‘My advice to all residents of the City of Greater Sudbury is take the necessary time to fully examine all of the candidates who are seeking your vote as ward councillor’
On Oct. 14, residents will begin voting for the people who will represent them for the next four years on city council and local school boards. With regard to the formation of our next city council, between now and Oct. 24, voters need to decide who they feel has the right combination of qualifications, experience and available time to represent their collective best interests at three distinct levels of responsibility.
Ward councillors must take part on a variety of these committees in order to gain valuable knowledge and experience with the 58 lines of service that the municipality provides to residents. There is a tremendous amount of background reading and research needed in order to be prepared to discuss and debate the matters that are presented by staff during these meetings.
It is perfectly fine to explain why you did not agree with the decision, but all city councillors have an obligation to support majority decisions and avoid doing anything that will undermine the public confidence in the majority decision or impede implementation. Constituent level responsibilities are what I personally feel should be the highest priority for a ward councillor. In my own role as councillor of Ward 5 for the past eight years, I am contacted by literally hundreds of individual constituents each year with specific residential and/or commercial concerns that need to be addressed.
In my opinion, it is critical for elected ward councillors to be fully functional at all three levels of responsibility in order to be effective at each. What you do at the city level enables you to have an impact at the ward level. And the more active and involved you are at the city and ward levels, the more knowledge you will have when it comes to assisting and advocating at the constituent level.
In order to be fully functional at all three levels, I have found that I, personally, must make myself available to the residents of Ward 5 on a full-time basis in order to best serve their needs. It takes a lot of time to be properly prepared to fulfil my responsibilities at city council and committee meetings. It takes a lot of time to work with community groups and organizations as well as being involved with staff to maintain a proper level of services at the ward level.
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