Local Municipal Official elected to AMO

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At the 107^th Annual Conference of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), Susan Freeman, Deputy Reeve, County of Lanark , was elected to the AMO Board of Directors. As a member of the Board and the County Caucus, Susan will help set policy for the Association and serve as a key municipal leader in the Province.

“AMO’s Board of Directors benefits from membership from across the Province, reflecting the diversity of Ontario ’s municipal governments. To that end, I am pleased to have Susan on the 2006-2007 Board team,” said AMO President, Doug Reycraft. “The Board will continue its efforts to see properly funded municipal governments.”

AMO’s key advocacy priority has been to see municipalities become fiscally sustainable. The current $3 billion provincial municipal fiscal gap does not permit this. Premier Dalton McGuinty’s announcement of a provincial-municipal review will help build a plan that focuses on a new fiscal and service delivery partnership for the 21^st Century. 

AMO is a non-profit organization representing almost all of Ontario ’s 445 municipal governments. AMO supports and enhances strong and effective municipal government in Ontario and promotes the value of municipal government as a vital and essential component of Ontario and Canada ’s political system.