Annual Report 2000 - Halifax Regional Municipality
Annual Report 2000 - Halifax Regional Municipality
Annual Report 2000 - Halifax Regional Municipality
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Awards<br />
and Recognition<br />
<strong>Halifax</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Municipality</strong> has been recognized provincially and nationally with<br />
awards for excellence in various categories. This recognition, including the following, is a<br />
testament to the commitment and dedication of HRM management and staff to excellence<br />
in both the development and delivery of high caliber, efficient programs and services.<br />
Federation of Canadian<br />
Municipalities, Sustainable<br />
Community Award <strong>2000</strong><br />
• “Reduction in<br />
Greenhouse Gases.”<br />
Canadian Public Relations<br />
Society - Nova Scotia<br />
Gemstone Awards 1999.<br />
Two awards received:<br />
• “Creation of the <strong>Halifax</strong><br />
<strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Municipality</strong><br />
Organic Collection<br />
Program School Video”<br />
and<br />
• “<strong>Halifax</strong> <strong>Regional</strong><br />
<strong>Municipality</strong> & McArthur<br />
Thompson & Law for the<br />
Launch of the Organic<br />
Collection Communications<br />
Program.”<br />
Canadian Public Relations<br />
Society - Nova Scotia<br />
Gemstone Awards <strong>2000</strong><br />
• “<strong>Halifax</strong> <strong>Regional</strong><br />
<strong>Municipality</strong> and<br />
Corporate Communications<br />
Limited for The Mayor’s<br />
Crosswalk Safety Campaign.”<br />
The Canadian Association<br />
of Municipal<br />
Administrators & The<br />
Royal Bank of Canada<br />
• Honourable Mention,<br />
Willis Award for Innovation<br />
“Fiscal Accountability -<br />
Multi-Year Fiscal Strategy<br />
and Business Planning.”<br />
Conference Board of<br />
Canada Award<br />
• “1999 Top Employer of<br />
Youth in Nova Scotia,”<br />
Youth Live.<br />
Canadian Association for<br />
Community Education<br />
• “1999 Program of the<br />
Year,” Youth Live.<br />
Nova Scotia Environmental<br />
Award<br />
• “1999 Youth Award of<br />
Merit”, Youth Live.<br />
Crime Prevention Society of<br />
Nova Scotia<br />
• “1999 Top Youth<br />
Initiative,” Youth Live.<br />
1999 Canada Post Literacy<br />
Leadership Award<br />
• “Children’s Reading<br />
Support Program”,<br />
<strong>Halifax</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> Library.<br />
Industry Canada<br />
• “LibraryNet Best<br />
Practices 1999.”<br />
Nova Scotia Waste<br />
Diversion Conference.<br />
Award received twice -<br />
• “Highest Per Capita<br />
Waste Diversion Award in<br />
1998/99 and in 1999/00.”<br />
Mayor Walter Fitzgerald presenting award from the Nova Scotia<br />
Resource Recovery Fund Board to Councillor Reg Rankin.<br />
From left to right, FCM President: Mayor Sam Synard,<br />
Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador; HRM Energy Auditor:<br />
Chris Feetham, and the Honourable Minister of the<br />
Environment: David Anderson.<br />
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