Dennis Scott

Oct 09, 2014

Councillor

Dennis Scott – road crews need supervision

Dennis Scott has an insider's view of how the township's public works department works since his business works under contract for the roads and waste management departments. Scott's provide trucking services for recycling bins and winter road maintenance on some of the smaller township roads.

A lifelong resident of the township, Dennis Scott has decided to put his name forward for Council at this time because he is interested in seeing for himself how the township operates from the perspective of the senior management and in providing the perspective he has gained in his years in the workforce.

He has been a member of the township Recreation Committee, and has helped to organize the Snow Drags. He has coached minor softball as well.

He is aware that he will need to remove himself from any vote or debate on council dealing with contracts where his company has submitted a bid.

“What really interests me is the way road maintenance is carried out, and that has nothing to do with any of the contracts I work under,” he said.

He said that he is hopeful that a more complete report by the public works manager is brought to council at each meeting in the next term, and that council will have the opportunity to respond and provide direction to the manager

“We need to know, as a council, that the work is being done where it is needed, and that the manager is on top of things and is giving the crews the direction they need,” he said.

Ultimately he is concerned that “there has been a lot of wasteful spending and poor decisions in the roads department and waste management, which have caused unnecessary tax hikes.”

He said that he wants to see Central Frontenac reverse a trend that has seen infrastructure improve in neighbouring townships while Central Frontenac remains behind.

“That is not something that should be happening. I think we can fix that,” he said.