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Mar 15th, 2015
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Report of the March 9, 2015 Tiny Council Meeting By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny Mayor Cornell was absent. Deputy-Mayor Walma chaired the meeting, his first. Mr. Lyn Downer made a presentation to council regarding the Heritage Designation of the Concession 2 Bridge. He is concerned that the bridge is in per...
Mar 3rd, 2015
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Report of Tiny Township Council Meeting Friday February 27, 2015 By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny Beamish will not be requesting a second public meeting on their proposed quarry expansion until April or May because some of the key people have been away. They have been in discussion with some of the property ...
Feb 14th, 2015
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Report of Tiny Township Council Meeting Monday February 9, 2015 By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny The main focus of this meeting was to find a solution of what to do with the restoration of Hall’s Creek which is situated at Davy Lane and Tiny Beaches Road South. The four options are:          1.  Stabil...
Feb 8th, 2015
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Report of Tiny Township Public Meeting, Monday January 26, 2015: Proposed Expansion of Beamish Aggregate Pit on Lot 80, Concession 1 a.s. (Baseline Road) By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny This application is for a license to produce 600,000 additional tonnes annually. Les Selby, on behalf of Beamish Construct...
Jan 29th, 2015
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Report of Tiny Township Council Meeting, Monday January 26, 2015 By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny Burnside and Associates made a presentation regarding the staatus and next steps of the septage issue. Burnside confirms that this issue is on Phase 2 and on hold. The preferred alternative is to find a sight to...
Jan 27th, 2015
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By Sara Carson Barrie Advance Your municipal council members may be holding illegal closed session meetings and if you formally complain, the investigation that follows may not be accurate. Tuesday, Ontario Ombudsman André Marin released his third-annual report on closed session meetings. He criticiz...
Jan 26th, 2015
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By  Roberta Bell, Orillia Packet & Times Lakehead University has launched a project to study the quality of the water in Lake Couchiching. There isn’t as much research on Lake Couchiching as there is on the nearby and more polluted Lake Simcoe, said Sree Kurissery, the environmental microbi...
Jan 15th, 2015
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AWARE Simcoe List of municipal employees in Simcoe County who were paid more that $100,000 in 2013. Link to entire list that was released today.  Two municipalities – Essa and Tay – do not appear on the list. County of Simcoe AITKEN MARK Chief Administrative Officer $239,961.54 $1,426.30 ...
Jan 14th, 2015
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From Peter Anderson Tiny Township Tiny Township is considering an official plan and zoning amendment to allow Beamish Construction limited to expand its existing aggregate operation on part lot 79 and 80 (40 Darby Road ) North to 2 Darby Road. To my knowledge no one has involved the Severn Sound Envi...
Dec 9th, 2014
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Public will be able to flle complaints about municipalities, universities, school boards (but not Conservation Authorities!) Ontario Ombudsman news release Ontario Ombudsman André Marin today welcomed the historic passage of a new law that will allow his office to investigate complaints about municip...