Interim IEOC

Sunbury-York South Supervisor’s Statement on the establishment of an (Interim) Emergency Operations Committee (IEOC) Dear Residents of SYSRC: The Local Governance Act outlines four purposes of local government. Among these is the obligation to “develop and maintain...

Election Candidate Package

SYS Statement on Election Candidate Package and on Governance Series: Dear Residents of SYSRC: Candidate package: In my series on governance and leadership last week, I indicated that I was preparing a document for actual and would-be candidates. The package contains...

Governance series – Seventh Day

Seventh Day SYSRC Governance series: Thoughts to live by: Dear Residents of SYSRC: How people work together, especially when there are a lot of different opinions, is incredibly important when a body has been entrusted with hard earned contributions from the public in...

Governance series – Sixth Day

Sixth Day SYSRC Governance series: Councillors roles and responsibilities and how to deliver on them: Dear Residents of SYSRC: So far we have talked about the power you, as residents, hold over the next council and the attributes that separate good governing bodies...

Governance series – Fifth Day

Fifth Day SYSRC Governance series: Establishing guiding principles for Councillors and Mayor’s conduct: Dear Residents of SYSRC: I find that having strong principles that guide one’s conduct is a must in order to deliver effective governance and leadership.  What...

Governance series – Fourth Day

Fourth Day SYSRC Governance series: Council’s establishment of a vision and a model for conduct: Dear Residents of SYSRC: SYSRC is a rural community comprised of a mix of housing subdivisions and farmland. People live here for peace and tranquility, space, lower...