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Hanover council backs in-principle talks on Grey County hybrid planning, signs gas-tax agreement and receives committee minutes
Summary
Council signaled in-principle support for further discussion of Grey County's hybrid planning services model, approved the provincial gas tax agreement as host municipality for regional transit, and received committee minutes including a landfill Cell 3 tender award and parks/splash-pad updates.
Council on April 22 took several informational and procedural actions: it agreed to communicate in-principle interest in continued discussions about Grey County's proposed hybrid planning services model; approved a bylaw to sign the provincial gas tax agreement that will allow the town, as host municipality, to receive transit funding; and received multiple committee minutes that included operational decisions and capital tender results.
Sheri Walden (CEO) and Andrew Wilin briefed council on CAO-10-25, explaining the hybrid model would let the county provide planning services to some lower-tier municipalities while others keep local approval authority. Walden stressed the decision that council made was to continue discussions only and not a commitment to join the model; council approved the recommendation to receive the report and communicate in-principle interest.
Chris Walker, the town treasurer, presented DCS05-25, the provincial gas tax letter of agreement for SMART regional transit covering April 1, 2024'March 31, 2025. Walker told council the signed agreement needed to be returned by April 30, 2025 to receive the allocation; council approved the recommendation and passed bylaw 3332-25 to authorize the mayor and CAO to sign.
Council received a set of committee minutes. Notable items included: the Hanover-Walkerton Waste Management Committee's acceptance of Murfield Excavation's tender for Cell 3 construction at a price described in the minutes as just shy of $2 million; a review of commercial tipping fees and year-to-date volumes; and a scheduled household hazardous waste event on Oct. 18, 2025. Parks, Recreation & Culture highlighted tennis/pickleball growth (280 members in 2024), grant applications (including an Ontario Trillium request up to $200,000 for LED lighting), and that splash-pad fundraising stood just below $400,000 with a planned grand opening around Canada Day.
Council then introduced and passed bylaw 3331-25 to confirm proceedings for recent meetings and bylaw 3332-25 related to the provincial gas tax agreement. At the meeting's end council moved into closed session to discuss a proposed acquisition or disposition of land related to development lands.
