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Council rejects integrity commissioner's recommended sanctions for Ehgoetz GALEN SIMMONS Regional Editor
trend in the AFB2 production aquifer beginning around 2019/2020, with late2025 water levels reported approximately one metre below historical pre-2020 lows,” explained a press release. It added the same aquifer is used by other municipal wells, making the decline
Perth County council has declined to formally reprimand Coun. Rhonda Ehgoetz or suspend her pay after the county's integrity commissioner found she breached multiple provisions of council's code of conduct stemming from a contentious forestry-bylaw debate earlier this year. Instead, following a presentation by integrity commissioner John Mascarin and lead investigator Meghan Cowan of Aird & Berlis LLP at its July 2 meeting, council voted only to require Ehgoetz to remove the Facebook posts that formed part of the investigation. Council voted against recommendations to formally reprimand Ehgoetz and suspend her remuneration for 20 days. The investigation arose from three formal code-of-conduct complaints related to Ehgoetz's actions before and after a special county council meeting on Feb. 12, when council debated the future of the county's forestry bylaw. Those complaints focused on an email Ehgoetz sent to all members of council before the meeting outlining the motion she intended to introduce, as well as subsequent Facebook posts and comments she made to
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Wilmot Mayor Natasha Salonen serves up some cake at the Wilmot Canada Day celebrations in New Hamburg. Turn to page 4 for more photos from the event.
Citizens group claims latest water report should not be treated as a ‘clean bill of health’ Farnan said more transparency is needed by the region LEE GRIFFI Gazette Reporter
The confusion surrounding the water situation in Wilmot Township and the Region of Waterloo didn’t improve following the release of what’s called a centre well field groundwater monitoring
results report. Citizens for Safe Ground Water (CSGW) is calling on the region to treat it as an early warning signal, not as reassurance the aquifer is healthy. “A review of the Burnside 2025 Biennial Groundwater Monitoring Report identifies a sustained downward