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Home /Bobcaygeon Road project out of budget News3 March 2021 By Chad Ingram Minden Hills councillors removed the reconstruction of Bobcaygeon Road from the township’s 2021 budget during their fifth and final round of budget deliberations on Feb. 25. Council has landed on a tax levy increase for the year of 3.75 per cent, which equates to a residential tax rate increase at the lower-tier level of 2.6 per cent. This equates to an increase of $11.47 for every $100,000 of assessment, assuming a property has not experienced a change in assessment since 2020. For commercial properties, that wou...

File photo. Waves on Rainy Lake – Jenn Watt Staff Environment16 February 2021 By Chad Ingram The County of Haliburton will create and post answers to frequently asked questions regarding a shoreline preservation bylaw, to be housed on the county’s website. As previously reported, during a Jan. 27 meeting, county council voted to discontinue the in-house process that had been in place surrounding the creation of a shoreline preservation bylaw, and issue a request for proposals for a consulting firm to conduct scientific reviews, public consultation, and then produce a draft bylaw....

Haliburton County council passed its 2021 budget last week. News16 February 2021 By Chad Ingram Haliburton County councillors passed the 2021 budget during a Feb. 10 meeting, the final budget containing a tax increase of 3.84 per cent. Councillors had first reviewed the budget during a Jan. 11 meeting. Since then, it was learned the county’s insurance costs would be higher than had been budgeted for the year, however, that was offset by increased property assessment values, received from the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation. The 2021 budget includes the addition of an eco...

Haliburton County council passed its 2021 budget last week. News3 February 2021 By Chad Ingram The County of Haliburton will contribute $25,000 to Point in Time’s campaign to assist students in the county with internet costs in the online learning environment created by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. During a Jan. 13 online meeting, county councillors received a presentation from the social services agency, explaining that some 150 students in the county were unable to attend school virtually. They heard how the data requirements of Google Meet,the platform by which online takes p...

News20 January 2021 By Chad Ingram Haliburton County council will create an economic development officer position for the county, as well as work toward joint procurement of goods and services for the county and its four lower-tier municipalities. During a special meeting on Jan. 13, councillors decided those would be two priority items for 2021 stemming from the service delivery review the county had completed for itself and its lower-tier governments, and which council received from Toronto-based consulting firm StrategyCorp in December. That review culminated with a 140-page report which ...