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Answers to Diana’s Quiz – April 6, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  Havana Syndrome is an affliction hitting mostly American and Canadian citizens serving diplomatically abroad.  Identified only in the last 6 or 7 years, it causes severe...

Mayor Lowry comments on traffic concerns

Recent discussions around the Council table, around kitchen tables and through online commentary have certainly confirmed that safe roads for residents and children are important to us in Mississippi...

The Mayor’s final address to Council

Mayor’s Annual Address Tonight is the last meeting for many of those around this table. Those departing have 109 years of combined service. They take with them a wealth of...
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OPP Contract to mean tax increase in Mississippi Mills

 by Shaun McLaughlin first published at www. shaunoncouncil.ca You will see a change in your tax  bill in 2014. Every year, Mississippi Mills passes on to local taxpayers...

Council meeting to discuss general and water and sewer budget tonight January 28

by Shaun McLaughlinCouncil will hold a public meeting tonight starting after 6 PM to reveal the MM general budget and the water & sewer...

Shaun McLaughlin lends perspective to the question of our animal pound

by Shaun McLaughlin Council is getting a fair bit of correspondence regarding the proposed pound in Montague, of which Mississippi Mills would be a partner....

Town councillors visit Natural Resources minister about the dying wetland upstream from Almonte

by Shaun McLaughlin On December 9, Councillors Edwards, Abbott and I, plus Diane Smithson, visited the Natural Resources minister’s (David Orazetti) office yesterday in Toronto....

Asset management for Mississippi Mills – special council meeting November 25, 2013

by Shaun McLaughlin For anyone interested in the financial management of Miss Mills—stuff that only accountants and actuaries love—then come to the special Council meeting...

Councillor Dalgity recommends a referendum at the next municipal election to decide the size of Mississippi Mills Council

Editor I have said, to Council since the beginning of the Reduce the Size of  Council  Negotiation process, that I would reserve my decision, on this...

Parks and Recreation Master Plan

by Shaun McLaughlin Come to the public meeting on this plan Oct. 28 (Mon) at 7 pm at the Almonte Old Town Hall. Because of my...

Council votes NOT to change the size or composition of council

by Shaun McLaughlin Yesterday, the Committee of the Whole voted not to change the size or composition of Council. At the next meeting, the committee...

Discuss Recreation Master Plan on October 28

by Shaun McLaughlinThe CoW agenda for last night (Oct 8) included a copy of the recreation master plan (RMP). It lists dozens of recommendations. My...

Results of surveys on Mississippi Mills Council size

by Shaun McLaughlin Overview 43 paper and 197 electronic surveys were returned — that is 2.25 % of 10,603 eligible voters. The wards break down like...

Former Mississippi Mills Councillor Ed Wilson provides his views on the size of council issue

Mayor John Levi & Councillors of the Town of Mississippi Mills In my opinion the size of council should remain as it presently exists (status...

Slim turnout at public meetings to discuss Council composition

by Shaun McLaughlin Last night in Clayton (Sept. 24), 35 people showed up for the last of three public meetings to discuss a possible change...

Council Size: My views

by Shaun McLaughlin There are two parts to the debate on Council composition: Council size and whether to include an elected deputy mayor. My opinion—in...

Councillor John Edwards presents his view on the size of council issue

Dear Editor, The size of council debate which is before Mississippi Mills’ Council is a fundamental democratic issue about how the municipality should govern itself. ...
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