Mayor Neil Ellis is running for a second term and spoke Tuesday night at the mayoral debate at Loyalist College. Ellis, 48, has been mayor for four years, which was his first political experience. He spent three years at Carleton University studying law and psychology. He has lived in Belleville his entire life. He was involved heavily with the community before he began his term as mayor. Ellis was on the minor hockey board, director of Quinte Ballet School, was one of the founding directors of Buy Locally Owned Group, sat on the Revenue Canada Agency Board, and was a community Harry J Clarke parent teacher volunteer. He purchased a family business, which was a bike store. He still owns the store, which he’s owned 27 years. Ellis feels that infrastructure is a major platform for Belleville. He would like to improve the fire station, saying it does not adequately serve the systems of Belleville. There is a plan for a new fire station, and the police station has been on the business plan too. Ellis feels like they will be able to get both buildings and build a strong community, with little effect on taxpayers.
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Posted on November 1, 2010
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