Council Matters – June 23, 2026

At the Leamington Council meeting of Tuesday, June 23, 2026, Council:

• Adopted an engineer’s report for a new access culvert over the Stevenson Drain; authorized work to be tendered and; approved the scheduling of a Court of Revision.
  
  
• Approved an application for a Draft Plan of Subdivision and a Zoning By-law Amendment for the lands located at 538 Bevel Line.
  
  
• Denied an application to add a large-scale greenhouse to allow expansion of the greenhouse operation on the lands located at 806 Mersea Road 4.
  
  
• Deferred an application to rezone the lands located at 120 Mersea Road 5 to allow for the establishment of an Agricultural Contractor’s Yard to the July 14, 2026 Council Meeting.
  
  
• Implemented a speed limit sign of 50km/h on Seacliff Drive West from Sherk Street to 70 m East of Fraser Road and Talbot Street West from Armstrong Drive to the easterly limit of 256 Talbot Street West.
  
  
• Updated the Accessible Customer Service Policy which emphasizes the Municipality’s aim to meet and exceed AODA requirements, focusing on respect, equal opportunity and service integration.
  
  
• Offer a debenture for drainage works for culvert replacements where the net assessments are greater than $5,000.
  
  
• Designated lands as an open highway to facilitate the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of Talbot Street West and Armstrong Drive, adjacent to the entrance to Leamington Medical Village.
  
  
• Received a report regarding a Memorandum of Understanding with the Leamington Flyers.
  
  
• Approved a Petition Policy containing consistent requirements for both paper-based and electronic petitions which aim to make the process for submitting petitions less cumbersome and more transparent for members of the public.
  
  
• Amended the Terms of Reference for the Leamington Accessibility Advisory Committee, Accessibility Award Framework to exclude current Council representatives appointed by the Accessibility Advisory Committee from being eligible for the annual Accessibility Award.
  
  
• Authorized the 2026 Service Agreement between the County of Essex and The Municipality of Leamington for the delivery of the Pathway to Potential (P2P) poverty reduction programs.
  
  
• Approved entering into a Letter of Understanding with the Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority for the Green Bin Program.
  
  
• Authorized a request from the Municipality of Lakeshore to plant approximately 200 trees on municipally owned trail lands in the Staples area.
  
  
• Approved the purchase of lands on Mersea Road 1 in the amount of $2,750,000 plus other costs associated with the purchase.
  
  
• Approved the purchase of additional vacant land on Mersea Road 1 in the amount of $300,000 plus other costs associated with the purchase.
  
  

For further information, please refer to the Municipality of Leamington Council agenda and minutes at leamington.ca/meetings.