June 26 Grey County Council Highlights

Grey County Council met June 26, 2025, in the Grey County Council Chamber and virtually on Zoom. The meeting was immediately followed by a session of Committee of the Whole. A recording of the meeting can be found on the Grey County YouTube Channel.

County Council

• Council approved the minutes of the June 12 Grey County Council and Committee of the Whole meetings.   Council   Committee
• Warden Matrosovs and County Council recognized Grey County’s Short-Term Emergency Housing staff and celebrated a successful first year of operating the motel program in Owen Sound.  Media Release

Committee of the Whole

• Council approved the minutes of the June 5 Community Services Committee meeting.   This meeting included:
  • The 2026 Community Services Year in Review. This report shared statistics from various service areas about topics like short-term emergency housing, transitional housing, licensed child care, Ontario Works caseloads, housing programs, and investments into maintaining housing locations.
  • A staff report about restoration work to be completed following a fire at a housing location in which everyone safely escaped and have been relocated.
  • An update on the Rowes Lane redevelopment in Dundalk.
  • Highlights from the homelessness prevention program.
• Council approved the minutes of the June 4 Agricultural Advisory Committee meeting.  This meeting included:
  • A summary of the 2025 Experimental Acres project. Six projects have been selected from 15 applications. All projects aim at improving soil health.
  • Planning staff spoke to feedback from public consultation on the Nuisance Beaver and Coyote By-Law and the Tree Cutting by-law. Two public meetings were hosted in May. 
  • Planning staff updated the committee on Official Plan Amendment 23.
  • A roundtable discussion highlighted sector trends and challenges such as the early spring ice storm, living snow fence program, new drainage technologies, wild chervil and more.
• Council held a closed session for scheduled training with the Grey County Integrity Commissioner on the Grey County Code of Conduct.

The Clerk’s Department maintains the official record for Grey County. This publication is intended to provide meeting highlights only. For official records, please refer to the meeting minutes, or contact the Clerk’s Department at 1-800-567-4739.