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ELECTION 2010
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Tue. August 31, 2010, 6:00 pm Council Chambers.This is a special council meeting to discuss a Notice of Motion by Councillor Garry Dalgity with respect to Almonte Ward running the entire Mechanical Sewage Treatment Plant.
Wed. Sep 8, at 7:00 p.m: Information Session for Candidates and their team. The Town Clerk will be conducting a Candidates Information Sessions, in the council chambers. Topics will include the compliance audit committee, campaign expenses rules, internet/telephone voting, signage, new voter ID requirements, offences and penalties.
More news on your municipal elections...
Ramsay's Race: This week Ramsay Councillor Val Wilkinson signed up to run again for Ramsay Ward. Also running in Ramsay Ward is Pakenham resident Kelley Hough.
Faceoff for Mayor ! Well, it's officially a race for the Mayor's job in Mississippi Mills.
Almonte Councillor Jane Torrance will be facing off against 
Pakenham Councillor Brenda Hurrle who declared two months ago.
For information on declared candidates see our "Information on Candidates" section below, where you can also find information or ask questions about the platforms of any candidates who have an internet presence or email.
See our News and Views page for current postings.
Follow what's being debated... on the MMRA's Yahoo Discussion group.
Council votes to eliminate sidewalk snow clearance from the following streets: Hope Street, Teskey Street, Water Street from John Street to dead end, St. George Street, Arthur Street, Colbourne Street, Metcalfe Street, Thoburn Street, Vaughan Street, Jamieson Street from Tait McKenzie Street to Thoburn Street, Union Street South, Martin Street South, St. Paul Street, Tatra Street from Gale Street to Larose Street.
Open letter to municipal candidates...
Dear all candidates for the municipal election,
We attend the C.S.S. (Community Support Services)* group and those of us in wheelchairs are interested in seeing more of the curbs on main street lowered so people who need a wheelchair or scooter to get around and can access all stores that we’d like to shop in. Besides this we were also interested in seeing the washrooms in stores and restaurants made larger so we can access them. We were also interested in seeing better maintenance done on sidewalks around town so we no longer have to deal with the cracks on the streets/sidewalks. Another thing we would like to see are buzzers put on the crosswalks so the blind know when to cross the street. We are interested in hearing an all-candidates debate on these issues. Please contact us (Community Support services 256-5469) if you have any questions.
Thank you for your consideration
Kyle Robillard & Lorry Laing
* Local makers of WOW buttons, used by some candidates.
Volunteer to host Kitchen Table Meetings for neighbours and ward candidates. Download a copy of the MMRA's "Host’s Guide to Kitchen Table Meetings".
Watch your neighbourhood. New updates have been received. We post the OPP's Neighbourhood Watch statistics upon receipt. Click here for most recent data.. For the previous year see our Archives Page, under the "Finance, Taxes, Other" pane..
News about the Muncipal Elections
Who would be YOUR choice for Mayor?
You answered:
John Edwards 40% (12)
Wilson Bassile 13% (4)
Jane Torrance and Brenda Hurrle 7% (2) each
None of the above 33% (10), instead Al Lunney (6), Val Wilkinson, Ron Pettem, Denzil Ferguson (1 each).
CANDIDATES:
The current candidate list is available from the Town's website. See the bottom of this page too!
Information Session for Candidates and their team will be held at the Municipal Offices on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 7:30 pm.
How many votes do you need? See the 2006 Election results for a guideline.There were a total of 10,239 eligible voters in MM in 2006.
VOTER AWARENESS:
Review the MMRAs Election Issues Survey Results and the Canadian Gazette article.
Volunteer hosts for Kitchen Table Meetings have come forward in neighbourhoods in Appleton, Blakeney, Pakenham, Ramsay south and Ramsay north for dates tbd in August and September, 2010. More KTM hosts are needed. Download a copy of the MMRA's "Host’s Guide to Kitchen Table Meetings".
MMRA and community groups are proposing to host Town Hall meetings in July and August, 2010, particularly for new candidates.
The Hub sponsors All Candidates Meetings - one in each ward.
VOTING:
Internet and Telephone voting ONLY. Voters in Mississippi Mills will vote via the internet or by telephone, at any time between Mon. Oct. 18, 8:30 am to Election Day, Mon. Oct. 25. at 8:00 pm. Information and PINs will be mailed to eligible voters by Oct. 12. "Help Centres" will also be set up by the Town.
Will Internet/telephone voting increase voter participation? Mail-in balloting apparently did in 2003 and 2006. According to the Town Clerk, voter turnout in MM has increased from 42% in 2001, to 61% in 2003 (first year of mail-in voting), and 56% in 2006.
Contact the MMRA Board at info@mmra.ca if you’d like information about being a volunteer, a candidate, a Kitchen Table host, or something else.
INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR MUNICIPAL CANDIDATES
Candidates are invited to post their public domain material (flyers, scanned articles, links, web / blog sites, etc) here. Email to webmaster@mmra.ca.
MAYOR
Brenda Hurrle
Jane Torrance
ALMONTE (4 positions)
PAKENHAM (2 positions)
RAMSAY (4 positions)
Phil Wood
Chris O’Brien 
Bernard Cameron
Garry Dalgity
Phil Warland
Duncan Abbott
Denzil Ferguson
Jim Lowry
Shaun McLaughlin . 
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Paul Watters
Val Wilkinson
Kelley Hough
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