Oct 8 - Council Highlights & Decisions; Local News

Plus: Events happening around the area this week

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Donors to the Scenic City Order of Good Cheer’s campaign for an Eastside splash pad have questions about why City staff suggest they may not be allowed to build one. See more under Local News below.

It was a most productive City Council meeting last night, despite Monday’s meeting being on the shorter end of the spectrum and wrapping before 8 p.m.

Council rejected staff recommendations to exclude Owen Sound from Grey County's Centralized Planning Model, asking for a more focused report. They also voted to eliminate the Committee application scoring tool and chose not to appoint a member to a Crime Prevention subcommittee.

Plus, a staff report on reducing Council members on the River District Board is coming at the next meeting.

Dig into these and other key decisions and discussions from the October 7th meeting of Council:

Full subscribers - keep reading for local news updates on confusion over the Good Cheer group’s splash pad plans, the resolution of a 911 phone lines disruption, Georgian Bluffs’ plans for a short-term rentals licensing program, an $80,000 donation to the Meaford Hospital Foundation, and a lot more.

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