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At the Leamington Council meeting of Tuesday, February 10, 2026, Council:

• Permitted a small boarding house for a three-year period at 421 Highway 77.

• Rezoned lands at 931-929 Mersea Road 1 for future development of a subdivision.

The Municipality of Leamington has obtained convictions resulting in fines totalling $1,920, plus court costs, against a local rental unit manager following a fire safety inspection of a residential housing unit. The inspection revealed multiple violations of the Ontario Fire Code related to the installation and maintenance of required smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.

The Leamington Council will meet Tuesday, February 10, 2026. View the summarized agenda here.

Please note the following municipal service level adjustments on Family Day, Monday, February 16, 2026:

Leamington Municipal Building

The Leamington Municipal Building will be closed on Family Day. Residents can continue to report non-urgent municipal issues online at leamington.ca/ReportAnIssue.

Shared on behalf of the Essex Windsor Solid Waste Authority (EWSWA)

Circular Materials introduced a new residential recycling program on January 1, 2026. This new recycling program will only accept recyclables in carts provided by Circular Materials. Therefore, many residents have old recycle boxes or recycle carts that are no longer needed or are incompatible with the new residential recycling program. 

The Leamington Council will meet Tuesday, January 27, 2026. View the summarized agenda here.

Shared on behalf of the County of Essex

Q: Why did the County launch a Green Bin program?

A: The Province of Ontario mandated the collection of food and organic waste through curbside pick-up, public drop-off sites or community composting programs for urban settlement areas in municipalities of a certain population and/or population density. In our County, Amherstburg, LaSalle, Leamington and Tecumseh triggered these population and/or density thresholds. The mandate required these local municipalities to achieve target diversion rates of 50 per cent generated by single-family dwellings in urban settlement areas by 2025.

As part of ongoing infrastructure improvements, the Municipality of Leamington is advancing the next phase of the Seacliff Drive East Reconstruction Project. During active construction, Seacliff Drive East will be closed to through traffic between Regatta Drive and Seneca Road, with work expected to begin in early February.

The Municipality of Leamington is pleased to announce the appointment of Tammie Ryall as its new Director of Strategic Initiatives and Municipal Design, effective February 2, 2026.

In this senior leadership role, Ryall will oversee Planning and Development Services, Organizational Excellence, and Communications and Corporate Identity, supporting the Municipality’s strategic priorities and long-term vision for growth, service excellence, and community-building.