County of Brant Councillors Wards 2 and 3 2018-2022: John Pearce, John Bell, Marc Laferriere, Steve Howes – photo courtesy of Marc Laferriere From Steve: I think you will be interested in this post about this past term of County of Brant Council, written by my wonderful colleague Marc Laferriere, Councillor for Ward 2 County […]
The September 13, 2022 Policy Development and Strategic Direction Committee meeting included a report on the next steps toward the creation of a new Fire Hall for the north part of Paris. The recommended location is the County of Brant Gilbert property on Scott Avenue, east of Grand River Street North (GRSN). I will continue […]
I am very happy to see the progress being made with the implementation of our Brant Safe Streets program, which includes increased enforcement by our local OPP and other strategies. We get a lot of calls about trucks traveling through downtown Paris, excess speed and noisy vehicles. While the OPP have other, life endangering issues […]
This was originally posted to Steve’s Facebook page April 14, 2021 Did you know that the County of Brant has 182 Volunteer Firefighters deployed out of 8 Fire stations? The Mayor and all members of Council met last night (April 13, 2021) at the Policy Development and Strategic Direction Committee to review our new Fire […]
This was originally posted to Steve’s Facebook page May 25, 2020. Why does Paris water taste so good? I have always been curious about why the water in Paris tastes so great, where it comes from, and about the functionality of the giant water towers near the north end and south-east corner of town. Once […]
One of the great joys of being on Council is the opportunity to learn more about our County of Brant Public Library. The team of people who deliver Library Services to our community always do a great job, however their efforts during a pandemic were truly outstanding. Council will be receiving a 2021 year end […]
As a member of council I was invited participate in a firefighter experience in April 2022 in order to understand the dynamics of fire and what it takes to fight them. This was definitely a memorable experience! Remember to pull over to yield when you see a flashing green light approaching! Photo credit: Mitchell Brown […]
Lets talk about Poop! Or, more importantly, what happens after you flush your toilet in Paris.This is a subject where I have always had a lot of questions, back in October 2019, myself and all of the other Councillors for Paris took the opportunity to participate in public tours of our Paris Wastewater Treatment Facility. […]
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