News and Updates in King Township
I use this blog to inform you of issues within the Township which are being assessed at the Council table as well as tell you about events happening in the Township which are of interest.
Trees Of Giving
Trees of Giving are on display now at the Heritage & Cultural Centre. Community groups have let their creativity soar and have decorated trees in a variety of themes. King Council also joined in with the tree showing in the photo. Vote on your favourite tree by...
Come To Council 12/6: interesting presentations
At council on Tuesday, December 6 Council meeting there are 2 important projects of great relevance to King residents. 1st...there will be big "reveal" and Council discussion on project MOVE (our new municipal offices.) 2nd...there will be discussion about a...
Kettleby Christmas
Select your favourite and support our Food Bank
Trees of Giving are on display now at the Heritage & Cultural Centre (formerly the Museum site). Community groups have let their creativity soar and have decorated trees in a variety of themes. Vote on your favourite tree by putting a loonie (or more!) into the...
Mansions of King Application
At November 28th Council there is a public meeting on an application entitled Mansions of King. property best described as being south of Kingscross with some road frontage on King Road. I have several serious concerns about the application. Below I have elaborated...
Changes to Municipal Elections
Province passed Bill 181, the Municipal Elections Modernization Act earlier this year. There are many changes; the Staff report on the 11/18 Council Agenda is a very thorough review. As I review further below there are a couple very positive changes. But, I am...
Protection of Happy Valley
There is Staff report on 11/28 Council agenda dealing with the conveyance of lands in Happy Valley Forest to Nature Conservacy of Canada (NCC) by private landowners. As giving lands to agencies such as NCC is the only way those lands will be truly protected I feel...
2017 Budget
As I announced earlier, the 2017 Budget process is well underway. Thursday, 11/17 there is a public open house in King City in Council Chambers 7-9 PM; presentation will be made starting about 7:30. Residents across whole Township are invited to attend. Timeline...
2017 Water & Wastewater Rates: big increase for good reason
No one is going to like the new rates for water and wastewater. With background I hope that you will conclude that the proposed 11.7% increase on the combined rate for water and wastewater is appropriate and is actually necessary. Here is the Staff report which will...
Development North of Dennison on Keele
At 11/14 Council meeting there is a public meeting for a development application on east side of Keele just north of Dennison. As indicated in Staff report there is interest in seeing more diversity of housing forms in King City; hence this application for 18...
Responding To Nuisances: new by-law proposed
A new by-law if being considered to govern activity on Township property; and very specifically to set enforcement tools in response to nuisance & loitering on Township property and other public spaces. Similar to other new by-laws recently introduced this by-law...
Celebrate Rosie MacLennan on November 10th!
We want to celebrate Rosie's 2nd gold medal. A celebratory reception is planned for Thursday, November 10 at 7 pm at Cardinal Golf Course. All residents are invited to attend. There is no fee to attend but we would appreciate knowing if you and your family &...
Recent Comments
What I would like to see is the actual recycling of most of the items in the blue boxes. We…
Good overview and assessment of current situation, and the situation that got us to this point . King Twp has…
thank you for your feedback and acknowledgement of the effort required to understand the budget.
Hi Nancy, Working sessions are really education type meeting for Council members. There isa Council report in the agenda and…
This has got to be the strangest working session. “Overview of King’s Citizen Experience Plan” does not allow for citizens…
Hi Deb, as always your blast/posts are SO helpful! You are a marvel. Your summaries are succinct, informative, opinionated with…
Hi Bruce, just yesterday somebody was telling me about Simcoe and the choices they had.
Hi Debbie, Of interest, Simcoe County has had the carts on wheels for recycling, organics and garbage for some time…
Hello John, good question. I cannot answer at this point; you can be sure I’m going to be finding out.
Since the township is saving on the recycling expense, will this savings be passed on to us the tax payers…