Municipal

In 2019 the city collected a little over $139 million in taxation from the citizens of Kawartha Lakes, with $5.57… Continue reading “Unpaid property taxes in city lower than provincial average, audit shows”

Kawartha Lakes Chief Administrative Officer Ron Taylor said the city’s priority was “cost containment,” not maintaining pre-pandemic level city services,… Continue reading “CAO on hot seat; Councillors demand answers on slow city response times”

By a vote of 8-1, Kawartha Lakes council passed a sweeping by-law that will limit the use of fireworks to… Continue reading “City fine tunes fireworks legislation; Ashmore opposes limits in bylaw”

Hope Lee, manager of human services–housing, shared a report with council laying out in stark terms the homelessness crisis in… Continue reading “Homeless shelter needs re-imagining, says city manager”

Aaron Sloan, manager of municipal law enforcement for Kawartha Lakes, had charitable toll roads and chickens on his mind in… Continue reading “Charitable road tolls and backyard chickens: Council presentation”

Deferral of Cultural Centre Task Force Donna Goodwin, economic development officer for arts, culture and heritage, asked council to defer… Continue reading “Council briefs: Cultural centre, road improvements, traffic calming”

When the town of Lindsay sold their hydro-electric company decades ago to Ontario Hydro there was a decision made that… Continue reading “City to consider CHEST fund money for local charities”