Norfolk celebrates a productive 2022
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Norfolk celebrates a productive 2022
The last 12 months have been a busy time for Norfolk County.
Despite many unique challenges, the various departments – with the support of County Council – were able to celebrate many victories. These accomplishments will mean positive things for the community, such as smoother processing, more events, affordable housing, and increased tourism.
The following are some of the successes seen in 2022:
Community services and supports
- Conducted the 2022 municipal and school board election with over 19,000 ballots cast
- Created new affordable supportive housing in Dunnville and Simcoe with provincial and federal funding
- Returned to full programming in public health, social services, housing, and Norview Lodge
- Initiated EngageNorfolk, an online public engagement platform to build meaningful connections with residents
- Rolled out online payment options for property taxes, accounts receivable, parking tickets, and building permits, allowing for payments anywhere, anytime
- Launched Norfolk County Web Archives, the first publicly accessible platform to document and preserve community and County digital content
- Completed the initial implementation phase for the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care program to reduce parent fees in licensed childcare
- Introduced seasonal paid parking pilot in lakeside communities with the goal of solving congestion and illegal parking issues
Emergency services
- Promoted volunteer firefighter Jackie Mussel to suppression captain, Norfolk’s first female in the role
- Established Emergency Communications Tactical rollout and internal process
- Paramedic Services supported COVID-19 pandemic response, vaccination delivery, and on-site testing
- Developed unique and creative education campaigns to promote fire safety
- Completed annual volunteer firefighter recruitment, resulting in 89 applications for seven stations
- Recruited and on-boarded 25 paramedics
Events and programming
- Hosted first Annual Norfolk Community Day with free activities at Norfolk County facilities across the County
- Completed the Business Resource in Norfolk County (BRiNC) program resulting in the delivery of 31 workshops
- Provided more than 100,000 visits to museums and recreational facilities
Infrastructure and operations
- Diverted more than 7,000 metric tons of material from landfill (that’s equal to 1,100 elephants)
- Continued upgrades to Waterford Wastewater Plant, and Port Dover and Port Rowan water treatment plants
- Passed new forestry by-law that prohibits or regulates the destruction or injuring of trees in Norfolk County woodlands
- Successful delivery of over $21M of capital projects
- Completed electric vehicle charging station pilot project
- Utilized the province’s Abandoned Works Program to plug the gas well on Forestry Farm Road
- Opened the new Port Dover Dog Park
- Resurfaced 90 km of rural roads
Staff development and recognition
- Recognized staff during Staff Recognition week for years of service and launched the Paramedic Services Recognition event
- Introduced Psychological Health and Safety workshops for all management
- Implemented the Temporary Personal Support Worker wage enhancement and Temporary Retention for Nurses Program
“Norfolk County employees should be incredibly proud of their successes in 2022,” said Mayor Amy Martin. “I recognize there has been a number of hurdles the past few years, and staff have found creative ways to get over them. Myself, alongside members of Council, are looking forward to working together to achieve new goals in 2023 and beyond.”
Norfolk County recognizes the dedicated employees working over the holidays to keep our operations running and our community safe, and wishes all residents season’s greetings and a prosperous 2023.
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