realize it’s not always about ‘me’. Can you handle it?

7) Providing free dental services to those who may not be able to afford it. A nice idea but it only works if people take advantage of it. How many people now suffer from debilitating and expensive chronic disease that could have been avoided had they regularly visited a physician when younger? And medical care has been free for decades.

It’s really not a significant sacrifice for the ‘older folks’ in Town to think a little more generously and provide the benefit of fluoridation to those who can most benefit from it. Buy the water you ingest if you think it makes a difference and help those who can benefit from fluoridation. And be cautious about sourcing water from your neighbours with a well. Not only should you worry about E. coli and coliform, but you may actually be getting an even higher dose of fluoride than what is provided by the public water system in Parry Sound. But it will be all natural.

Sometimes it’s not always about “me, me, me’. Sometimes it’s about ‘others, others, others’, or society and the planet as a whole. Our parents came to understand this and the occasional need for personal sacrifice.

Check out the regions of ‘blue’. We are in one of them.

Groundwater Fluoride - Wikipedia

Geographical areas associated with groundwater having over 1.5 mg/L of naturally occurring fluoride, which is above recommended levels.

Parry Sound 2016 Budget – Suggestion #6

06 Tuesday Oct 2015

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Let’s budget a little love for the Old Fire Hall in 2016. I know we are not sure what to do with the building, but it is something special and can have a useful future with a little bit of creativity and some investment. There is an expression, “demolition by neglect”. It’s that bit by bit failure to do necessary repairs and maintenance that leads to a building slowly failing and eventually considered derelict. At that stage there is no option but tear it down and put up something new. Let’s not allow that to be the fate of the Old Fire Hall. The building is already is showing the signs of damage that can lead to much more expensive future repairs, or simply demolition.

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Council Agenda Preview – October 6, 2015

05 Monday Oct 2015

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The fluoride issue is back at Council this meeting in the form of additional deputations. The anti-fluoride is back again for another kick at the can. And Dr. Chirico is back to reinforce his earlier message in support of fluoridation. I see that the out-of-towners, notably Seguin and McKellar, are providing their input on what Parry Sound should do with respect to fluoridation. I guess that means I can feel free to provide guidance to their councils regarding their policing debates and eventual decisions. Good neighbours should, I guess, be allowed to tell others what they should do. Do as I say not as I do.

Letters

4.1, 4.2, 4.8 – Various letter regarding fluoridation of Parry Sound drinking water.

4.5 – Chief Warren Tabobondung, Wasauksing First Nation. Re: Support for the West Parry Sound Recreation Center Advisory Committee. Will appoint a member once other First Nations are invited to join.

Deputations

5.1 – Dr. Jim Chirico, H.BSc., M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), MPH, Medical Officer of Health. Re: Fluoridation in Parry Sound’s Drinking Water System

5.2 – Andrea McIntyre, Parry Sounders for Progressive Water Management. Re: Fluoridation in Parry Sound’s Drinking Water System.

5.4 – Rob Mens, CAO/Clerk. Re: Draft Strategic Plan.

Resolutions and Direction to Staff

9.1.1 – World’s Largest Hockey Stick proposal. Direction. That Council direct staff to respond to Doug Graham that his request to erect the World’s Largest Hockey Stick at the Charles W. Stockey Centre and the Bobby Orr Hall of Fame cannot be accommodated.

9.2.1 – Railway Emergency Exercise – Out of Province. Resolution. That Council authorizes Dave Thompson and Peter Brown to attend a Railway Emergency Exercise in Calgary, Alberta, further to By-law No: 2002-4549 which requires prior Council approval for attendance at seminars, conferences, and conventions outside of the Province of Ontario. It not a question of if there will be a future major derailment. It’s a question of where and when. Let’s be prepared in case we are the unfortunate losers in ‘train bomb bingo’.

9.2.2 – EMS Service Provider Contract. Direction. That upon the recommendation of the EMS Advisory Committee, Council directs staff to award ApexPro Consulting Inc. the contract for the creation of an RFP process including the development and release of an RFP and the review of submissions with Staff to determine a recommendation for future Land Ambulance service provision in the District of Parry Sound.

9.2.3 – EMS Ambulance Replacements for 2016. Resolution. That upon the recommendation of the EMS Advisory Committee, Council for the Town of Parry Sound approves the pre-budget submission for the replacement of two ambulances to be delivered in early 2016 and further that the supplier of record, Crestline, be awarded the contract for the supply of these two ambulances in the amount of $115,107.84 +HST each. The ambulances shall be funded from the EMS reserve fund in 2016.

9.3.1 – 2015-2018 Strategic Plan Update. Direction. That the Strategic Planning Ad-hoc Committee advance the draft Strategic Plan based on the outline presented at the October 6th Council meeting. I note that the Priorities include: “We will partner with area municipalities and area groups with the goal of the creation of an Aquatic/Recreation Center being established for the benefit of area residents”. I suspect this should be an issue decided by the residents, not by Council. They were not elected with this mandate and it seems to be the pet project of a few individuals and organizations, some of whom may bear none of the financial consequences, yet enjoy the benefits.

9.3.2 – RFP Award for IT Services. Resolution. That the Council for the Corporation of the Town of Parry Sound approves the award of Part 1 of RFP IT2015-01 for infrastructure hardware, software and implementation in the amount $118,296.25 plus tax. And Further that this purchase be funded from the IT Replacement Reserve ($32,000), existing capital IT budget ($11,000) and the Emergency Capital Asset Replacement Reserve ($77,400). Direction. That Staff are directed to negotiate a contract, as stipulated in Part 2/ 3 of RFP IT2015-01 for the provision of technical support and strategic advice with Eleven Consulting.

9.5.1 – Tender – Digester Roof – Wastewater Plant. Resolution. That upon the recommendation of mitchellarchitects, Council award the tender for repairs to the Wastewater Plant Digester Roof to Designed Roofing in the amount of $36,800, HST extra, this tender being the lowest tender of three (3) tenders received, the cost to be funded from the Wastewater Stabilization Reserve.

By-laws

10.5.1 – Incon Construction Agreement – Parry Sound Public Library. Being a by-law to authorize the execution of a Stipulated Price Contract Agreement between the Town of Parry Sound and Incon Construction Ltd. for building renovations to the Parry Sound Public Library. It’s nice to see the investment in the library. A few dollars can go a long way in enhancing the lives of so many.

I will be attending the council meeting this week to get a sense of where we are with the fluoridation arguments and the Town’s strategic plan. There is much more than what is listed here. Check out the agenda summary at the Town’s website, or click the menu item above (TOPS Agenda Packages) for a copy of the full agenda. See you there.

Night Work! (Parry Sound in B&W)

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