Shining Light Where It's Needed
Orillia City Hall, municipal affairs, stories, columns, Op/Ed
Orillia is uniquely situated with two educational institutions, Hydro One which will rely heavily on fiber network communications which will reach throughout the province, and two major backbone trunk lines intersecting in the City.
Read more
The consent agenda has some interesting items on it, for a change. The Snowbirds will be at the…
Read more
The way they were able to achieve having 84 parking spots was by expanding the boundary of the parking lot up to French’s Stand because the new roadway will be going behind French’s.
Read more
Annual household items reuse and recycling program runs all summer.
Read more
Oddly, under the report header of the agenda is a motion to allow the City to issue a debenture not to exceed $10,765,000 over a 20 year term for phase 2 of the Centennial Drive reconstruction project.
Read more
The report recommends council place restrictions on what kinds of capital projects and when debt such as debentures can be used.
Read more
The 2022 municipal election season the opening day is today. 6 councillors are hoping to keep their jobs managing the City’s affairs.
Read more
The common argument is opposition to urban sprawl and in favour of greater intensification targets, though none offer suggestions which neighbourhoods should be raised and rebuilt for greater housing density.
Read more
We look forward to Council’s ratification of these two critical initiatives on April 26th
Read more
Council has voiced support and created a food council to meet local objectives, yet here when action is to be taken, staff recommend against local food producers because it’s easier to enforce with the change.
Read more