Scott Jermey — Oro-Medonte deputy mayor
I am Scott Jermey and I want to serve as deputy mayor for Oro-Medonte.
After serving as councillor for Ward 5 from 2014 to 2018, I have ideas and experience to make our great community even better!
I would like to see our recreation facilities improved with expansions and upgrades to our existing sports fields and parks. I have brought forward the concept of creating an Oro-Medonte Sports Hall of Fame to recognize our superior athletes.
The township could fund these improvements for our residents by reducing our legal costs. We could use local lawyers more and Toronto lawyers less.
Cutting county council from 32 members to 16 would save over $600,000 per year, and approximately $2.5 million over four years. This is money better spent on meeting the needs of residents.
I believe in working for our community. By hosting fundraising events, I have helped raise over $6,500 for Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, and I am holding a charity barbecue for the Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie this September.
I have been and remain active in the Oro-Medonte community. I have been both a member and a leader in 4-H, and umpired softball for over 25 years. I am currently an elder and secretary of Esson Church. I served on the local milk committee for 10 years, two years as its chair, and volunteered with the Orillia Agricultural Society (ODAS Park) for over 40 years.
After attending East Oro Public School and Park Street Collegiate, I took a bachelor’s degree at the University of Guelph, where I received the Governor-General’s Gold Medal and the Lieutenant-Governor’s Medal for academic achievement.
For the past 31 years I have owned, operated and expanded a dairy farm in the township. This requires understanding the concerns of both a small businessperson and an environmental steward.
I have the energy and the passion to champion the issues and causes of the residents of Oro-Medonte at the local and county levels.
I hope you will consider supporting Scott Jermey as your next deputy mayor.