Environment First

1. •Preserve and improve our Environment First Official Plan
   

2. •Strengthen our focus on the three environments: natural, visual, and social
   

3. •Promote widespread use of the Living Sustainably in Seguin guide
   

4. •Expand and improve our water quality monitoring program
   

5. •Maintain the septic re-inspection program
   

Financial Leadership

1. •Minimize tax increases
   

2. •Continue to build reserves
   

3. •Continue to leverage capital investment with provincial and federal grants
   

4. •Maintain the discipline of long-term financial planning
   

5. •Employ operating cost benchmarking analyses
   

Responsible Development

1. •Continue to invest in roads and facilities
   

2. •Promote growth that respects our environment
   

3. •Keep commercial development off our lakes
   

4. •Champion federal and provincial investment in our economic development
   

• Maintain the development partnership with Parry Sound and McDougall

1. •Improve recreational facilities – a regional aquatic facility is one of my priorities