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Article content A COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be opening in Tillsonburg next week, Southwestern public health announced Wednesday morning. The clinic began taking bookings Tuesday morning for first appointments on April 27. The clinic – located at Tillsonburg’s Lions Auditorium – will operate from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. by appointment only. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Tillsonburg vaccination clinic opens next week Back to video “Southwestern public health covers a large geographic region, and not everyone is able to travel to our Wood...

Article content Area municipalities may be inching towards a consensus on the composition of Oxford County council, with the three urban municipalities recently endorsing a weighted vote system that would give the two largest municipalities more say. The weighted vote system – proposed by Ingersoll council in early February – was formally endorsed by Woodstock and Tillsonburg councils last week and earlier this week. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Woodstock, Tillsonburg endorse a weighted county vote system Back to video While it doesn’t ...

Article content Oxford County’s nine top municipal officials are planning to sit down in the near future to develop a plan to introduce some of the recommendations made during an ongoing service delivery review. Despite some recent friction between Oxford’s rural and urban jurisdictions, the two Toronto-based consultants guiding the service delivery review noted that many of the county’s municipalities shared the same priorities. After meeting individually and hosting workshops with Oxford’s different municipal council, both consultants were struck by this sense of unanimity between t...

Oxford County Approves 2021 Business Plans and Budget OXFORD COUNTY -  Oxford County council has approved the 2021 Business Plans and Budget.  It calls for a general tax levy of $63.7 million, a 1.4% increase from 2020. This means the average homeowner will pay $996 in property taxes this year, based on a residential property being valued at $271,277.  New Oxford County CAO Michael Duben says this is a very responsible budget. “The County has brought forward a responsible budget that addresses pressing needs in our community now, while preserving our financial strength and flexibility to...