Council Highlights - April 3, 2019

Wyoming, ON – At its regular meeting Wednesday, April 3, 2019, Lambton County Council:

• Heard an update presentation from Bluewater Health regarding the hospital's activities, plans and needs for the coming years.
• Heard an update presentation from Bioindustrial Innovation Canada.
• Received an overview of the Strategic Plan for the Intelligent Sarnia-Lambton Community Taskforce. Council also reviewed the proposed schedule for the planned site visit from representatives of the Intelligent Community Forum in late April.
• Recognized the work of volunteers in the County's three Long-Term Care Homes and Adult Day Programs in celebration of Volunteer Appreciation Week.
• Was informed that Bill Bilton (Township of Dawn-Euphemia), Muriel Wright (Township of Plympton-Wyoming), and Jerry Westgate (Township of Warwick) will serve as their respective municipality's alternate member of County Council.
• Authorized staff in the Cultural Services Division to undertake a Community Needs Assessment and Analysis regarding service hours of operation across the Division that includes the Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery, Lambton Heritage Museum, Oil Museum of Canada, Lambton County Archives and Lambton County Library branches.
• Struck an ad-hoc committee of Council to review and suggest changes to the Councillor Code of Conduct in time for Council's May 1, 2019 meeting.
• Noted that Council will next meet in Open Session at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 1, 2019.

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Please contact:

Jay vanKlinken
Communications & Marketing Coordinator
County of Lambton
519-845-0809 ext. 5214