As Chair of ELK, I wish to bring you some updates on what the new board has been working on during the last year. New skills based Board took office in January 2023 E.L.K. has underinvested in the distribution system by $20 million dollars compared to other utilities in the… Read More »ELK Energy Update 2024

It is Almost Complete! Let’s celebrate a significant milestone for our community with the enhancement of County Road 50. This project is made possible by a generous investment of over $2.7m from the federal government through the Infrastructure Canada Active Transportation Fund. This funding enables the County of Essex to… Read More »County Road 50 Paved Shoulder

Vacant Store Fronts on the Decline. When we invest in our downtowns, our downtowns invest in us! Administration has recently conducted a downtown vacancy study to assess the state of our rural main streets. The first study was conducted during the summer of 2017, the second in the summer of… Read More »Update on Vacancy Rates

Special Council Meeting February 20th On Tuesday February 20th at 5:00, Essex Council is hosting a Special Council Meeting with Hydro 1. Please tune in to hear the improvements Hydro 1 is making in our area to increase reliability. You can watch the meeting on our YouTube Channel- https://www.youtube.com/@EssexOntario

A Vote of 8 to 6 Opposed to Changing the Target. Essex County Council is the delivery agent for Windsor Essex EMS, that means we are responsible for setting the response time targets for Land Ambulance. In providing performance reports to the Ministry, each municipality mustreport on:The percentage of times… Read More »Essex County Council Rejects Changing EMS Response Times

Dear Community, I want to thank the community for coming together again during this difficult time.  Both Wednesday and Thursday brought large amounts of rain and windy weather into our area.   Our drains and sewers are slowly receding, but it is still going to take time for the water to… Read More »Message from the Mayor

At a recent council meeting- Council awarded the Maidstone-Arthur- Gosfield Intersection Improvement Tender (RFTID-23-008) to Quinlan Inc. in the amount of $678,743.27, including non-refundable Harmonized Sales Tax, andThat Council approve the additional funding of $152,108.21 above the approved 2023 CapitalBudget of PW-21-0037 “Maidstone-Arthur-Gosfield Intersection Improvement” for a totalproject cost of… Read More »Council Approves Tender for Arthur-Gosfield- Maidstone Intersection

On June 1st I reached out to Premier Ford and asked him if we can discuss local health care concerns with offload delays resulting in Code Red and Code Black with our EMS. He was very accommodating and his staff quickly worked to organize a meeting. In attendance were the… Read More »Meeting Held With Premier and Minister of Health Regarding EMS Off Load Time

100 Days in Office Review – the 100th day is MARCH 1st, 2023 During the election I made a commitment to my first 100 days in office if successful. Here is the report on that list, although not every single issue has been addressed we are well on our way… Read More »100 Days in Office Update

Great news- a sidewalk is coming this year from the Greenway to Maidstone along South Talbot! Over the last few years there have been many residents who have reached out to council and myself asking for a trail or sidewalk to be installed here. This section of roadway is currently… Read More »Sidewalk Coming to South Talbot in 2023

Now that Christmas is over it is a great time to make some extra room by going through your attics, closets, garages, and storage spaces and get rid of all of your unwanted electronic waste. It is very important to our environment to properly dispose of your unused electronics. Old… Read More »Have E-waste? Support Computers for Kids