Sherry Senis, current Mayor of Selwyn Township, has announced she will not run for re-election in the upcoming municipal election.
During the July 14 council meeting, Senis told her fellow councillors that she has made the decision to turn in her gavel at the end of the term.
She noted that this decision will be a disappointment to some and a delight to others.
She said, “I have served on this Council coming up the ranks from Councillor for Smith Ward to Deputy Mayor and then as your Mayor. The last three terms, I was acclaimed, which was very much appreciated. The sum total is 20 years here in Selwyn and three years in Pickering in public life. I have enjoyed every minute of it, been blessed with great staff and different councils along the way.”
The Lakefield Literary Festival hosted eight world-renowned Canadian authors and award winning, accomplished moderators over the weekend. Pictured above is humour authors Rod Carley (left) and Terry Fallis (right) with moderator Amy Jones (middle).
North Kawartha Council has agreed to endorse an Official Plan and Zoning By-Law change to increase the boundaries of the hamlet of Woodview to allow for a new 59 lot subdivision on Northey’s Bay Road.
During the July 14 regular council meeting in North Kawartha, a report was presented by Forbes Symon, MCIP, RPP, Senior Planner outlining the intent of the change and what that would mean for the township.
A complete application for a subdivision has been
submitted to both the township and county for a new 59 lot subdivision at the old golf course property on Northey’s Bay Road. The subdivision would be made up of 58 residential units in the form of single detached dwellings on private services. Symon’s report stated that lots will range in size from a minimum of 3,000 square metres (0.75 acres) to 4,783 square metres (1.2 acres) with 30-80 metres of frontage on the proposed internal roads and supported by the results of a hydrogeological investigation.
Members of the Mississauga Gold Lake Cottager Road Group would like the Municipality of Trent Lakes to take over maintenance responsibilities for Fire Route 130.
Group representative Jason Bredin told council that the road borders and provides access to the Kawartha Highlands Signature Park (KHSP) and it is extensively used by naturalists, colleges, universities, hunters, trappers and snowmobilers.
This is a public road that is owned by the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF), he said.
Bredin said the goal of his presentation was to establish an ongoing dialogue with Trent Lakes on this issue and mentioned he had recently spoken with Public Works Director Evan Grieger.
He said the residents on that road pay $1 million in property taxes to the municipality. There are 142 cottages and residences who each pay $800 a year to maintain the road.
Bredin said the group grades the road, replaces culverts, applies new gravel, plows and conducts engineering studies on the Lou Phillips Bridge.
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