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Kawartha Lakes – The following are highlights from the Regular Council Meeting on May 20, 2025.  

The meeting can be viewed in full on our YouTube Channel.

The Regular Council minutes from April 22, 2025 were received and adopted.

Recognition of Years of Service Milestones for Kawartha Lakes employees

Kawartha Lakes – The Olde Gaol Building that hosts the Kawartha Lakes Museum and Archives, will be undergoing significant repairs over the next several months. The repairs are to restore the building envelope of this iconic heritage building.

Kawartha Lakes –The municipality will provide a total of $10,000 in Canada Day funding to support eight communities in Kawartha Lakes celebrating Canada Day. The funding is in addition to the $14,000 in support received from the Federal government through the Canadian Heritage Celebrate Canada Program. 

Kawartha Lakes – This week is Paramedic Services Week. From May 18 to May 24, please join us in recognizing the Kawartha Lakes Paramedic Service for everything they do for our community.

Kawartha Lakes – The Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus (EOWC) represents 103 municipalities throughout Eastern Ontario. On May 13, the EOWC held a historic Advocacy Day at Queen’s Park, successfully uniting municipal leaders with Premier Doug Ford, Cabinet Ministers, and Members of Provincial Parliament in order to advance shared priorities.

Kawartha Lakes – We’re upgrading the roof and replacing the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Roof Top Units (RTU) at the Fenelon Falls Library Branch.

Notice of Public Information Centre

Logie St. Sewage Pumping Station and Ridout St. Sewage Pumping Station Upgrades – Municipal Class Environmental Assessment

The City of Kawartha Lakes (City) is currently planning to upgrade the wastewater collection system for the community of Lindsay. The community of Lindsay is rapidly expanding with new developments and upgrades to the wastewater collection system are required to support the increasing needs of the residents of the community.

Take Notice that the Council of the City of Kawartha Lakes, on April 22, 2025, passed a resolution of intent to designate the following property under Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.18, as a property of cultural heritage value or interest:

Kawartha Lakes – In preparation for future waste disposal at the Somerville landfill, construction on a new landfill cell began on Monday May 5, 2025. The estimated completion date of the project is Friday May 30, 2025.

Kawartha Lakes – In response to the recent ice storm, the municipality launched a curbside storm debris clean-up program to help residents with fallen tree and brush debris.

You can now track the progress of this program using the Storm Debris Clean-up Map on our website: