Township Newsletter – September 2024

The Corporation of the Township of Laird

Newsletter

September 2024

VACANCY: Desbarats to Echo Bay Planning Board

The Desbarats to Echo Bay Planning Board has one (1) vacancy for a member at large to represent the Township of Laird. The Desbarats to Echo Bay Planning Board prepares the joint Official Plan for the Desbarats to Echo Bay Planning Board area and has the authority to grant consents under the Planning Act, 2001.

Qualifications:

Eligible candidates that meet the following criteria will be considered for appointment:

• Must be an owner or tenant of land or spouse of an owner or tenant of land in the Township of Laird.
• Familiarity with Township of Laird and ideally of the Townships of MacDonald Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, Tarbutt and Johnson.
• Familiarity with the Ontario land use planning system is an asset, e.g.: Planning Act, Provincial Planning Statement, local planning documents such as Official Plans and Zoning By-laws and land division processes.
• Communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with other board members.
• Impartiality and sound judgment to fairly assess and review application before the board.
• Be a citizen and be eligible to vote in an Ontario election.

Term:

The appointee typically serves for a four (4) year period to coincide with the municipal election.

Meetings:

The board typically meets on the forth Tuesday of each month when there is at least one consent application up for consideration. Meetings take place at the Tarbutt Township office.

Renumeration:

Renumeration is determined by the Planning Board.

If you are interested in being considered for the Planning Board vacancy please contact the office at (705) 248-2395 or e-mail clerk@lairdtownship.ca prior to September 13, 2024.

VACANCY: Police Services Board

Laird Township Council is looking for a Community Member representative to sit on a newly established Sault Ste. Marie O.P.P. Detachment Board. The Laird Township Police Services Board has been replaced with a joint board with Macdonald, Meredith, and Aberdeen Additional under the Community Safety and Policing Act (CSPA), 2019, which came into effect on April 1, 2024.

The new joint board will require one Laird Council Member and one Laird Community Member, who cannot be a member of Council or an employee, to sit on the joint board.

Eligibility:

Having experience in local government or policing is considered an asset.

You are not eligible if you are:

• A judge or justice of the peace.
• A member of a police service, special constable, or a First Nation Officer.
• Someone practicing criminal law (either defense or prosecution).
• A director, officer, or employee of any policing provider.
• A former officer of the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment OPP (if you left less than a year ago).

Term:

The appointee typically serves for a four (4) year period to coincide with the municipal election.

Meetings:

As per the CSPA the new board must meet at least 4 times per year. At the first meeting a meeting schedule will be established.

Remuneration:

Remuneration to be determined once board meets.

If you are interested in being considered for the Community Member representative position, please contact the office at (705) 248-2395 or e-mail clerk@lairdtownship.ca prior to September 13, 2024. A requirement of the appointment will be a Police Record Check and mandatory training.

LAIRD RECREATION

PUMPKIN FEST

• WHO: Everyone Welcome
• WHERE: LAIRD FAIRGROUNDS, 127 Lake George Road East
• WHEN: Saturday September 28, 2024
• WHAT: Competitions, Games, Tractor Parade, LARGEST Pumpkin Competition, Best Carved Pumpkin, Best Painted Pumpkin, Food, Games, Face Painting, Lawnmower Races, Farm Animal Display, Craft Vendors, Pumpkin Pies
• WHY: FUN and Community Involvement
• TIME: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Full schedule of events coming soon, call Laird Township Office (705) 248-2395 for more details or to VOLUNTEER!

Second Annual Motor Sports Swap Meet

Laird Fairgrounds on Saturday October 5, 2024, 8 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Entry fee $5.00 or non perishable food donation for local food bank.

Vendor space is $40.00, to reserve a space contact Bert (705) 542-9079.

Library Boxes – Coming Soon to Three Locations in

Laird Township

• Laird Township Hall, Pumpkin Point Road
• Mailboxes at Neebish Road, Finns’ Bay Road location
• Bar River Hall, Lapish Road

Once installed the Recreation Committee encourages everyone to

Share a book, Take a book!