Wellington County

Staff have presented options for allowing backyard hens on smaller agricultural lots and rural residential areas in GET following council's director earlier this year

But even though they've secured a new temporary physical space at 148 George Street, down the street from their old location, staff say they're still dealing with a lot of 'unseen damage'

The increase last year was 8.9 per cent, the largest in the county

An additional 398 hectares of community and employment lands are needed in Centre Wellington to accommodate the density and intensification levels mandated in the province's 2051 minimum growth targets

The detailed 2024 operating budget and revised ten-year plan will be presented to the committee in January 2024

Among their concerns, Centre Wellington staff said three of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment's new proposals 'pose concerns to the protection of municipal drinking water sources'

This follows a report at Tuesday’s committee of the whole meeting that gave Centre Wellington council two options to consider cannabis retail with no recommendation either way

While CAO Scott Wilson said anything close to six per cent tax levy increase would have been terrible in the past, construction costs and inflation have changed the game

Previously 6.7 per cent in June, township staff say a tax increase of 4.5 per cent will help maintain 2023 spending levels

In a new report, staff are recommending investing approximately $400,000 in an odour control system for the Clyde Street Wastewater Pumping Station