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Introduction
The City of Winnipeg is undertaking a review of its governance structure and processes. Governance is all about leadership and responsibility for the City to the citizens of Winnipeg. It includes understanding citizen needs and making decisions in the best interests of the City.
The City of Winnipeg is building a City Hall that works through openness and transparency, where elected officials and staff collaborate and work toward the best interests of residents. The City’s governance structure and systems should support these goals.
The legislation and by laws that guide governance of the City of Winnipeg were established followingContinue reading
Introduction
The City of Winnipeg is undertaking a review of its governance structure and processes. Governance is all about leadership and responsibility for the City to the citizens of Winnipeg. It includes understanding citizen needs and making decisions in the best interests of the City.
The City of Winnipeg is building a City Hall that works through openness and transparency, where elected officials and staff collaborate and work toward the best interests of residents. The City’s governance structure and systems should support these goals.
The legislation and by laws that guide governance of the City of Winnipeg were established following the last comprehensive review of the City’s governance system in 1997. MNP is conducting a review of the City’s governance structure, by-laws and processes to consider ways the current model is effective and how it may be improved to further enable responsible and accountable governance. At the conclusion of the review, MNP will provide a set of recommendations for improvement and how the existing legislation, by-laws and policies would need to be updated to accommodate the recommendations.
Background
The governance review includes a review of current documentation, legislation and by-laws, interviews with Members of Council and City staff and a scan of governance structures and processes in other Canadian cities. A [preliminary report] of findings has been developed based on this information.
Public input is an important component of the governance review. The topics for exploration with the public focus on these key principles:
As context, in a recent citizen satisfaction survey just over half of the respondents felt they can influence City Council decisions.
Submit your own idea, comment or vote on an idea submitted by someone else.
Several transport trucks,trying to turn on Inglewood,have very little room to turn,AS private parking on this street makes it very difficult..Last week a Coke Cola truck,slid out,and had to drive up over on to the BLVD to avoid a parked car(several) this happens often!!..A short area with no parking would help!!! We all have parking at the back..Several of the cars parked on our street are NOT residents.,but from the mall on the other side of portage ave,
All appointed positions must come from the 7 positions of the EPC. No additional councillors are to be appointed to serve in the Mayor's Inner-Circle. This will reduce the temptation to stack the voting deck in the Mayor's favour. This will ensure that City Hall has a democratic process that is truly transparent and more accountable when governing the affairs of the city. The citizen's representative from each Ward will truly have a voice for ALL issues that are presented to Council.
This allows for a more democratic council. Time limits to serve on each SPC would be another complimentary consideration.
Annual trips to other cities by the entire City Hall leadership team. Mayor, all councillors, and department leaders together. Become a team. Go to one Asian / South American city, to one European city, to one North American city each year. Study and meet with leaders in those cities. "What is working? What is not? What can we implement in Winnipeg? How come we haven't tried __XX__ ? Oh, look how they solved that problem! Oh, so THAT'S what happens to vibrancy, business and tourism when you invest in densification and good design and don't just build cheap suburbs." What we've been doing for the past 75 years hasn't exactly worked great. So let's get inspired by other places and start improving Winnipeg's quality of life.
Submit your own idea, comment or vote on an idea submitted by someone else.
Submit your own idea, comment or vote on an idea submitted by someone else.
While the city has many policies in place to provide advice, there is no real link between the city budget and those policies, and especially to their intended outcomes. Could we have something similar to the United Ways MyPeg that would allow citizens to look at key city policies to see what progress is being made on key indicators (year over year, compared to policy targets) etc, and what budget lines relate to the policy and its indicators (again along with year over year comparisons). I think that would make it much easier to identify what policies we are making progress on, where we need help, and what actions are underway to reach those policy goals.
Rapid Transit is a bust!
Including jurisdictional scan and interviews with City Council and members of the Public Service.
COWgovernance@mnp.ca |
Visit winnipeg.ca/publicengagement to learn about some of the ways we can accommodate those who may need alternative access to engagement or information.
For inquiries or for those who require alternate formats, interpretation or any additional accommodations to participate, please contact COWgovernance@mnp.ca or 204-336-6108.
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