Tag: council
Budget Update
The second draft of the 2019 Municipal Budget continues to project a 2.5% increase in the municipal tax levy. Since the original draft, some updates have been made. On the positive side, corporate insurance…
Preliminary Budget Proposes a 2.5% Municipal Rate Hike
Council started their new term in office with a review of the township’s financial situation during a day-long meeting last month, where Director of Finance Kimberley Pope presented a preliminary draft of current budget.…
Renewable Energy Project Inches Forward
In the 2018 Budget, Council allocated $5,000 for a feasibility study evaluating the economic potential of a community based bio-digester. Following a presentation to Council by Kawartha RNG on their project in Havelock, Staff…
Municipal Election Results
As this municipal term comes to an end, we say thank you to two municipal leaders who have served our community well: Cavan Councillor Jordan Landry and former Mayor and Deputy Mayor John Fallis. …
Comment – Every Vote Counts
The good news and bad news in a democracy is that every vote counts, so ones cast by informed and thoughtful voters carry no more weight than those selected by those who throw the…
Mayor Candidate Scott McFadden
It has been an absolute honour and privilege to serve as the Mayor of Cavan Monaghan for the past 4 years and as the Deputy Mayor for the 4 years prior to that. I…
Mayor Candidate Jim Chaplin
The key issues in this campaign are the rapidly rising taxes in recent years. My own taxes are up 106% since 2010. In Millbrook the water rates are out of control and are having…