Municipal and Intergovernmental Affairs
April 26, 2016
The following statement was given today in the House of Assembly by the Honourable Eddie Joyce, Minister for Municipal Affairs:
Municipal Administrators Recognized for Long Time Service
Mr. Speaker I rise today to inform the members of this House that the Professional Municipal Administrators held their 44th annual AGM, convention and trade show in St. John's last week, and took the opportunity to hand out a number of long service awards.
I was unable to personally attend the awards banquet Friday night, but my colleague, the MHA for Labrador West was there to congratulate the long service honourees, and to thank the approximately 200 professional administrators who attended the convention for the work they do each day.
Mr. Speaker, we recognize that services delivered at the local level can have the greatest impact on residents' day-to-day lives. And I know many municipalities were pleased to see that despite our financial challenges, Budget 2016 sees no reduction in Municipal Operating Grants and no change to provincial/municipal cost-sharing ratios for municipal projects. Initiatives announced as part of the Community Sustainability Partnership will also be maintained.
Municipal administrators will be busy over the next four years, Mr. Speaker, with about $625 million available for municipal infrastructure from federal, provincial and municipal sources. But we know they are up to the challenge.
Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize the five recipients of the Department of Municipal Affairs long service awards who were honoured Friday night - Cynthia Davis, Chief Administrative Officer in Carbonear; Dianne Hudson, the Town Clerk in Norman's Cove-Long Cove; Shelly Butt, the Town Clerk-Manager in Victoria; Melda Hann, the Town Clerk-Manager in Daniel's Harbour; and Shelly Abbott, the Town Clerk in Cottlesville.
Mr. Speaker, I invite my colleagues in this House to join me in congratulating and thanking these individuals - and all the professional municipal administrators - for the contributions they make, to municipal government, and to their communities.
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