After three years of using the province’s Environmental Trust Fund to pay for a part time climate change coordinator to work with town staff, the municipality is moving in a new direction this year, and has obtained a grant of just over $24,000 to produce a wetlands-themed play for youth and tour the production to local schools.
At the end of Monday’s committee of the whole meeting, CHMA asked about the decision not to seek further funding for a part time climate change coordinator. Manager of Tourism and Business Development Ron Kelly Spurles explained that despite past success with the position, the funding was not meant to be permanent.
CAO Jennifer Borne says that although there has been a budget allocation for a full-time permanent climate change coordinator in the past two municipal budgets, that position is currently “under review.”
