March 2026
- Support for Rural Businesses Impacted by Power Outages
- Regional Consolidated Municipal Service Manager Model for Social Services
Publications, Plans and Reports
Council Directed Letters
Town of Essex Council regularly issues letters of support on a wide range of matters important to the community. Below is a list of letters of support grouped by month.
December 2025
- Curbside Recycling Eligibility for Non-Profit Organizations
- Justice and the Protection of Canada’s Children
- Expansion of the Harrow Raw Sewage Pumping Station
November 2025
October 2025
- Bill C-61 First Nations Clean Water Act
- Strengthening Coordination of Provincial and Federal Dental Programs
- State of Emergency on Mental Health, Homelessness and Addictions
- Swim to Survive
- Public Safety Requirement to Protect Our Communities
September 2025
July 2025
- Beach Closures in the Municipality of the Town of Essex
- Avian Influenza (H5N1) Prevention and Risk Mitigation
- Endorsing the Windsor-Essex Food Strategy
- Animal Bite Prevention Strategies in Windsor-Essex County
June 2025
- Accurate Notifications and Timely Warnings to Prepare for Severe Weather
- Raising Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Rental Rates in Land Leased Communities
May 2025
April 2025
- Opioids Crisis and Homeless Encampments
- Protecting Canadian Values
- Tariffs on Canadian Production
- Travel Health Grant for Southwestern Ontario, Windsor-Essex County
- Opposition to Strong Mayor Powers
March 2025
- Child Welfare Funding
- Provincial Land Transfer Tax and GST to Municipalities for Sustainable Infrastructure Funding
- Telecommunications Cell Tower
- Regional Transportation Grant for the Leamington-Windsor Transit Line
February 2025
January 2025
November 2024
- Solve the Humanitarian Crisis
- Ontario Return Deposit Program
- Municipal Elections Act Recommendations
October 2024
- Bell Canada
- Ontario's Family Physicians
- Sustainable Funding for the Ontario Provincial Police in Small Rural Municipalities
September 2024
August 2024
July 2024
- Jurisdiction of the Ombudsman
- Joint Health Resolution Campaign
- Social and Economic Prosperity Review
June 2024
- Operational Budget Funding
- Significant Financial and Budgetary Pressures
- Municipal Fiscal Framework
- Enbridge Gas Follow-Up
- Mobile Home Parks and Land Leased Communities
- Bill C-63
- Ontario Heritage Act
- Extension of Bill 23 Timelines - Heritage Registry List
- Non-Native (Exotic) Wild Animals
May 2024
- Wright Drain Culvert Repair and Maintenance
- Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund
- Highway 413
- Potential Municipal Operator Course
April 2024
- Cemetery Transfer/Abandonment Administration and Management Support
- Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program
- Ontario Provincial Police Detachment Board
March 2024
February 2024
- Modernize the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA)
- Policy Update and Social and Economic Prosperity Review
- Support for Blue box Program Extended Producer Responsibility for Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Sector
- Prohibition of Criminals from Municipal Council
January 2024
December 2023
November 2023
- Support for increasing volunteer Firefighter tax credits
- Lakeshore Dog Pound Cost Sharing
- Safety Audit - Intersection of County Road 12 and County Road 15
August 2023
- Letter of Support – Time for Change: MFIPPA
- Capital Funding for Co-An Park 2024 Budget
- Letter of Support - 2023 Rental Housing Component
- Letter Declaring Intimate Partner Violence an Epidemic in Windsor & Essex County
July 2023
June 2023
- Letter of Support to the Ontario Minister of Health re: Health Care Crisis
- Letter - Organic Waste Diversion Program in Ontario
- Letter of Support - Highway Traffic Act Amendments
- Local Emergency Response System and Gaps in Healthcare regarding Code Red and Code Black Frequency
April 2023
- Invitation to the Honourable Steve Clark, Minister, Municipal Affairs and Housing
- More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022
March 2023
- Letter of Support regarding the School Bus Stop Arm Cameras
- A Call to the Provincial Government to End Homelessness in Ontario
- The Reinstatement of Legislation Permitting a Municipality to Retain Surplus Proceeds from Tax Sales
- Tax Classification of Short-Term Rental Units
- Municipality of Shuniah - Municipal Petition in Opposition of Bill 3, Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022
- Letter of Support – Niagara Region Motion Respecting Declarations of Emergency of Homelessness, Mental Health and Opioid Addiction
February 2023
January 2023
December 2022
November 2022
- Accessible Trail on South Talbot Road in Essex Ontario
- Update on Ontario Energy Board Application
- Streamlining Governing Legislation for Physicians in Ontario
- Strong Mayors, Building Homes Act, 2022
October 2022
September 2022
August 2022
- Gasoline Tax Rate
- Improve the level of safety at the intersection of County Road 12 and County Road 15
July 2022
June 2022
- Values Influence Peer Program (VIP)
- Rent Supplement Program Expiries and Mitigation Strategy - City Wide
May 2022
- School Safety Zone Review of Colchester North Grade School
- E.L.K. Progress Update on Action Plan (2021-2022)
- Joint and Several Liability
April 2022
January 2022
December 2021
- Opposition - Letter of Instruction from Windsor-Essex County Health Unit
- OHIP and Access to Quality Eye Care
November 2021
May to October 2021
- Hydro One Power Outages
- Alternative Sites for Hosting Future Organic Waste Programs
- Capital Gains Tax on Primary Residence
- Completion of the Truth and Reconciliation 94 Calls to Action
- Internet as an Essential Service
- National Suicide Prevention Hotline
- Lottery Licensing
- Local Hospital
- Automatic Speed Enforcement
- Reform for Ontario Wine Industry
- Include the PSA Test for Men into the Medical Care
- Legal Age for Licensed Driver
April 2021
March 2021
- Municipality of Leamington, Support for Municipality of Tweed's Letter Regarding Cannabis Production Facilities, the Cannabis Act, and Health Canada Guidelines.
- City of Sarnia and the Township of Lake of Bays, Support for Advocating to the Province of Ontario That They Adjust Capacity Limits for COVID-19 Restrictions
February 2021
- Dr. Katie Stammler, Municipal Representation on Essex Region Source Protection Committee
- Premier Doug Ford, Opposition to the Closure of the Ontario Fire College located in Gravenhurst, Ontario
- County of Essex, Support for Essex Non-Profit Homes Inc. (ENHP) Renewal and Repair Project
January 2021
December 2020
December 2020 Letters of Support are listed below:
October 2020
October 2020 Letters of Support are listed below:
-
Government of Ontario, Request for Consideration of Amendments to Bill 108
- County of Essex, County Road 8 Sidewalk
- Essex Region Conservation Authority, John R. Park Homestead and Visitor’s Centre
- Premier Doug Ford, Reform to the Municipal Insurance Policy
- Government of Ontario, Cannabis Production
September 2020
September 2020 Letters of Support are listed below:
- Association of Municipalities of Ontario, Supporting a Healthy Ecosystem for Local Journalism
- Government of Ontario, Stopping Illicit Cannabis Grow Operations
August 2020
August 2020 Letters of Support are listed below:
- Windsor Essex County Health Unit, further request for information/data on positive COVID-19 cases in Essex County
- The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Formal Apology from Canadian Government to African Canadians for Slavery
- Honourable Sylvia Jones, Solicitor General, Support for Town of Gore Bay Resolution in Support of OPP Diversity Training
- Medical Officer of Health, Windsor Essex County Health Unit, Support for Town of Kingsville Resolution requesting more detailed information and data regarding the spread of COVID-19
- Majid Jowhari, Member of Parliament, Support for Private Member Bill to designate August 1 as "Emancipation Day" in Canada
- Honourable Stephen Lecce, Support for Funding For Additional Health and Safety Standards in Schools
- Katie Stammler, PhD, Essex Region Conservation Authority, Essex Region Source Protection Committee – Municipal Representation
- The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Support for Federal Assistance for People with Disabilities – COVID-19 Pandemic
July 2020
July 2020 Letters of Support are listed below:
- Honourable Premier Doug Ford, Support for Resolution to Problems at Long Term Care Homes
- Windsor Essex County Health Unit, Request for Raw Data on COVID-19 Cases in Windsor-Essex
June 2020
June 2020 Letters of Support are listed below:
- Theresa Marentette, CEO/Chief Nursing Officer, Windsor Essex County Healt Unit, Request for Emergency Action for Local Farm Workers
- Honourable Premier Doug Ford, Support for Tax Relief for Non-profits and Service Clubs
- Honourable Premier Doug Ford, Support for Investments in High-speed Internet
May 2020
May 2020 Letters of Support are listed below:
- Honourable Premier Doug Ford, Support for Outdoor Business Operations
- Honourable Premier Doug Ford, Support for Business Support Program
March 2020
March 2020 Letters of Support are listed below:
December 2019
December 2019 Letters of Support are listed below:
November 2019
November 2019 Letters of Support are listed in order below:
Corporate Planning
Strategic Planning
- Strategic Plan 2023-2027
- Strategic Plan Progress Report (2020)
- Third Party/Independent Service Delivery Review (2020)
- Strategic Plan 2019-2022
- Report on Annual Operations - 2016
- Strategic Plan 2016-2018
Asset Management Plan
- 2025 Asset Management Plan
- 2024 Asset Management Plan
- 2022 Asset Management Plan
- Asset Management Plan: Part 2 - General Capital (approved March 27, 2017)
- Asset Management Policy
Boards and Committees
Budgets and Financial Reports
- Visit the Budgets and Financial Reports page to view.
- Section 284 Council Remuneration:
Community Design and Strategic Plans
- Parkland Dedication Consultation Session (Watson & Associates)
- County Wide Active Transportation CWATS Annual Update
- County Road 50 Sign By-law Amendment Information Package
- Essex Centre Streetscape Plan
- Harrow Centre Streetscape Plan
- Colchester Centre Landscape Master Plan
- Essex Centre Community Improvement Implementation Strategy
- Harrow Community Improvement Plan Expansion Report
- Harrow Community Strategic Plan
- Sustainability Action Plan
- Town of Essex Urban Design Guidelines for Harrow and Essex Centre
Community Services
- Energy Conservation & Demand Management Plan 2024-2029
- Community Services Master Plan
- Alcohol Risk Management Policy
- Windsor Essex Regional Community Safety and Well-Being Plan
Essex Fire and Rescue Services
- Fire Master Plan 2024
- Community Risk Assessment 2024
- 2024 Essex Fire and Rescue Services Annual Report
Police Services
Drainage Reports
An electronic copy of the following drainage reports can be obtained by contacting the Clerk's Department:
- 2nd Concession Drain - Gorski - New Access Culvert (March 19, 2012)
- 2nd Concession Drain - Gorski - Reconsidered (July 11, 2012)
- 13th Concession Centre Drain - Wirch - New Agricultural Access Culvert (March 8, 2012)
- Aikman Drain Relocation Report (October 28, 2011)
- Bellcreft Beach 2012 Drainage Study - Preliminary Report
- Edgar Sideroad Drain - Sanward Enterprises - Access Culvert (March 14, 2012)
- North Rear Road Drain - Knapp - Replacement Access Culvert (March 21, 2012)
- Palen Drain Relocation Report (November 4, 2011)
Energy Conservation and Management
- Broader Public Sector (BPS) Annual Energy Report 2024
- Energy Conservation and Demand Management Plan
Flooding
- Basement Flooding Study (September 8, 2015)
- Class Environmental Assessment Report (December 7, 2015)
Environmental Assessments
- Essex Ward 1 Southwest Storm Sewer Final Environmental Study Report (ESR)
- Colchester South Sewage Works Expansion Environmental Study Report (ESR)
Housing
Planning
- Medical Marijuana Production Facilities
- Official Plan
- Report to Council and Draft Sign By-law
- Report to Council on Farm Lot Severances
- Report to Council on the Official Plan Review
- Report to Council on the Social and Economic Importance of Heritage Preservation
- Street Light Replacement Plan 2018
- Report to Council on Proposed Zoning By-law Revisions (November 6, 2017)
Stormwater
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