Letters

Letter to the Editor Dear Sir, The topic of whether we should have a Chief Administrative Officer for the Municipality of Meaford appears to be on the minds of many concerned taxpayers. In order to discuss and discover all the benefits, pro or con of this staff position for Meaford, a 'Grand Debate' will be held on Thursday, April 5, commencing...

Letter to the Editor Editor, It is unbelievable to me that, being on the town-line, it is only now coming to the council's attention that these bridges are equally owned by Meaford and Chatsworth municipalities. Two years ago when I called the Chatsworth office to enquire on the status of this bridge repair I was told that they hadn't yet addressed it,...

Letter to the Editor Editor, Meaford has become unaffordable to the majority of its taxpayers. Yearly increasing taxes caused by the present management of the community are failing to provide a solution. It is a sad situation when a town’s municipal staff is the biggest employer in the community. Taxpayers and elected council must realize they are operating a multi-million-dollar corporation and have to...

Letter to the Editor Editor, Your recent article questioning whether Meaford should fill the position of CAO was excellent. It was balanced, factual, and provided a lot of good points. Over the last few years municipalities have had many costs downloaded to them by various government sources and for smaller communities, like Meaford, this has proven very costly. Salaries (and benefits) are...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, As you predicted in your editorial of August 15, 2015, the CAO is leaving the municipality. Your opinion that a municipality the size of Meaford does not need a CAO is correct. The CAO salary level usually raises the salary levels of senior management positions. Over the past couple of years, two senior positions (Director of...

Dear Editor, Given the hysteria and euphoria by some surrounding the news of a new library and possible refurbishment of the old library into a new council and staff office area with its exorbitant cost, it may be time to see this extravagance for what it really is. Another boondoggle! In defending this choice of library, staff in a recent newsletter...

Letter to the Editor Editor, At the December 11/17 Council meeting, By-Law 2017-69 was passed unanimously by Council. This By-Law permits Meaford to place load limit warning signs on thirteen crucial bridges in rural Meaford. Treasurer Mr. Chapman told Council that no consultation had occurred with any of the hundreds of regular users of these bridges but the latest inspection reports...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Having grown up in Meaford in the 60's and 70's, we returned to a fixer-upper on Bayfield Street 15 years ago to be among old friends, and are re-building the house to be here permanently. We are between the children's playground and beach at Raper's Park and the children's area of McCarroll Park and the...

Letter to the Editor Editor, The following appeared in the bulletin of my church for the Christmas Eve Service 2017: Quote: Offering Notice Due to the inability of the ATM to accept coins, and the bank charging for depositing coins, we are asking that you please refrain from including coins in your offering when at all possible. Your co-operation in this matter would be...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, A couple of your editorials the last few weeks are very disturbing to a majority of taxpayers in the Municipality. First you defended the bloated cost of the new library project by saying, “The Community supports the plan so I accept it.” I do not believe the Community accepts this particular project. As per the SDR...