Municipal elections will be held in October, and Deep River Mayor Sue D’Eon is seeking a third term in office as head of council.
D’Eon first ran for election in 2018, laying down three goals at that time (open government, infrastructure, and community) and feels council has made great strides in all three of those areas.
“I’m pleased to report that the amount of time Deep River council has gone into closed session over the last seven years has declined dramatically,” she says of her focus on open government.
“While there are still very appropriate and legal reasons to go into closed session, we have reduced the frequency by at least 50 percent.”
D’Eon goes on to say that Deep River is ahead of its municipal peers in terms of access to open government.
“We continue to record and telecast all our council meetings for citizens to watch at their leisure,” she says.
“All of our council agendas and related reports, documents and financials are available on our website.
“Are we perfect? Absolutely not, but we will always continue to improve our best practices for governing, going forward”…
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