Residents of Wheatley will have the opportunity to have their questions about last week’s explosion answered during a virtual meeting to be held Saturday, September 4 at 10 a.m.
The meeting will be viewable on the municipal Facebook site and YouTube channel.
Questions submitted by residents onscreen will be directed to members of a panel including municipal officials and others.
Chatham-Kent Mayor Darrin Canniff, West Kent Councillor Melissa Harrigan, Chief Administrative Officer Don Shropshire, Fire Chief Chris Case and Community and Human Services General Manager April Rietdyk will participate as well as representatives from the Insurance Bureau of Canada and the Chatham-Kent Legal Services Clinic, Municipal officials say.
A representative from the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry has been invited as well.
Shropshire said although municipal officials have been providing regular updates as the situation unfolds, the municipality wants to do more.
“We understand that people have a lot of questions,” he said, in a media release.
“In a pre-Covid world, we would be holding the meeting in Wheatley but the next best thing is for us to use technology to reach out virtually. I encourage anyone in Wheatley who has questions to participate. We may not have all of the answers but we will do our best.”
More details:
Residents of Wheatley who have questions about last week’s explosion but are unable to participate in tomorrow’s virtual community meeting may submit their questions in advance to CKcommunications@chatham-kent.
The virtual meeting will be held Saturday, September 4 at 10 a.m. and will be viewable on the municipal Facebook site and YouTube channel.
The meeting will remain on those sites for viewing once the session is completed. Closed captioning and transcribed material will be available next week.
The session will consist of an update on the situation followed by answers to questions submitted by residents onscreen to members of a panel including municipal officials and others.
Chatham-Kent Mayor Darrin Canniff, West Kent Councillor Melissa Harrigan, Chief Administrative Officer Don Shropshire, Fire Chief Chris Case and Community and Human Services General Manager April Rietdyk will participate as well as representatives from the Insurance Bureau of Canada and the Chatham-Kent Legal Services Clinic.
A representative from the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry has been invited as well.
The municipality’s reception centre at the Wheatley Arena will be open for support between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday September 4. Residents who need information after hours can call 519-350-2956. Evacuees requiring after hours support (i.e. food, shelter, clothing) please contact case management at 519-354-6628.
