The municipality has hired a company to help with public consultation while creating regulations for short-term rental accommodations.
Following staff’s recommendations during a council meeting Monday evening, Centre Wellington council has chosen Maclaren Municipal Consulting to complete the consultation and other activities required to develop a licensing bylaw framework to regulate short-term rental accommodation in the township.
This follows council direction to staff to begin a multi-step process encompassing extensive public consultation and inventorying short-term accommodations in the municipality last December.
Including HST and a staff-recommended contingency, the project was tendered at $86,220.
The cost of hiring a public consultant was not budgeted for in the 2024 budget or the township’s strategic plan and is to be funded through the general capital reserve.