The Town of Windsor and the Municipality of West Hants are consolidating into one Municipal unit on April 1, 2020. This process is being led by the Co-ordinating Committee through the Co-ordinator. The Project Administrator will support the Co-ordinator and the Co-ordinating Committee in the overall administration and management of the consolidation project. This is a contract, temporary part-time position (0.6 FTE) ending March 31, 2020.

The candidate must have excellent organizational and time management skills, the ability to attend evening meetings as required, proficiency with computers and relevant compute software and experience and/or training in meeting preparation and minute taking.

A detailed job description can be found at www.strongerregion.ca.

Personal information collected through the recruitment process will be used solely to determine eligibility for employment and handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Nova Scotia.

Qualified applicants are invited to submit their CV or resume, with cover letter, to the attention of the undersigned, no later than Friday, February 1 at 4:30pm.
Louis Coutinho
Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Windsor
100 Kings Street
PO Box 158
Windsor, NS
B0N 2T0
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Fax: 902-798-5679

In order to determine the appropriate size of Council and the electoral boundaries of the new Regional Municipality we have engaged Stantec Consulting Limited to perform a Governance Review. The Co-ordinating Committee will consider Stantec’s review in determining the size of the Regional Council and related electoral district boundaries – and thereafter in applying to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board for approval of the governance structure in advance of the first election for the new Regional Municipality on March 7, 2020.

As part of this process, we are asking that residents take part in an online survey that will help us to gather opinions on council size for the new Regional Municipality. The link to the survey can be found below and paper copies are available for those unable to do the survey on-line at both the Town Office at 100 Kings Street, Windsor or the Municipal Office at 76 Morison Drive, Windsor.

Windsor West Hants Governance Review Survey

Five public meetings have been scheduled to present information to residents on council size and will provide an opportunity to hear resident’s opinions. Each meeting will begin with an open house from 6:00 to 7:00 pm followed by a presentation at 7:00 pm. The meetings will be held as follow:

• Tuesday, January 29 - Avondale Community Hall, 50 Avondale Cross Rd, Avondale
• Wednesday, January 30 - Brooklyn Civic Center, 995 Hwy 215, Brooklyn
• Thursday, January 31 - Upper Vaughan Community Hall, 1015 Hwy 14, Vaughan
• Tuesday, February 5 - Windsor Community Center, 78 Thomas Street, Windsor
• Wednesday, February 6 (snow date for the 1st 4 meetings) - West Hants Municipal Office, 76 Morison Drive, Windsor
• Thursday, February 7 - Falmouth Community Hall, 147 Falmouth Back Rd, Falmouth
• Wednesday, February 13 (snow date for February 7) - West Hants Municipal Office, 76 Morison Road, Windsor

Stantec will present its recommendations on potential council size to the Co-ordinating Committee in February. These recommendations will be based on survey responses, input from the public meetings and consultation with current Council and staff. The Co-ordinating Committee will determine a potential council size or sizes to be used in the boundary determination phase.

A second set of meetings will be held in March in order to gather information regarding electoral boundaries. Information regarding the electoral boundary portion of the process will be announced in February.

Minutes of the Co-ordinating Committee meeting held on January 10, 2019 can be found at strongerregion.ca under Co-ordinating Committee Meeting Minutes and Agenda Packages.

The Co-ordinating Committee will begin regularly meeting on the first and third Monday of every month rotating between Sanford Council Chambers and Windsor Council Chambers beginning Monday, February 4 in the Windsor Chambers.

The annual kickoff of the igloo building for the Hantsport Winter Carnival is taking place on January 20th. The Carnival takes place from January 24-27 with loads of events for everyone including a bonfire, hot chocolate and fireworks on HMCC grounds.  

Click pdf here (592 KB) for the full schedule.