Simcoe County Council Considers Major Restructuring By Charlie Gamble Early in 2008, FoTTSA learned that Simcoe County Council was taking the first step to develop a plan that could lead to a complete restructuring of our County Government. Now more than ever, every taxpayer needs to understand what goes on [more]
Report on Council MEMBERS OF COUNCIL: Mayor Peggy Breckenridge Deputy Mayor George Lawrence Councillor André Claire Councillor George Cornell Councillor Nigel Warren ADMINISTRATION CHANGES: Doug Luker joined the Township staff as CAO/Clerk at the beginning of December. Steve Harvey became the Township’s Chief Municipal Law Enforcement Officer at the beginning of [more]
Low Water Levels in Georgian Bay By Judith Grant Low Water: Water levels in the Bay continue to be alarmingly low. In December the level came within a whisker of dropping below the 20th Century record low of 1963, but then the winter’s plentiful snowfall throughout the Great Lakes Basin rescued [more]
We Need Your Help! By Dorene Trunk There is an invader on our beaches, and most of us allow this clever, attractive survivor to establish itself and destroy our land. We complain about low water, high water, and who owns what while our beaches are being stolen by this aggressive [more]
The President’s Message By Judith Grant It’s been a long winter, and all of us are glad of the prospect of sunny pleasant weather and another summer at the beach. One benefit of all the snow is that the experts expect that all the melt water should have made its [more]
REPORT ON COUNCIL April 28, 2008 Committee of the Whole Meeting: 9:00 a.m. – 12:31 p.m. and 1:01 p.m. – 3:41 p.m. Regular Evening Meeting: 7:09 p.m. – 8:09 p.m. Four Members of Council present for much of the day. Mayor Breckenridge left at 2 p.m. of Committee of the Whole. Councillor André Claire [more]
REPORT ON COUNCIL March 31, 2008 Committee of the Whole Meeting: 9:01 a.m. – 12:53 p.m. and 1:16 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Regular Evening Meeting: 7:06 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. All Members of Council present. CONFIDENTIAL / CLOSED SESSION: 3:43 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. SSEA FINAL REPORT RE INVESTIGATIONS INTO BEACH WATER QUALITY: [more]
REPORT ON COUNCIL March 10, 2008 Committee of the Whole Meeting: 9:03 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and 1:03 p.m. – 4:41 p.m. Regular Evening Meeting: 7:06 p.m. – 7:44 p.m. All Members of Council present. CONFIDENTIAL / CLOSED SESSION: 1:36 p.m. – 4:36 p.m. NEW WAYS TO DISPOSE OF SEPTAGE: One of [more]
Confidential/Closed Session; Official Tree for Tiny Township; Septic Re-Inspection Update; Decision re: Grant’s Tomb Island Road; Governance Report Re: County Council; County to Recycle Electronics; One Bag Limit Coming This Fall; Council Salary Increases Approved; [more]
The Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations