Council Highlights

Council Highlights from the March 13, 2023 Meeting

Council supports call for new school in Newcastle

The Municipality of Clarington supports the local school board’s funding request to the Ministry of Education for a new Kindergarten-to-Grade 12 school in Newcastle.

Due to over-capacity issues at the elementary school in Newcastle, the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board has decided to move younger students to the Pines Senior Public School on Highway 35/115.

Local parents have raised several concerns about this plan, including:

• The 90 km/hr...

Council highlights from the January 23, 2023 meeting

Appointments to boards and committees

Dozens of community-minded residents have volunteered to be part of Clarington’s numerous boards and committees for the next four years. One of the year’s first business items was for Clarington Council to appoint residents for the term. The committees and boards advise Council on important issues – accessibility, agriculture, active transportation, affordable housing, diversity, tourism, the energy-from-waste...

Council Highlights from the December 12, 2022 meeting

Council comments on Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act

Clarington Council made several comments to the Province on the changes in the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022. Council noted that the changes would significantly reduce municipal collections from developers for critical infrastructure, such as roads and parks. A larger burden of growth-related infrastructure costs will shift to the existing property tax base. Council raised concerns that there is also nothing in the Act to guarantee...

Council Highlights from the June 20, 2022 Meeting

Rethinking economic development: Clarington to create a plan moving forward

Council has adopted, in principle, a new Economic Development Strategy that will help guide the Municipality as it plans for future growth and development in Clarington. The Strategy is rooted in the objectives for economic development set out in Clarington’s Official Plan, recognizing the need to consider various key factors when planning community development and growth. Those factors include sustainable development, healthy...

Council Highlights from the May 30, 2022 Meeting

Council votes to donate money to help build Durham Hospice Clarington

To help offset rising construction costs, Clarington Council voted to approve a $200,000 donation to support Durham Hospice Clarington as it fundraises to build a nine-bed hospice on Cobbledick Road in Newcastle at a two-acre site donated by the Municipality. Council heard from the Chair of Durham Hospice Clarington about the struggle to move forward with the project in a cost-effective way since building costs have increased by...