- Protect and advocate for funding for the Comprehensive Road Maintenance Program to ensure our sustained focus on good roads does not change.
- Propose city-wide pre-budget consultations to enhance citizen engagement, including public meetings and community surveys.
- Set Operating Budget targets for city staff to ensure tax impact is minimal.
- Reintroduce my motion for the creation of a Lobbyist Registry to ensure transparency at City Hall.
- Reintroduce my motion for a Vacant Building Registry which would be self-funded to target chronic vacancies and prevent urban decay.
- Propose the creation of a business start-up or occupancy grant program with the taxes received as a result of eliminating the vacant building tax rebate.
- Create a Performance Management system, which includes annual department plans, results-based budgeting, and performance agreements for all employees, with the goal of focusing on our corporate priorities, enhanced service delivery, optimizing the customer service experience and ensuring value for money.
- Introduce a Pay-As-You-Go Capital Budget Program in order to reduce the reliance on debt.
- Support measured and reasonable public – private waterfront development that enhances community space.
- Continued focus on a diversified economy, including private investment in tourism infrastructure.
- Continue to advocate to senior levels of government in relation to hydro costs (Veridian service in Ward 2) and active transportation (cycling / pedestrian facilities) over Hwy 401. Monitor rural broadband expansion and continue to communicate with our Member of Parliament to ensure it meets expected results.
- Ensure we have an Affordable Housing Strategy that includes mixed affordability in all new developments and partner with Habitat for Humanity in securing land for development.
- Continue to host bi-annual town hall Ward meetings to hear your concerns, ideas and maintain my accountability to you.
- Expand the physician recruitment program to include nurse practitioners, which will include some discussion with the provincial government.
- Build upon our subdivision parks that now have new playground equipment with the installation of splash pads and multi-purpose play surfaces (outdoor skating rinks, basketball and tennis courts).
- Review demand for the expansion of modernized transit options to service ever growing neighbourhood communities in Ward 2.
- Propose the implementation of Community Engagement Surveys to obtain feedback on city services and programs as well as provide every resident with the opportunity to help shape our City with their ideas.
- Increase property tax credit for low income seniors homeowners to $800 per year by 2022 in order to help seniors with the affordability to remain in their homes.
Paul Carr 2018 election priorities
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