Citizens To Weigh In On Capital Integrated Services & Governance Initiative
November 15, 2016
Capital region citizens and local governments have expressed a common interest in gathering facts about current service delivery, increasing understanding about service delivery best practices and exploring further the opportunities to better integrate service and governance in the region. This has led the Province to undertake the Capital Integrated Services and Governance Initiative.
A key objective of the Capital Integrated Services and Governance Initiative is to help facilitate fact-finding and discussion among local governments and citizens in the Capital Region to explore and inform opportunities for the efficient delivery of service.
Capital area stakeholders, citizens and local government officials are invited to participate in a virtual open house as part of the Capital Integrated Services and Governance Initiative. The virtual open house will use the PlaceSpeak engagement platform to allow participants to provide feedback and engage in an on-line discussion about local government service delivery.
The consulting team from Urban Systems and Circle Square Solutions have now discussed the initiative with all 13 municipal councils and the Capital Region District Board of Directors. Fact sheets describing how 16 individual local government service areas are currently delivered have been prepared and can be viewed on the PlaceSpeak site. The PlaceSpeak website will allow for a broader review and discussion of these services and will equip the consulting team with the information needed to provide local governments with potential opportunities for integrated services and governance. This final report will be available in early 2017.
PlaceSpeak will be live until December 15, 2016. The public is encouraged to register through:
www.placespeak.com/CISGI
Local governments are accountable to their taxpayers, so a serious consideration of service and governance integration in the Capital Area just makes sense. The provincial government is helping to facilitate the discussion among the region’s municipalities. Following the completion of the final report, local governments in the region will decide on next steps.
For more information:
Shaun Heffernan
Planner (contact for questions regarding the Service Fact Sheets and PlaceSpeak)
Email: sheffernan@urbansystems.ca
Dale Wall
Consultant (contact for questions regarding overall project details)
Email: dwall2010@gmail.com
