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Council Highlights - Oct 6, 2020

A new Lottery License Protocol was accepted by Council on Tuesday night to revise the Municipality's licencing procedures. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) establishes clear and strict rules for municipalities to issue licences to eligible and charitable organizations.  Previously the Municipality charged an upfront lottery licence fee of 3% based on expected winnings. Progressive or complex lotteries such as Catch the Ace will now be able to pay their 3% licence fee on a...

2021 Budget - Operating Budget vs Capital Budget

The operating budget is a plan for the day-to-day operations at the Municipality and includes such things as salaries, utilities, materials and supplies, contracts, long term financing repayments, general maintenance and repairs, etc.  These expenses are consistent from year to year and add up to millions of dollars for the Municipality.   This would be similar to your daily expenses like groceries, utilities, gas, insurance, etc. that add up over the course of the year and that you can generally...

October 15 - Special Committee of the Whole BUDGET Meeting

Council will hold a Special Committee of the Whole BUDGET meeting on Thursday October 15th, 2020 at 9:00 am.

To access the agenda please visit: https://events.mississippimills.ca/council and click on the meeting date in the calendar.

Due to space restrictions and social distancing requirements, Council Chambers are still closed to the public but meetings will be livestreamed on the municipal website. To access the livestream please click on the link above.

October 13 - Special Committee of the Whole Budget Meeting

Council will hold a Special Committee of the Whole BUDGET meeting on Tuesday October 13th, 2020 at 9:00 am.

To access the agenda please visit: https://events.mississippimills.ca/council and click on the meeting date in the calendar.

Due to space restrictions and social distancing requirements, Council Chambers are still closed to the public but meetings will be livestreamed on the municipal website. To access the livestream please click on the link above.

UPDATED - OPP POLICE RECORD CHECKS

(ORILLIA, ON) – As the economy continues to recover from the pandemic, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is committed to improving customer service for citizens seeking police record checks.

Due to COVID-19, and the gradual movement through the stages of reopening of Ontario, the OPP is currently experiencing an extremely high volume of police record check requests. In order to effectively meet the demand and process the volume of checks as expeditiously as possible, the OPP is temporarily...

Fire Prevention Week

Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!

Fire Prevention Week 2020: October 4-10

The Mississippi Mills Fire Department is urging everyone in Mississippi Mills to take some simple steps to prevent kitchen fires in their home. This year’s theme of Fire Prevention Week, which runs from October 4-10, is “Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!™”

The theme is very timely as cooking fires continue to be the leading cause of home fires in Ontario. It focuses on the prevention of cooking fires and staying fire...

2021 Budget - Balancing the Budget

Each year Council debates and discusses the budget during a series of meetings in order to balance the budget and determine what they feel is an acceptable level of taxation and amount for user fees.  Municipalities can’t have budgets that don’t balance as set out in the Municipal Act, so all revenues and expenses must be equal. The first DRAFT of the budget was presented to Council at the October 6th meeting and is currently not balanced so Council and Staff have a significant amount of work to...