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The highlights of the regular United Counties of Leeds and Grenville Council Meeting held on Thursday, October 22, as well as the Committee of the Whole and Joint Services Committee meetings earlier this month are: Message from the Warden on Local Government; Support for Food Hub Servicing Eastern Ontario; Housing Affordability Task Force Sets Terms of Reference; Paramedic Station Option Reviewed by Council; Maple View Lodge Administrator Earns Provincial Award; and Process Adjustments for Election of New Warden

The highlights of the regular United Counties of Leeds and Grenville Council Meeting held on Thursday, September 24th and Committee of the Whole Meeting September 8th are: Counties Council to begin search for new CAO; Updated electronic meeting by-law passed by Council; Motorized riders in Limerick Forest must be club affiliated; and Sand domes being replaced.

From bricks to clicks and then back to bricks. That’s how the executive director of the Ontario Business Improvement Area Association (OBIAA) described the Digital Main Street program.

The Ontario government is giving St. Lawrence College $774,000 to run two programs aimed at training people for jobs in the skilled trades.

“Safe travels’” use to be a phrase used to wish a friend or acquaintance a decent journey, but Covid has changed that. Now the Safe Travels Stamp is a global badge that identifies businesses that follow safe travel protocols in a pandemic world.

Provinical Offences Act matters scheduled until October 16, 2020 will be rescheduled. Do not attend court.

All United Counties of Leeds and Grenville offices will be closed on Monday, September 7.  Normal office hours resume on Tuesday, September 8.

Brockville will get a new jail and an expansion of the St. Lawrence Valley Correctional and Treatment Centre as part of $500 million in Eastern Ontario Corrections spending announced by the provincial government on Thursday.

Upgrades Will Improve Public Safety, Modernize Facilities and Support Economic Recovery Ontario is making strategic investments in public safety and strengthening justice services by modernizing the adult correctional system across Eastern Ontario. New construction and building upgrades will update facilities, address issues of overcrowding, and create new spaces for the delivery of mental health services, inmate programming and staff training.

Expanded Manufacturing Facility Will Secure Domestic Supply Well into the Future. The Ontario and federal governments are partnering with 3M Canada to expand its Brockville, Ontario manufacturing facility to produce made-in-Ontario N95 respirators.