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Municipalities will pay about three per cent more in their county levy, but county councillors say this year’s budget is a responsible one.
The county’s finance committee heard details Tuesday during the group’s monthly meeting.
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Like county council, the finance, property and personnel committee is comprised of the heads of the county’s 14 municipalities. The committee’s endorsement of the budget, therefore, puts the document on track for final approval at the March 25 council meeting.
Hastings County levy set to increase by three per cent
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At their next meeting, Highlands East council will discuss an animal control by-law.
The township’s Bylaw Enforcement Officer Kristen Boylan put forward the recommendation at the January 19th meeting.
She says this is a precautionary measure after two people moved to neighbouring Hastings Highlands and opened an exotic animal zoo.
Boylan noted that Ontario is the only province in Canada with exotic animal legislation. “At this time there is no Provincial Legislation or regulations in place to prevent a citizen from keeping an exotic animal in Ontario unless under Municipal By-law. Each Municipality must enact a by-law to define the exotic animal species and either prohibit, regulate, licence and/or all of the above within their by-law,” she added.