AMO Partners with Electronic Permitting System Provider Cloudpermit |
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Last year, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) partnered with MPAC to work towards increasing knowledge of electronic permitting technology with the goal of improving municipal administrative and operational efficiencies.
AMO, and their business services arm LAS, then launched a search for a preferred digital provider of electronic building permits and is partnering with Cloudpermit to offer municipalities a digital platform to manage building permits more efficiently and effectively.
AMO selected Cloudpermit through a competitive bidding process. For the search, AMO was supported by an evaluation committee that included representatives from the Ontario Building Officials’ Association (OBOA), the Municipal Information Systems Association of Ontario (MISA ON), MPAC as well as AMO and Local Authority Services (LAS) staff. Learn more.
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MPAC Update at the 2022 Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) Conference |
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At this year’s ROMA conference, Nicole McNeill, MPAC President and Chief Administrative Officer, Alan Spacek, Chair, MPAC Board of Directors, and Carmelo Lipsi, MPAC Vice-President, Valuation and Customer Relations and Chief Operating Officer, gave an MPAC update, including highlights of our 2021 Assessment Roll Return.
Watch a recording of the presentation for these updates and hear about our municipal sector initiatives including preparations for this year’s municipal elections and our exploration of digital delivery of the annual Assessment Roll.
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Enumeration Update - VoterLookup Toolkit |
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Understanding the importance of preparing and maintaining accurate and up-to-date electoral information to support Ontario’s municipal and school board elections, MPAC created voterlookup.ca, an online tool where electors can add, update, or confirm their information.
Please join subject matter experts, Shannon Long, Account Manager, Enumeration and Brad Baker, Manager, Customer Interaction, as they highlight the resources offered in the voterlookup.ca communications toolkit, created to support municipalities with capturing the information they need to ensure their voters’ lists are accurate and up to date for the 2022 municipal election.
There will be an opportunity for Shannon and Brad to answer any questions you may have.
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Date: Thursday, February 3, 2022
Time: 1 to 2 p.m. EST
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View the schedule of upcoming municipal webinars on mpac.ca and view recordings of all past webinars on our YouTube channel.
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After the provincial government announced a new tax policy tool for municipalities in the 2020 Ontario budget, the City of Ottawa quickly sought out help from our municipal and stakeholder relations team to implement a new small business subclass.
“MPAC supported us by attending some of our stakeholder consultations, providing analytical support and working alongside us as we designed our process to understand what we needed on an ongoing basis and what was feasible,” says Joseph Muhuni, Ottawa’s Deputy City Treasurer.
“Being one of the first municipalities to implement the small business subclass in Ontario, we had to work closely with MPAC to iron out the flow of information and key dates for this municipally-driven subclass.”
Our team provided key support by showing the City different options for how to review their data geospatially and evaluate several different scenarios to inform policy decisions.
“By making sure the City of Ottawa had access to good data, we helped them make informed decisions and work as efficiently as possible,” says Jake Lefebvre, Account Manager, Municipal & Stakeholder Relations. “They were the first municipality to implement the new subclass for our 2021 roll return, meaning it takes effect with the 2022 taxation year.”
The City of Ottawa was also an integral partner in the development of a report on Ontario’s optional small business subclass. MPAC, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas (TABIA), Ontario Business Improvement Area Association (OBIAA) and other municipal representatives were also part of the working group that developed the report.
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