1. March 24, 2017

2. Niagara: Revisited

3. Attractive Affordable Accountable

4. The facts speak for themselves..
Unemployment %
Housing Prices %
Planning Applications %
Building Permits %
Building Construction Surpassed $1.3B

5. Inter-Municipal Transit

6. GO Train Announcement

7. Advanced Manufacturing

8. 2017 Regional Budget Operating Budget - $2 Million investment in:
EMS
Specialized Transit affordability
Inter-municipal transit
Capital Budget
$30M – GO Train
$12.5M – improve and repair roads
$12M – Long Term Care Homes

9. Affordability 2015 – 1.92% tax rate increase
1% Infrastructure Levy to improve roads, GO Service, and IMT infrastructure
Adding to reserves for a rainy day

10. Thursday, March 30th

11. 3 New Internal Auditors
Procurement Compliance Specialist
Corporate Records Management Specialist

12. Community Services
Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative (CHPI Funding)
Funding per capita:
City of Windsor - $20.62
City of Hamilton - $30.14
City of Waterloo - $15.09
Niagara Region - $11.30
Need a revised funding formula that considers needs and population of Niagara

13. NRPS Headquarters Grand Opening in Niagara Falls
Corporate Services
NRPS Headquarters Grand Opening in Niagara Falls

14. Provincial Offences Court in Welland

15. Planning & Development
Prudhommes Secondary Plan Emerging Preferred Concept

16. Public Health LEAN REVIEW Children’s Dental Care 2014 2016
2000 children treated
LEAN REVIEW
2016
6000 children treated

17. Public Works New Wastewater Treatment Plant
$200M investment to account for future growth in Niagara

18. Jobs in Niagara

19. Send a Message, Save our Jobs
– Please help save 1400 #Niagara jobs. Casino revenue shouldn’t come before jobs, growth & Niagara families!
Send me an at
Include your name & business

20. Fireside Chat with Janice Thomson