Essex County Civic Centre The validity of the agreement between the County of Essex and the City of Windsor when it comes to social housing has come under fire. At last week’s county council meeting, several councillors voiced their frustration as to how the funding that is filtered down from the province is being distributed. According to county director of finance/treasurer Melissa Ryan, the city is the service manager for social housing and therefore determines how much of

The rising costs of Essex-Windsor EMS has got some county councillors asking questions about service delivery. At last week’s regular Essex County Council meeting, director of financial services/treasurer Melissa Ryan presented a financial outlook for EMS which is managed by the county. In her budget overview and master plan financial impacts, she laid out the projected operational and capital financial impacts of the EMS Master Plan, 2027-2030. “Over the current term of cou

The plan to reduce the number of conservation areas is going forward, with the 36 conservation areas to be reduced to nine. The nine conservation areas is two more than the original proposal, with the size of the conservation area (CA) that this region will be in being reduced. The Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) will become part of the Western Lake Erie Regional Conservation Authority along with Lower Thames Valley, St. Clair Region and Upper Thames River CAs. E