Last night council awarded a Request for Proposal Essex Tennis Courts to GreenLightGeneral Contracting Inc. in the total amount of $292,560 including non-refundableHarmonized Sales Tax which includes the options for windscreens and court lighting. The location will be the east of the twin pad arena. Tune into Essex Ontario YouTube… Read More »Tennis Courts on the Way to Essex Center!

This meeting is being held electronically via Zoom. Full Agenda below. Accessible formats or communication supports are available upon request.Please contact the Recording Secretary at saubin@essex.ca or 519-776-7336 extension 1128 Notable Information: A 26.0% increase in Calls for Service May 2021 compared to May 2020 A 5.3% decrease in Violent… Read More »Notice of Police Service Board Meeting: Thursday, September 2, 2021 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

The Turtles Thank Essex Council for Continuing to Raise Awareness Watch out for turtles! Essex Council at their August 23rd Regular Council Meeting passed a motion to put up turtle crossing signs around Fox Creek. This is a good move for the turtles and for raising awareness of how vulnerable… Read More »Essex Council Supports Turtle Crossing Signs

Report on Agenda Dec 5th: https://townofessex-pub.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=6387 There is now an active link on the Town Website: https://www.essex.ca/en/news/Short-term-Rental-Accommodations_.aspx#Where-can-I-find-more-resources-on-STRs-in-the-Town-of-Essex The words below is bold print are the most recent update to council. “The webpage also includes links to reports and presentations on the topic, and a registration form that may be completed… Read More »Essex- Short Term Rentals…Update December 5th

Short-Term Rentals, Secondary Dwellings, Update to Noise Bylaw, Viewing Dices coming to Colchester and more! It is another busy agenda, 459 pages! Tune into our YouTube channel, Essex Ontario at 6:00 to follow along. I pulled some highlights and added the link if you want to read the full agenda.… Read More »Agenda Tee Up, Regular Council Meeting: Monday August 23rd, 2021 6:00 p.m.

Robert can you please enter the following Notice of Motion to the next agenda? Mr. Mayor would you allow this as an emergency Motion?  It is very timely for the safety of our residents.  It is urgent and the request to council is only a letter so minor.  The situation has… Read More »EMS: Code Blacks

A BIG Community THANK-YOU for all the support and donations to the Go Fund Me Page. You guys ROCK! I feel so honoured to represent you and so empowered to keep on “doing what I am doing” as you have told me. I can not thank everyone enough for the… Read More »THANK-YOU for Being Onside

We are about to open the doors on a beautiful modern station that both our firefighters and the community deserve. I am so proud of this moment for the Town of Essex. Congratulations to our fire department on their new home. Thank you to our Chief Rick Arnel and Deputy… Read More »Fire Station 2: It is Almost Ready!

Trying to Support Conservation.. In the Spring a small group of community members met and discussed environmental initiatives. One being a turtle crossing sign at the end of Iler Road by Fox Creek. The Youth Action Committee made a recommendation to council to install the turtle crossing sign. Check out… Read More »Turtles- Each One Matters, Time to Put up the Sign

A Special Meeting of the Police Service Board Called: Thursday, August 12, 2021 10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. During such a time any person who wishes to attend this Committee Meeting electronically and/or speak at this meeting as a delegation, you will need to register as a delegation for the… Read More »Traffic Enforcement Officer: Update

The Future is bright and Sweet! I am thrilled to share the news that Doug Sweet has been promoted to the position of CAO for the Town of Essex. Doug has a great history of working for the residents of our community, serving council with mutual respect and a track… Read More »A BIG Welcome to CAO Sweet