Survey Monkey... A way to have your say at MOK!

Survey One: About the number of councillors and if electing a mayor is a good idea

A marketing consultant in Bedford is conducting a random telephone survey of County residents over the next month. Residents are being urged to cooperate if called. About 300 responses will be registered by the consultants. 

All residents have an opportunity to provide opinions on the say types of questions... number of councillors, if Warden or Mayor leadership is best.

The Survey can be found if you follow this link at Survey Monkey... a free online survey service.

The survey takes about 5-minutes.

Regional Governance Study for Kings County

Hot on the heels of news about discussion opening between the Chair of the Village Commission of New Minas and the Mayors of Kentville and Wolfville, the Warden of the County finally brought forward a timeline for the stalled study of regional governance. 

During Kings Partnership Steering Committee discussions it was decided that the study should be stalled until the province released its third year of fiscal condition data for municipalities across the province. That data was released almost one year ago. It showed the Town of Berwick's fiscal condition is the least robust among the four municipalities of Kings County.

Fiscal Condition Kings County.

Fiscal Condition Town of Berwick.

Fiscal Condition Town of Kentville.

Fiscal Condition Town of Wolfville.

It was a pleasant surprise at the October 1, 2015, Special Council meeting, to see the Warden move an addition to the agenda that introduced motions putting the study back into play. Prior attempts by other councillors had been rebuffed. I'm looking forward to seeing terms of reference by January 1, 2016, and having this necessary work proceed in the new year. To date, there has been 2-years of unnecessary delay.

Chronicle Herald article on Kings County Regional Governance Study.