Mon Sept 23: What's On At Council + Local News

Plus: Inter Township Firefighters recognize members for years of service; Richard Laviolette's posthumous album "beautiful, haunting, and layered"

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Source: Institute of Southern Georgian Bay presentation to Owen Sound Council

Council meets tonight, and as mentioned Friday, members of the Institute of Southern Georgian Bay’s Social Housing & Finance Group will start things off with a deputation on affordable housing:

Fri Sept 20: Local News & Events

Also on the agenda:

• Council will hear a motion from Mayor Ian Boddy asking them to endorse “the exploration and potential implementation of joint municipal police services with the Municipality of West Grey” and enter into discussions on the feasibility of a shared service.

• Council will receive minutes from the most recent Strategic Planning Ad Hoc Committee, Tom Thomson Art Gallery Advisory Committee, and Corporate Services Committee meetings, each with recommendations inside for approval.

• Staff will submit a draft 2025 Council & Committees Calendar for council’s review and consideration

You can see the agenda here, and watch the Council meeting tonight on the Rogers TV website or the City’s website.

First, Ian Boddy, Mayor of Owen Sound, will appear on the Open Line this morning after the 9am news on 560 CFOS. You can call in to the show at 519-376-7777.

If you can’t see the news stories below on the Inter Township Fire Fighters, an upcoming author talk, Owen Sound Baysox’s latest win, the outcome of the Saugeen church fire case and others, you’re missing out on what’s happening in and around Owen Sound!

~ Miranda

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