Interviews: Q&A with Ward 1 Councillor Candidates – Communication and Additional Comments

3a. How would you see improving communications with residents, both from Council and County staff? Responses: John MacAlpine: Response not yet received. Willie Morley: Working with Council, and, considering input from the public is what will help to come up with the best possible resolutions. Let's be honest, we aren’t always all going to all...

Interviews: Q&A with Ward 1 Councillor Candidates – The Issues, Managing Change and Divisions

2a. What do you see as the top issues facing the County as a whole and Ward 1 in particular? Responses: John MacAlpine: Response not yet received. Willie Morley: County As A Whole - we need to come up with creative ways to generate income and efficiencies in the County. We can then use the...

Interviews: Q&A with Ward 1 Councillor Candidates – Roles of Councillor, Managing and Balancing the Job

Question 1a. What are the roles of a Councillor? Responses: John MacAlpine: Response not yet received. Willie Morley: The role of a Councillor has two parts. One is to work with other elected officials to conduct municipal affairs; looking after budgets, planning, development, roads, parks, policies, by-laws etc. The second is to be a conduit...

Interviews: Q&A with Ward 3 Councillor Candidates: Last but not least – Anything else to add?

Question 3 b. Do you wish to add any further comments? Candidate Responses: Clifford Atfield: No additional comments submitted. John Bell: Previous Councils have done a number of good things (e.g. boundary adjustment, the 403 Business Park) and have made sound decisions to benefit the future of this County (e.g. agreeing to build a new...

Interviews: Q&A with Ward 3 Councillor Candidates: Improving Communications

Ward 3 Councillor Candidates describe plans to improve communications with residents with Council and County Staff

Interviews: Q&A with Ward 3 Councillor Candidates: How to mitigate residents’ concerns and divisions?

Candidates from Ward 3 describe how they plan to handle significant changes and mitigate residents' concerns and divisions.

Interviews: Q&A with Ward 3 Councillor Candidates: Top Issues

Question 2a. What do you see as the top issues facing Paris as a whole, and Ward 3 in particular? Candidate Responses: Clifford Atfield: We need a bypass around the downtown core. Protect the downtown. Fix parking downtown. John Bell: 1. Top of my list, and based on conversations with many people in Ward 3, residents...

Interviews: Q&A with Ward 3 Candidates: Benefits of 2 Councillors per Ward

Question 1c. What are the benefits to residents of having 2 Councillors represent them? Candidate Responses: Clifford Atfield: I like the idea of 2 Councillors in each Ward, but I see Paris as 1 Ward. If the 4 Councillors would work together Paris would be better represented. John Bell: Interesting question – it appears that...

Interviews: Q&A with Ward 3 Councillor Candidates – Roles of Councillor

Question 1 a. What are the roles of a Councillor? Clifford Atfield: The Municipal Act defines the roles of Council. As Councillors we need to find the time to work with the individuals who phone us with a problem, making sure our decisions are the best for our Ward and the County. John Bell: The...