Mayoral candidate Patricia Mills says she will offer her own version of Return On Investment, that being Respect, Openness and Integrity.
In campaigning, Mills says one thing that has become very clear to her is that residents desire a truly open and transparent city hall.
“Too often it seems, dealing with our city leaves more questions than answers,” she said. “I am asking you for the honour of being your next mayor. In return, I am going to make it easy for you to hold me accountable. I am offering proven performance.”
Full press release below:
Listen. Learn. Lead — This is the commitment I’ve made to the citizens of Greater Sudbury.
Over the past 100 days of listening in the neighbourhoods and communities that make up our great city, I have gained a good understanding of what is important to you, and the priorities you expect your leaders to set for our future.
One of the things you’ve been very clear about is your desire for a truly open and transparent city hall. Too often it seems, dealing with our city leaves more questions than answers.
I am asking you for the honour of being your next mayor. In return, I am going to make it easy for you to hold me accountable. I am offering proven performance. Normally, ROI stands for “Return on Investment.” For your investment in me, I am offering Respect, Openness, and Integrity.
Respect. For me, a big part of respect is listening. I will hold townhall meetings in each ward in my first year as mayor. This will allow me to bring back meaningful information for staff and council. I will run a respectful council. We have a Greater Sudbury Council Code of Ethics – it will be enforced.
Openness. We will set targets for the metrics you care about. Tax rates. Job rates. Spending. Kilometres of road fixed. Did we improve water quality? The city collects these statistics, and they will be published, good or bad.
Integrity. As representatives of their constituents, mayor and councillors should expect to be held to the highest level of integrity. I will ensure responses to the Integrity Commissioner are delivered within the 15-day allotted time limit. We will publish the official results of the Wrongdoing Hotline. We will publish the number of Code of Conduct complaints on a year-by-year basis, and work towards reducing them. We will also work to reduce the number of Freedom of Information appeals.
For me, this all adds up to proven performance. You will be able to measure me over my term on the results I achieve. Where I may fall short, you will have access to real information and data. Where we succeed – and we will – we will celebrate together.
