In This Issue
- 2024 is an AMO Board election year!
- Application for the PJ Marshall Awards is open.
- Consultation on Rural Economic Development Strategy.
- Nominations open for Lieutenant Governor’s Award.
- Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund.
- Survey: Asset Management Quality Assurance Review.
- Consultation: 2025 National Construction Codes.
- Disability Inclusion Virtual Workshop.
- Land Use Planning - Foundations and Deeper Dive workshops.
- AntiSemitism and Anti-Islamophobia: Spring workshops.
- Councillor Training - Refresh and refine your leadership, May workshop.
- Advanced Councillor Training Series to revitalize your leadership.
- Municipal Codes of Conduct Workshop: Essential to Good Governance.
- Understanding Competing Human Rights - Upcoming workshop.
- OSUM 2024: Join provincial leaders at OSUM.
- Demystifying Digital Access: Small Changes that Make a Big Impact.
- Canoe Spring webinar series on now.
- Upcoming webinar: Measurement and Verification for Energy.
- Municipal Energy Reporting Consulting Service: Limited time only.
- Elliot Lake awarded Kraft Hockeyville 2024!
- Survey: National Climate Project.
- Registration open for Basic Income Forum.
- Call for delegates to SIESLR Conference.
- Invasive Species Action Fund.
- Future of Aging Summit - May 15-17.
- Matrix Cares Affordable Housing Summit.
- Careers: Brampton, Peterborough and Simcoe County.
AMO Matters
Elections for positions to the AMO Board of Directors will occur at the AMO Annual Conference, hosted by the City of Ottawa in August 2024. Click here for answers to some frequently asked questions if you are considering running.
The Peter J. Marshall Municipal Innovation Award celebrates municipal governments in Ontario that implement new and innovative ways to make public services, facilities, and infrastructure better for Ontarians. View full details here.
Provincial Matters
The province is conducting a survey to inform the creation of a Rural Economic Development Strategy. Share your ideas on how the province can support rural communities plan for economic success.
Nominations are open for the Lieutenant Governor’s Medal of Distinction in Public Administration, Ontario’s highest honour for public service. Nominate someone from your municipality by April 30.
Applications to the Ministry of Infrastructure’s Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund are open until April 19, 2024. Review the program and application guidelines online.
On behalf of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Optimus SBR sent a survey to municipalities on March 26. It closes April 23, 2024. Complete it to provide the province feedback on its asset management requirements and supports.
Federal Matters
The Canadian Board for Harmonized Construction Codes is consulting on proposed changes for the 2025 national codes. Feedback collected will also serve as consultation for Ontario’s 2026/27 Building Code. Submissions due April 14.
Education Opportunities
AMO Education has partnered with the Abilities Centre to deliver a workshop designed to enhance elected official understanding and approach to inclusion. Register for this important Disability Inclusion June 5 workshop.
AMO’s is offering two education opportunities focused on planning issues and strategies: April 17 Foundations in Planning workshop builds foundational knowledge and insight into planning legislation and municipal roles and responsibilities. Our April 18 Advanced Land Use Planning workshop includes analysis of case studies and lessons learned to build your strategic management and decision making on local planning matters.
Don’t miss this time limited opportunity: register for the May 7 antisemitism workshop and the May 15 anti-islamophobia workshop. These important workshops provide you invaluable insight on the historical and contemporary roots of antisemitism and anti-islamophobia, how to address these and how to build relationships and allyships.
The Councillor Training interactive workshop delves into the key areas of your responsibility as an elected official in a forum where you can ask questions that you can’t always raise locally. Register for the May 14 Councillor Training workshop today.
As an elected municipal official we know the pressure you deal with is real and we are here to support you. AMO has developed Advanced Councillor Training in 3 sessions focused on core elements of leadership. Register for the May 8 Session 1 workshop, May 29 Session 2 workshop, and the October 2 Session 3 workshop.
As AMO and municipalities await provincial direction, your Association has developed a course that helps and guides municipal leaders in the development, communication, adherence, and issues management of codes of conducts. Register for the April 25 Code of Conduct workshop today.
AMO and Hicks Morley have developed training to support municipal elected officials and council in understanding their obligations related to human rights and understanding how to manage seemingly competing human rights. Register for this important Competing Rights May 23 workshop.
This year’s OSUM Conference will include remarks from provincial leaders; Marit Stiles, Bonnie Crombie, and Mike Schreiner. View the full program and register today.
LAS
Join our Barrier-free Website Builder Program partner on April 15 for an accessibility webinar with a panel of experts.
Canoe’s spring webinar series continues this spring. Do your local suppliers contact you wondering how they can get on Canoe’s vendor list? On May 2 at 11am, Tony DeSciscio explains on how suppliers are selected and the benefits of Canoe Procurement to the private sector. Register here to attend.
‘You can’t manage what you can’t measure’. Measurement & Verification is the missing link that plays a crucial role in energy projects. Join SaveONenergy with us on April 18 at 2:30pm to explore how to monitor and assess your project outcomes. Register here today.
With the July 1, 2024 Energy Reporting deadline less than 3 months away, the focus is on 5-year Conservation Plans. LAS is here to help with a limited time energy consulting service. Don’t wait til the last minute - contact us to get started before it’s too late.
Municipal Wire*
Congratulations to Elliot Lake! Crowned 2024 Kraft Hockeyville, Elliot Lake will receive the opportunity to host an NHL® Pre-Season game and $250,000 for upgrades to Centennial Arena.
Are you from a small or medium-sized municipality with perspectives on local climate initiatives? If yes, share your thoughts here EN | FR by April 15. Insights inform supports for carbon resilience.
Registrations for Canada's inaugural Basic Income Guarantee Forum are open. BIG 2024 takes place from May 23-26 at the University of Ottawa. Elected officials and staff are encouraged to attend.
Explore economic trends impacting Canada and the world at the Summer Institute on Economic Security and Local Resilience (SIESLR) conference on July 18-19, 2024 in Orillia. Register by June 1.
The Invasive Species Centre with support from Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry opens the Invasive Species Action Fund intake. The fund assists municipalities in combating priority species. Apply by April 18.
The Future of Aging Summit in Toronto from May 15-17, will bring together policymakers and others focused on building age-friendly societies. See the speaker lineup and register at agingsummit.ca.
Join the Affordable Housing Summit & Skilled Trades Fair from May 23-26 with over 10,000 policymakers, prospective housing project owners and the off-site modular industry to accelerate actionable, affordable housing projects.
Careers
Coordinator, Financial - Zero Emission Mobility - City of Brampton. Closing date: April 21, 2024.
Manager, Public Works Operations (Forestry and Sanitation) - City of Peterborough. Closing date: April 26, 2024 at 12:00 pm.
Manager, People & Inclusivity - County of Simcoe. Closing date: April 20, 2024.
Engineering Technician II - County of Simcoe. Closing date: April 14, 2024.
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