Congratulations, Lanark County Paramedic Service Chief Mellema!

Lanark County Council meets tomorrow (Oct. 28)! The meetings may be attended by the public in person or via livestream through Lanark County’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@LanarkCounty/streams. Once the livestream is available, it will show under the “Live” tab on the channel. ...

The regular council session begins at 5 p.m. There are no scheduled delegations or presentations. Reports include community services and corporate services. By-laws include stopping and closing parts of former County Road 9 (McIlraith Road) and the Fixing Long-Term Care Act declaration policy.

Next is the public works committee of the whole meeting. There are no scheduled delegations or presentations. There is a discussion report on Better Homes Lanark Program amendments.

Next is the economic development committee of the whole meeting. There is a delegation by Birket Foster of Storm Internet about the Operation F1 Project for high-speed internet. There is a consent report on quarterly planning department statistics and file status. Discussion reports include 254 Lake Avenue Subdivision and Condominium, Douglas Landing Plan of Subdivision, Lanark Highlands Official Plan Amendment (OPA) No. 9 and Lanark County OPA 14, the Trans Canada Trail agreement, and the Ottawa Valley Recreational Trail Lease of Alameda to Mississippi Mills. Verbal reports include Valley Heartland Community Futures Development Corporation, the Lanark County Municipal Trails Sub-Committee, the Community Forest Sub-Committee, the Business Retention and Expansion Working Group and Lanark County Community Highlights.

Agendas can be found under “Government” then “Council and Committees” at www.lanarkcounty.ca. Hope to see you there!

Lanark Lodge hosted a successful Long-Term Care Engagement Day event on Sept. 18 that highlighted how residents, staff and volunteers are contributing to the home and to the community in many wonderful ways! Here are some examples of our fabulous staff and volunteers! Hope you enjoyed our community... engagement tour!