During their meeting Tuesday, Councillor Dave Pinnell Jr. successfully proposed that the council support both the Kingston and Area Real Estate Association and Loyalist Township who are urging the province not to close a water testing lab in Kingston.
The lab provides free testing for E.coli and bacteria in rural wells, ensuring clean drinking water for residents in areas like Hastings, Lennox and Addington, and Frontenac County, not just Kingston.
This lab is one of 11 that is at risk of closure as part of the province’s merger of Public Health Units.
The council voted to send a letter to the local MP and MPP, asking the province to reconsider the closure.
Written by Emily Chatwood