[0:00] of council for 2022 and I apologize if I
speak
[0:06] um quickly I am not a public speaker I
much prefer to be behind the scenes so
[0:12] it's not something up
but it's part of my role for today so
[0:15] just bear with me
[0:18] so one of the tasks I get assigned to do
as part of the inaugural meetings to
[0:23] give an update on the 2022 municipal
election so I'm going to start with that
[0:28] today I'll go through that report and
then after that we'll do the formality
[0:32] of swearing in the newly elected council
members
[0:36] so I first would like to congratulate
and welcome the new Council of the Miss
[0:40] Valley of murmuran Lake as a result of
the October 24th 2022 election who will
[0:45] take their oath of office momentarily
I would also like to extend my gratitude
[0:50] and thanks to staff of the municipality
who are instrumental in running a
[0:55] successful election
without the hard work and dedication a
[0:59] successful election would not have been
possible
[1:02] from the extra assistance with
preparation of the voters list answering
[1:06] questions for electors to preparation
and assistance on voting days they have
[1:10] been a tremendous help
thank you to Jen Bennett Deputy clerk
[1:14] unfortunately she's unable to be here
today because she's ill
[1:18] Kristen McConnell Administration who's
sitting at the back of the room here
[1:23] Nancy Sinclair Administration so
accept of the aisles of actor Ashley
[1:29] Administration who's sitting on the
other side of Christian at Quebec and
[1:34] Steve Japan Treasurer who's sitting over
on the other side of the room
[1:38] again thank you for all of your hard
work and dedication during the election
[1:43] the 2022 elections saw the continued
increase in the adoption of an online
[1:48] voting across Ontario
householder cast continues to move to
[1:52] technology-based methods
in 2022
[1:56] 217 Municipal governments used internet
and or phone
[2:01] combined voting methods
which is 42 more than the previous
[2:06] election in 2018.
both by mail remain largely the same at
[2:10] 71 municipalities using this method
[2:16] foreign
the percentage of voter turnout has not
[2:21] varied greatly the June provincial
election hit a record low at 46 percent
[2:25] early numbers from the association of
municipalities of Ontario show 36
[2:30] percent turnout across 301 of the 444
municipalities that held elections
[2:39] the total number of elect eligible
electors for the municipality of
[2:43] marmoran Lake was
4844 voters of which a total of 1522
[2:50] electors voted by internet method and
272 by telephone for a total number of
[2:56] votes cast at 1794.
this represents a voter turnout of 37
[3:02] percent
the largest voter turnout was in the
[3:05] with the age ranges of 50 to 70 with the
lowest being 20 to 40.
[3:13] the 2022 Municipal budget provided 26
500 for the municipal election the
[3:19] actual cost spent was 11
988.45 resulting in 14 511 below budget
[3:29] actual cost in 2018 totaled fifteen
thousand four hundred and three dollars
[3:35] and eighteen thousand nine hundred and
forty six dollars in 2014 which was a
[3:39] vote by mail
some reasons for the cost savings this
[3:43] year include we saved on iPad rental
fees because we utilized Council iPads
[3:48] this year whereas in a previous year we
had to rent them
[3:52] um we the Hastings County clerks and
treasures Association paid for candidate
[3:56] training as a whole so we weren't
bearing the cost solely on our own
[4:01] we hired no election staff everything
was done through Municipal staff
[4:07] joint advertising took place with member
municipalities for the joint compliance
[4:11] audit committee
so savings can be used for future 2026
[4:16] election expenses and a robust
advertising campaign
[4:21] as for the Ontario Municipal Municipal
elections act nomination papers for
[4:26] candidates were filed from May 2nd 2022
until close of nominations august 19
[4:31] 2022 at 2 pm
upon that deadline we had two candidates
[4:36] for the mayor position
two candidates for the deputy mayor
[4:39] position and eight candidates for the
three Municipal Council positions
[4:44] on October 24th at the close of the
polls the votes were distributed as
[4:48] follows
for mayor Bonnie Dames 659
[4:53] Jan O'Neill 1097 votes
for Deputy Mayor Ron fudge 610 votes
[5:01] Mike Stevens
1141 votes for deputy mayor
[5:07] for the three Council positions
Alex Angus 604 votes Jason Carman 496
[5:14] votes
Sue Connolly 483 votes
[5:18] Eric dosed 934 votes
Ron Derry 661 votes
[5:25] Bernie Donaldson 598 votes
Jane lacatos 839 votes and Lonnie
[5:32] Schwartz 241 votes
I would like to thank everyone who
[5:37] participated and assisted in the
municipal election I truly appreciate
[5:41] all the hard work and assistance through
the entire election process
[5:44] congratulations once again to the new
Municipal Council and I look forward to
[5:48] working with everyone over the next four
years
[5:52] so that concludes my report on the
election
[5:54] and so now we'll move on to the nice
ceremonial tasks of inaugurating your
[5:59] new Council
[6:05] so now newly elected members will take
their oath of office
[6:09] so I'm going to call you up to the
podium at which time I will ask that you
[6:14] place
uh your right hand up and place your
[6:18] left hand on the Bible and you'll just
repeat after me and then we'll sign your
[6:23] declaration so if I could call Jan
O'Neill up please
[6:30] [Music]
[6:37] okay
so you just repeat after me so I and
[6:41] please state your name I Jim O'Neal
having been elected without being been
[6:46] elected to the office of Mayor to the
office of Mayor in the municipality of
[6:51] Marmon Lake and the municipality of
marmar and Lake to solemnly promise and
[6:55] declare do solemnly promise and declare
that one I will truly faithfully and
[7:02] impartially exercise this office to the
best of my knowledge and ability I will
[7:07] agree
I am truly faithfully and impartially
[7:12] exercise the office
[7:15] I have not received and will not receive
I have not received and will not receive
[7:21] any payment or reward any payment or
reward or promise thereof or promise
[7:26] thereof for the exercise of this office
for the
[7:30] in a bias
a biased or right
[7:32] corrupt or any improper
[7:36] again I will disclose any pecuniary
interest I will disclose any Community
[7:40] or interest direct or indirect director
indirect in accordance with the
[7:44] municipal conflict of interest Act
s like the Venture step
[7:49] I will be faithful and bear true
allegiance to his majesty King Charles
[7:53] III I will be faithful and bear true
allegiance to his majesty King Charles
[7:58] III and I make this solemn promise and
declaration and I'll make the psalm help
[8:04] promise and declaration conscientiously
believing it to be true
[8:09] be true and knowing that is of the same
force and effect and knowing that it is
[8:14] of the same force and effect as if made
under oath as if needed
[8:18] [Music]
[8:43] thank you thank you we'll have a seat
I'll bring you back up after
[8:50] foreign
[9:10] [Music]
[9:18] [Music]
you solemnly promise and declare that
[9:22] you solemnly promised
I will truly faithfully and partially
[9:28] exercise this office
[Music]
[9:34] partially the exercise this office to
the best of my knowledge and ability to
[9:38] investing knowledge and ability
I have not received and will not receive
[9:43] any payment or reward I
do you ignore will receive any pain or
[9:47] reward or promise thereof or promise for
the exercise of this office but the
[9:52] exercise of this office in a biased
correct or improperation in a bias
[9:56] corrupt
I will disclose any peculiary interest
[10:02] direct or indirect direct or indirect in
accordance with the municipal conflict
[10:07] of interest taxes in accordance with the
invisible conflict of interest
[10:11] I will be faithful and very true
allegiance to his majesty King Charles
[10:15] III I'll be faithful and we have truly
allegiance to its majesty and King
[10:19] Charles III
I make this solemn promise and I make
[10:23] this song from us and declaration
conscientiously a declaration
[10:27] conscientiously believing it to be true
believing it to be true and knowing that
[10:31] is of the same force and effect as if
made under oath
[10:37] same forcing effect
Maybe
[10:43] [Music]
[11:04] from dairy
[11:10] [Music]
so I can say your name I run Dairy
[11:16] having been elected to the office of
counselor
[11:19] have you been elected to the office of
counselor in the municipality of Marmot
[11:23] Lake the municipality of Limerick do
solemnly promise
[11:28] and declare that I will truly faithfully
and impartially exercise this office I
[11:35] will truly faithfully and impartially
exercise his office to the best of my
[11:39] knowledge and ability to the best of my
knowledge
[11:43] I have not received and will not receive
any payment or reward I have not
[11:47] received I will not receive any payment
or reward or promise Sarah
[11:52] so the exercise of this office
of this office in a biased correct or
[11:58] any improper manner buy-ish corrupt or
any improper manner
[12:03] I will disclose any peculinity
I will disclose any picking their
[12:08] interest direct or indirect director and
Direct in accordance with the municipal
[12:12] conflict of interest
cards Within the nickel comp
[12:16] Lex I'll be thankful and bear true
allegiance to his majesty King Charles
[12:19] III I'll be faithful and very truly just
to Majesty King Charles III and I make
[12:25] this
song I make the song Promise and
[12:28] declaration conscientiously a
declaration conscientiously believing it
[12:32] to be true believing it to be true and
knowing that is in the same force and
[12:36] effect
[12:39] and knowing that it is in the same
effect
[12:42] same force in a fact that it's made
under oath
[12:54] foreign
[13:21] hi Eric Jones I've been elected to the
office of
[13:24] Council having been elected to the
office of counselor in the municipality
[13:28] Department in the municipality of
Harmony do solemnly promise and declare
[13:32] that you solemnly promise and declare
that
[13:36] I will truly faithfully and impartially
exercise this office I will truly
[13:41] faithfully and partially exercise this
office to the best of my knowledge and
[13:45] ability to the best of my knowledge and
ability I am not received and will not
[13:50] receive any payment or reward I have not
received and will not receive any
[13:54] payment or reward or promise thereof or
promise thereof for the exercise
[14:00] for the exercise of this office in a
bias
[14:05] Ed bias corrupt or any improper
[Music]
[14:11] May disclose any pecuniary interest
direct or indirect direct or indirect in
[14:16] accordance with the municipal complex
in accordance with the municipal
[14:20] conflict of interest Act
faithful and very
[14:26] true I will be faithful and very true
allegiance to his majesty King Charles
[14:30] III
and I make this solemn promise and
[14:35] declaration
and declaration conscientiously
[14:39] believing it to be true believing it to
be true and knowing that it is of the
[14:44] same force and effect as if
and knowing that is that it is of the
[14:49] same force and effect as if made under
oath
[15:09] and last but not least Jane lackadais
[15:19] thank you
[15:23] so I can say your name
and I've been elected to the office of
[15:29] counselor or they've been elected to the
office of counselor and the municipality
[15:33] of Modern Life and the municipality of
modern like do solemnly promise and
[15:37] declare that do so
clear that I will truly faithfully and
[15:42] impartially exercise this office of
truths that we can face of it and
[15:47] partially exercise this office to the
best of my knowledge and ability to the
[15:52] best of my knowledge of the reality
I have not received and will not receive
[15:56] any payment or reward I have not
received I will not receive any payment
[16:00] overboard or promise thereof or promise
they will for the exercise of this
[16:05] office for the exercise of this office
in a biased correct or any proper manner
[16:10] and a bias
[16:13] I will disclose any pecuniary interest
or will dispose any of the human or
[16:17] interest direct or indirect director
indirect in accordance with the
[16:21] municipal conflict of interest
[16:25] conflict of interest acting
I will be faithful and bear true
[16:29] allegiance to his majesty King Charles
III I will be faithful in their True
[16:34] Religions to his majesty King Charles
III
[16:40] and declaration conscientiously and
declaration
[16:43] to sleep believing it to be true
and knowing that
[16:50] it is of the same force and effect as if
needed it is of the same force and
[16:55] effect
[16:57] exciting everything
[17:13] so I would like to now introduce
everyone to the new members of council
[17:18] for the
2022-2026 term for the municipality of
[17:22] marmara Lake
[17:25] [Applause]
so I will now turn it over to Mayor
[17:32] O'Neill for any rumors
[17:41] thank you Tanya
I think you must have that memorized but
[17:45] I know you've said so many times
[17:50] it is my honor to serve as your mayor
for the next term of counsel
[17:56] as I stated during the campaign
my personal commitment to you is to
[18:01] create a team of counsel and staff
working together
[18:06] to represent and serve the Marlborough
and Lake Community with honesty
[18:11] Integrity transparency loyalty and
fiscal responsibility
[18:18] this is the first day of the next term
of counsel
[18:21] firstly I want to take this opportunity
to thank all staff for conducting a
[18:27] responsible incredible election
thank you to all staff for their
[18:31] assistance to the candidates
and continued service to all residents
[18:36] it's not easy being a staff person
during an election
[18:40] there are increased expectations and
duties there is always the uncertainty
[18:45] of the outcome
thank you to all candidates who put
[18:49] their name forward to serve the
community and the previous Council for
[18:53] their service
congratulations to the successful
[18:57] candidates and elected officials who are
now your counsel
[19:02] I look forward to serving our community
with you
[19:05] and to conduct the business of the
municipality over the next four years
[19:10] I personally want to thank my family
friends and residents for your support
[19:15] over the last four years and during the
recent campaign
[19:19] thank you for voting voting is extremely
important and speaks to the acceptance
[19:24] of the campaign initiatives promises and
commitments made by all candidates
[19:30] thank you to the various volunteers
group organ groups organization Sports
[19:35] and committees who who contribute to the
overall quality of life in our community
[19:42] thank you for being here today to
celebrate the beginning of the next term
[19:46] of counsel and to meet the new members
of council thank you
[19:50] I'm going to call on Mike I believe has
a few words to say
[19:55] [Applause]
thank you we would like to thank
[20:03] everybody who got out and voted
Tanya noted that we had roughly 40 of
[20:09] the people out voting
it doesn't seem like a lot but when you
[20:13] take a look at the rest of the province
it was a lot of people here I think
[20:16] Oshawa had eighteen
[Music]
[20:19] High School elected of 18 people voting
everybody on the council is a good
[20:25] person everybody has different points of
view different opinions and Country
[20:30] different backgrounds our job is to try
to get a consensus and try to do the
[20:35] just for our community
you know we all come from different
[20:38] places in the community
but our job is to make sure that our
[20:43] money is well spent for the benefit of
everyone not just the people that
[20:47] surround you
[20:50] do I think stop again
we came through a really bad spring our
[20:59] our place is just totally doesn't even
understand because people couldn't get
[21:03] in and out of their place for over three
days
[21:05] that had to walk
three kilometers today
[21:10] Township Hydro everybody worked together
were very very hard
[21:16] and it was a good example of I guess
interagency cooperation
[21:20] and that's the way Council should work
no problem we should all work together
[21:24] to try to solve it come up with the dust
solution let us use of our money
[21:30] just again thank you for coming out
today appreciate it
[21:34] I've been here a long time but this will
be the last time
[21:39] [Applause]
thank you Mike
[21:48] Ron did you wish to say a few words no
Eric
[21:53] moved to New counselor area code
[22:01] I wanted to thank my friends and family
who supported me through this process
[22:06] and gave me the push to step forward it
wasn't an easy decision for me but I'm
[22:11] passionate about this place and excited
and ready to contribute
[22:16] I want to thank all who throughout the
campaign sent me messages emails phone
[22:20] calls and met me in person
thank you for caring about our community
[22:25] and bringing your issues and questions
forward you helped me to be more
[22:30] informed
going forward I really hope to be an
[22:35] ambassador for murmur Lake and show
others our successes and the opportunity
[22:40] and potential that we have here to those
who live here now
[22:44] to those who live here seasonally and
those who in the future will call murmur
[22:49] and Lake home
I'm really looking forward to working
[22:52] with this team of counsel before you and
our excellent staff who work so hard
[22:57] with the resources
that they have to make the municipality
[23:02] run as a council we rely on their
expertise their experience and their
[23:07] ability to execute
I'd like to leave you all with a
[23:11] reminder of a few of my promises that I
made during the campaign
[23:16] to listen
to respond
[23:19] to be informed
to learn and to highlight and share
[23:24] these are my goals in which I'm going to
operate going forward as I represent you
[23:29] and our extraordinary municipality
[23:34] [Applause]
thank you Eric
[23:41] counselor lactose
[23:51] [Music]
hi um as I was thinking of my thank you
[23:58] speech I couldn't help but think about
so Valley Field in an Oscar presentation
[24:03] saying you're liking it you really like
me you voted for me
[24:09] thank you very much
um you've put your trust and your faith
[24:13] in me to listen to you
[24:17] help you with your requests
um I I I'm humbled I'm humbled by that
[24:23] um I'm a new person only been here three
years and
[24:27] um
[24:34] um I want to thank my husband for his
support
[24:37] and my family for their support
um we have an excellent Municipal staff
[24:42] of your family wonderful but you will
I'm sure you're going to be barraged
[24:47] with a lot of questions there must be
movies here
[24:50] um but um thank you all very much and I
look forward to working with everybody
[24:54] for the next video
[Applause]
[25:01] thank you very much to everyone
I think we have a really good counsel
[25:08] and group going forward I know we have
excellent staff we've worked together
[25:11] for the last four years and I know
there's just better things to come for
[25:16] this but
[25:18] I think it shows and please give our
Council a round of applause
[25:23] [Applause]
[25:28] thank you I'll turn you back over to
Tanya
[25:33] she gets the final word
[25:38] well I think that concludes the official
business of the
[25:42] knee so we have some light Refreshments
at the back and this is now your
[25:46] opportunity to meet and greet new
members of council and old members of
[25:51] council maybe that you haven't had a
chance to speak to or get to know and we
[25:55] encourage that to Mell around the Lions
have graciously opened the bar so we
[26:00] encourage you to go and purchase
something a pop or whatever it's
[26:03] important for the Lions and to be able
to provide this servicing and make some
[26:08] money so they're important service club
and we really appreciate having them so
[26:12] again thank you and please stay and have
some refreshments and take
[26:17] [Applause]