Tax Rates and Tax Billing

The agenda for the May 30 council meeting includes a staff report recommending the tax rate for 2022. In November Council approved a tax increase of.75%  for the Township portion of the tax rate. The average increase for the Township portion of municipal tax has...

Various Financial Reports

At 5 pm there is an Audit Committee meeting.  You can join by live stream. The agenda of the Committee of the Whole on May 30  includes several important financial reports.  I call them “important” as these are the reports which demonstrate how revenues...

Capital Spending

The agenda for the May 30 council meeting includes a report on capital spending and projects for January-March 2022.  It provides a status on all projectrs.  Of special interest is the reporting how the grant of $300,000 from the Canada Community Revitalization Fund...

413: why it is so wrong

There are two recent stories in the media about the 413 Identifying the terrible consequences of the of this highway being constructed in the preferred route. The one in Yorkregion.com, based on a hiking tour through one area where the highway will be constructed,...

Parkland Bylaw Administrative Update

The agenda for the May 30 council meeting includes a staff report which presents a Parkland dedication bylaw update. As clearly identified the update of this very important bylaw is largely an administrative type  update as opposed to being one modifying the substance...