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Groundwater Monitoring Continues
Last month Council received the first annual update on the groundwater monitoring program conducted by Cambium Inc. who has been retained to watch water in and around the Municipal supply wells. Among other things,…
Information Session Outlines Municipal Candidate Roles and Responsibilities
Information Session Outlines Municipal Candidate Roles and Responsibilities Last week a dozen interested residents from Cavan Monaghan and Otonabee South Monaghan attended the joint information session developed to inform potential municipal representative candidates…
Nomination Period for Municipal Elections Opens May 1st
Nominations for Cavan Monaghan Municipal Council will run from May 1st to July 27th at 2 pm. for the upcoming municipal elections. Applicants must submit a completed nomination form along with the appropriate fee…
County Invites Township to Merge Official Planning Activities
County Planning Staff members Bryan Weir and Iain Mudd made a presentation at the August 8th Council meeting at the invitation of Township staff to outline their invitation to merge their local Official Plan…
Council Establishes Noise By-Law
Cavan Monaghan has always operated without a noise by-law addressing noise-related complaints as they arose. Last month, at the suggestion of Chief Building Official Kyle Phillips, the township adopted an official noise by-law to…
Plan B: Township Staff to Seek Alternative Routes to Secure Serviced Industrial Land
Last month, Council rejected an appeal made by Peterborough Chief Administrative Officer Alan Seabrooke that the township accept an alternative payment schedule in compensation for a successful boundary change transferring 4140 acres of residential…
The Council Column
This year my family decided to get solar panels on our rooftop. It’s a good thing we made the decision because this year is the last year for the MicroFit program. There are a…
County Strategic Plan in Review
Last month Peterborough County passed its 2017 budget which results in an assessment increase of 2.92% for County residents. Together with the municipal rate increase established in the 2017 Cavan Monaghan municipal budget in…
No More Paper Ballots: Council Confirms Telephone and Internet Voting for the 2018 Municipal Election
At their October 18th meeting, Council passed a by-law confirming that in the next municipal election, votes may only be cast on the telephone or the internet, a process that will be managed by…