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    • Service Line Warranty Canada (SLWC) Spring Campaign Offer

      Back in September 2022, the Town partnered with SLWC to offer Hawkesbury homeowners protection plans to help cover the potentially expensive repair costs associated with their portion of water and sewer service lines. These plans, offered by SWLC, are used by over 1000 cities, municipalities, and utilities across North America, including over 65 in Ontario.

      The Town of Hawkesbury is letting homeowners know that they may receive a reminder letter regarding these protection plans in the upcoming weeks from SLWC. The letter will again include the Town’s logo to assure that this offering is legitimate.

      Please note that participation is optional and voluntary for homeowners in Hawkesbury and that it is not a Town program. Please visit www.slwofc.ca for frequently asked questions and links to additional information.

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    • Special meeting of November 7, 2024 - Budget 2025

      Notice of special Town Council meeting

      We wish to inform you that a special meeting of the Town Council is scheduled for November 7th, 2024 at 6:00 pm.

      Community members interested in attending this meeting can come in person at Town Hall, 600 Higginson st, Hawkesbury. The meeting will also be recorded and available live on the Town's youtube channel at the following link: Town of Hawkesbury Youtube

      The 2025 budget will be discussed during this meeting. Consult the first budget draft documents in this meeting's agenda for more information. 

      Yours sincerely,

      Town of Hawkesbury Clerk's Office

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    • 2021 budget process

      The Town of Hawkesbury has started its 2021 budget process. We would like to invite Hawkesbury’s citizens and organizations to participate in this process by sending us your comments, ideas and / or initiatives that you would like to see in the town for 2021.

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    • Public meeting notice- Changing of Bruneau and Pilon street name

      Take notice that the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the Town of Hawkesbury will hold a public meeting on the  12th of November 2024, at 6:00 p.m. at Town Hall, 600 Higginson Street with the intent to pass a by-law at the            November 12, 2024, regular Council meeting to approve the renaming of existing public streets Bruneau and Pilon to Zoning By-law N° 20–2018 under Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13.

      The purpose of the renaming is to correct projected street names in a future subdivision development south of Lafrance Crescent due to existing street names known as Bruneau Street and Pilon Street, to have no two streets name the same.

      Consult the complet public notice document for more information. 

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    • Public meeting notice - Zoning Bt-law amendment (157 & 189 John st.)

      Take notice that the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the Town of Hawkesbury will hold a public meeting on the 12th of November 2024, at 6:00 p.m. at Town Hall, 600 Higginson Street to consider a proposed Amendment to Zoning By-law N° 20–2018 under Section 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13.

      The purpose of the application is to rezone Lots 4, 5, 7 and Part of Lot 8, Registered Plan M-21, municipally addressed as 157 and 189 John Street.

      For additional information please read the complete public notice document.

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  • As part of its emergency plan and eager to offer an effective tool of good quality to its citizens, the Town of Hawkesbury has acquired an alert and communication system service WITH NO USER FEE FOR ITS CITIZENS.

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    As part of the planning of municipal infrastructure management, level of service aspect, the administration wishes to conduct a feedback and improvement survey among Hawkesbury residents.

    We encourage you to participate massively in this very inclusive survey.

    You can fill it by clicking here or on on the button below:

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Events

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Nov 2024

Friendly game of Chess

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Nov 2024

Bilingual activity for 4 to 7 years old
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Any person, body or group wishing to address the council must inform the clerk at least ten days before the regular meeting and submit a complete copy of the document to be presented. A period of ten minutes is allocated and delegations are limited to two per ordinary meeting.

Any person wanting to have a chance to speak in front of Council will have to submit a pdfDelegation Form and send it to the Clerk's Office at .

For more information, please contact the Town's Clerk, Mrs Sonia Girard at 613 632-0106 or by email at: .

Mayor

Paula Assaly

Council

Lawrence Bogue


Raymond Campbell


André Chamaillard


Robert Lefebvre


Yves Paquette


Antonios Tsourounakis

Integrity Commissioner

Starting March 2019, the Province of Ontario has required that municipalities adopt a Code of conduct for members of their municipal council and local boards.

The Code of conduct requires that an Integrity Commissioner be appointed. Council appointed a new Integrity Commissioner in January 2023 by Council. Their term ends on December 31, 2025.

Their role

The Integrity Commissioner is independent of the Council and the Town Administration. They acts as:

Advisor

They provide confidential advice to the mayor, councillors, and local board members on their obligations under the Code of conduct and any other regulations, policies and procedures governing their ethical behaviour. They also provide notices under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.

Investigator

They are responsible for investigating complaints they receive about potential breaches of the Code of conduct or ethical failings of members of the Municipal Council or a local board.

Educator

They provide educational information to Members of Council, local boards, the Town, and the general public.

Who are they?

Cunningham, Swan, Carty, Little & Bonham, LLP is Southeastern Ontario's premier full-service law firm. The Firm is a general partnership that has been practising law for over 125 years. Based in Kingston, their 36 lawyers and experienced support staff provide a wide range of legal services to individual, corporate and institutional clients in the private and public sectors throughout the region.

The firm has a long tradition of providing legal services to local governments. It acts as attorneys or legal advisors to more than two dozen urban and rural municipalities, as well as a number of public services, conservation authorities, health units, hospitals and universities in southeastern Ontario and beyond.


Integrity Commissioner Report – September 4, 2020

pdfReport_-_Integrity_Commissioner_-_Complaint_of_September_4_2020_anglais_seulement_.pdf

pdfAddendum_-_September_26_2021_anglais_seulement.pdf


Integrity Commissioner Report – April 26, 2021 (French only)

pdfRapport_denquete__26_avril_2021.pdf


Integrity Commissioner Report – December 31, 2020

pdfHAWK2002_Report_English.pdf


Ombudsman Report

pdfRE: Closed meeting complaint – March 17, 2022

pdfInvestigation regarding the Town of Hawkesbury’s decision-making process on June 15, 202072.57 KB


File a complaint

A person who has reasons to believe that there is a contravention of the Code of conduct or an ethical breach by an elected member or a member of a local board may file a complaint.

A complaint must be submitted on the established Formal Complaint Form. The Form may be printed from the website or obtained from the Administration Office

pdfDownload the form to file a complaint

A complaint must be placed in a sealed envelope marked "private and confidential" and must contain the following information:

  • Complainant's name, mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
  • Original copy of the Formal Complaint Form;
  • Original copy of the Additional Information Form (if applicable);
  • Any relevant documentation; and
  • Cheque for $250 made payable to "The Corporation of the Town of Hawkesbury".

The complaint must be submitted by one of the following two options:

a) by mail to:

Corporation of the Town of Hawkesbury, Town Hall

Attention: Cunningham, Swan, Carty, Little & Bonham, LLP, Integrity Commissioner    

600 Higginson Street Hawkesbury, ON K6A 1H1

b) in person to:

Please make an appointment with Sonia Girard, the acting Clerk, at 613-632-0106, or

Important: In order to preserve confidentiality of the complainant, please ask the receptionist to speak with the acting Clerk, without mentioning that you want to file a complaint. The complaint filed with the acting Clerk will be forwarded to the Integrity Commissioner without delay and without added comments.

Result of a complaint

To the extent possible, the Integrity Commissioner will submit his report within 60 days of receiving a complaint to the Council or local board, as the case may be. In the case of a contravention of the Code of conduct or a breach of ethics, he will submit his recommendations as to the penalties to be imposed to the Member in default.

Code of conduct

You can download our Code of conduct here:

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Please note that the meetings are in the public domain and that your contact details may be mentioned during the broadcast of these meetings, in the minutes as well as in the video published on our Youtube channel or other electronic media.


Once adopted by Council at the last meeting of the month, minutes are posted on the website.

Agendas are posted on the website approximately a week before a regular meeting and two days before special meetings.

Looking for old Council, Committee of the Whole or budget meeting agendas and minutes? Please contact the Acting Town's Clerk by email at:

Please note that you must use the following browsers to view this section: Firefox, Safari or Chrome. Do not use Edge or Explorer.

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The Minutes and Agendas for the years 2019 and 2020 will soon be placed in their respective accordion tabs further down on this same page.

 Minutes
List of Agendas and Minutes    
 Date Type of meeting Agenda Minutes
April      
April 15, 2019 Regular meeting of Council pdfAgenda pdfMinutes
April 29, 2019 Special meeting of Council in-camera pdfAgenda pdfMinutes
       
March      
March 11, 2019 Special meeting of Council in-camera pdfAgenda pdfMinutes 
March 11, 2019 Regular meeting of Council pdfAgenda pdfMinutes
March 25, 2019 Regular meeting of Council pdfAgenda pdfMinutes
       
February      
February 11, 2019 Special meeting of Council in-camera pdfAgenda pdfMinutes
February 11, 2019 Regular meeting of Council pdfAgenda pdfMinutes
February 25, 2019 Public meeting (6:30 p.m.) pdfAgenda pdfMinutes
February 25, 2019  Regular meeting of Council  pdfAgenda  pdfMinutes 
       
January      
January 10, 2019 Special meeting of Council pdfAgenda  pdfMinutes 
January 14, 2019 Regular meeting of Council pdfAgenda  pdfMinutes 
January 21, 2019 Regular meeting of Council pdfAgenda
pdfMinutes 
       
       
       

Every meeting of the Town's council are recorded.  To watch the latest meeting go check us out on our Youtube page. 

 

Click here or go at www.youtube.com/c/HawkesburyON