Municipal

Pride Week in Kawartha Lakes ended on a sour note when the city refused to allow a beach social to take place at Garnet Graham Beach Park in Fenelon Falls.

Kawartha Lakes residents will be asked to exercise their democratic right one more time on Oct. 24 in what could be a sea change election.

The sudden and severe storm that passed through the area on May 21 has resulted in damage to many properties from Pontypool, Bethany and Janetville in the south, up to Lindsay, Omemee and outside Bobcaygeon.

For the second time in 2022, integrity commissioner Charles Harnick has found a Kawartha Lakes councillor in contravention of the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act and the Code of Conduct for municipal officials.

Councillor Doug Elmslie will be giving up his council seat to run for the position of mayor in the October 2022 municipal election making this, so far, a two-person race of declared candidates.

Ontario ombudsman Paul Dube, has ruled that the Off-Road Vehicle Task Force of Kawartha Lakes violated the Municipal Act by holding parts of two meetings that should have been open to the public behind closed doors.

David Webb, a retired civil servant and member of the city’s waste management advisory committee, wants council to become leaders in waste reduction.