Town of Petrolia residents will have a new way to connect with elected officials, starting on April 26. To connect directly with residents and hear ideas, answer questions and be generally available to the community, two Town Hall Meetings are scheduled for 2023.
Residents are invited to meet the Mayor and Council,
share in conversations, ask questions, and learn about what projects are taking
place in the Town. This relaxed format
is to allow for “…open dialogue with out the structure of a Council meeting.”
Said Mandi Pearson, Clerk for the Municipality.
The idea is simple, residents are invited to attend
Victoria Hall, at 411 Greenfield Street in Petrolia between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00
p.m. on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. There
is no need for residents to register for this opportunity, and all are welcome.
There is a second Town Hall planned for Wednesday,
October 25, 2023, and will proceed with the same format and timing.
/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/newpetrolia-logo.png00petrl/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/newpetrolia-logo.pngpetrl2023-03-29 12:30:582023-03-29 12:30:59PETROLIA TO HOST FIRST TOWN HALL MEETING APRIL 26
Petrolia – The
Petrolia Compost Transfer Site is located at 546 Maude Street Extension,
Petrolia. This Site is available to Petrolia residents only.
Passes
are required to access the site. Passes
are available in person at the Municipal Office Monday to Friday between 8:30
a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or at the Petrolia Farmers’ Market during the season. The passes are $25.00 and are good for the
2023 season.
Please
note the 2023 APPROVED COMPOST TRANSFER SITE DATES below.
Saturdays
from 8:00 a.m. – noon
April
15, 29
May
13, 27
June
10, 24
July
15
August
19
September
9, 23
October
14, 28
November
4
Types of Waste Approved for Receipt at this Facility:
YARD WASTE
Grass
Leaves
Weeds
Hay/Straw
Annual, Perennial and Vegetable Garden Plants
Fruit Tree Waste
Pumpkins with no candles, paint, or decorations
BRUSH
Sticks
Tree branches up to 4” in diameter
Hedges
Vines
Bushes
Corn Stalks
Shrubs
Types of Waste NOT ACCEPTED at this Facility:
Root bulbs
Dirt
Clay
Tree Trunks
Sawdust
Stumps
Walnuts
Residents
are advised that depositing items that are not on the accepted list will render
the program unavailable as the Municipality will forfeit permissions to dump
the collected garden and yard waste. Residents
may bring items in paper bags or reusable bins; no plastic bags will be
accepted. Residents with unacceptable
items will be asked to take them home.
For
those that prefer, see below for two excellent resources for backyard
composting:
Annually, between
the dates of April 1 and 15 residents can visit Town Hall, and register to
receive an at-cost backyard composter.
Although this price may differ slightly from year to year, the 2023 cost
will be $75.00 + HST per composter.
To obtain a
voucher, residents must provide: proof of Petrolia address, and payment. At
this time, a voucher will be issued to the resident.
After April 15,
all composters will be ordered – once the composters are in
stock at Home
Hardware all residents with voucher will be contacted by phone. Then residents
will go directly to Home Hardware to collect the composter. (Voucher MUST BE
provided to pick up the composter.)
Curbside
Wood Chipping and Brush Chipping Approved Dates for 2023
This
service will continue for 2023 and includes: tree limbs, and branches. These items can be placed curbside and the
Town chipper will come by and process on site.
Brush must be in a tidy and neat pile with cut ends facing the curb.
The
2023 chipping dates will be:
April
17 & 18
May
23 & 24
June
12 & 13
September
11 & 12
October
16 & 17
Curbside
wood chipping is not street specific; residents can place their brush at the
curb on any of these days and it will be processed. Residents are asked to place the brush no
sooner than 4:00 p.m. the night before a collection date, and to have all brush
at the curb by 7:00 a.m. the day of collection.
Residents
are reminded not to impede sidewalk access. If any brush piles have root bulbs attached, contain
waste, or other non-organic items the brush pile will not be processed, and the
resident will be responsible for disposal.
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Petrolia is growing again with many current and
potential developments on the horizon and is seeing a surge in residential property
improvement projects. To continue to
provide excellent service to residential, commercial, industrial developers,
and residents, the Town of Petrolia is pleased to announce that the County of
Lambton has supplied the town with two new planners. Senior Planner Maria Cossa-Rossi, and Planner
Randi Burke will be working out of the Petrolia Municipal Office a total of four
full days each week.
The County of Lambton and the Town of Petrolia have partnered for more
than 20 years with a shared Planner, and Clerk, Mandi Pearson said, “As part of
our commitment to provide the best customer service to developers and residents,
and to help make the development process easy for them, we are pleased to have
a Planner at the Petrolia Municipal Office four days per week.”
The role of the Planner is to help the town determine the best way
to use land and resources. They help draft land use policies and review
proposed developments. In addition, the
Planner meets with public officials, developers, staff, and the public
regarding development plans and land use. They gather and analyze economic and
environmental studies, censuses, and market research data, and conduct field
investigations to analyze factors affecting land use.
Planner hours at the Petrolia Municipal Office are
Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Residents are welcome to visit the Municipal
Office on either of these days to speak with a Planner regarding your planning
items.
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Petrolia will be full of brightly coloured blooms once again this
summer, as the Petrolia in Bloom Committee is planning and planting purple and
yellow flowers for the 2023 season.
In the Spring, gardeners will begin to plan their planting
beds for the season and residents are encouraged to participate in the colour
palette and to have some fun.
Mayor R. Brad Loosley said, “The Town of Petrolia is always
awash with brightly coloured blooms each year, and we have a team of volunteers
to thank for that!”
Volunteers interested in helping the for the 2023 season are
asked to call Leah Belan at (519) 882-2350.
Parks Department summer students will assist the volunteers with
watering and weed maintenance.
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