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Lanark Highlands is conducting a more in-depth strategic plan process than staff originally recommended.
They’ll be spending $22,400 to facilitate multiple workshops and public sessions with a consultant, an opportunity Councillor Steven Roberts said residents need.
Councillor Marina Summers says it’s important to have in-depth consultation with residents around the strategic plan, because from what she’s seen it hasn’t happened often.
Hiring a consultant is a smart move in the eyes of Deputy Reeve Bill King.
Staff recommended what they called a “bare minimum approach,” for the crafting of the strategic plan for about $5,900 given that council is more than halfway through its term, noting more in-depth plans are usually put together at the beginning.
Story by Grant Deme