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2017 ELECTION PREVIEW 1


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You are invited to a dinner party and you don’t know anyone in the room. How would you introduce yourself?


What is your commitment to renewable energy?


How would you like to see City Hall balance spending restraint and public service delivery for residents?


What do you see as the key priority for the City over the next four years?


COUNCILLOR CANDIDATE QUESTIONS


In the next two years, the City will update its development plan and negotiate agreements with Redcliff and Cypress County. What, in your opinion, needs to be included?


GROW THE CITY, NOT TAXES


KLASSEN WWW.GROWTHECITY.CA Let’s Get Growing


MULHOLLAND WWW.MYLESMULHOLLAND.COM


Jim Turner


2 1 I would work the room and introduce myself to each person. I would try and find out


some information about each person and I would provide some information about myself as we talk. Using a friendly and easily going approach is how I have always conducted myself with good results.


There are opportunities in our area because of the amount of sun and wind however I am not in favour of offering large taxpayer subsidies to attract these industries. The city has been contacted by many companies however we will not know how many of them will develop projects in the area. Currently there is a holdup in these developments as they are waiting to see what the provincial government is going to do. There are almost 4000 Megawatts of projects proposed but the province is looking at only announcing 400 Megawatts of approvals later this year. Although most of these projects will be located outside the city there is a great opportunity for the companies that will service them once they are up and running to be located in the city.


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Although we have already reviewed how we deliver service to our residents we still have about a $15 million deficit to overcome. Although we have a 10-year plan in place, we still have work to do to look at every possible way of getting good value for the taxes we are collecting and spending. Growing our economy and expanding our tax base will be another important aspect in shrinking the deficit. At this time I feel it is very important that we have members of council who have business experience and have had to make tough decisions in their business careers.


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I feel that our main priority has to be economic growth as we need to diversify our economy away from oil and gas. There are major opportunities in value added food processing particularity in plant based protein production. There are currently millions of dollars of R & D being completed in North America as many developing countries are looking for these products. We grow most of these crops in this area — why not process them here? We have a great opportunity to attract businesses who rely on electricity as one of their major input costs, because our city generates our own power and we own our distribution network we are sheltered from the high transmission charges that other municipalities have to charge. We also have opportunities in pilot training, drone testing, renewable energy solar and wind and further expansion of Atlantis Research Labs.


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The current Tri-Area Intermunicipal Development Plan is a 90-page document which was created in 2010 aſter four years of work. It is a 50-year plan which covers land uses, sharing of resources and services as well as joint economic development activities. Although we have not seen the details of what the province is mandating in the new MGA I would like to see more revenue sharing to cover some of the costs of our cultural and recreational facilities. The lack of proper transportation and logistics is an impediment to future economic expansion in the area and I would like to see a cooperative approach to improving this for the benefit of all residents. Municipal waste is a growing problem and I see cost savings for all three municipalities if we can put together a plan to deal with this issue.


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