Yet Another Example of Weirdness

A letter was circulated to Council recently from a former resident of the Mosaic Town House complex on Murray Drive. It was initially received by Mayor Morris.

The former resident of the complex , informed the Mayor in writing, whom she had recently met at the town park, of the appreciation of current residents of the Mosaic, for lighting, courtesy of Council, from the town's street supply to the emergency exit from the Complex.

The complaint against Canadian Tire's decision to turn the lights off at ten-thirty in the evening
was brought to council's attention on the eve of the previous election by a furious resident.

The resident was advised the solution to her problem was not in the town's hands. The lane was not town property.

Proper planning seeks to avoid land locking properties. Exits for fire and emergency vehicles are always contrived.

The election over, the Mayor's Chair in new hands, the resident returned, more confident on this occasion. A courtship promise may have been made.

On site meetings were held between the Mayor, town staff ,Canadian Tire and the resident, with the intent of finding "a solution" to "the problem".

The numbers grew. The Town House Board of Management became involved.

On one of the repeat occasions the matter was on a council agenda, staff advised, many hours of had been spent doing legal research into property titles, at considerable expense to the municipality. The property had been discovered to be the subject of a tri-party agreement.

Canadian Tire and The Mosaic Complex being two of the parties, one might imagine both parties were privy to the details of the tri-party agreement but neither chose to share.

Twenty-seven pages of dispute resolution mechanisms in the agreement were discovered by town staff.

Their advice was emphatic. The town had no role to play in the matter.

No matter. Council continued to play.

We now know from the appreciative former resident who ran into the Mayor at the town park and felt compelled to put her appreciation on the record on behalf of the current residents of the Complex,(stop for breath) three lights from the Canadian Tire parking lot are now hooked up to the town's street-lighting system for a supply of power from the town as opposed to Canadian Tire.

It is a minimal annual cost, we are told.

The principle of using public resources to provide for private convenience has been established by the Mormac regime.

It's one of those decisions not to be further discussed once made by Council according to the Code of Conduct written by George Rust D'Eye with input no doubt from the Chief Magistrate.

With the exception of course when Council is being congratulated.

When the vote was cast it was eight to one in opposition. Still is.