Council stops short of opening chequebook for research partnership By SARA ROSS Orillia Packet & Times October 4 2011 Orillia councillors would like to see funding partners come forward to support a city partnership with Lakehead University to look at cleaning up the city’s brownfield site...

By NATHAN TAYLOR The Packet & Times July 26 2011 The search for a new city manager should be suspended, the mayor says. A couple of city councillors say halting the process won’t help, while others support the recommendation. Read more ...

Mayor explains reason why he wants to halt hiring process Letter to the Packet and Times July 26 2011 This past week, a dark cloud has been cast over the city’s effort to hire a city manager. The legitimate right to privacy to which all job applicants are entitled was violated. Council matters ...

Local woman says posting may have discouraged some By NATHAN TAYLOR The Packet & Times July 26 2011 A woman who applied for the city manager position says she raised concerns about the job requirements before they were changed. Read more ...

Conflict of interest legislation covers exclusively pecuniary interest By Sara Ross, QMI Agency July 22 2011 ORILLIA — Mayor Angelo Orsi’s election-campaign connection to council’s chosen applicant for the city manager’s position isn’t a conflict of interest, says one expert i...

2011’s capital plan not out of the ordinary By Sara Ross The Packet & Times May 14 2011 They’re not reinventing the wheel. But city officials have tabled a capital budget that continues to address Orillia’s infrastructure deficit which has built up over the past two decades, Co...

From Kelly Clune, Orillia WMAC member May 1 2011Orillia's Waste Management Advisory Committee (WMAC) recently passed the following motion:“Whereas the City of Orillia has provided an extended waste program which includes recycling and composting as well as education to its citizens for over 20 years;...

By Frank Matys Simcoe.com Apr 21, 2011 ORILLIA – A decision to bill non-residents caught up in car accidents on Orillia soil will drive away out-of-town shoppers, warns an Oro-Medonte resident. “They are cutting their own throats,” Fred Sare said this week. “The city needs a b...

WMAC members butt heads over ‘combustion’ By MIRANDA MINASSIAN, THE PACKET & TIMES April 14 2011 Fireworks erupted at a meeting Wednesday night where waste “combustion” was suggested as a solution for the city’s trash. Waste management advisory committee (WMAC) memb...

Confidential correspondence between city and Ontario Realty Corporation obtained by The Packet & Times By NATHAN TAYLOR Orillia Packet & Times March 19 2011 The release of confidential information regarding the Huronia Regional Centre (HRC) has prompted Mayor Angelo Orsi to call for a ̶...