Kevin Eccles addressed County Council for the final time as the 2015 Warden at the November 24 session of Grey County Council. He was the first warden elected for the 2015-2018 term and helped lead a new council following the 2014 municipal election.
Warden Eccles's final address can be found below.
"As I sit in front of County Council I feel I owe a great debt of gratitude to the elected officials sitting before me. It was through your belief in my leadership that you gave me the opportunity to represent and be the voice of this Council in what has been a very eventful year.
Yes it is always a pleasure to be at grand openings, ribbon cuttings, giving welcoming remarks and hosting visiting dignitaries; but this year has been more than...
Grey County Council today approved the $144.4 million budget for 2016 which focuses on providing services to people and investing in the maintenance and upgrading of County roads and related infrastructure. Residents will see an overall 1.94% increase on the County portion of their municipal property taxes in 2016, which works out to ...
Public Health calls for no-smoking policies in all apartments, condos and co-ops.
As part of National Home Fire Safety Week, November 24 - 30, the Grey Bruce Health Unit is calling for all multi-unit housing in Grey Bruce to adopt no-smoking policies.
"It is important for landlords and tenants to work together to bring smoke-free policies to their buildings," says Dr. Hazel Lynn, Medical Officer of Health for the Grey Bruce Health Unit. "Getting rid of smoking in a home, an apartment, condo or co-op building protects everyone from ...
Volunteer group HER Grey Bruce has released the initial findings of its 'Survey on Parent Experiences with the Family Responsibility Office (FRO) of Ontario,' for parents registered to receive their child support through the FRO. The survey, launched in May 2015, aims to reveal opportunities for meaningful improvements in the way child support is collected and distributed across the province.
HER Grey Bruce compiled its initial results on October 21st and today reveals that among Ontario parents registered to receive their child support through the FRO:
● 79% report that their child support is overdue.
● 54% are owed 12 months or more in overdue child support.
● 76% are supporting two children (on average) on a single family income.
● 67% are owed $2000 or more in overdue child support, while 23% are owed $20,000 or more.
"These statistics are disheartening, although not entirely surprising," said Ruby Frank, HER Grey Bruce cofounder. "We heard from
Officers of the Midland Police Service are now being dispatched to calls by personnel of the communications centre at the Owen Sound Police Service.
Owen Sound Police Service Inspector Stephen MacKinnon stated, "This morning at 10:00 a.m. dispatchers from our emergency communications centre took over the responsibility of accepting and sending police officers of the Midland Police Service to calls in their community."
Providing professional, effective and efficient emergency communications services to other organizations is not new for the Owen Sound Police Service. The Police Service]has been the only Central Emergency Response Bureau (C.E.R.B.) in Grey and Bruce Counties since the introduction of 9-1-1 service into these areas, dating back to the 6th of June 1990.
In the spring of this year Owen Sound Police upgraded the communication equipment to allow...
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