The latest Municipal stories from Lindsay and the City of Kawartha Lakes.
Long time Ward Five councillor Pat Dunn confirmed via email with the Advocate that he will not be running for council in his ward in October, opening the door to a run for mayor.
Kawartha Lakes Police Services chief Mark Mitchell presented to council a detailed outline of the Community Safety and Well Being plan that will likely be adopted by council officially on Jan. 25.
Not all families can give gifts to their children in the way they would like. For those families who are on Ontario Works, disability, or receiving childcare subsidies, the city’s Adopt a Child program can help.
Kawartha Lakes council voted unanimously to donate $1 million to the Ross Memorial Foundation capital fundraising campaign for 2021.
At the December 14 council meeting, Councillor Pat O’Reilly passed the baton to Councillor Tracy Richardson, from Ward 8, who was elected as the deputy mayor of Kawartha Lakes for the 2022 term, effective Jan. 1, 2022.
Kawartha Lakes council passed their 2022 operating budget at a special meeting of council on Dec. 7, keeping the increase in the tax levy to 3 per cent.
Two more important pieces of the overall Kawartha Lakes 2022 budget were approved by council at their recent meeting – a $34 million water and wastewater budget and the $1.8 million special project budget.
Director of corporate services Jennifer Stover put before council earlier this week a detailed plan for the city’s 2022 operating budget.
After a line-by-line review of the 2022 Kawartha Lakes capital budget, council approved about $40 million in spending.
Kawartha Lakes council has thrown their support behind Omemee’s revitalization and the Wellness Centre in Coboconk.
In a move made to save money and extend the life of the Fenelon Falls landfill site, the city announced via press release that the site will be closing Jan 1 and will remain closed until May 1.
Kawartha Lakes council recommended the approval of five out of six routes that will allow owners of these vehicles to travel on city-owned roads to access the Victoria Rail Trail at various locations.
Describing 2021 as a year like no other, Steve Podolsky, board chair of the Lindsay Downtown Business Improvement Association, and Melissa McFarland, executive director of the Lindsay Downtown BIA, asked council for a 3.7 percent increase in funding for the municipal board established and responsible to Kawartha Lakes Council.
More ATV routes will be considered on Tuesday, Nov. 16 by Kawartha Lakes Council.
With the chronic shortage of affordable housing in Kawartha Lakes, the work being done by the municipally owned Kawartha Lakes Haliburton Housing Corporation in providing geared to income housing is becoming all the more important.
The Kawartha Lakes Library Board has asked council for a 2 per cent increase over 2021. That amount translates into $131,000.
The Kawartha Lakes Police Service is calling for an additional $541,000 in funding for 2022.
Dr. Natalie Bocking, medical officer of health for the Haliburton-Kawartha-Pine Ridge District Health Unit, has requested a five percent increase in the local public health unit levy.
Among a survey of current councillors, Pat Dunn, Doug Elmslie and Ron Ashmore are all considering a run for the mayor’s position next November.
High profile Lindsay lawyer Jason Ward has made it official -- he will be running for mayor in next year’s municipal election.
Darryl James, a local entrepreneur and father of three who helped galvanize support to keep ORVs off Lindsay’s streets, says the fight is “not over.”
In a stunning about-face, Kawartha Lakes council voted down a motion by Mayor Andy Letham to prohibit ORVs from accessing local, collector or arterial roads in Lindsay.
Since the last round of municipal elections in Ontario in 2018, experts have been parsing the results and many say they are very concerned with what they have discovered. It is clear to many in the media, politics and academia that municipal councils do not reflect the people they govern.
Will city residents be facing a 45 per cent property tax increase over 10 years? Or maybe it will be the closure of arenas, libraries, and community halls? Perhaps limiting garbage pick-up to every other week?
