Traffic And Parking Study Survey Results
ShareBy John Swartz Results from an online survey in October about Orillia’s traffic and parking in the downtown and on
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2022 Budget Preview, Part 2
ShareBy John Swartz Orillia council meets in budget committee Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The full day meetings will deal
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Analysis: Library to Open Sundays
Strictly speaking, the board can take the money and stay closed on Sundays, but I don’t think the board has dummies sitting at the table.
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2022 Budget Preview
ShareBy John Swartz Orillia Council begins the 2022 budget meetings Monday at 1 p.m. The deliberations are spread over 6
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Residents All Pumped Up
Residents are afraid they will have to live with the construction for longer than they thought because of the delay they perceive, and there is some as stated above because of the getting rid of groundwater delay.
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Council Preview
… unfairly prepared because Fallis was not interviewed by the integrity commissioner, “contrary to what is stated in the recommendation report,”
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Higher Tech Library Services
“Our list of needs is around $10,000 right now, but we can use materials into eternity, so if we make more than $12,000 we’ll be happy,”
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Council To Spend $65,000 Defending Fallis Decision
The City intends to defend against the Notice of Application for Judicial Review as it undermines fundamental principles of law (section 223.2 of the Municipal Act)
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Council Preview
Staff are recommending council move ahead with design work and a planned start date in 2023 to keep Laclie two lanes from Neywash Street to just past North Street…
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Annual Battery Collection Happening Soon
ShareBy John Swartz Every year the City of Orillia has a special collection of used batteries. Putting batteries in regular
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