News From The Municipality Of Chatham-Kent

  Municipal offices and most services (including Service Ontario counters) will be CLOSED Monday, May 21, 2012 in recognition of Victoria Day.   SERVICES ON THE VICTORIA DAY HOLIDAY Thames Campus arena is open for limited bookings.  All other arenas are closed. Gable Rees Rotary Pool – Saturday 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.,  Sunday 1:00 p.m. [...]

A progressive and growing manufacturer and industrial service provider has acquired a property in Wallaceburg and plans to relocate its operation. Edge EDM Technologies Inc. is a computer numerical control (CNC) and electric discharge machining (EDM) shop established in 2000. The company has outgrown its current 3,000 square foot facility in Lambton County and will [...]

Chatham-Kent by-law enforcement officers will be visiting residents throughout Chatham-Kent during June and July to ensure that all dogs have a 2012 municipal dog tag. Municipal By-law 176-2005 requires that all dog owners obtain municipal dog tags for their dogs by March 1 of each year. Residents who have received a warning and neglect to [...]

Mayor Randy Hope has offered congratulations on behalf of Chatham-Kent Council to winners of the Carolinian Canada Coalition’s 12th annual Conservation Awards. Three individuals, as well as one organization received their awards for outstanding conservation work at the Annual General Meeting April 26 in Ridgetown. “It is very encouraging to see that two of the four awards have [...]

 The Municipality of Chatham-Kent is acknowledging the achievements of local seniors with the 26th Annual Senior Achievement Award.  The purpose of this award is to recognize and honour outstanding seniors. To qualify, nominees must be residents of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent and be 60 years of age or older. During their retirement years, they must [...]

CK Transit bus passes for senior citizens go on sale on Monday. The cost of the pass is $70.00 and is effective from April 16, 2012 to December 31, 2012. Passes may be purchased at the front counter of the Chatham-Kent Civic Centre. Payment must be accompanied by a completed application form and the appropriate [...]

Working Together to Achieve a Better Quality of Life for Everyone in Chatham-Kent  Today, to celebrate World Health Day 2012 (April 7), community leaders signed a formal resolution to work together to achieve better health and quality of life for everyone in Chatham-Kent. The new Chatham-Kent Community Leaders’ Cabinet, as it is called, includes leaders [...]

On Wednesday evening, following its eighth municipal budget review meeting, Chatham-Kent Council finalized the Municipality of Chatham-Kent 2012 budget. In an 8 to 7 vote, with three members of Council absent, Council approved a 2.3 percent tax increase.  As directed by Council, on January 10 the municipal administration had tabled a draft 2012 budget that [...]