Municipal

Councillor Ron Ashmore has been docked two weeks’ pay for multiple violations of the City of Kawartha Lakes Code of Conduct and Ethics for Members of Council and Local Boards.

By a 7-2 vote, Kawartha Lakes council approved increased pay to the incoming council from 2023-2026.

Lindsay’s brand new sidewalks didn’t hold up well after one winter. Photos: William McGinn.

A first of its kind for the municipality, Kawartha Lakes is developing an Active Transportation Master Plan (ATMP) to identify a continuous and connected network of safe, comfortable and sustainable active transportation routes and facilities.

Council recommended at their committee of the whole meeting that $100,000 be set aside as potential seed money for a splash pad in Omemee.

Sandbags at the Burnt River Community Centre.

In a presentation to committee of the whole, Carlie Arbour, community development officer for Kawartha Lakes, and Lynne Manning, chair of the downtown revitalization advisory committee, reported to council the significant positive changes that have occurred in Kawartha Lakes communities since the implementation of wide-ranging plans for downtown improvement in 2017.