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Below is a summary of key items discussed at the Municipality of Port Hope Council and Committee of the Whole Meetings held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. The agendas and staff reports are available on the Agendas and Minutes page of our website. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this meeting was held electronically via video conference.

Council Meeting:

The following are highlights from the Council Meeting.

Rose Glen Road reconstruction

Council awarded the contract for the Rose Glen Road project to Behan...

Residents are advised that municipal administrative buildings will be closed and transit services will be unavailable on Monday, May 23, 2022 for the Victoria Day holiday. Services will resume on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at their usual operating hours.

For urgent services related to water or roads, call 905-885-2431 and press * to reach our after-hours emergency line.

As the weekend approaches, residents are reminded of the regulations for the sale and use of fireworks, per By-law 102-2008. 

Additionally,...

Councils for the Municipality of Port Hope, the Township of Hamilton, and the Township of Alnwick/Haldimand are pleased to announce improvements to the delivery of animal care services in their respective communities with the transfer of care and enforcement to the Northumberland Humane Society, effective immediately.

All three Councils held Special Council meetings on April 26, 2022, respectively, to authorize the execution of an agreement to dissolve the Joint Animal Control Municipal Services...

Apply today to serve on the Joint Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee.

The Municipality of Port Hope, Township of Alnwick-Haldimand, Municipality of Brighton, Town of Cobourg, Township of Cramahe, Township of Hamilton and Municipality of Trent Hills are requesting applications from interested members of the public to serve on the Compliance Audit Committee for the 2022 Municipal Election. This committee, consisting of five (5) members, will serve the above noted municipalities for...

Residents are advised that the Municipality of Port Hope has hired Port Britain Chemicals Inc., to control vegetation along guiderails on rural roadsides in the Municipality (rural area only).

The following pesticide will be used:
Finalsan Pro Commercial Concentrate PCP 30012, under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada)
Active ingredient: Ammonium Salt of Fatty Acid. No surfactants used.

The work will commence the week of May 30 to June 24 and again August 1 to 26, 2022, weather permitting.

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