The Fall Workshop will take place October 16- 18 at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville
and we've just added an incredibly fun networking event for Wednesday afternoon: Treetop Trekking.
Spend the afternoon zipping and trekking through the forest with your colleagues and friends. With pro tips from encouraging instructors, this rewarding, customizable experience will help boost confidence for both beginner and expert explorers.
Note: You do not need to be an athlete in training for this activity and it is very safe. TTT Huntsville is located at 11180 Highway 60 -- just across the road from Deerhurst. Special OMAA rate = $50. Anyone looking to book a room should call Deerhurst Resort at 800-461-4393 and identify as part of the OMAA group |
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Nominate Someone for the Baldwin Award |
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The Robert Baldwin Award is Ontario's highest award for municipal public service. Winners must demonstrate significant and lasting contributions to municipal and local government plus service to the community, the province, and the country.
The award was inspired by the achievements of Robert Baldwin: a principled political figure active in the mid-1800s. Baldwin wrote the first Municipal Act, supported religious tolerance and women's rights, was one of the first proponents of a bi-cultural nation and popularized the idea of "responsible government".
The Robert Baldwin Award is presented at the Fall Workshop when suitable candidates are identified. Nominations are accepted by the Awards Committee, with the name of the selected candidate tabled for Board approval. Nominations will be accepted until 30 September 2024. |
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Municipality of Lakeshore |
The Municipality of Lakeshore is in Southwestern Ontario along Lake St. Clair. With a population of over 40,000 residents, it is one of the fastest-growing communities in the region. Lakeshore enjoys a temperate climate year-round. Lakeshore’s affordable lakefront community enjoys over 35 kilometres of waterfront, low taxes, high quality of life and abundant recreational opportunities with many family-friendly parks, recreation programs, and multi-use recreation centres.
The CAO is responsible and accountable to the Council of the Municipality for the day-to-day management of the municipality and leadership to the Administration. As the leader of the Municipality’s Corporate Leadership Team, the CAO is responsible for ensuring that Council’s directives are carried out in an effective and efficient manner, establishing administrative practices and procedures, overseeing capital projects and budget administration, and other duties as prescribed under the Municipal Act. Under Council’s direction, the CAO will be responsible for managing the human, financial and physical resources of the municipality.
Closes: 19 August 2024 |
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Municipality of Whitestone (Dunchurch, ON) |
Located on the Canadian Shield within the District of Parry Sound, the Municipality of Whitestone is a sparsely populated community with a number of settlement areas, numerous lakes with rocky/rugged shorelines and a significant amount of Crown lands. Whitestone is anchored by the communities of Dunchurch, Maple Island, Whitestone and Ardbeg, and is the permanent home to approximately 1,100 residents. This number grows to over 5,000 seasonally between May and October.
Formed in 2000, Whitestone features a strong rural / agricultural community, as well as outstanding volunteer support for community programs and activities. Due to an impending retirement, the Municipality of Whitestone offers an attractive employment opportunity for a CAO/Clerk. The CAO/Clerk role will report directly to the five-member Council. The CAO/Clerk will provide effective advice and support to Council, implementing their decisions efficiently, and effectively in conjunction with the Senior Management Team. The CAO will provide energetic and creative leadership to ensure alignment of operations with the Municipality’s strategic priorities within the $6.7 Million municipal budget.
Closes: 23 August 2024 |
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Director of Finance/Treasurer |
Municipality of Trent Hills (Campbellford, ON)
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Trent Hills is a vibrant, diverse, and growing community with a population of 13,000, located on the Trent Severn Waterway amongst the rolling hills of Northumberland County. Created in 2001 with the amalgamation of the municipalities of Campbellford/Seymour, Percy Township and the Village of Hastings, Trent Hills offers an inclusive, healthy, rural lifestyle for its residents, businesses, and visitors. Its unique urban centres and rural communities are united by a shared heritage, rich cultural fabric, picturesque landscape, and pride in the community. See more at www.trenthills.ca.
Reporting to the CAO, the Director of Finance/Treasurer is a member of the Senior Management Team, responsible for the financial management of the Municipality and implementing policies and procedures to ensure its fiscal viability, sustainability, and integrity. |
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We've just launched a new Aspiring CAO page on the public facing side of the OMAA website. Full of great tips and resources for those thinking about becoming a CAO one day, this page is meant to provide a warm welcome for those new to OMAA and to show the value of belonging to the association. Please share with any connections you think might benefit.
Many thanks to the Aspiring CAO Committee for their great ideas. |
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Get on the Interim CAO List -- Last Call |
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Are you a retired or soon to be retired CAO looking to act as an interim? Are you a consultant with CAO experience that provides this service in addition to others?
OMAA is frequently asked for a list of those available to act as an interim CAO by municipalities in need. All those interested are asked to complete a short questionnaire. Deadline: 28 July 2024 |
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i was crossing the street the other day when a car rolled through the stop sign and almost hit me. My surge of anger quickly dissipated when I read the license plate number: ANUS 378. My first thought was that plate must be a self-fulfilling prophesy. But on the rest of my walk I thought about the perils of labelling people.
Labels are insidious little tags we so readily affix to one another. We all know of an "aggressive dog", a "difficult coworker", or a "combative councillor".
Philosopher Søren Kierkegaard once said, "Once you label me, you negate me." And in those words lies the heart of the matter. A label is a small thing, but it carries the weight of judgment and assumption. It is a cage that confines the soul, a wall that separates us from the rich complexity of the human spirit. We see the label and not the person; we hear the word and not the story behind it.
Let us strive to see beyond the surface. For in each person we meet, there is a story waiting to be told, a life rich with experience and meaning. And it is only when we set aside our labels that we can truly begin to hear it. |
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CSA's The Circular Built Environment in Canada: A Strategic Framework for Future Action outlines how organizations can help mobilize a CBE through the adaptive reuse of existing buildings, the adaptive design of new buildings, and the reuse of materials. The circular economy is inherently a systems problem because it involves so many actors with interdependent activities. To enable a CBE, it is important to involve not only those actors that contribute directly to a built environment, such as owners, developers, and builders, but also those that can enable change, such as standards organizations, architects/engineers, and the government. As key actors in moving to circularity, municipalities can connect current municipal policy goals and projects with opportunities to incorporate circularity practices.
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