General

July 4, 2024 - test is back to normal!

June 26, 2024 - Southwestern Public Health has advised of an adverse water quality test from the Port Burwell East Beach. Water may pose a risk to your health and swimming is not recommended. For more information visit the SWPH's webpage on beach testing. 

Exciting News! For more information see Swim Drink Fish - 2024 Blue Flag Beach 

NOTICE is hereby given to all persons in possession of any land or a lot in a registered plan of subdivision or on any lot not exceeding ten acres, in accordance with the Weed Control Act, Statutes of Ontario, 1990, Chapter W.5, Section 3, 13, 16, 18 and 23, that unless noxious weeds growing on their lands within the municipalities listed below are destroyed by June 14, 2024 and throughout the season, the municipality may then enter upon the said lands and have the weeds destroyed, charging the costs against the land as set out in the Act.

View full details in the NOTICE. 

TAKE NOTICE THAT an appeal hearing has been scheduled for the Property Standards Committee to consider an appeal to OTC-24-001. The meeting will take place on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 10:30 am in the Trackless Lounge. View the Notice for further details. 

Community groups may now apply for their 2024 Municipal Assistance Requests. 

Please visit the Municipal Assistance page for information and the link to the application form. 

Timelines for 2024 are: 

• Applications due April 30, 2024 - Considered by Council May 16th 
• Applications due May 31, 2024 - Considered by Council June 20th 

No other requests will be considered past these deadlines. 

April 11, 2024 - The Long Point Region Conservation Authority (LPRCA) has issued a Water Safety Message. 

The registration form to register for the Curbside Bulk Garbage Program is now LIVE. Please visit the Garbage & Recycling Page and go to Curbside Bulk Garbage Collection and click Register Here at the bottom. 

Remember - only those who complete the registration form and provide payment by the deadline will be included on the list. 

There will not be a tree program this year. We hope to be able to offer this again in 2025! 

View the attached NOTICE for information on the Coastal Resilience Funding Initiative. 

UPDATES! 

Curbside Garbage Pick Up Program - dates for April, May and July have been released. The online registration form will be made available to register soon. Keep an eye on our Garbage & Recycling page for when the form is live. 

Tree Program - Council has not yet set the 2024 Operating Budget so direction has not been provided if this program will take place in 2024. We anticipate to have more information on this in March. No applications are available for this at the moment - stay tuned!