Information of interest to residents of Cobourg

Town Council

l-r: Nicole Beatty, Aaron Burchat, Deputy Mayor Suzanne Séguin, Mayor John Henderson, Emily Chorley, Brian Darling, Adam Bureau

Compensation variability is due to participation on other boards, plus expenses. Source of data here.

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 on the related News site 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

For Town Administrators and Managers see this page.

See also this list of Advisory Committees and their members

Town Newsletters

The Town has a newsletter that is worth looking at.  So far, there have been three issues: March 2020, September 2020 and October 2020. Access both at the Town's Newsletter page. Sign up to get notified of a new Newsletter.

Social Media Sites

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Instagram
• You Tube (for Council Meetings)

Transit Schedule

• Information was valid as of October 2019 with recent updates due to Covid-19.  Current Transit Map and schedule available here.

Parking in Cobourg

• Where to park in Cobourg and how much it will cost you.  Rates and map here.

Community Centre Schedule for Seniors

• Seniors' activities

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)

Current Town Notices

• News Centre - Public Notices and press releases
• Council Agendas and Minutes  - takes a lot of reading!

Town Newsletters

• A collection of newsletters about News, Press releases, Public Notices and more.  I suggest you sign up only to Press Releases and Public Notices plus any that you have a special interest in.  Go here.

Emergency Notification System

Cobourg has an emergency notification system to get the word out to citizens for such emergencies as derailments, water problems etc. To sign up, you go to this link: http://www.cobourg.ca/en/my-cobourg/Rapid-Notify.aspx It will notify users by:

• Telephone (Cell and Home)
• Email
• SMS text messaging

Town of Cobourg - Strategic Plan

• A new Strategic Plan for 2019 - 2022  is available although not on the Town's site where only a draft has been published.  Download Final approved plan (pdf) here.

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.

Population

The population of Cobourg and other Municipalities in Northumberland as of 2016.

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
• 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.

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.