The Municipality of West Grey council is made up of a mayor, deputy mayor, and five councillors, all elected at large. The mayor and deputy mayor also represent West Grey at Grey County council meetings. A printable version of the 2023 council meeting calendar is available for download here.
Mayor Kevin Eccles |
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Office: 519-369-2200 x 232 Cell: 519-374-3561 Email: mayor@westgrey.com I am starting my sixth term on council: one term each as councillor and deputy mayor and now entering my fourth term as mayor. I have also served on county council for four terms and now entering my fifth. I have had the privilege of serving as warden of the county for three terms. I have served the community on many boards from police services to conservation authority to health board to name a few. I also sit on the Germania Mutual board and one of the local Lions Clubs. Married to Jo-Ann, we have two children and six grandchildren. |
Deputy Mayor Tom Hutchinson |
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Phone: 226-338-9799 Email: deputymayor@westgrey.com Current committee appointments: - Elmwood Fire Department Joint Board of Management - Saugeen Municipal Airport Commission - Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority Board of Directors - West Grey Appeals - West Grey Committee of Adjustment |
Councillor Scott Foerster |
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Phone: 519-369-1916 Email: sfoerster@westgrey.com Scott grew up on a dairy farm south of Neustadt. He currently lives in the SS#1 schoolhouse in the former Normanby township located near Varney. Scott has worked at Filsinger Organic Foods for the past 31 years. Scott is an active community volunteer with the Neustadt Agricultural Society and has been involved with a number of West Grey council advisory committees. Scott enjoys going for drives exploring local heritage buildings and local geographical features. His interests also include amateur photography, gardening, and nature in general. Scott is looking forward to getting involved through committees and council, learning more about West Grey and working with the rest of council in moving the municipality forward. |
Councillor Doug Hutchinson |
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Phone: 519-369-3186 Email: dhutchinson@westgrey.com Doug has lived in the Durham area for more than 40 years after growing up in Grey Highlands. He attended Grey Highlands Secondary School and then went on to graduate from the University of Western Ontario with his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education degrees. He spent most of his career teaching in the Durham area before moving into the administrative role as first a vice-principal then principal with the Bluewater Board of Education. Being retired for more than 14 years, Doug looks forward to spending his third term on West Grey council moving the municipality forward. Many changes are coming our way and he is excited about the possibilities that come with these improvements. Doug has always been an active community member. He has been married for more than 40 years with three grown children and four grandchildren. |
Councillor Joyce Nuhn |
 Councillor Joyce Nuhn Phone: 519-665-7807
Email: joycenuhn@westgrey.com
Joyce has lived in West Grey all her life. She was born and raised on Lanzview Farm in the former Normanby Township. She graduated from JDSS and started her career in manufacturing and later joined Canada Post before she found her true passion with customer service in municipal government. Joyce worked for the former Normanby Township for 13 years in a variety of administrative roles. Following the West Grey amalgamation, she spent 22 years working for the public works department and retired in June 2022. Joyce is married to Jim and has lived in Ayton for 47 years, raised three children and now has seven grandchildren. She has been active as a volunteer on the Normanby recreation committee and the Ayton Busy Bees garden group. She has always been very active in community events. Joyce looks forward to her first term with West Grey council. She is excited to collaborate with fellow council members and constituents alike to ensure strategic and efficient spending, community-based interaction, and a safe community that has all the services and infrastructure in place to provide an enjoyable community to live. |
Councillor Geoffrey Shea |
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Phone: 647-330-2989 Email: gshea@westgrey.com Geoffrey has lived and raised a family in West Grey for 30 years. He is an artist working in film and video and has shown his work internationally, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Holstein Christmas Parade. Geoffrey teaches part-time at OCADU, an art and design university in Toronto. He served on council in the early 2000s, including appointments to the SVCA and the West Grey fire board. He is a disability advocate and supports community activism in many forms. |
Councillor Doug Townsend |
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Phone: 519-369-8590 Email: dtownsend@westgrey.com Doug has lived in Normanby Township for close to 40 years. He grew up in the hamlet of Gowanstown north of Listowel and it is here he got his start with Canada Post. It was through the post office that he ended up in West Grey serving as postmaster of both Ayton and Durham during the 1980s before moving onto management positions and a career that would span 36.5 years while all the time residing in this area. After retirement Doug has sat on boards within and outside of the municipal world and is excited for this next chapter of serving the citizens of West Grey as a councillor. Doug has been married for 38 years and has two grown children and two grandchildren all residing in West Grey. |
Correspondence to council |
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Please be advised that correspondence to council shall be included in a public council agenda and published on the West Grey website. You may wish that certain personal information, such as a cell phone number, be redacted from your correspondence before it is made public. Please notify the clerk by email or 519-369-2200 ext. 229 if you would like personal information redacted from your correspondence or if you have any questions about submitting correspondence or being a delegation to West Grey council. Correspondence to council may also be sent by mail to: Municipality of West Grey |
Role of mayor |
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Role of council |
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Council meeting calendar |
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Council remuneration and expenses |
Mayor Kevin Eccles 
Deputy Mayor Tom Hutchinson
Councillor Scott Foerster 
Councillor Doug Hutchinson 
Councillor Geoffrey Shea
Doug Townsend