County of Frontenac local government web site:

www.frontenaccounty.ca

The County of Frontenac was established on January 1, 1998 through an Order of the Provincial Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. The Board is the upper-tier municipality serving the Townships of North Frontenac, Central Frontenac, South Frontenac and the Frontenac Islands. The Townships are represented on the four-member Board by their respective mayors.

The County of Frontenac covers a geographic area of 3,766 square kilometres.

County services...

Fairmount Home:

 Fairmount Home for the Aged is a 96-bed, Long Term Care facility located in Glenburnie, Ontario, serving both the City of Kingston and the balance of rural Frontenac County. Fairmount is the only Long Term Care facility in the region located in a rural, pastoral setting, yet still within minutes of all of the acute health care facilities and medical offices within Kingston.

Howe Island Ferry:

The Howe Island Ferry is a 25 year-old cable-driven ferry owned by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, but operated by the County of Frontenac. The ferry provides service to the 600 full time residents of Howe Island, however 600 seasonal residents also use the service, primarily throughout the summer months. The ferry runs on demand, 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.

Land Use Planning - Subdivision and Condominium Approvals:

The primary role of the County of Frontenac is to safeguard the Provincial Policy Issues as outlined in the Provincial Policy Statement, February 1, 1997. The County of Frontenac is required to ensure that efficient, cost effective development and land use patterns are observed. It must also ensure that resource issues have been adequately investigated and addressed, and that issues around public health and safety have been well documented.

Weed Inspection:

The County of Frontenac contracts services to undertake weed control within the County.

Land Ambulance:

Background

From 1968 to 2000, the province of Ontario took responsibility for the development, control and funding of ambulance services across the province. It was the Services Improvement Act in1997 that ushered in a new era of provincial-municipal relationships with respect to the delivery of health and social services, which then led to land ambulance services being transferred to municipal governments.

Effective January 1, 1998 the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) transferred the responsibility to provide ambulance service or oversee the contracts of service providers, to upper tier municipalities (UTMs). By January 1, 2001 all of the UTMs in Ontario had assumed full responsibility for virtually all aspects of land ambulance delivery, including operations, finance and administration, policies & procedures.