Chuck Stradling
Area of residence in Tiny Township: 64 Forest Circle - Lafontaine Area
Chuck Stradling confirms his intent to run for municipal office in Tiny Township in 2026 for the position of Mayor
Short Bio:
I have decided to put my name forward for election as mayor of the Township of Tiny for the upcoming term. I feel my past career experience, over ten years of observing local council meetings and my community involvement have equipped me to lead our new council in the right direction. This is not a decision I have made lightly being someone that is quite enjoying retirement life.
I believe I have the integrity necessary to provide ethical decision-making and transparency and to maintain a clear vision for the township’s future. My strong communication skills will help me motivate both staff and residents toward common goals.
I have been a resident of Tiny for the last fifteen years, and up until now, I have not witnessed the obvious public unrest and distrust of our current council. I believe that the temperature needs to be dialed down significantly. It appears that if you want to affect change then you need to get elected. I am more than prepared to take up the challenge.
As most know, Tiny council consists of five individuals, each with one vote. The mayor has no special power when it comes to making decisions and there are no platforms to run on. As of this upcoming term, only the mayor sits as Tiny’s representative on County Council where a significant amount of our tax dollars ends up
My personal positions are as follows:
There needs to be full transparency
Fiscal responsibility is paramount
Town Hall meetings should take place on all proposed major undertakings
Our long-range strategic plan requires public input.Tax increases should be targeted at no more than the rise in the cost-of-living
Protection of our environment is a priority
Need to Improve relations with our neighbouring municipalities
Local Involvement
November 2015, initiated and formed the Lafontaine Area Homeowners Association (LASHA) which serves the designated shoreline community between the 18th and 15th Concessions
regularly attend meetings of Tiny council or watch on YouTube
keep local community members up to speed on issues through monthly newsletter (LASHA Currents).
January 2017, appointed to Tiny Townships Lafontaine Beach Master Plan Implementation Committee (LAMP) and elected chair. The LA Beach Park now boasts accessible children’s playground and walkways; bocce court; pavilion and washrooms. Plus, over several years, in cooperation with the Township and SSEA, our LASHA volunteers removed over 100 waste bags of invasive spotted knapweed from the beach area.
April 2019 was appointed to the new Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee and elected Chair.
elected to the FoTTSA Board of Directors from 2022 to 2024 and served as a Director and Chair of the Governance Committee.
Other LASHA accomplishments include;
installing benches at 5 beachfront locations;
installing a large welcome sign at the top of the hill on the 16th Concession promoting our beautiful beaches and a 40 KMH limit;
coordinated two meet the candidate sessions for the 2022 municipal elections;
lobbied council about poor road conditions resulting in a significant portion of our community roads now being addressed;
approached Council in June 2023 to address the speeding issue by instituting a 40 KPH limit on TBRN, marking of the bike lanes
lobbied for community safety zones and Automates Speed Enforcement;
continued working with the Tiny Township Residents Alliances (TTRA) efforts to have council re-think its approach to the administrative building through the “Stop the Build” campaign;
provided full reports on all council meetings via the Tiny Cottager bi-annual print newsletter and monthly Flash e-newsletter;
requested improvements to the beach access at the 15th Concession with permanent improvements made in 2025.
Supported FoTTSA in its opposition to the extreme parameters of the shoreline by-law.
Relevant background experience: The last ten years of my 31-year career with GO Transit, I served as Director of Property Management. In this position I oversaw the day-to-day operations of all stations and support facility operations (maintenance, ticket sales, customer services, advertising, property leasing/acquisition and disposal). My portfolio included over 50 facilities and my staff dealt with over 50,000 customers and 30,000 parked cars daily. I was responsible for annual capital/operating budgets of over $50Million; annual revenues of over $100 Million and over 300 unionized and management staff. As a member of senior management, I also participated in labor negotiations and arbitrated grievance hearings.
In August 1999 I was retained by BOMA Toronto in the role of Executive Vice President and carefully guided the organization in both growth and prosperity for the next ten years. Some highlights of my career with BOMA Toronto included: development and implementation of the annual strategic planning process and governance manual for the Board of Directors; implementation of the association management database, financial systems and web site integration; negotiated and implemented a 3 Year $75 Million Conservation Demand Management Program with the Ontario Power Authority; spearheaded the development and implementation of the BOMA BESt National commercial building environmental management program and certificate of building excellence program.
Get in touch with Chuck Directly:
Email: Chucksformayor@gmail.com
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