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The South Algonquin Business Alliance supports the Canadian Index of Wellbeing measures of community vitality, which includes Civic Engagement. Municipal government is the most accessible level of government and impacts community vitality to the highest degree. This page chronicles our advocacy with the Township of South Algonquin
Advoacy
Click on the links below to read our correspondence with staff and council at the Township of South Algonquin. These documents may or may not appear in the associated council package under correspondence. Items are listed most recent first.
2025-01-06
Email to the mayor and clerk following Dec 18 committee meeting requesting
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a copy of the Engineer's report to the MTO about the Madawaska Bridge relocation project
2025-01-06
Letter to the Mayor and clerk following Dec 4, 2024 council meeting regarding
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response to mayor, declining to audit the township website
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community engagement practices
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querying scope of community engagement in developing the communication policy
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request to reconsider practice of passing bylaws in one council meeting, which does not provide adequate opportunity for public participation/feedback
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Letter to the Mayor and clerk regarding community engagement
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related to the development of the Economic Development and Tourism plan
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Plans to share this document with the public for feedback have not been announced​
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related to passing bylaws in one meeting
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in general and practices around receiving and posting communication
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best global best practices as defined by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) and the ‘Spectrum of Participation’
2024-11-22
Letter to the Mayor following Nov 4, 2024 council meeting regarding
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livestreaming council meetings
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advising that numerous links on the township website are broken.
​Mayor's Response ​requesting that SABA audit the township's website