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Welcome to the United Counties of Leeds & Grenville News & Events page which will contain currents news, events and media releases from the County. Media releases will be available for download as either Adobe PDF files or Microsoft Word documents by clicking the appropriate link.
January 22, 2010 - MEDIA RELEASE - For highlights of the regular Council Session held on January 21, 2010... .pdf file
January 21, 2010 - EOWC MEDIA RELEASE - New Chair Elected, 2010 Priorities Established... .pdf file
November 26, 2009 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PANEL SERIES - TOURISM DEVELOPMENT - DECEMBER 4, 2009 - Agenda & Registration
November 20, 2009 - MEDIA RELEASE - For highlights of the regular Council Session held on November 19, 2009... .pdf file
October 28, 2009 - MEDIA RELEASE - For highlights of the regular Council Session held on October 22, 2009... .pdf file
September 28, 2009 - MEDIA RELEASE - For highlights of the regular Council Session held on September 24, 2009... .pdf file
September 24, 2009 - BY-LAW 09-60 - A By-Law to provide for the moving of heavy or oversized loads. .pdf file
September 23, 2009 - EOWC RFP - The Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus Inc. announced the release of the first two Request for Proposals related to the creation of the eastern Ontario regional broadband network.
RFP ad News Release
September 17, 2009 - RFP - SOLAR DOMESTIC HOT WATER SYSTEMS
Submisions are being accepted by the United Counties of Leeds & Grenville for a Proposal for the supply and installation of Solar Domestic Hot Water (SDHW) systems for fifteen (15) Counties owned multi-residential Social Housing facilities, plus one (1) Long Term Care facility. The Counties is looking to reduce the annual operating costs by considering the utilization of renewable solar energy as the primary source for heating the supply of hot water to residents. The payback period of each site in the project will be factored while balancing available budget and incentive funding from the Provincial and Federal Governments.
The RFP is available through Merx (www.merx.com) or by e-mailing Erin Mulder at erin.mulder@uclg.on.ca.
September 1, 2009 - Economic Development Summit
Economic Development Summit Findings
Economic Development Summit Panel - Manufacturing
August 17, 2009 - MEDIA RELEASE - For highlights of the regular Council Session held on August 12, 2009... .pdf file
July 30, 2009 - NEWS RELEASE
Federal and Provincial Governments deliver up to $110 million for Regional Broadband... .pdf file
June 22, 2009 - MEDIA RELEASE - For highlights of the regular Council Session held on June 18, 2009... .pdf file
May 21, 2009 - MEDIA RELEASE - For highlights of the regular Council Session held on May 21, 2009... .pdf file
April 24, 2009 - MEDIA RELEASE -
For highlights of the Regular Council Session held on April 23, 2009... .pdf file
April 23, 2009 - MEDIA RELEASE -
Leeds & Grenville Adopts Fiscally Responsible 2009 Budget... .pdf File
March 19, 2009 - NEWS RELEASE -
For highlights of the Regular Council Session held on March 19, 2009...
Word Document
February 19, 2009 - NEWS RELEASE -
For highlights of the regular Council Session held on February 19, 2009... .pdf file
January 23, 2009 - NEWS RELEASE -
For highlights of the regular Council Session held on January 22, 2009... .pdf file
January 19, 2009 - NEWS RELEASE -
Eastern Wardens Call for Strategic Partnership for the Provision of High Speed Internet Services.
News Release - .pdf file Ad - .pdf file
January 12, 2009 - EMS launches ICE Program - for more information...
September 24, 2008 - Limerick Forest Hunting Advisory Hunting is permitted in Limerick Forest as regulated by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. See attached advisory for details.
July 29, 2008 - Free Internet "Family and Farm Friendly" Workshops XplorNet and the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville are hosting free "Family-Friendly and Farm-Friendly" internet workshops in the month of August. Local experts will be speaking on topics such as Education/Learning, Agriculture and Cybersafety. See attached Flyer
April 8, 2008 - Update to Broadband FAQ Sheet The Counties has updated the FAQ Document on the Broadband Initiative project. See attached Revised FAQ Document
April 3, 2008 - eAgriculture Seminar The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, the County of Kawartha Lakes, Elgin County, Barrett Xplore, Ontario Government and Carleton University hosted an information seminar about conducting agriculturial busines on the internet. Material from the seminar is now available online. Visit Farming the Net Web-site
February 1, 2008 - Broadband Contract Signed and FAQ Sheet Published The contract with Barrett Xplore was passed and signed by Council on January 24th, 2008 for the Broadband Project within the Counties. The Counties has also published an FAQ sheet on the Broadband project to better inform the public on the project. See attached FAQ Document
December 4, 2007 - Broadband RFP Project Summary BarrettXplore releases a project summary for the County's Broadband RFP. See attached Document
November 22, 2007 - CUPE News Release
The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division confirms that it is in currently in negotiations with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 4440 which represents the paramedics employed by the United Counties. The United Counties rejects CUPE's assertion that it is pushing for a strike or lockout. See attached Press Release
November 2, 2007 - Barrett Xplore selected for Broadband RFP Council has selected Barrett Xplore as the successful vendor for the Broadband RFP. The Province, the County and Barrett Xplore will all equaly invest $259,000 by the end of June, 2008 to improve wireless Broadband coverage in the region to 83% for the under-serviced or unserviced areas. Also Barrett Xplore will be making an overall capital investment of $4.3 million in wireless broadband within the County as a whole. See attached Press Release
September 20, 2007 - Broadband Initiative and RFP
The United Counties of Leeds & Grenville submitted a proposal to the province's Broadband Rural Connections Program for funding to further its goal of advancing broadband service availability throughout the County. The County is fortunate to be one of the successful applicants funded by the province to proceed with the implementation of their RURAL CONNECTIONS business plan.
United Counties of Leeds & Grenville has been awarded $259,000 in Provincial funding in order to facilitate the expansion of broadband service within its borders. We anticipate selecting a vendor through the RFP process to leverage additional funds from the private sector to maximize the expansion of broadband services. The County is now seeking a vendor(s)/partner(s) to expand the telecommunication services to under/unserviced areas of the community as a partner(s) in the approved RURAL CONNECTIONS program. See the attached RFP document
May 30, 2007 - New Community and Social Services Structure At a special meeting of Counties Council held on May 30, 2007, a series of recommendations relating to the Community and Social Services Division were approved. Central to these recommendations is the creation of a new divisional organizational structure. The recommendations follow from a comprehensive seven-month review conducted by senior staff in the division initiated as part of the Service Delivery Review process. The review concluded that a new structure would support program and administrative integration as result in a number of program improvements, cost savings and other efficiencies. This will be achieved through the consolidation of departments and functions, realignment of resources and through capacity building in certain areas. This is a substantial change for the division and, consequently will be phased in over the next year and a half. Find out more...
May 17, 2007
Counties Council recognized National Access Awareness Week
May 27 to June 2, 2007.
Past-Chair Ron Holman stated "Access Awareness Week is an opportunity for communities to highlight local accessibility achievements and to raise general awareness of the importance of accessibility for people with disabilites." Further information can be found at the following website: www.mcss.gov.on.ca/mcss/english/pillars/accessibilityOntario/
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