To gain the trust of residents, your “First 100 Days” must focus on actionable transparency and fiscal restraint. Below is a high-impact priority list designed to show potential signers that you are ready to treat the County’s $90.9M budget with professional rigour.
📅 The “Technical Brain” First 100 Days Priority List
Month 1: The Fiscal Deep Dive
- Motion for an Independent Audit: Introduce a motion to hire a third-party firm to conduct a Comprehensive Service Delivery Review. The goal: Identify efficiencies within the $24.6M salary line and the $12M contracted services budget.
- Reserve Restoration Strategy: Request a staff report on a 4-year plan to replenish the Tax Stabilization Reserve, ensuring we never have to “raid the piggy bank” to hide tax hikes again.
Month 2: Accountability & Conflict Reform
- Advocacy Disclosure & Resignation: Lead by example by officially resigning from any leadership roles in advocacy groups (like SSJI or Chamber boards). Introduce a “Bright Line” policy for Council, requiring members to recuse themselves from votes directly affecting groups they have led in the past 24 months.
- The Housing Corp Ultimatum: Move to set a 6-month “Shovels-in-Ground” deadline for the Affordable Housing Corporation. If specific units are not under construction by the deadline, trigger a formal review for dissolution or reorganization of the board.
Month 3: Infrastructure & Ward Equity
- Road Priority Audit: Review the 5-Year Road Improvement Plan to ensure capital funds ($14M) are being spent on “Asset Criticality” (arterial roads like CR 49, 28, and 19) rather than urban beautification or developer-led projects.
- Debt Ceiling Implementation: Introduce a motion to establish a formal Municipal Debt Ceiling to ensure the County does not exceed the projected $131 million without a public referendum.
🗳️ Signer Conversation Starter (Use while collecting signatures)
The Technical Promise:
“If you sign my nomination today, you aren’t just putting a name on a ballot. You are voting for a representative who will treat the County budget like a business. Within my first 100 days, I will move to audit our $12 million in external contracts and bring real accountability to the Housing Corporation. We are $131 million in debt—we need an auditor, not a cheerleader.”
📊 Summary of the $90.9M Challenge
Use this visual summary to show signers the “Why” behind your 100-day plan.
| Priority Area | The “Broken” Reality | My 100-Day Technical Fix |
| Spending | $24.6M in payroll; $12M in contractors. | Service Delivery Review to cut overlap. |
| Housing | 10 years; Zero units delivered. | Hard Deadlines; Dissolution if targets missed. |
| Ethics | Leaders of lobby groups voting on files. | Strict Recusal Rules for all advocacy leaders. |
| Roads | 50% of roads rated “Poor” or “Fail.” | Shift Capital Funds to arterial rural routes. |