Former Springwater DM applies for audit of mayor’s election expenses Note: An earlier posting stated that the committee would meet Thursday July 9 at 1 pm and 3 pm. That has now been changed to Monday July 20 at 9 am and 10 am, with time held in reserve Tuesday July 21 if required. AWARE News [...
In early June we had our second strategic planning session at the County of Simcoe. The purpose of the meeting was to reaffirm the direction County Council is taking over the next few years. Many confirmed that as a County we must be fiscally diligent but at the same time respond to the growing needs...
By Gisele Winton Sarvis Barrie Examiner WASAGA BEACH – Wasaga Beach Mayor Brian Smith now has the authority to direct staff, in addition to the chief administrative officer, following a 5-2 vote on the matter at Tuesday’s council meeting. In a heated debate, Deputy Mayor Nina Bifolchi sai...
By Paul Brian, The Enterprise-Bulletin The Collingwood Public Utilities Services Board (CPUSB) is no more, following a close 5-3 vote Monday night. Deputy Mayor Brian Saunderson, Coun. Kathy Jeffery, Coun. Deb Doherty, Coun. Cam Ecclestone and Coun. Bob Madigan voted in favour of dissolving the CPUSB...
New Tecumseth Free Press Online A week removed from a unanimous decision to issue the Tottenham airport property owner an ultimatum to conduct bore hole tests for contaminated soil at the fill import operation underway as part of its runway expansion, councillors last night agreed to wait for a Town ...
By Jenni Dunning Midland Mirror MIDLAND – Midland Power Utility Corporation is once again on the market. After a series of closed meetings since March, the town issued a press release Monday announcing it intends to “pursue a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) process for a potential transaction...
AWARE News Network A crowd-funding campaign has been launched to save the Beeton Woods. The appeal on the gofundme website states that the funds will be used to retain legal representation to address problems in the permits application and approval process, and to obtain expert assessments of the va...
AWARE News Network A yearling bear was photographed wandering through Beeton June 13 2015. Recently, after a young bear was shot in Newmarket, naturalist Bob Bowles had the following comment in his Orillia Packet & Times column. ‘Young black bears that were born in winter dens in Jan...
By Rick Vanderlinde Innisfil Journal Innisfil council has backed off its plan to charge residents a $25 fee to file a code of conduct complaint against any of the town’s municipal politicians. Initiated by Coun. Donna Orsatti, residents will once again be able to complain to the town’s integrity comm...
By Rick Vanderlinde Innisfil Journal Some taxpayers may flinch when they see how much the town pays its managers now, but keeping top talent means matching salaries with competing municipalities, council has heard. CAO John Skorobohacz warned council members attracting and keeping municipal administr...
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