S1E08 - From Mayor To Municipal Development Consultant w/ John Mutton
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S1E08 - From Mayor To Municipal Development Consultant w/ John Mutton
John Mutton has been a regional councillor, Mayor of Clarington and now serves as a municipal planning consultant. He was in public office for over 9 years, and became intimately aware of Official plans, secondary plans, negotiating, committees, etc. He’s been involved in development projects on both the public and private sector, and speaks the language of both.
What You’ll Learn:
- What is it like to be a Mayor anyway?
- The pressures of being Mayor or in public service
- How he felt he was prepared to serve as Mayor
- How his time on council prepared him to be a planning consultant
- What is the Official plan
- How it shows which areas are growing
- What is a secondary plan
- What is the true cost of development
- How he employees local tradespeople for building projects
- What is a severance and can you get one these days
- The benefits of using a municipal planning consultant
- His role in helping clients with the Ontario Land Tribunal Board
- Why Ryan thinks John is good at getting sh*t done!
- Where he’s developing projects
- Who, what, where, why of land development
- Why building permits that are supposed to be 10 days are taking months
- And MUCH more!
Bio:
John Mutton is the President and Chief Executive Officer of MuniSol Inc. and Municipal Solutions Energy and Infrastructure LLC., a consulting, advisory and business development firm focused on enabling infrastructure solutions for the building trades and their contractors in North America.
Mr. Mutton also continues as the Chief Economist for Municipal Solutions and its business lines.
Mr. Mutton is also head of the Project Management for all MS developments as well as large client developments and Ontario Land Tribunal Appeals.
Contact:
Web: https://www.municipalsolutions.ca/our-team
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