GUELPH – Wellington County council is prepared to provide financial support for physician recruitment efforts by the Guelph Wellington Ontario Health Team (GWOHT).
Minto council to provide support for battery energy storage project
MINTO – Minto council will extend support to a company planning to redevelop an energy storage facility in the Harriston Industrial Park.
Mapleton council voices support for proposed power generation facility
MAPLETON – Township council is supporting a proposal to construct a natural gas power generation facility between Rothsay and Teviotdale.
Mapleton budget approved with tax rate hike of 3.5%
MAPLETON – Township council has adopted a three-year operating budget that includes a 2024 levy increase of 4.27 per cent.
County library system receives $250,000 bequest
GUELPH – Wellington County’s library system will benefit from a posthumous donation of more than a quarter-million dollars.
County draft budget projects 2024 tax levy increase at 4.8%
GUELPH – Wellington County’s tax levy for 2024 would increase by 4.8 per cent under latest budget proposal before county council.
Puslinch residents receive 2023 Luella Logan award, scholarship
GUELPH – A former Puslinch council member and a current political science student from the township were recognized with an award and a scholarship named for female pioneer in local government.
Council considers support for battery energy storage at Harriston facility
MINTO – A company planning to redevelop an energy storage facility in the Harriston Industrial Park is seeking a motion of support from Minto town council.
Minto wants to keep expanded Clifford urban boundary in place
MINTO – The Town of Minto will ask the Ontario government to leave a recent expansion of the Clifford Urban boundary in place.
Minto prepares for future water/wastewater system needs
MINTO – Water and sewage system capacity in some areas of Minto may not be sufficient to handle rapid growth without future upgrades, council here has learned.
Mapleton council rejects dedicated tax levy for fire department
MAPLETON – Council here has rejected a proposal to implement a two per cent dedicated tax levy to cover the financial needs of the township’s fire department.
Mapleton alters approach to staff cost-of-living increases
MAPLETON – Annual cost of living increases for township staff here will be based on average Consumer Price Index figures for the previous 12 months ending in August of each year, but will be capped at four per cent in any given year.
Council pay increases, new remuneration review policy approved in Mapleton
MAPLETON – Mapleton’s mayor and council members will be getting pay increases to catch up with the average pay for local politicians in Wellington County.
Facade grants approved for local businesses
MINTO – Façade improvement grants have been approved by town council for two buildings in downtown Harriston.
Draft 2024 budget calls for 4.4% levy increase in Minto
MINTO – Town council has been presented with a proposed 2024 budget projecting a 4.39 per cent increase in the local levy and a tax rate increase of 1.74%.