Over $1.4 million is coming to help improve the delivery of critical programs and services in Huron-Bruce.
The announcement came Monday morning from MPP Lisa Thompson and is being delivered through the Municipal Modernization Program.
Local projects approved include (maximum grant):
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh: meeting management and website redevelopment ($68,685)
Bluewater: Parks and Recreation Master Plan; Bluebeam purchasing and digital review systems improvements; and E-Permitting subscription implementation ($94,450)
Central Huron: IT service review ($65,000)
Morris-Turnberry: radio system implementation ($90,000)
North Huron: digital modernization; Information Technology review ($138,750)
South Huron: records management improvement ($40,500)
County of Bruce: joint municipal operations digital integration platform; joint museum and cultural centre newspaper digitization; joint archaeological management plan development; joint permits, licensing, and land modernization; and joint IT business analysis for municipalities in Bruce County ($630,600)
Brockton: digital modernization strategy development ($112,500)
Saugeen Shores: service modernization projects; development application process review ($95,750)
Kincardine: purchasing and procurement review ($60,000)
Huron-Kinloss: Information Technology modernization project; digital modernization review ($100,000)
Ontario is providing up to $24 million to support the modernization of 224 small and rural municipalities across the province. A total of 254 projects will receive funding under Intake 2 of Ontario’s Municipal Modernization Program.
