Wardens & Council in Oxford County exhibit

The Oxford County Archives is celebrating the history of County Council and the Wardens with a new online exhibit: “Wardens & Council in Oxford County.” The exhibit features a gallery of over 100 years of County Council composite photographs from 1896 onward and the official portraits of each Warden since the County’s incorporation. The exhibit also details the life stories and achievements of the County Wardens from the very first Warden elected in 1850, to the present day.

A display has...

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Council this Week: Highlights from the Special Budget Meeting #1 agenda - 20221130

The first of Oxford County’s two special budget meetings takes place Wednesday, November 30 at 9:00 a.m. Download the agenda

This meeting will share information on:

• the budget process;
• budget highlights;
• capital plan and asset management; and,
• business plans for the Public Works, Human (Social) Services and Woodingford Lodge departments.

Oxford County released the Draft 2023 Business Plan and Budget at the November 23 Council meeting. The proposed budget focuses on key County priorities, such as...

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Meet your new Oxford County Council

Members of Council were sworn in at an inaugural ceremony inside the Oxford County Council Chambers on Wednesday November 23, 2022, at 2:00 pm. The new Council elected Marcus Ryan, Mayor of Township of Zorra, as Warden for the 2022-2026 term, and Jerry Acchione, Mayor of City of Woodstock, as Deputy Warden for the 2022-2023 one-year term. 

County Council is made up of the mayors from each of Oxford’s eight area municipalities and the two County-City Councillors from City of Woodstock. From back...

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Oxford County releases 2023 Draft Budget

Proposed budget for next year focuses on maintaining services while advancing affordable housing, infrastructure sustainability, and long-term care

County Council receives the Draft 2023 Business Plan and Budget on November 23, bringing forward a proposed total budget of $305 million to maintain County programs and services through another year of post-pandemic inflationary pressures. The consolidated base budget increase with one-time budget costs separated out is set at 3.8%, compared...

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Council this Week: Highlights from the November 23 County Council agenda - 20221123

Highlights from the November 23 County Council agendas

County Council meetings are broadcast live at www.oxfordcounty.ca/livestream. To download agendas or view past recordings of council meetings, visit www.oxfordcounty.ca/council.

November 23, 2022 – 2:00 p.m.

Download the Inaugural Council meeting agenda

Oxford County’s 2022-2026 County Council will be sworn in November 23 by The...

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