Council Announcements

Special Council Meeting - December 5

Residents are advised that a Special Meeting of Council will be held on Monday, December 5, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. for Council education and orientation for the 2022-2026 term.

At the meeting, Council will proceed into a closed session, in accordance with the Municipal Act, and participate in an orientation session on the role of council, role of staff, department structures, and other information related to the onboarding of the new council.

For more information, visit the Council web page. 

Inaugural Council Meeting to take Place November 15 at Town Hall

The Inaugural Meeting of Council for the Municipality of Port Hope will take place on November 15, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Town Hall (56 Queen St.). The event will also be live streamed on the Municipality’s YouTube channel. Members of the media and the community are invited to attend in person or watch the proceedings online.

At the meeting, the Mayor and Councillors will take their Oath of Allegiance and Declaration of Office to officially commence the 2022 to 2026 Council...

A Statement from Mayor Sanderson on the Lions Park Woodlot

For the last number of months, misinformation about the remediation at Lions Recreation Centre Park (Lions Park) continues to circulate in our community. Whether you support the initiative or not, you need to have complete information based on facts. You are always encouraged to look for source information. The following is a list of some of the key facts related to this project.

• FACT: The contamination in the soil at Lions Park is hazardous industrial waste.
  • The levels of waste found are well...

Council Meeting Highlights - September 20

Below is a summary of key items discussed at the Municipality of Port Hope Council meeting held on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. The agendas and staff reports are available on the Agendas and Minutes page of our website.

Council Meeting:

The following are highlights from the Council Meeting.

Strategic Plan update

CAO, David Smith provided an update to Council regarding the Strategic Plan. As part of the 2022 budget approval, Council invested over $4M in various activities supporting the plan and to...

Notice of Public Meeting – 143 Walton Street

Please note: this meeting has been rescheduled from the previously advertised meeting time on September 28, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. to the new time of 4:00 p.m.

Take notice that the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Port Hope hereby considers an application to amend Zoning By-law 20/2010, as amended, submitted by Clark Consulting Services, for lands municipally known as 143 Walton Street, in the Urban Area of the Municipality of Port Hope (see Figure 1: Subject Lands Map), to be a Complete...