Council

Town Council - current term 2022 to 2026

l-r: Aaron Burchat, Adam Bureau, Deputy Mayor Nicole Beatty, Mayor Lucas Cleveland, Randy Barber, Miriam Mutton, Brian Darling

Basic Compensation for these positions as of July 1, 2022:

Contact Information

Council Meetings are held on a 3 week cycle - Committee of the Whole and Regular Council meetings occurring on consecutive Mondays, however, leaving one week at the beginning of each cycle where Council and the public have time to review the agenda.  That is, there is a 2 week gap between each Regular Council meeting and the next Committee of the Whole meeting.

A full schedule of dates & times of Council meetings is here.  Most meetings are at 6:00 pm.  See the same page for information on how to access the Council's agenda and streaming video.

Contact the Town

Location

Town of Cobourg Municipal Offices Victoria Hall 55 King Street West, Cobourg, ON K9A 2M2
Hours of Operation: Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Contact

Main Phone: (905) 372-4301 Toll Free: 1-888-972-4301 Main Fax: (905) 372-7558
Customer Service: (905) 377-8696
Tourism/Community Development: 1-888-262-6874
Cobourg Community Centre: 1-888-972-7371
Concert Hall: 1-855-372-2210

For Town Administrators and Managers see this page.

See also this list of Advisory Committees and their members

Town News

For News, unfortunately the Town relies heavily on Social Media. But you can now subscribe to a monthly newsletter from the Mayor - sign-up here.

Social Media Sites

Current Town Notices

• News Centre - Public Notices
• Council Agendas and Minutes  -  Includes all Agendas, Minutes and Resolutions from 2018 to now.

Parking in Cobourg

• Where to park in Cobourg and how much it will cost you.  Rates and map here. Updated in March 2022 - effective 20 May, 2022.

Community Centre Schedule for Seniors

• Seniors' activities (Town web site page)

Events Calendars

• Town of Cobourg Events Calendar - pretty useless - instead try Cobourg Internet's Entertainment calendar for a guide to entertainment and other calendars.
• Public Meetings - a regularly updated list of public meetings called by the Town (on a related site).

Town of Cobourg - Strategic Plan

• The Strategic Plan for 2019 - 2022  is available on the Town's site here. Or Download Final approved plan (pdf) here. See also the Town's Strategic Plan Work Plan.

Municipal Voting

Voting for council occurs every 4 years in October. The next vote will be in 2022.  Details on the election process and recent results are here.  The Town has also created a web site dedicated to the election here.

For more on other local political elections, go to this section of this site.

Population

The population of Cobourg and other Municipalities in Northumberland as of 2021.

More Statistics here.

Northumberland County

A number of Municipal government functions are handled by the County. These include:

• Garbage management – including pickup of “wet” garbage, “dry” (recyclable) garbage and Yard Waste.  (More on Yard waste pickup here)
• Social services – that is, welfare, subsidized housing, the Golden Plough Lodge
• Ambulance Services
• Planning for some municipalities (not Cobourg)
• County Roads and Bridges
• County Economic Development and Tourism
• Archives

Advisory Committees

There are a good number of citizen committees set up to advise Council on a range of subjects.  For  a list of them plus a list of members, go here.

Membership of Rotary

Cobourg Rotary is quite active - 2022 Councillors who are Rotary Members:

• Mayor John Henderson
• Deputy Mayor Suzanne Seguin
• Councillor Aaron Burchat

By-Law Guide

In 2018, the Town published a plain-language By-Law Guide.  It's not available online on the Town's web site but is available at this page.  Currently the Town's web site only has access to a limited number of By-Laws.