WELLINGTON COUNTY – The County of Wellington and six participating member municipalities have been successful in receiving a Municipal Modernization Grant from the Government of Ontario.
Under the leadership of Wellington North council and staff, Centre Wellington, Guelph-Eramosa, Minto, Mapleton, Puslinch and the County of Wellington, submitted an application to use Municipal Modernization Grant funding towards the cost of an independent third- party consultant to prepare an information technology service delivery review.
The collaborative application was successful and the county and the participating municipalities will receive up to $141,000 for the project.
Last fall, the county and its seven member municipalities participated in an operational service efficiency review in response to the Government of Ontario’s Municipal Modernization Grant.
The objective was to conduct a review of the operations within each municipality to find efficiencies and cost-savings without compromising services.
The chief administrative officers for the county and all seven municipalities worked closely with KPMG to identified 20 potential efficiency opportunities.
One of those was common information technology (IT) systems and resources across the county and its member municipalities.
“On behalf of the County of Wellington, I would like to thank (Wellington North) Mayor Andy Lennox and his staff for their successful application,” said Warden Kelly Linton.
“This collaborative effort demonstrates our commitment to work together across Wellington County to become more efficient in delivering essential services to our residents.”
Lennox said, “I would like to thank Minister Steve Clark and the Government of Ontario for approving our joint application.
“The successful third-party consultant will thoroughly review our current IT service delivery models and will look for opportunities to be more efficient.”
Final report
The final report on the IT service delivery review will be submitted to the province by the end of June.
Erin elected not to participate in the IT review because the town has its own IT staff member.
