Hastings County meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Hastings County agendas take up paramedic grants, land division hearings and AI policy; no minutes yet published

Hastings County committees were scheduled to take up land ambulance grant funding, four land division applications and a corporate artificial intelligence rollout across two meeting dates in the past two weeks, according to the agendas for Oct. 14 and Oct. 20. Minutes for those meetings have not been published, so the records available do not show any decisions, motions, vote tallies or dollar amounts.

Emergency services: paramedic grants and offload nursing

The Hastings/Quinte Emergency Services Committee agenda for Oct. 14 listed Land Ambulance Service Grant funding and Dedicated Offload Nursing Program Funding, along with the 2026 Land Ambulance Service Summary Report and Year to Date Expenditure Reports to August 31, 2026. The agenda also listed an OPP East Region Investigative Update and correspondence from the Ministry of Health. The agenda summary does not include recommended amounts, staff recommendations or the outcome of any discussion.

Planning: public hearings on land division

The Planning and Development committee agenda for Oct. 20 scheduled public hearings on a residential lot application at 228 Naphan Road (File B33/26), a lot addition at Urbach Lake (File B34/26), and residential lot applications at 101 Goods Road (Files B38/26 and B39/26). The same agenda listed review of the Year to Date Expenditure Report dated to August 31, 2026, and recognition of Colette Tanner for 20 years of service. A public hearing is a scheduled step in the land division process; the agenda does not state a recommendation or result for any of the files.

Finance: AI policy, housing plan and audit

The Finance, Property and Personnel Committee agenda for Oct. 20 listed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy Update and Corporate Rollout, the Community and Human Services 10-year Housing and Homelessness Plan, the Annual Audit Report, Updated Human Resources and Health and Safety Policy Statements, and a Hastings County Physician Recruitment Program and Outlook Staff Report. All are listed as agenda items; the summary provided does not describe what staff recommended or what direction, if any, the committee gave.

What the record does not show

None of the three recent meetings has published minutes in the material reviewed. That absence is a limit of the record, not evidence that nothing was decided. Votes, amounts and outcomes will only be confirmable once minutes or reports are posted; readers should check the county's official meeting documents for those details.

Coming up

County Council, Oct. 29. The agenda lists the Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) September Update, an Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Conservation Authority report on Conservation Authority Consolidation, a Township of Ramara Resolution regarding the Regional Conservation Authority Governance Framework, and the reports of the Finance, Property and Personnel Committee and the Hastings/Quinte Emergency Services Committee. The committee reports are where any decisions taken at the Oct. 20 and Oct. 14 meetings would normally surface.

County Council closed session, Oct. 29. Council is scheduled to meet in closed session on the security of the property of the municipality, litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality, and adoption of the September 24, 2026 closed session minutes. Closed session matters are discussed in private; the agenda lists topics only.

Hastings County committees to review housing, LTC, and land items; Council meets Aug. 27

Hastings County's committees met this week with agenda-only items, and no decisions have been published yet. The most consequential matters on the table include housing and homelessness funding, long-term care contracts, and six land division consent applications. The next County Council session, set for Aug. 27, will review committee reports and adopt a confirmatory by-law.

Community and Human Services Committee

The committee met Aug. 12 to discuss and potentially recommend to County Council several items, including a contract extension for Ontario Works with Nimble Information Strategies Inc., innovation funding for an early childhood education scholarship program, National Housing Strategy funding allocations for 2026–2027, a construction update for 20 South Street, and housing and homelessness funding. The agenda also included a closed session under Section 239(2)(e) of the Municipal Act for litigation or potential litigation, and recognition of a staff member's 10 years of service. Minutes have not yet been published.

Hastings/Quinte Long-Term Care Committee

Also on Aug. 12, the Long-Term Care Committee reviewed year-to-date expenditures for Hastings Manor and Centennial Manor. The agenda included a recommendation that County Council approve repaving the Centennial Manor parking lot, a respiratory services contract renewal, a PSW initiatives funding support agreement for 2026-27, a request for Hastings Manor beds in abeyance for a building envelope project, and an Ontario Nurses' Association interest arbitration award. The committee also held a closed session on litigation matters. Minutes are not yet published.

Planning and Development Committee

On Aug. 20, the Planning and Development Committee held public hearings on six consent applications to divide land into residential lots and rights-of-way. Two applications (File Nos. B5/26 and B6/26) are for 2442 Rapids Road in Tweed, and four (File Nos. B26/26, B27/26, B28/26, and B29/26) are for 1026 Twin Sister Lakes Road in Marmora & Lake. The committee also considered By-law 2026-43P to remove part lot control in Marmora and Lake, reviewed a year-to-date expenditure report to June 30, 2026, and a cheque register for May, June, and July 2026, and reviewed a list of uncontested consents provisionally approved by the Director of Planning from May 7 to July 31, 2026. Minutes are not yet published.

Finance, Property & Personnel Committee

The Finance, Property & Personnel Committee met on Aug. 20 and reviewed year-to-date expenditures to June 30, 2026, and cheque register summaries for June and July 2026. Action items included council remuneration, an integrity commissioner annual report, a request for proposal for closed meeting investigator services, a procedural by-law update, a trail bridge inspection report, and a revised HR policy on travel. The committee also considered the Centennial Manor parking lot repaving. A separate closed session under Section 239(2)(b) addressed personal matters about identifiable individuals, including municipal employees. Minutes are not yet published.

Coming up

County Council will meet on Aug. 27. The agenda is primarily procedural, covering adoption of the June 25, 2026 minutes and reports from the Community and Human Services, Long-Term Care, Planning and Development, and Finance, Property & Personnel committees. Council will also consider a by-law to confirm all actions taken during the session. No specific dollar amounts or contract details are listed in the provided agenda.