For its first regular meeting, the newly-elected town council is scheduled to see a pair of presentations from the Fort Frances Public Library board and the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition (RRVSC) tonight.
Chairwoman Joyce Cunningham will present to council the library board’s strategic plan for the next four years.
“Every few years, we do a strategic plan, which is essentially a road map which tells us where we’ll be going,” explained Cunningham. “We just completed it in the fall. It predicts where we’re going and what we need to do.
“We analyzed what we’ve done in the past little while. We did a S.W.O.T. analysis again—Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats,” she added.
“We asked ourselves ‘Where are we going in the next few years, and what are the areas we need to concentrate on?’”
While they’ll be elaborated on at tonight’s council meeting, Cunningham noted the five areas identified include proceeding with the planning for a new library building, customer service, technology, and training both for staff and library board members.
The last strategic plan done by the library board was submitted to council in 2002.
Meanwhile, RRVSC chair Grace Silander is expected to be on hand to present council with two signs designating Fort Frances as a “Safe Community” by the World Health Organization.
This is a follow-up from the WHO “Safe Communities” conference held here back in 2002.
The council meeting starts at 6:20 p.m. It will be preceded by the committee of the whole, which is expected to be in-camera from 5:30-5:45, after which time it will convene in council chambers.
Other business at tonight’s meeting will include:
•a request from the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts to proclaim January as “National Alzheimer Awareness Month” in the Town of Fort Frances;
•an invitation from the Alzheimer Society to attend its second-annual Chefs’ Charitable Dinner and Auction here Jan. 21;
•a report from the municipal planner to merge the planning advisory committee and committee of adjustment;
•a request for sponsorship of the second-annual Women’s Health Symposium (slated for May 12); and
•a request from Todd Hamilton, Team Canada Legends organizer, for support of a Team Canada Legends game here Jan. 19 (this event would be a fundraiser for the CT scanner at La Verendrye Hospital).
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