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Council has been called into a closed meeting. Closed meetings are not open to the public but a public report is given, usually at the next Regular Council Meeting. Purpose of Closed Meeting:     For the purpose of discussing proposed or pending dispositions of land by the Municipality, as permissible … Read More »Notice of Closed Meeting: Thursday March 18th at 3:00

The Grove Motor Inn is coming to Colchester Village, pending a few final approvals. Council and the public just received a presentation from James Flynn and Kim Lewis and they presented their plans to kick it old school in the Village. This development is going to provide much needed overnight… Read More »NEWSFLASH on Colchester Development- Kickin it Old School but Not at the Old School! Update: Zoning Approved at the June 21st council meeting.

It is a pretty jammed packed agenda with many exciting delegations and reports. Here is a sneak peak and remember to Tune in on You Tube- you won’t want to miss this one! Public Delegations: Robin Greenall, CEO/Chief Librarian, Essex County Library ECL Enhanced Community Access service at the McGregor… Read More »Agenda Tee-Up March 15th 2021

Statement of Remuneration and Expenses – Members of Council Section 284 of the Municipal Act states:  284. (1) The treasurer of a municipality shall in each year on or before March 31 provide to the council of the municipality an itemized statement on remuneration and expenses paid in the previous year to,… Read More »Council Pay Cheques…How Much is it?

Check this off the bucket list- well hopefully! Numerous complaints have come to council about the width and the amount of traffic accidents witnessed. Hopefully the improvements proposed below will fix some of those concerns. Council did have a short but healthy conversation about this corner at the Special Meeting… Read More »Improvements Coming to King & Erie

Do you need access to a food pantry, Meals on Wheels, Transportation, Foot Care, Home Supports? Check out the Community Support Centre! One item I wanted to highlight due to recent conversations is transportation options. The Community Support Centre of Essex County is the lead transportation provider for CareLink Health… Read More »COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTRE OF ESSEX COUNTY

There is a group of AMAZING humans out there who come together and collect donations to help others, Angels for the Homeless of Windsor has been meeting every Sunday and creating a Caravan of supplies. If you have used shoes, belts, backpacks that you no longer need reach out to… Read More »Angels for the Homeless of Windsor

I am so excited for this Special Council Meeting, it has been a long time coming and we do not do this enough in my opinion. The list of items to discuss with Council keeps growing and there are very few mechanisms to discuss them as email is not allowed… Read More »Special Council Meeting March 9th 2021, 3:00

The semi-detached dwellings located at the old Harrow Junior School Property are off the market and sold out! It did not take long and that is good news showing that Harrow is the place to be! Essex administration is currently working on the finishing touches of Parkland Woods ( previously… Read More »If You Build it They Will Come- Sold Out!

Check this off the bucket list! We finally have some way finding signage throughout our municipality to let everyone know where some of our key features are. Thank you to our Public Works team, Kevin Girard and Nelson Silvera for working together to make this happen for residents and visitors.… Read More »Which Way?

Another great meeting of the Police Board. Some highlights I found interesting are: Naloxone was used 32 times in the month of January in Ontario by the OPP saving 27 lives including some local ones. Catalytic Converter theft is significant, two have been reported in the Town of Essex recently.… Read More »Police Service Board March 4th 2021- Recap