The town’s accessibility advisory committee has gone over the plan for the Oct. 26 municipal election. The Municipal Elections Accessibility Plan was a topic that came up at the committee’s July meeting with clerk Kevin Fox outlining several items in the plan. He noted the election will be in-person paper ballots with advance polling dates of Oct. 7 and Oct. 17. Fox noted there will be assistive technologies in place for those who need them, including various interfaces that

Saurabh Katara Saurabh Katara is bringing his business and leadership experience to the table as he makes a run at an Amherstburg town council seat. Katara said he has leadership, business and planning experience including degrees in business and is currently working on his MBA from Ivey Business School. He has also founded a consulting company where he works with clients in Canada and abroad. “We moved to Amherstburg a few years ago,” he said, with his wife and daughter. “Th

The membership of the town’s audit and finance committee had considerable debate over its makeup and whether the two members of council that are on it should be there. A motion to replace Deputy Mayor Chris Gibb and Councillor Linden Crain, the latter being the committee chair, didn’t go anywhere as it was found to be outside the scope of the committee. The two council members were accused of not bringing the committee’s voice to council, but Crain and Gibb countered the moti