Council pay
Council approves salary increases for next term after weeks of debate After weeks of debate and two previous attempts to reach a decision, Council has approved salary increases for members of the next term. Beginning January 1, 2027, councillors will receive an annual salary of $40,422, up 27 per cent from the current $29,645. The […]
Upside down
Existing water users will pay Shire Hall staff acknowledged on Thursday that a one per cent growth rate means a much larger share of the proposed infrastructure spending (regional plant and intake in Wellington and a 20-kilometre pipeline to Picton) will be borne by existing water rate payers across Prince Edward County. The notion of […]
What did and did not happen
Council agrees to plan waterworks expansion based on one per cent growth rate It is critical in the summer of 2026 to know what a committee of council did last week, and what it didn’t do. Before them on Thursday afternoon was a request to approve a one per cent annual population growth rate as […]
The VORTEX Experience
Bringing together music, wine, art and technology A silent auction win during last year’s County FM fundraising drive by artist and photographer Tara Wilkinson of a music night with Astrid Young has turned into a unique mixture of art, music, wine and technology on now display at ANDARA Gallery. When Ms. Young—who is also a […]
Resurrection
Left-for-dead regional water plan rises again It was dead. The assumptions underpinning the Regional Water Plan proved to be terribly flawed. There was no surge of new homebuilding coming—no wave of population growth that needed vast and unprecedented waterworks expansion. The County’s limited experience with waterworks infrastructure construction— that is, the trunk lines in Wellington […]
‘Unforeseen and uncontrollable’
Trunklines project still isn’t finished, but all the money is gone When it was still just an estimate on paper, the water and wastewater lines stretching across the village under the Millennium Trail were expected to cost $12.2 million. That was 2021. By the time the work was tendered, two years later, the project’s cost […]
PECI Learning Garden
Helping students to connect with nature An interior courtyard at Prince Edward Collegiate Institute (PECI) has been converted into an outdoor learning space thanks to the efforts of teachers, students, parent volunteers and community partners. The new Learning Garden and Outdoor Classroom was officially opened last Thursday with a symbolic planting in the redesigned space. […]
Compensation clash
Council hits reset on remuneration debate Council will revisit the contentious issue of remuneration later this month after a lengthy and at times heated debate ended without a clear decision last Tuesday night. After nearly an hour of discussion, Council found itself deadlocked on two competing approaches to councillor compensation. A proposal to maintain the […]
Unsustainable
The County must have a conversation about right-sizing municipal business: consultant Consultants tend to try to put a positive spin on bad news. But the folks at Municipal VU had to work extra hard to paint an optimistic take on the County’s big picture. The consultants were contracted in the wake of accelerated overhead growth […]
Blue Rodeo
Legendary rock band kicks off Base31’s music season The Drill Hall at Base31 was packed to capacity on Saturday night for Blue Rodeo’s kick-off concert to start off the summer season of music. Opening for the headliner was the Hometown Beauts, with duo Jimmy Bowskill—who also plays with Blue Rodeo—and Brittany Brooks accompanied by Ian […]