Next month, Nations Elected Council (SNEC) will detail all the activities and projects that the 58th general council have worked on since being elected in November 2019.

The update will be given at the organization's Annual General Assembly (AGA) that is scheduled to take place on Aug. 24. Darrin Jamieson, SNEC CEO, presented the current infrastructure plan and detailed the AGA to SNEC during the July 17 general finance meeting.

Jamieson spoke on what the focus of the AGA will be and what his hopes are to come from the event.

"Really, it's an opportunity to report on activities from this term of council, provide a snapshot of future plans that we've developed as well as the tools that really help us to look at optimization, implementation and adjustment as we move forward," he said. "Just really to kind of get community out and together."

Jamieson says this work being done is to allow for a succession plan between the current SNEC and the upcoming 59 general election that will take place in November.

"All of this work that we want to share with community is really a succession plan for the next term of council," he said. "We've developed a 10 year financial plan that supports infrastructure builds to close that huge gap that we still have in the community. A services gap that are linked to that in terms of service mapping to those facilities. Housing as we are all very well aware, we have a huge gap. Our wait list is 251 people on the rental wait list alone, along with lots of people wanting to build privately. These tools and plans that we have are really there for us to action what we can given the time we have remaining in this term, but also for the next council."

Jamesion says there is a $1.6 billion infrastructure gap when you compare Six Nations to other municipalities in the area.

"This is basically a half billion dollar investment plan for the next 10 years. That will significantly close our infrastructure gap in the community and that is foundational for other activity and prosperity to happen in the community," he said. "There's a lot of gap here, the overall gap is actually at least $1.6 billion in terms of the gap that exist in this community if you compare it to another municipality in the area."

Jamieson says its important to close that gap: with community growth continuing and members choosing to come back to the community, SNEC will need to provide services that will grow at the same rate. He says closing the gap is crucial in order for the community to be sustainable. He says clean drinking water, quality housing and reliable services are all key priorities that need to be addressed.

The SNEC AGA will take place Thursday, Aug. 24 from 4-9 p.m. at the Six Nations Community Hall. The event will be open to the public.

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