Honest, Thoughtfull, and Working for You

As Your First Contact with the City of Kingston, I will:

• Be honest, genuine, and accountable
• Work hard and devote full-time hours to making Meadowbrook-Strathcona a better place for all of us and our children
• Be accessible, and hold regular drop-in public consultations every Sunday from 3:00 to 4:00 pm at the Kingston Coffee House in the Kingston Centre or by appointment
• Respond to all emails and phone calls from constituents within 48 hours

As Your Representative on City Council, I will:

• Consider all proposals from a short, medium, and long term perspective
• Make policy decisions on behalf of the people of Meadowbrook-Strathcona, with the best interests of the community at heart
• Contribute your ideas and priorities to the strategic plan to advance Meadowbrook-Strathcona and the whole City
• Take your issues to my Council colleagues and/or City staff, both formally and/or informally to get the best resolution

In the Role of a Councillor on the Board of Directors for the Corporation of the City of Kingston, I will:

• Take seriously my fiduciary responsibilities to the stewardship of the assets and budget of the City of Kingston
• Make sure to be faithful to the mission of good, honest, accountable and transparent local government
• Make sure to hold senior staff accountable for performance, and be sure the corporation is compliant with relevant laws and regulations
• Maintain integrity and declare any potential conflict of interest; recusing myself when in a conflict of interest
• Conduct rigorous evaluation and oversight of City of Kingston policies and council motions
• Support and promote policies and practices that discourage waste, prevent abuse, and/or promote efficiency and effectiveness
• Seek out, identify, and foster strategic partnerships that help the City of Kingston deploy resources most effectively and with the greatest impact
• Be alert to emerging opportunities and bring them to the attention of those most able to capitalize on them
• Be alert to emerging threats to the City and/or people of Kingston and bring them to the attention of those most able to prepare for and/or to defend against them
• Bring, and allow for, a diversity of higher order human values and insights to be expressed in generative discussions