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Empowering You

© 2010-2012 – Regional Councillor Peter Rodrigues
Your Regional Councillor
Peter Rodrigues
Regional Councillor, Ward 3
905.420.4605 ext. 4608
email & website

Peter’s website

www.YourVoicePickering.ca

Peter’s email

prodrigues@pickering.ca

City’s website

www.pickering.ca
What you will learn.
• Maps – Pickering and Durham
• Who are your Pickering Councillors?

• Regional & City Councillors……. and what’s the difference?
• How to easily contact your Councillors.
• Pickering City and Durham Region – Committees, Meetings and Schedules

• Speaking to Council
• General information – Resident Committees, Fact & Figures
• Major and Minor Issues

• Pickering vs. Durham – responsibilities
• Road Watch & Neighbourhood Watch

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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
Pickering
1811 township

1974 town
2000 city
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Pickering Council
Regional

WARD 3

Peter Rodrigues

City

David Pickles

Mayor Dave Ryan
Regional

WARD 1

Jennifer O’Connell

City

Regional

Kevin Ashe

Bill McLean

WARD 2

City

Doug Dickerson
How to contact your Mayor and Councillors

Mayor's Office
Tel.: 905.420.4600
Fax: 905.420.6064
TTY: 905.420.1739
Email: mayor@pickering.ca

Councillors' Office
Tel.: 905.420.4605
Fax: 905.420.6064
TTY: 905.420.1739
Email: council@pickering.ca
Pickering – Facts & Figures
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Population: 95,000
Voters: 65,000

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Total number of businesses in Pickering: 3,000 +

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Ward 3 – Facts & Figures
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Voters: 25,500
Homes: 11,600

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Duffin Heights adding 1,036 new homes.

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18 kilometres (N to S) by 14 kilometres (W to E)
240 square kilometres = 92 square miles
Duffin Heights
Duffin Heights
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Specialized Services
Specialized Services Application
Using Specialized Services

www.DurhamRegionTransit.com
Durham Region Transit
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Advisory Committees
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2013 Council & Committee
Meeting Schedule

Start Time
7:00 pm
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Speaking to Council
(delegations)
Every month there is one Council meeting
and there are two Standing Committee meetings:



the Planning and Development Committee
the Executive Committee

Members of the public who wish to speak to a Standing
Committee and/or Council are called delegations.
In order to appear before Council, delegations are
encouraged to have first appeared before a Standing
Committee.
Delegations can speak for up to ten minutes.
Afterwards, councillors may ask questions.
Speaking to Council
(delegations)
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If the matter is a statutory planning matter, no formal
registration is required for the Planning & Development
Committee.
Persons who wish to speak to an item that is on a Standing
Committee meeting agenda should register in writing by 12
noon on the day of the meeting.
Persons who wish to speak to an item that is on the Council
meeting agenda should register in writing by 12 noon on the
day of the meeting.
Request for delegation status are to be sent to the
Committee Coordinator at lroberts@pickering.ca or by fax at
905.420.9685 or by dropping off the request at City Hall.
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The 8 Municipalities of Durham
Durham Region
established 1974
Durham Council
Regional Chair and CEO
Roger Anderson
Ajax
Steve Parish, Shaun Collier, Colleen Jordan
Brock
Terry Clayton, Debbie Bath
Clarington
Adrian Foster, Mary Novak, Willie Woo
Oshawa
John Henry, John Aker, Bob Chapman, Nancy Diamond,
Amy England, Tito-Dante Marimpietri, John Neal, Nester Pidwerbecki
Pickering
Dave Ryan, Bill McLean, Jennifer O'Connell, Peter Rodrigues
Scugog
Chuck Mercier, Bobbie Drew
Uxbridge
Gerri Lynn O'Connor, Jack Ballinger
Whitby
Pat Perkins, Lorne Coe, Joe Drumm, Don Mitchell
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109,600 residents

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84,550 residents

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149,600 residents

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88,700 residents

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21,650 residents

2 councillors
20,600 residents

4 councillors
122,000 residents
Standing Committees
Finance & Administration
Councillor Mitchell – Chair
Councillor Chapman – Vice-Chair
Councillor Collier
Councillor Diamond
Councillor Drew
Councillor Foster
Councillor O'Connell

Planning & Economic Development
Councillor O'Connor – Chair
Councillor Aker – Vice-Chair
Councillor Bath
Councillor Drumm
Councillor Henry
Councillor Novak
Councillor Ryan

Health & Social Services
Councillor Coe – Chair
Councillor England – Vice-Chair
Councillor Clayton
Councillor Neal
Councillor Parish
Councillor Rodrigues
Councillor Woo

Works
Councillor Pidwerbecki – Chair
Councillor Mercier – Vice-Chair
Councillor Ballinger
Councillor Jordan
Councillor Marimpietri
Councillor McLean
Councillor Perkins
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Durham Region – Pickering City
• regional roads – 75 kms

• city roads

• garbage – Miller Waste

• fire services

• economic development

• economic development

• health

• snow removal

• social services

• parks

• tourism

• recreation (facilities and programs)

• police

• sidewalks

• water supply

• building permits

• sewage treatment

• property tax collection

• public transit

• libraries – are governed separately
Matters of Interest
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Federal / Airport Lands

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York-Durham Sewer

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Seaton Development Lands

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York-Durham Incinerator

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Brock Rd improvements

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Land Over Landings

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Greenwood Conservation
Lands

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Oak Ridges Moraine

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Pickering Downtown Intensification

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Duffin Heights Developments

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Pickering Fire Services



407ETR – highway extension

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Official Plans

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Property Taxes

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Conservation Authorities CLOCA/TRCA

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Neighbourhood Watch

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Schools Boards

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Road Watch

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Libraries

Your Issues – Questions & Answers
407ETR -- new extension
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Federal Land (airport land)
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Important Meeting

Seaton
Seaton
Seaton Land Owners
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Brock Road Improvements
Oak Ridges Moraine
Rouge National Park
York-Durham Sewer System
York-Durham Sewer System
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York-Durham Sewer System
ROPA 128
Regional Official Plan Amendment 128
Property Taxes
Durham region tax:
Pickering city tax:
School tax

54%
27%
19%
Who pays the Region’s tax proportionally?
The Region expects to collect $533,496,000 in property taxes
from all categories including residents and businesses in 2012.
According to the 2001 census, Durham has a population of 608,124.
Property taxes are assessed at different rates for business, residential,
farms and government institutions.

Pickering
Percentage of residents:

14.6 per cent

Percentage of Regional tax paid:

16.7 per cent
Neighbourhood Watch
A community crime prevention program designed to reduce the threat of
crime to neighbours or property. This program encourages all residents to
be alert to suspicious persons or vehicles and to get to know neighbours.
Lessons in crime prevention are given to participants and Operation
Identification is addressed (marking belongings for identification by
police).
Approximately 183 watches are currently running in the Durham Region
with over 50,000 residents educated on security measures on an ongoing
basis.
The DRPS has a Regional Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator who will
assist neighbourhoods to form watches. Call 905-668-9893 or view our
section on Safety Tips - Neighbourhood Watch, or you can email the
Coordinator directly at neighwatch@drps.ca for more information.
Road Watch

www.drps.ca

ROAD WATCH is a community based program that is utilized in many towns and cities in Ontario. It
is aimed at making drivers more aware of their actions.
The program is run by volunteers who live in our community, and in conjunction with the Durham
Regional Police Service. The ROAD WATCH program is active in
Oshawa, Whitby, Clarington, Scugog, Ajax, Pickering and Uxbridge.
ROAD WATCH provides residents an opportunity to report dangerous and aggressive driving
throughout the Durham Region. If you observe aggressive or dangerous driving, fill out a PDF
version of our Citizen’s Report Form and drop it off at one of our ROAD WATCH boxes (listed on the
form) or report the incident online using our Online Citizen Report Form .
Aggressive driving may include: Excessive speeding, Tailgating, Failure to stop and any act that puts
other drivers at a high risk of collision or injury.
Record as much information as possible. Even if you are unable to record the licence
number, submit the form so police have information on high-risk areas in the community. It is
important that the form be signed to safeguard the system from abuse. Your personal information is
used for statistical purposes only and is held in the strictest of confidence by us.

If a driver is reported more than once, the police will contact that individual regarding the reports.
Subsequent offences may result in enforcement action by the police depending on the severity of
the incident.
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Police not Emergency 905 579 1520
Pickering Fire Services
Fire Alarms responses – 2011
Medical alarms – 2,003 (50%)
Motor vehicle Accident alarms – 683 (17%)
Alarms (no fire, false alarms, defect triggered, mischief) – 386 (10%)
Fire/Smoke – 307 alarms (8%) – Non-Structural fires such as involving burning complaints, grass/bush
fires, rubbish and vehicle fires as well as structural fires such as commercial/industrial fires,
residential fires, institution fires.

Other alarms (9-1-1- unknowns, public assist, assist other agencies) – 299 (8%)
Carbon Monoxide alarms – 174 (4%)
Hazard alarms (natural gas leaks, power lines, unknown odour) – 112 (3%)
Rescue (elevators, ice-water) – 14 (0%)
Hazardous Material alarms (spills and leaks) – 6 (0%)
Explosions – 0 alarms (0%)

Total alarms in 2011 – 3,984
Library Cost
$ 5.4 Million from property taxes
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Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority
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North 730 acres (300 hectares)
South 240 acres (100 hectares)
Ridings
Federal
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Provincial
Ajax – Pickering
Pickering – Scarborough East
A-P MP Chris Alexander
P-SE MP Corneliu Chisu

A-P MPP Joe Dickson
P-SE MPP Tracy MacCharles
Federal and Provincial Ridings
Customer Care
for almost all matters
• general questions
• By-laws – parking, business, building permit
• to report dead animals on road
• garbage dumping at the side of the road
• snowploughing
• sidewalks

• neighbour problems (police matter)
Pickering Customer Care
Office Hours: 8:30 – 4:30, Monday-Friday
905.683.7575 (24-hour line)
1.877.420.4666
TTY Service: 905.420.1739
Fax: 905.420.4610
Email: customercare@pickering.ca

Program Cancellations, Service Disruptions, and
Road & Facility Closures: 1.866.278.9993
Resources for more information.

www.Pickering.ca
www.Durham.ca

www.YourVoicePickering.ca
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Contact
www.YourVoicePickering.ca

© 2010-2012 – Regional Councillor Peter Rodrigues

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  • 1. Empowering You © 2010-2012 – Regional Councillor Peter Rodrigues
  • 2. Your Regional Councillor Peter Rodrigues Regional Councillor, Ward 3 905.420.4605 ext. 4608 email & website Peter’s website www.YourVoicePickering.ca Peter’s email prodrigues@pickering.ca City’s website www.pickering.ca
  • 3. What you will learn. • Maps – Pickering and Durham • Who are your Pickering Councillors? • Regional & City Councillors……. and what’s the difference? • How to easily contact your Councillors. • Pickering City and Durham Region – Committees, Meetings and Schedules • Speaking to Council • General information – Resident Committees, Fact & Figures • Major and Minor Issues • Pickering vs. Durham – responsibilities • Road Watch & Neighbourhood Watch • QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
  • 7. Pickering Council Regional WARD 3 Peter Rodrigues City David Pickles Mayor Dave Ryan Regional WARD 1 Jennifer O’Connell City Regional Kevin Ashe Bill McLean WARD 2 City Doug Dickerson
  • 8. How to contact your Mayor and Councillors Mayor's Office Tel.: 905.420.4600 Fax: 905.420.6064 TTY: 905.420.1739 Email: mayor@pickering.ca Councillors' Office Tel.: 905.420.4605 Fax: 905.420.6064 TTY: 905.420.1739 Email: council@pickering.ca
  • 9. Pickering – Facts & Figures  Population: 95,000 Voters: 65,000  Total number of businesses in Pickering: 3,000 + 
  • 10. Ward 3 – Facts & Figures  Voters: 25,500 Homes: 11,600  Duffin Heights adding 1,036 new homes.    18 kilometres (N to S) by 14 kilometres (W to E) 240 square kilometres = 92 square miles
  • 15. Specialized Services Specialized Services Application Using Specialized Services www.DurhamRegionTransit.com
  • 21. 2013 Council & Committee Meeting Schedule Start Time 7:00 pm
  • 23. Speaking to Council (delegations) Every month there is one Council meeting and there are two Standing Committee meetings:   the Planning and Development Committee the Executive Committee Members of the public who wish to speak to a Standing Committee and/or Council are called delegations. In order to appear before Council, delegations are encouraged to have first appeared before a Standing Committee. Delegations can speak for up to ten minutes. Afterwards, councillors may ask questions.
  • 24. Speaking to Council (delegations)     If the matter is a statutory planning matter, no formal registration is required for the Planning & Development Committee. Persons who wish to speak to an item that is on a Standing Committee meeting agenda should register in writing by 12 noon on the day of the meeting. Persons who wish to speak to an item that is on the Council meeting agenda should register in writing by 12 noon on the day of the meeting. Request for delegation status are to be sent to the Committee Coordinator at lroberts@pickering.ca or by fax at 905.420.9685 or by dropping off the request at City Hall.
  • 26. The 8 Municipalities of Durham Durham Region established 1974
  • 28. Regional Chair and CEO Roger Anderson Ajax Steve Parish, Shaun Collier, Colleen Jordan Brock Terry Clayton, Debbie Bath Clarington Adrian Foster, Mary Novak, Willie Woo Oshawa John Henry, John Aker, Bob Chapman, Nancy Diamond, Amy England, Tito-Dante Marimpietri, John Neal, Nester Pidwerbecki Pickering Dave Ryan, Bill McLean, Jennifer O'Connell, Peter Rodrigues Scugog Chuck Mercier, Bobbie Drew Uxbridge Gerri Lynn O'Connor, Jack Ballinger Whitby Pat Perkins, Lorne Coe, Joe Drumm, Don Mitchell
  • 30. 3 councillors 109,600 residents 2 councillors 11,350 residents 3 councillors 84,550 residents 8 councillors 149,600 residents A J A X P I C K E R I N G B R O C K S C U G O G C L A R I N G T O N O S H A W A Durham population 608,100 U X B R I D G E W H I T B Y 4 councillors 88,700 residents 2 councillors 21,650 residents 2 councillors 20,600 residents 4 councillors 122,000 residents
  • 31. Standing Committees Finance & Administration Councillor Mitchell – Chair Councillor Chapman – Vice-Chair Councillor Collier Councillor Diamond Councillor Drew Councillor Foster Councillor O'Connell Planning & Economic Development Councillor O'Connor – Chair Councillor Aker – Vice-Chair Councillor Bath Councillor Drumm Councillor Henry Councillor Novak Councillor Ryan Health & Social Services Councillor Coe – Chair Councillor England – Vice-Chair Councillor Clayton Councillor Neal Councillor Parish Councillor Rodrigues Councillor Woo Works Councillor Pidwerbecki – Chair Councillor Mercier – Vice-Chair Councillor Ballinger Councillor Jordan Councillor Marimpietri Councillor McLean Councillor Perkins
  • 35. Durham Region – Pickering City • regional roads – 75 kms • city roads • garbage – Miller Waste • fire services • economic development • economic development • health • snow removal • social services • parks • tourism • recreation (facilities and programs) • police • sidewalks • water supply • building permits • sewage treatment • property tax collection • public transit • libraries – are governed separately
  • 36. Matters of Interest  Federal / Airport Lands  York-Durham Sewer  Seaton Development Lands  York-Durham Incinerator  Brock Rd improvements  Land Over Landings  Greenwood Conservation Lands  Oak Ridges Moraine  Pickering Downtown Intensification  Duffin Heights Developments  Pickering Fire Services  407ETR – highway extension  Official Plans  Property Taxes  Conservation Authorities CLOCA/TRCA  Neighbourhood Watch  Schools Boards  Road Watch  Libraries Your Issues – Questions & Answers
  • 37. 407ETR -- new extension
  • 54. ROPA 128 Regional Official Plan Amendment 128
  • 55. Property Taxes Durham region tax: Pickering city tax: School tax 54% 27% 19%
  • 56. Who pays the Region’s tax proportionally? The Region expects to collect $533,496,000 in property taxes from all categories including residents and businesses in 2012. According to the 2001 census, Durham has a population of 608,124. Property taxes are assessed at different rates for business, residential, farms and government institutions. Pickering Percentage of residents: 14.6 per cent Percentage of Regional tax paid: 16.7 per cent
  • 57. Neighbourhood Watch A community crime prevention program designed to reduce the threat of crime to neighbours or property. This program encourages all residents to be alert to suspicious persons or vehicles and to get to know neighbours. Lessons in crime prevention are given to participants and Operation Identification is addressed (marking belongings for identification by police). Approximately 183 watches are currently running in the Durham Region with over 50,000 residents educated on security measures on an ongoing basis. The DRPS has a Regional Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator who will assist neighbourhoods to form watches. Call 905-668-9893 or view our section on Safety Tips - Neighbourhood Watch, or you can email the Coordinator directly at neighwatch@drps.ca for more information.
  • 58. Road Watch www.drps.ca ROAD WATCH is a community based program that is utilized in many towns and cities in Ontario. It is aimed at making drivers more aware of their actions. The program is run by volunteers who live in our community, and in conjunction with the Durham Regional Police Service. The ROAD WATCH program is active in Oshawa, Whitby, Clarington, Scugog, Ajax, Pickering and Uxbridge. ROAD WATCH provides residents an opportunity to report dangerous and aggressive driving throughout the Durham Region. If you observe aggressive or dangerous driving, fill out a PDF version of our Citizen’s Report Form and drop it off at one of our ROAD WATCH boxes (listed on the form) or report the incident online using our Online Citizen Report Form . Aggressive driving may include: Excessive speeding, Tailgating, Failure to stop and any act that puts other drivers at a high risk of collision or injury. Record as much information as possible. Even if you are unable to record the licence number, submit the form so police have information on high-risk areas in the community. It is important that the form be signed to safeguard the system from abuse. Your personal information is used for statistical purposes only and is held in the strictest of confidence by us. If a driver is reported more than once, the police will contact that individual regarding the reports. Subsequent offences may result in enforcement action by the police depending on the severity of the incident.
  • 61. Police not Emergency 905 579 1520
  • 62. Pickering Fire Services Fire Alarms responses – 2011 Medical alarms – 2,003 (50%) Motor vehicle Accident alarms – 683 (17%) Alarms (no fire, false alarms, defect triggered, mischief) – 386 (10%) Fire/Smoke – 307 alarms (8%) – Non-Structural fires such as involving burning complaints, grass/bush fires, rubbish and vehicle fires as well as structural fires such as commercial/industrial fires, residential fires, institution fires. Other alarms (9-1-1- unknowns, public assist, assist other agencies) – 299 (8%) Carbon Monoxide alarms – 174 (4%) Hazard alarms (natural gas leaks, power lines, unknown odour) – 112 (3%) Rescue (elevators, ice-water) – 14 (0%) Hazardous Material alarms (spills and leaks) – 6 (0%) Explosions – 0 alarms (0%) Total alarms in 2011 – 3,984
  • 63. Library Cost $ 5.4 Million from property taxes
  • 66. Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority
  • 69. North 730 acres (300 hectares) South 240 acres (100 hectares)
  • 70. Ridings Federal and Provincial Ajax – Pickering Pickering – Scarborough East A-P MP Chris Alexander P-SE MP Corneliu Chisu A-P MPP Joe Dickson P-SE MPP Tracy MacCharles
  • 72. Customer Care for almost all matters • general questions • By-laws – parking, business, building permit • to report dead animals on road • garbage dumping at the side of the road • snowploughing • sidewalks • neighbour problems (police matter)
  • 73. Pickering Customer Care Office Hours: 8:30 – 4:30, Monday-Friday 905.683.7575 (24-hour line) 1.877.420.4666 TTY Service: 905.420.1739 Fax: 905.420.4610 Email: customercare@pickering.ca Program Cancellations, Service Disruptions, and Road & Facility Closures: 1.866.278.9993
  • 74. Resources for more information. www.Pickering.ca www.Durham.ca www.YourVoicePickering.ca
  • 77. www.YourVoicePickering.ca © 2010-2012 – Regional Councillor Peter Rodrigues