Kawartha Lakes meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Kawartha Lakes committees list audit, climate and transit items; no decisions recorded in posted records

No decisions appear in the Kawartha Lakes meeting records published for the past two weeks. All four recent meetings are represented by agendas only, with minutes not yet published, so the record shows what was scheduled for discussion rather than what was decided. The most consequential items listed concern the city's 2026 finances and three proposed financial policies.

Audit Committee, Oct. 15

The Audit Committee agenda lists discussion of the 2026 Financial Status and Budget Efficiency Progress, the 2026 Interim Audit Plan, and progress on Deloitte Management Letter recommendations. It also lists three financial policies for review: CP2026-006 Budget and Surplus Deficit Disposition Policy, CP2026-062 Debt Policy and CP2026-063 Reserve and Reserve Fund Policy. The agenda does not describe what the policies would change, and the published record contains no vote, recommendation or outcome.

Agricultural Development Advisory Committee, Oct. 15

The committee agenda lists two presentations: one from ICLEI Canada on the Kawartha Lakes Climate Change Strategy, and one from the Kawartha Region Conservation Authority on agricultural property compliance issues. It also lists Council follow-ups on the ALTO High Speed Rail Project and on the Kawartha Lakes Agriculture and Food Action Plan 2026 to 2030, plus an update on a Rural Ontario Development Funding application. No results from these items are recorded in the published material.

Accessibility Advisory Committee, Oct. 20

The committee was scheduled to meet electronically. Its agenda lists a review of site plans received in the final quarter of 2026, presented by Planner L. Coughlan, updates on the Transit Master Plan, and adoption of the April 2026 meeting minutes. No outcome of the meeting has been published.

Lindsay-Ops Landfill Public Review Committee, Oct. 14

The agenda for this meeting contains only procedural boilerplate, with no substantive items listed for discussion or decision.

What the records do and do not show

An item appearing on an agenda indicates the subject was scheduled; it does not indicate that a decision was made, that a vote was taken, or that any amount was approved. Where agendas are described here as containing only procedural text, that reflects the documents as provided and is not evidence that no business took place.

Coming up

• **Oct. 28 — Waste Management Advisory Committee.** The agenda as provided contains only procedural software text and lists no discussion items or decisions.
• **Nov. 3 — Regular Council Meeting.** The agenda as provided lists no rezonings, contracts, ordinances or public hearings, consisting only of procedural text from the eSCRIBE system.
• **Nov. 5 — Municipal Heritage Committee.** The agenda as provided contains only procedural boilerplate, with no listed decisions, proposals or discussions.

Agendas can be revised before a meeting. Residents who want to attend or follow a specific item should check the current agenda on the City of Kawartha Lakes website, which remains the authoritative record.

Kawartha Lakes O.P.P. board, planning and landfill committees meet; posted agendas record no decisions

Three City of Kawartha Lakes bodies met over the past two weeks, but the agendas posted for those meetings list no votes, no dollar amounts and no decisions. The most detailed of the three was the City of Kawartha Lakes O.P.P. Detachment Board, which met Oct. 5 to receive reports and updates.

All three meetings are listed as agenda-only, meaning minutes have not yet been published. Nothing in the record supplied shows what, if anything, was adopted.

O.P.P. Detachment Board, Oct. 5

The agenda listed a Detachment Commander Report from Inspector Robert Flindall, along with updates on the School Bus Camera Program and the Black Cat Speed Monitoring Program.

The board was also set to receive two memoranda from the Inspector General of Policing: an advisory bulletin on political activity for board members, and the release of the 2025 Annual Report.

The agenda summary describes the meeting as largely procedural, with no decisions or votes scheduled beyond adopting minutes and receiving reports. Because minutes are not yet posted, the record does not establish whether minutes were adopted or what the reports contained.

Planning Advisory Committee, Oct. 7

The Planning Advisory Committee agenda contained only procedural boilerplate, with no specific items listed for discussion or decision. No applications, reports or recommendations appear on the posted document.

Lindsay-Ops Landfill Public Review Committee, Oct. 14

The Lindsay-Ops Landfill Public Review Committee also met with an agenda containing only procedural boilerplate and no substantive items for discussion or decision.

What the record shows, and what it does not

For residents, the practical takeaway from the past two weeks is limited: the agendas confirm that these bodies met or were scheduled to meet, and they name the reports and programs that were to come before the O.P.P. Detachment Board. They do not record any outcome.

An agenda without substantive items is not evidence that nothing was discussed or decided. It reflects what was published in the agenda document. Minutes for all three meetings remain outstanding, and those minutes are the record that would show any motions, votes or resolutions.

No vote tallies and no dollar figures appear anywhere in the material reviewed for this roundup, so none are reported here.

Coming up

Waste Management Advisory Committee — Oct. 28. The posted agenda contains only procedural software boilerplate, with no specific discussion items or decisions listed. The summary describes it as appearing to be a blank template or a technical error in the document export. Residents interested in waste issues may want to check the City of Kawartha Lakes agenda page closer to the date to see whether a fuller agenda is posted before the meeting.

No other meetings appear in the upcoming two-week window in the material reviewed.

Kawartha Lakes roundup: no decisions recorded in two weeks of meeting records; O.P.P. board to hear reports

No decisions or votes appear in the Kawartha Lakes meeting records supplied for the past two weeks. Four meetings were listed between Oct. 1 and Oct. 7: the Municipal Heritage Committee, the Parks Advisory Committee, the City of Kawartha Lakes O.P.P. Detachment Board, and the Planning Advisory Committee. All four are recorded as agenda-only, meaning minutes have not yet been published, and three of the four agendas contain only procedural boilerplate with no items listed.

O.P.P. Detachment Board, Oct. 5: reports, not decisions

The only meeting with named agenda items is the City of Kawartha Lakes O.P.P. Detachment Board. Its agenda lists a Detachment Commander Report from Inspector Robert Flindall, an update on the School Bus Camera Program, an update on the Black Cat Speed Monitoring Program, a memorandum from the Inspector General of Policing on political activity for board members, and notice of the Inspector General of Policing's 2025 Annual Report release.

The summary describes the agenda as largely procedural, with no decisions or votes scheduled beyond adopting minutes and receiving reports. Receiving a report is not the same as approving a recommendation, and the supplied record does not show what the board decided, if anything.

Heritage, Parks and Planning: agendas procedural only

Three other meetings produced no substantive items in the supplied record. The Municipal Heritage Committee met Oct. 1; the Parks Advisory Committee met Oct. 2; the Planning Advisory Committee met Oct. 7. For each, the summary states the agenda contained only procedural boilerplate — and, for the Heritage Committee, software interface text — with no specific discussion items or decisions listed.

An agenda without listed items is not evidence that nothing happened. It means the supplied record does not identify what was discussed. Minutes for these meetings have not been published in the material provided.

What this means for residents

The records supplied for this period do not establish any decision on spending, land, or services in Kawartha Lakes. No dollar amounts, contract values, or vote tallies appear in them. Readers who want to confirm what happened should consult the official agendas and minutes published by the City of Kawartha Lakes, which are the authoritative documents.

Coming up

The Lindsay-Ops Landfill Public Review Committee meets Oct. 14. The agenda supplied contains only procedural boilerplate, with no substantive items listed for discussion or decision. Residents following the landfill file may want to check the published agenda and any updated materials before the meeting.

About this roundup

This roundup is based only on the structured meeting summaries provided. Where those summaries are procedural or empty, this article says so rather than filling the gap. No other Kawartha Lakes meetings were listed in the material supplied for the past two weeks or the next two weeks.

Council moves toward multi-year funding deal with Kawartha Art Gallery; other meetings hold no substantive items

Kawartha Lakes Council has authorized its Chief Administrative Officer to develop an extended multi-year partnership agreement with the Kawartha Art Gallery, with a draft agreement including future operating funding expected in the first quarter of 2027. The Gallery is seeking annual municipal operating support of $200,000.

Council Meeting — July 21, 2026

The most consequential decision at the July 21 Regular Council Meeting was the authorization for the CAO to develop the multi-year partnership agreement with the Kawartha Art Gallery. The motion carried. A draft agreement that includes future operating funding is expected in Q1 2027.

Council also received a deputation from Susan Taylor and Dionne Beard regarding the Kawartha Art Gallery. That item carried as well.

Several other deputations were received by Council:

• Jeff Van Ginkel and Eric Finn spoke regarding tree installation at Primeau Crescent (Carried).
• Rosemary Finn spoke opposing a zoning amendment for 89 McKelvey Road (Carried).
• Nicholas Dell spoke supporting the zoning amendment for 89 McKelvey Road (Carried).
• Correspondence from Chris and Lexi Kemp opposing a parking lot conversion at Prince Street East was received (Carried).

Council adopted the Open Session Agenda with amendments, and adopted the minutes of the Special and Regular Council Meetings from June 23, 2026. Both carried.

Waste Management Advisory Committee — July 22, 2026

The agenda for the July 22 Waste Management Advisory Committee meeting contained only procedural software boilerplate. No specific discussion or decision items were listed. Minutes have not yet been published.

Committee of Adjustment — July 23, 2026

The Committee of Adjustment agenda for July 23 was also procedural only, with no listed decisions or discussions. Minutes have not yet been published.

Coming up

Two meetings are scheduled in the next two weeks, though both agendas currently list only procedural boilerplate with no specific items for discussion or decision:

• **Planning Advisory Committee** — August 5, 2026. No rezonings, contracts, ordinances, or public hearings are listed.
• **Municipal Heritage Committee** — August 6, 2026. No specific items for discussion or decision are listed.

Residents interested in the Kawartha Art Gallery funding agreement can watch for the draft report expected in Q1 2027, which will detail proposed future operating support.

Environmental Advisory Committee backs $10K annual bird-safe window budget; heritage and zoning reviews advance

The Environmental Advisory Committee carried a motion recommending City Council allocate $10,000 annually, starting in 2027, for bird-collision mitigation window treatments at priority city facilities. The recommendation is one of several carried motions from the committee's July 2 meeting, which also included a commitment to an Ecological Passages pilot project and approvals of several environmental award nominations.

Environmental Advisory Committee — July 2

The committee carried a motion committing to establish an Ecological Passages Budget as a pilot project, using exclusion fencing during scheduled road resurfacing. The goal is to test measures that help wildlife safely cross roads during maintenance work.

In a closed session, the committee approved nominations for the Bee a Hero Award and several Environmental Hero Award categories — individual, business, and student — for presentation to City Council. A carried motion directed staff to prepare a report requesting Council approval of all award nominees.

A tree by-law update was discussed, but no decision was made on that item.

Municipal Heritage Committee — July 2

The Municipal Heritage Committee reviewed a proposed heritage designation for 992 Portage Road in Eldon. The agenda also included two alteration applications: one for 26 Francis Street, Lindsay (City Hall) and another for 6697 Highway 35, Coboconk.

Additional agenda items covered a Doors Open planning update and options for heritage designation plaques. Minutes for this meeting have not yet been published, so no decisions are confirmed in the available record.

Planning Advisory Committee — July 8

The Planning Advisory Committee held a public meeting and was scheduled to vote on three zoning by-law amendments:

• 121 January Lane, Lindsay (O'Neill)
• Angeline Street South, Lindsay (Melody Gardens Inc.)
• 89 McKelvey Road, Kirkfield (Kalo, Kichiguina and Viatcheslav)

The applications would change local zoning bylaws for these sites. The committee also received reports and heard deputations. Minutes have not yet been published, so vote outcomes are not available in the current record.

Coming up

Three meetings are scheduled in the next two weeks, though agendas currently list no substantive items:

• **July 21 — Regular Council Meeting:** Agenda contains only procedural boilerplate with no specific reports, decisions, or public hearings.
• **July 22 — Waste Management Advisory Committee:** No specific discussion or decision items listed.
• **July 23 — Committee of Adjustment:** Agenda contains only procedural boilerplate with no listed decisions or discussions.

Residents interested in the zoning amendments at 121 January Lane, Angeline Street South, and 89 McKelvey Road should watch for the Planning Advisory Committee minutes, which will confirm how the committee voted on each application. The Environmental Advisory Committee's $10,000 bird-safe window recommendation and award nominations will move to City Council for final consideration.

Council approves 2025 audited financial statements, funds $62K tax levy deficit

Kawartha Lakes Council has approved the 2025 audited financial statements and directed that the remaining $62,023.15 general tax levy deficit be funded from the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve. The decision was among several carried motions at the June 23 regular council meeting.

Council decisions — June 23

Council carried five motions at its regular meeting:

• **2025 audited financial statements** — Approved.
• **Tax levy deficit** — Directed that the remaining $62,023.15 general tax levy deficit be funded from the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve.
• **2026 MOU with BGC Kawarthas** — Approved.
• **Multi-year funding agreement** — Authorized the CAO to develop a multi-year funding agreement for youth services.
• **Pedestrian crosswalk request** — Referred to staff for a 2027 report.

A special council meeting the same day was largely procedural. Council adopted the agenda, recessed for the Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton Housing Corporation Shareholder Meeting, and passed a confirming by-law. No substantive decisions were made in open session.

OPP Detachment Board — June 22 (agenda only)

The O.P.P. Detachment Board was scheduled to receive the 2025 annual report and the Q1 2026 report from the detachment commander. The agenda also included statistics on fatal motor vehicle collisions, the Project Lifesaver program, and correspondence on police service board elections. Minutes have not yet been published.

Lindsay Legacy C.H.E.S.T. Fund Grant Committee — June 22 (agenda only)

The grant committee was set to elect a chair and vice chair, then consider a request from the Kawartha Lakes Museum and Archives for a further extension on its 2025 grant. Other agenda items included a change of scope request from the United Way, a financial update on the grant fund, 2026 timelines for the 2027 grant cycle, and a review of the online application process. Minutes have not yet been published.

Committee of Adjustment — June 25 (agenda only)

The committee was scheduled to hold a public hearing and decide on nine minor variance applications to zoning bylaws. Properties listed on the agenda:

• 21-23 Cambridge St S, Lindsay
• 70 Wilkinson Dr, Somerville
• 29 Cedar Dale Dr, Bexley
• 9 Chipmunk Trail, Bexley
• 2628 Elm Tree Rd, Fenelon
• 5 Fifth Point, Sturgeon Point
• 130-132 William St N, Lindsay
• 1051 North Bay Dr, Bexley
• 48 Suter Dr, Laxton

Minutes have not yet been published.

Municipal Heritage Committee — July 2 (agenda only)

The committee was to review a proposed heritage designation for 992 Portage Road in Eldon, plus alteration applications at 26 Francis Street, Lindsay (City Hall) and 6697 Highway 35, Coboconk. The agenda also included a Doors Open planning update and options for heritage designation plaques. Minutes have not yet been published.

Environmental Advisory Committee — July 2 (agenda only)

The committee was scheduled to vote on budget requests for the Bird Friendly Kawartha Lakes Team Project and the Eco Passages Pilot Project, and receive an update on the Tree By-law. A closed session was listed to discuss nominations for the Bee a Hero and Environmental Hero awards. Minutes have not yet been published.

Coming up

• **July 8 — Planning Advisory Committee:** Public meeting and vote on three zoning by-law amendments for properties at 121 January Lane, Lindsay; Angeline Street South, Lindsay; and 89 McKelvey Road, Kirkfield. The committee will also receive reports and hear deputations.

Kawartha Lakes council closes out 2025 books with $62,023 deficit funding

Kawartha Lakes council wrapped up its 2025 financial year on June 23, approving the audited financial statements and directing staff to cover a $62,023.15 general tax levy shortfall from the municipality’s Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve. The regular meeting also advanced a youth-services agreement with BGC Kawarthas and sent a pedestrian safety request to staff for review. Other boards and committees met on topics ranging from police reports to heritage designations.

Council approves 2025 financials, deficit funding

Council approved the 2025 audited financial statements and directed that the remaining $62,023.15 general tax levy deficit be funded from the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve. All items on the agenda were carried.

In other action, council approved a 2026 memorandum of understanding with BGC Kawarthas and authorized the Chief Administrative Officer to develop a multi-year funding agreement for youth services. A request for a pedestrian crosswalk was referred to staff for a report in the 2027 budget process.

O.P.P. Detachment Board (June 22)

The board was scheduled to receive the detachment commander’s 2025 annual report and the first-quarter 2026 report, along with an overview of statistics on fatal motor vehicle collisions. The agenda also listed a presentation on Project Lifesaver and correspondence regarding police service board elections. Minutes have not yet been published.

Lindsay Legacy C.H.E.S.T. Fund Grant Committee (June 22)

After electing a chair and vice-chair, the committee was to consider a request from the Kawartha Lakes Museum and Archives for a further extension on its 2025 grant. A change-of-scope request from the United Way, a financial update, and a review of the online application process for the 2027 grant cycle were also listed on the agenda.

Committee of Adjustment (June 25)

The committee held a public hearing to decide on nine minor variance applications. The properties span multiple wards: 21-23 Cambridge St S in Lindsay; 70 Wilkinson Dr in Somerville; 29 Cedar Dale Dr, 9 Chipmunk Trail, and 1051 North Bay Dr in Bexley; 2628 Elm Tree Rd in Fenelon; 5 Fifth Point in Sturgeon Point; 130-132 William St N in Lindsay; and 48 Suter Dr in Laxton. Decisions will be available once minutes are published.

Municipal Heritage Committee (July 2)

Committee members were scheduled to review a proposed heritage designation for 992 Portage Road in Eldon and two alteration applications—one for City Hall at 26 Francis Street in Lindsay, the other for 6697 Highway 35 in Coboconk. An update on Doors Open planning and options for heritage designation plaques were also on the agenda.

Environmental Advisory Committee (July 2)

The committee met to vote on budget requests for the Bird Friendly Kawartha Lakes Team Project and the Eco Passages Pilot Project. Members also received an update on the Tree By-law and held a closed session to discuss nominations for the Bee a Hero and Environmental Hero awards.

Coming up

No public meetings are scheduled in Kawartha Lakes for the next 14 days.