Martin Capper

GTA West Corridor – An Update and highlight of Additional Work in the Halton area!

mcapper — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:30:03 +0000

MTO presented this update to the Milton Heights Landowners Association and the Milton Rural Residents Association last night. The Update was essentially to discuss the additional work currently being undertaken, much of which, to me anyway, appeared to be as a result of the prior consultation process.

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An open letter to Mayor Krantz

mcapper — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:09:51 +0000

His Worship Mayor Gord Krantz Milton Town Council Town Hall MILTON

February 19, 2012

Your Worship

I refer to the debate and resolution of Town Council to proceed with the project to locate the Pan Am Games Velodrome in Milton. In particular I refer to your personal undertaking not to expose the Town and its taxpayers to risk.

Since the debate at [...]

Milton’s Proposal to Build the Pan Am Games Velodrome

mcapper — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:03:45 +0000

So we now have a Business Plan (click here for the Plan) for the proposed Milton Velodrome and I have little doubt that Council will take this Business Plan and use it as shelter to support staff in their recommendation to proceed with the proposal and to sign up for the Velodrome. Perhaps one [...]

Milton Council Budget Committee Meeting Dec 12, 2011

mcapper — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:16:00 +0000

The Town of Milton annual budget process starts in June of each year with the Budget Call Report. This year was different from previous years in that in addition to the usual request for public input there was a public survey. Also several Councillors organised public meetings to get input from their constituents. Following the [...]

The Last Post

mcapper — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:53:38 +0000

Some time around 11:00 am tomorrow November 11the tune that has become associated with end of day and end of life in the military will pierce the silence. The Last Post will be played as part of the Remembrance Day services throughout most of the free world. It seems to me that I have been [...]

Was democracy served at Milton Town Council?

mcapper — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:40:28 +0000

Local governance tends to be all about the dollars and cents of making the community work! In Milton at least there is very little hint of Partisan Politics, which is not to say that Councillors do not have left or right leanings. Surprising therefore that two of the discussions at last night’s Council meeting were [...]

Open Letter to Tim Hudak!

mcapper — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:26:43 +0000

Dear Mr Hudak,

Let me say up front I will vote for Ted Chudleigh the PC candidate for Halton! I will do so because I believe that a fiscally conservative approach to running the business of our Province is important for the well being of all Ontarians.

However as the election campaign gathers steam I am becoming [...]

Public Sector Governance – reproduced from Chartered Accountants Ireland – Corporate Governance Journal

mcapper — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:36:39 +0000

The Quiet Revolution – Corporate Governance in the Public Sector, Gary Martin and John Dowdall

Sunday, July 03, 2011

In light of the global financial crisis, much commentary in corporate governance has been concentrated on the activity of organisations deemed ‘systemically’ important to the economy, namely banks. Yet, relatively little discourse has been directed towards corporate governance [...]

Milton Town Budget 2012 – Part 1

mcapper — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:52:06 +0000

We are just over 5 months into the 2011 fiscal year, and have barely got used to writing 2011 on the few cheques we still write, and Town Staff and elected officials have begun the process that will end sometime in December this year with a 2012 Budget. Other Municipalities allow their Budget cycles to [...]

Milton Council Meeting May 30, 2011

mcapper — Tue, 31 May 2011 11:13:43 +0000

Having expressed my feelings on the “walking piano” debate at Milton Council in a separate post perhaps I will be able to be somewhat more objective in this general post however for someone who has sat through previous sessions that went till midnight leaving before the end of last night’s meeting should show that I [...]