Essex County Council recently advocated for affordable housing… October 4th Essex Council Agenda- Correspondence from the County: “County Council recognizes that, it has been twenty-two years since the funding formulasfor Ontario Works, Child Care and Social Housing were arbitrated and with respect toSocial Housing, it would be appropriate to review… Read More »Affordable Housing- It is Time to Step it Up

During the November 1st Council Meeting, I entered a Notice of Motion which will be debated November 15th pending a seconder. Residents on this road have brought forward several issues with land uses, zoning, property standards issues, soil contamination, heavy traffic in the agricultural/ residential lands on Giardini. “That council… Read More »Notice of Motion Regarding Concerns on Giardini

Monday’s Agenda is a 342 pages and there are a few hot topics on it. Tune into our Essex Ontario YouTube Channel at 6:00 to watch the discussion. The letter regarding ELK Energy from the Town of Kingsville is on our agenda and also I noticed that the Integrity commissioner… Read More »Agenda Tee-up Regular Council Meeting: November 01, 2021 at 6:00 pm

Update: Monday Nov 29th tanks will be removed and the collection of confirmatory soil samples will take place. Update: Monday Council is Looking to approve the Proposed Site Plan for the Grove Hotel The Town is going to remove the gas tanks and do a soil check to make sure… Read More »Update: Grove Hotel- Site Plan Approval

Closed meetings are not open to the public but a report will come back to open session. Council is expected to hold a Closed Council Meeting pursuant to the following provisions of and as permitted by the Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, c.25, as am. Section 239 (2) (c) a proposed… Read More »Notice of Closed Meeting: Monday, November 1, 2021 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Downtown Essex is going to get more beautiful in the upcoming months. The owners of 2 Talbot Street South have received building permits to make facade improvements to the Old Dahl House. Going to from THIS to THAT! The owners are hoping to have 2-3 businesses occupying the storefronts early… Read More »Dahl House Getting Much Needed Face Lift

Sorry everyone for the delay, a very special little girl turned 6 in our house so we had a busy weekend. The agenda for tonight is 261 pages and the hot topic is the final draft of the vaccine policy. We are also looking at renovations at Town Hall and… Read More »Agenda Tee-up Regular Council Meeting: Monday October 18, 2021 at 6:00 pm

Disclaimer- the following is no way harassment of employees.. All information is pulled from public websites. I have spent hours reading and researching data on ELK Energy from the Ontario Energy Board website- which is public. Anyone can find the following they just need the time and the willingness to… Read More »ELK- Concerns with the 2017 Cost Of Service Application

Vaccination Policy Council currently holds its meetings electronically with the meeting hosted and chaired from the Town of Essex Municipal Building. However due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic this meeting is not currently open to the public for in person attendance. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency, the Meetings will… Read More »Notice of Special Council Meeting: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Closed meetings are not open to the public but at the next Regular Council Meeting an update will be given. Council is expected to hold a Closed Council Meeting to discuss financial information pursuant to the provisions of and as permitted by Section 239 (2) (i) of the Municipal Act,… Read More »Notice of Closed Meeting: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.