Miranda Rocca-Circelli wants to see the city investigate a decentralized model in which its outlying communities, which amalgamated as the City of Greater Sudbury in 2001, would be offered greater autonomy
Pushing for a reinstated “sense of autonomy and efficiency,” mayoral candidate Miranda Rocca-Circelli wants to see the city investigate a decentralized model.
The unique needs of citizens in each of the amalgamated towns needs to be identified, she said and services and programs delivered by the city need to be reviewed to single out which ones should be reallocated to outlying communities. A Northern Policy Institute report from 2016 notes, “Amalgamation resulted in considerable savings on general government expenditures” as a result of seven councils and mayors consolidated into one group.
In her media release, Rocca-Circelli writes, “If after 20 years, the cost savings in the amalgamation have proven to be negligible, have we taken the time to best identify the cost to our people in terms of the social impact?”In 2018, mayoral candidate Dan Melanson campaigned on a decentralized model to examine how services have performed since amalgamation and how they can be improved.
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