Tag: City hall
Councillors balk at adding more homeless encampment depots
London’s program to provide people who live in homeless encampments with food, water, garbage cleanup and portable washrooms is on shaky ground, after city councillors floated a lifeline until the end of February. Councillors ultimately voted 10-5 at a meeting Tuesday of city council’s strategic priorities and policy committee to endorse letting depots as they […]
City hall unveils citizen-picked winners in $250K neighbourhood project program
After six days of online, phone and in-person voting, the results are in for this yearâs Neighbourhood Decision-Making program
City news: Bluffs building help, fire truck sale, cemetery niche, more
A pilot project will be extended in which Owen Sound building department staff will continue to provide building permit and inspection services for Georgian Bluffs. Also, city staff would support bylaw enforcement and any future short-term rental licensing program in the township by providing inspections and licences. The pilot started in May to solve a […]
In one Southwestern Ontario county, new rules urge respect for staff: ‘Long overdue’
Norfolk County residents are on notice â misbehave on public property and you might get the boot.
Council directs city staff to limit budget increase to 5%
So far, Owen Sound homeowners are facing an overall estimated four per cent tax levy increase on their property tax bill, city hall estimates show. If estimates hold, for a home assessed at $232,000, taxes would increase by $178.25, or $14.85 per month, a report to city council Monday says. The city uses 2016 assessed […]