WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GREY HIGHLANDS

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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Markdale, Ontario N0C 1H0