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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, June 1, 2012 · 2 Your Halton Connection June 2012 www.halton.ca Halton P V M myViewPoint Join. Click. Be heard. halton.ca/MVP 2011 Report to the Citizens Together with our residents and businesses, Halton Region developed the Citizens' Priorities ­ Halton Region's 2011-2014 Action Plan (Action Plan). The Action Plan is fundamentally different from Halton's previous strategic plans. It was created by taking into consideration the many challenges and opportunities that Halton will face over the 2010-2014 the extensive input received from Halton residents. It includes 25 priority areas measurable key initiatives and actions. Halton Region's Reference Panel a group of 36 randomly selected Halton residents, was a key component in the development of the Action Plan. The values, priorities and Plan's priority areas, key initiatives and actions. The 2011 Report to the Citizens progress achieved on the Action Plan. It is a summary of actions accomplished in 2011 and meets our commitment to being accountable and transparent to Halton's citizens. The 2011 Report to the Citizens is available to view online at www.halton.ca/ActionPlan. Halton Region wants your ViewPoint by Regional Chair Gary Carr The best decisions are made when citizens are engaged and involved. Governments involve citizens in many ways; from the election, to surveys, public meetings and more recently through social media. That's why Regional Council made public engagement a key priority in our Citizens' Priorities Action Plan. Thanks to the overwhelming interest shown by many residents in the Citizens' Reference Panel, a group of randomly selected residents who helped provide input to our Citizens' Priorities Action Plan, we are excited to launch another innovative and flexible opportunity for residents to provide Halton Regional Council and staff with important information about satisfaction levels, needs, policies and priorities. Halton MVP (My View Point) is an online citizen survey panel that will ask participants to provide their view point on a variety of Regional issues and initiatives including waste management, service optimization, housing, emergency preparedness and more. The Halton MVP survey panel will be managed and administered by Jane Armstrong Research Associates on behalf of Halton Region through a secure website. All correspondence, data collection and data analysis are the responsibility of Armstrong Research. To protect your privacy, information provided by panellists will be held in strictest confidence by Armstrong Research. The names of panellists, or any other identifiable information, will not be released without written permission by the participant. Individual views will remain anonymous and data will always be analyzed - and presented to Halton Region - in the aggregate. This means that personal data and answers to survey questions are always combined with those of many other panellists so that no one panellist can be singled out or identified. Members of Halton MVP may receive up to eight surveys per year. As part of the program, and to ensure there is two-way communication, Halton Region will make summary survey results available to participants. By working together we can ensure that Halton remains a great place to live, work, raise a family and retire. Registration is easy and open to all residents of Halton Region (excluding employees of Halton Region) 18 years of age or older. For more information about Halton MVP, or to sign up, visit www.halton.ca/MVP. Halton Region Meeting Schedule June 12, 9:30 a.m. June 13, 9:30 a.m. June 13, 1:30 p.m. June 20, 9:30 a.m. Health & Social Services Cte Planning & Public Works Cte Administration & Finance Cte Regional Council Meetings can be viewed at www.halton.ca. Please let us know as soon as possible if you will have an accessibility or accommodation need at a Halton Region hosted event or meeting. This page has been donated by this newspaper to communicate important information to Halton residents at no cost to taxpayers. We welcome your feedback. Contact Access Halton at accesshalton@halton.ca.