City of Sault Ste Marie News Bulletins

Physician Recruitment

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Planning Applications - November 23

The Council of The Corporation of the City of Sault Ste. Marie will be considering the following planning applications on November 23, 2009 at 5:30 p.m., or thereafter in the Council Chambers, Civic Centre. City Council will receive written and verbal submissions concerning the application; however, only written submissions will form part of the official record. Any such written submissions must be addressed to D.P. Irving, City Clerk, P.O. Box 580, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5N1, or e-mailed to cityclerk@cityssm.on.ca with your name, address and application file number.

If a person or public body filing a Notice of Appeal of the decision of the City of Sault Ste. Marie in respect of the proposed Official Plan amendment or the proposed Zoning By-law does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Sault Ste. Marie before the proposed Official Plan amendment or the Zoning By-law is adopted, the Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss all or part of the appeal.

If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the application(s) you must make a written request to the City Clerk at the address noted above.

The applications are on file and may be reviewed in the Planning Division, Level 5, Civic Centre, 99 Foster Drive. The Report of the Planning Division will be available for review after November 19, 2009 during regular office hours in the Planning Division. Telephone inquiries should be directed to (705) 759-5368. Please refer to the application file number.

Complete Application Information

Medal of Merit Nominations

Nominations for the Sault Ste. Marie Medal of Merit will be received by the City Clerk on behalf of the Medal of Merit Selection Committee until Tuesday, December 1, 2009.

Criteria for nomination include a person who has:

Individually or as a member of a group or team achieved provincial or national championship status in an athletic or other competitive endeavour; or
Individually or as a member of a group achieved a standard of excellence in a cultural or academic field; or
Over a period of years made an outstanding contribution to the community;
Or a person who is a youth (under 18 years of age) or member of a youth group or team with achievement in the areas identified above.

The Medal of Merit Selection Committee is chaired by Mayor Rowswell and is comprised of representatives from the judiciary, business, labour, and a citizen-at-large.

Personal information is collected under the authority of By-Law 93-8 and will be held in strict confidence to be used solely for the purpose of determining suitability for the award. Download a nomination form or contact the City Clerk’s Department at 759-5388 (phone), 759-2310 (fax) or by e-mail cityclerk@cityssm.on.ca

Donna P. Irving, City Clerk

Winter Parking Prohibition

Effective 12:01 a.m., November 1, 2009 until midnight, March 31, 2010, citizens are reminded that no person shall park a vehicle on any street between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m.

Further, this by-law, under Part 11 – Parking Regulations, Section 8 – Interference with Traffic and Snow Clearing, further states:

"Notwithstanding any other provisions of this By-Law, no person shall park or stand a vehicle on a street in such a manner as to interfere with the movement of traffic or the clearing of snow from the street".

Boxing Day - Notice of Public Meeting

November 23, 2009 – 4:30 P.M. – Council Chambers, Level 3, Civic Centre

CONCERNING CITY COUNCIL’S INTENTION TO CONSIDER THE MATTER
OF PUTTING A QUESTION ON THE NOVEMBER 8, 2010 (OR SUCH OTHER DATE AS DETERMINED BY THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ACT)

MUNICIPAL ELECTION BALLOT CONCERNING WHETHER RETAIL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS WILL BE OPEN OR CLOSED ON DECEMBER 26TH (BOXING DAY)

At the November 23, 2009 Council Meeting, City Council will consider a by-law which has the effect of putting a question on the ballot in the upcoming municipal election. The question is concerning retail business establishments being open or closed on December 26th (Boxing Day) each year.

The proposed question is:

“Are you in favour of retail business establishments (stores) being allowed to stay open on December 26th (Boxing Day)?”

In the event that the majority of ratepayers answer “yes” to the above question, the effect would be that all retail business establishments could stay open on December 26th each year. In the event that the majority of ratepayers answer “no” to the above question, the effect would be that certain retail business establishments would be required to be closed on December 26th each year. There are no estimates of costs the City may incur in implementing the results of the question.

A notice of appeal may be filed within 20 days of the notice of the passage of the by-law on the grounds that the question does not comply with requirements of being clear, concise and neutral or was not capable of being answered ‘yes’ or ‘no’. The appeal is to the Chief Electoral Officer for the Province.

Any person wishing to make representations concerning the proposed question may do so at the Council meeting. Written comments can be provided to the City Clerk for inclusion on the agenda for the meeting.

Donna P. Irving, City Clerk
Telephone (705) 759-5388 Fax (705) 759-2310
cityclerk@cityssm.on.ca