While the COVID-19 pandemic has affected all residents of Simcoe Muskoka, many of our senior residents are particularly at-risk with potential impacts to their physical and mental health as well as their social wellbeing.
UPDATE September 2, 2020: All in-person Provincial Offences Act matters (e.g., traffic tickets and offences under provincial legislation) scheduled until October 16, 2020 will be rescheduled. Do not attend court.
The Town of Penetanguishene continues to monitor news and updates concerning COVID-19 in order to ensure we work to keep our community members safe. To make sure our community can stay involved and up to date we will continue to provide weekly updates through our website email subscription service.
In response to the Ontario Government’s phase one plan for reopening the province, The Town of Penetanguishene is relaxing a number of measures in place on local parks and greenspaces to allow for greater access for residents.
May 21, 2020 – With the start of stage 1 of the framework for reopening the province, the Town of Midland, Town of Penetanguishene, Township of Tay and Township of Tiny are all re-opening their boat launches for public use. Midland and Tay’s boat launches are open now. Penetanguishene and Tiny’s boat launches will open the afternoon of Friday, May 22.
LOCATION: Due to COVID-19, the Town’s Municipal Offices are closed and the Town is not holding in person meetings. As such, this Public Meeting is being conducted virtually by Town Council using the Zoom online platform. To download or learn about Zoom, please visit www.zoom.us. If you are unable to participate in the meeting using Zoom we welcome your input via phone, email or a written submission before the meeting.
On May 14th, the Ontario government made announcements regarding specific businesses that are deemed eligible to reopen on Tuesday, May 19th, as well as additional seasonal services including; golf courses, marinas and private parks that are permitted to open on Saturday, May 16th as part of the first stage of the government’s reopening framework.
The Town of Penetanguishene continues to monitor news and updates concerning COVID-19 in order to ensure we work to keep our community members safe. To make sure our community can stay involved and up to date we will continue to provide weekly updates through our website email subscription service.
To ensure social distancing provisions were maintained, this meeting was available for viewing on Rogers TV. The open session portion of the meeting is posted on our YouTube Channel for viewing.