How Ramara decides whose Road will be fixed next

If you were not at the November 19th meeting of Council there is a good chance your road won’t be one of them. Ramara Township does not have a documented roads policy to guide their decision making, so the decision was purely political rather than logical.

Council reviewed the 1st draft of the 10 Year Capital Forecast. It proposed spending $1 million each year, to upgrade or pave roads. But whose roads are given priority?

This is what I observed:

Council scanned the public gallery to see if there was anyone in the crowd who lobbied to have their road at the top of the list. Seeing none they took this as a good sign. Now they could dispense of any logical decision making model, and implement their own politically motivated “roads in my ward are more important than roads not in my ward” one.

That’s it! Follow citizens this is what happens when you don’t check in on what these clowns are doing. This group is getting a free ride because ratepayers don’t make the effort to see what their up. In the end don't be surprised when your taxes explode, and your neighbourhood sees no improvements either.