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Monday, September 8, 2025

Remake Owen Sound Council

RESIDENTS
- You Need to Get Involved
- Why We Need to Remake Council +
- Candidate Profiles +
  - Sample Candidate Profile
  - Candidate B
  - Candidate C
HAVE YOUR SAY
- We Need Your Ideas and Opinions
- Social Changes Needed +
  - What are Social Issues?
  - Read Social Issues Impacting Residents
  - Add a Social Issue
- Structural Changes Needed +
  - What are Structural Issues?
  - Read Systemic Issues Hampering Progress
  - Add a Structural Issue
- Ideas for Improvement +
  - Read Ideas Submitted by Others;
  - Add Your Ideas
- General Comments About Our City +
  - Read Comments Left By Others
  - Write Your Own Comment
CANDIDATES
- How We Can Help
- Post Your Profile Here
- 2022_Election_Results
- Funding Your Campaign
- Important Guides +
  - Municipal Councillor's Guide
  - 2022 Candidates' Guide
  - Candidate Nominaton Guide
  - Campaign Finance Guide
  - the Municipal Act
- Advice for the New 2022 Council
CHALLENGES
- Challenge of Leadership +
  - We Need Decisive Leadership
  - A Lean Management Team
  - Tolerance of Opposing Views
  - Lead Productivity Changes
- City Control Challenges +
  - When Staff Govern Municipalities
  - Who Runs Owen Sound City Hall?
  - Staff Really Are Running the City
- Budget Process Challenges +
  - Comparing Municipal Revenues
  - Budget Process Improvements
  - Staff Hide the Real Impact
  - The Illusion of Expense Reductions
  - Ten Steps to Recovery
- Publiic Engagement Challenges +
  - Engagement and Listening
  - Why Does Council Fear Public Input?
  - Revisit a Town Hall Meetings
- Challenges of High Taxes +
  - Execessive Tax Growth
  - Taxes are Growing Faster Than Predicted
  - Impact of High Taxes
  - Failing to Acknowledge the Problem
- Housing Challenges +
  - the Homeless Challenge
  - Owen Sound's Housing Problem
  - How to Permanently House the Unhoused
  - House ALL Residents
  - Solving Homelessness
  - Housing First Facts
- Art Gallery Challenges +
  - Art Gallery Introduction
  - Art Gallery Legacy - 2
  - Art Gallery Legacy - 3
  - Art Gallery Legacy - 4
  - Art Gallery Legacy - 5
  - Art Gallery Legacy - 6
- Public Transit Challenges
- Challenges in the Public Sector
- Solutions for Your Consideration
- Links to Similar Websites
JUST THE FACTS
- the Facts About Comparisons
- Comparing Workforce Growth
- Comparing Expense Growth
- Comparing Municipal Services
- Comparing Residents Ability to Pay
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Owen Sound: Great lakes, great people, questionable council decisions. ... Let’s fix that last part.

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