A Niagara At Large News Brief
Bruce Timms, a long-time Niagara regional council for St. Catharines has been elected by the board of the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority to serve as the NPCA’s chair.
Veteran St. Catharines regional councillor Bruce Timms is new chair of Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
Timms takes over the chair’s job from Bart Maves, a Niagara Falls regional councillor and former Ontario Conservative MPP who has just been chosen by the party to try to win back that seat in the Niagara Falls riding from Kim Craitor, a former Niagara Falls city councillor who has held it for the Liberals for the past nine-and-a-half years.
At its 54th annual meeting this January, the NPCA’s board also elected Wainfleet, Ontario Mayor April Jeffs to serve as its vice-chair.
In a statement, Timms, who has a track record of interest in protecting and promoting Niagara’s heritage through his work to establish trails along the Welland Canal for the Greater Niagara Circle Route and preserve historic sections of the canal, said; “I am pleased to carry on the vision set by Bart Maves to establish a philosopy of delivering high level customer service in balance with (the NPCA’s) regulatory mandate. I believe it’s important that the NPCA operates as a full partner in ‘team Niagara’ and that together we will contribute to the economic prosperity of our community.”
Timms went on to note that the Conservation Authority has to go on to “resestablish ourselves not as a big brother type organization, but as one that is respectful and fair to private landowners. We remain commettted to conserve and protect natural areas where it is truly significant,” he said.
Wainfleet Mayor April Jeff’s is NPCA’s new co-chair.
As the NCPA’s new vice-chair, April Jeffs stated that “the work being carried out through the NCPA is important to the well-being of our community and I am very proud and honoured to serve in the position of vice-chair.”
Established in 1959, under Ontario’s Conservation Authorities Act, the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority jurisdiction encompasses 2,424 square kilometres serving an estimated population of 500,000, including the entire Niagara Region, 21 per cent of the City of Hamilton and 25 per cent of Haldimand County.
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