Tag: council

Grey hopes to add EV chargers for its fleet, staff and public

Grey County is seeking a $100,000 grant for 20 Level 2 electric vehicle chargers at its transportation depots and administration building, with the possibility of more elsewhere. These are medium-speed chargers intended to plug into cars, SUVs and pickups to recharge them overnight. The chargers will have the capability to meter the electricity used to […]

Some city councillors question affordability of increases

On a night when Owen Sound council approved an eight per cent water bill increase and discussed how the city sets its other fees, the cost to taxpayers caused some on council to question how much more people can afford. Monday night council unanimously approved an eight per cent increase in the combined water and […]

With River District project $1 million over-budget, council says no

Owen Sound council on Monday decided against proceeding with next phase of the River District Precinct plan to turn the 900-block of 1st Avenue East into an inviting people place because work bids came in nearly $1 million over budget. Seven councillors voted against the staff recommendation to proceed with the project because of the […]

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Grey County councillors inspect new Rockwood Terrace project plans

West Grey Mayor Paul McQueen questioned consultants designing the new Rockwood Terrace long-term care/assisted living home in conjunction with county staff about how pandemic-resistant will it be. One of the most difficult things during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic was when home residents couldn’t visit with their families, he said. Would the new home […]

City seeking comment on community garden policies

After council turned down a community garden in a small city park near Hillcrest Elementary School due to community concerns in July 2021, council resolved to update city policy on these gardens. City staff have come up with a draft update, which eliminates the park in question, Stobbe Park, on 5th Avenue A West, a […]

Glassworks housing proponents respond to city council concerns

A proponent of a different kind of affordable housing project, on industrial or “employment” land which needs city permission to rezone, asked city council for help to “surmount the red tape.” Kelsey Carrierre, president of Glassworks Cooperative, filled in councillors on the group’s development concept. She appeared Monday, at the last meeting of the current […]

Homeless situation in Grey County has become ‘more dire’

The majority of people identified as homeless in Grey County are local, contrary to some misconceptions, the county’s community services director said Thursday. Anne Marie Shaw confirmed the origin of homeless people in the county in an answer to a question from Owen Sound Deputy Mayor Brian O’Leary at county council Thursday. O’Leary wondered if […]

Arran-Elderslie’s newest council member thinks people ready for growth

Arran-Elderslie Mayor Steve Hammell was acclaimed on a council which saw its long-time deputy mayor replaced with a newcomer and one councillor replaced with a former holder of that office. Jennifer Christie handily defeated Mark Davis to become Arran-Elderslie’s incoming deputy mayor in Monday’s election. Christie’s received 1,704 votes to Davis’s 722. That’s 70.2 per […]

City council roundup: subdivision extension, fees rising, jail sold

Owen Sound council granted a developer’s request for a three-year extension to its draft plan approval for the first phase of the Redhawk subdivision across from the hospital. The Redhawk subdivision is to be built on the south side of 8th Street East, between 16th Avenue East and the future 20th Avenue East extension. The […]