Upcoming Meetings & Events December 17th, 2014 Council invites applications from citizens who desire to have their names considered for appointment to the following Board/Committees: Application Deadline: January 7, 2015 in Grey Highlands ____________________________________________________ Weekly Curbside Garbage Collection for December 25, 2014 will be picked up on Saturday, December 27, 2014. Weekly Curbside Garbage collection and Recycling Collection for Thursday, January 1, 2015 will be picked up on Saturday, January 3, 2015. There will be NO changes to the waste disposal site hours of operations during Christmas and New Year’s. __________________________________________________________ Tips for a Green Holiday: • Wrap gifts in reusable materials such as cloth bags. You can make your own from festive fabric and ribbon or use a pillow case and some fabric paint! Then use them again every year for a new tradition • Shop local • Decorate with nature • Consider usability and durability. Will it last? Is it sustainably made? • Don’t forget to take your own bag when you go shopping • Donate unwanted items; it will brighten someone else’s day • Use real dishes, stemware, silverware, and cloth napkins for your parties • Make your own gift. Photographs, kids art projects, crafts, preserves, baking or an original poem are great personalized choices. Gifts that come from the heart are priceless • Put your Christmas lights and thermostat on a timer • Create memories, not garbage Recycling Tips: • Cardboard must be flattened, bundled and placed beside your bluebox • Wrapping paper can be recycled – no foil please • Rinse cans and bottles before they go in the blue box • Take old unwanted electronics to the nearest disposal site for FREE recycling • Catering trays and oyster packaging can go into the blue box • Styrofoam packaging can be recycled at Waste Disposal Sites! Acceptable: all “cushion” packaging that comes with computers, electronics, house wares etc. Not acceptable: food storage containers, white foam packaging (meat trays, coffee cups, clam shells and packing peanuts). Please remove all tape, plastic and paper Compost • A composter is the gift that keeps giving. Reduce your household waste by 30% by putting in your kitchen scraps, grass clippings, and leaves. In return you get free natural soil conditioning fertilizer for your garden. • Available in the Municipal Office at 206 Toronto St. Markdale for $35 Committee of Adjustment: (two citizens) Quasi-judicial tribunal, independent and autonomous from Municipal Administration. Consider minor variances from the zoning by-law, review proposed changes to legal non-conforming uses and determine viability of Applications for Consents. Additional information can be found on our website under the Council tab -> Committees. ______________________________________________ The Municipality of Grey Highlands would like to thank all our sponsors for providing free public skating this 2014/2015 winter season! Flesherton Arena G&G ● Auto Parts Plus ● Flesherton Kinsmen ● Better Measures ● Rod Plantt Trucking ● Baines Barber Shop ● Royal LePages ● Glenn Sinclair Auctioneer ● Priceville Wind Mill Co. ● DV Electric ● O’Donnel Enterprises ● Jolley’s Dairy Bar ● Outdoor Power ● Magee’s Gas Bar ● C M Boudreau Trucking ● Colton’s Garage ● A W Sills ● Croft Sand and Gravel ● Dunville Signs ● Home Hardware Markdale Arena The Graf Family ● Dunwood Signs and Textiles ● McMeekin Law Offices ● Markdale and Flesherton Home Hardware ● Murray’s Print Shop ● Scotia Bank ● Markdale Cable TV ● Secure Insurance ● AW Sills Sales and Service Ltd ● Five Star Cleaning Maintenance & Landscaping ● Bernard’s Quality Cars & Service ● Ellen Gilkes ● Corwen Contracting ● Annesley United Church ● The McMeeken Family ● Ron & Heather Torry & Family ● Barry McMeeken ● Tanya & Darcy Ottewell ● South East Grey Community Health Centre Rocklyn Arena Rocklyn Skating Club ● Seabrook’s Garage ● Centre Grey Lions Club ● Green Side Up Landscaping ● Clarke’s Landscaping ● Dave Clarke’s Plumbing ● RBA Financial ● Saturday Morning Kids Hockey ● Saunders Charolais ● Temple Hill United Church ● Sunday Night Oldtimer’s Hockey ● Georgian Bay Well Drilling ● Don & Debbie Katto ● Clarke’s Tree Spade ● Wheelie’s Mechanical Please note additional free public skating at Rocklyn Arena sponsored by: • Green Side Up Landscaping: Dec 24/14 – 3:00 to 4:00 pm • RBA Financial: Dec 29/14 - 3:00 to 4:00 pm • Rocklyn Skating Club: Dec 31/14 - 6:30 to 8:30 pm • Tulloch Farms: Jan 2/15 – 3:00 to 4:00 pm 1:00 PM – Committee of the Whole / Public Hearings commence at 5:00 PM Municipal Administration Building hg On behalf of Council and Staff at the Municipality of Grey Highlands we would like to wish everyone a safe and joyous Holiday Season. Municipal Office Closure: The Municipal Office will be closed from December 25th, 2014 until January 2nd, 2015. We will reopen Monday, January 5th, 2015 at 8:30 am. Grey Highlands Police Services Board: (one citizen) Establish priorities, objectives and policies regarding policing in Grey Highlands in consultation with the Detachment Commander and Council. Municipal Office Closed December 25th to January 2nd Wednesday, January 7th Wednesday, January 14th 5:00 PM – Committee of Adjustment Municipal Administration Building Monday, January 19th 1:00 PM – Council Municipal Administration Building Tuesday, January 27th 10:00 AM – Police Services Board Municipal Administration Building This notice provides a friendly reminder that under Bylaw 2007-84 and the Highway Traffic Act, RSO 1990, vehicles are not permitted to be parked or left standing on any street, municipal parking lot or road allowance as to obstruct snow clearing operations between the hours of 2:00AM and 7:00AM during the winter season from November 15, 2014 to March 31, 2015. Vehicles will be referred to the Ontario Provincial Police and removed at the owner’s expense. .  info@greyhighlands.ca  519-986-2811  1-888-342-4059 (toll-free)  greyhighlands.ca  206 Toronto St. South, Unit One P.O.Box 409 Markdale, Ontario N0C 1H0