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.
Speed Feedback to Drivers on Kingscross Drive
As reviewed in Staff report before Council July 6th the traffic in Kingscross is moving too fast. Recent monitoring shows that 85th percentile speed is 78 km/hr which is well beyond the posted limit of 40 km/hr. Traffic speed and potential methods for slowing it...
A Road Map for Moving to former Holy Name
There is a long awaited overview of how the Township Offices can be moved to the former Holy Name site on King Road in a report on July 6 Council agenda. Understanding how this project can be tackled and executed in a fiscally sustainable and responsible manner is...
Amendments to Municipal Election Act
Staff have proposed a resolution for Council as feedback to the Province on their proposal to amend the Municipal Elections Act. As reviewed, there are numerous amendments including changes to rules about campaign finance, 3rd party advertising; but of greatest...
Wayfinding and Tourism Signage Program Policy
I have pleased to see this Staff report and only regret that it is has taken this long. As reviewed, one year ago we directed Staff to develop a policy and to include funds for such in 2015 budget. I think the recommended policy strikes the right balance between...
July 6 Council: reports of interest to my readers
There are several items on the agenda for July 6th Council which will be of interest to Ward 5 and others. The agenda has just been posted and I have not had time to read the reports yet but I want to alert my readers to the agenda and some of the items. To read...
Happy Canada Day 2015!
Celebrate our wonderful country on Wednesday, July 1 with Kettleby. Once again Kettleby is hosting a gathering for family & friends at Tyrwhitt Park. All kicks off at 7 with bbq hotdogs and free birthday cake. I'll be cutting the cake at 8 pm. Fireworks at Dusk!...
Working Session on Special Events and Noise By-law
Monday, July 6 there is a Working Committee of the Whole (COW) Working Session on issues related to special events and noise by-law. The meeting will begin at 4 PM and will likely run to about 5:30 as regular Council meeting will being at 6 PM. COW Working Sessions...
Music, sculpture, sushi and more delights
If you haven't checked out the 2015 ASK Festival events yet I encourage you to do so. The Festival launches with A Shift in the Landscape this Saturday, June 27 at Kingbridge Centre. And all too quickly its closing event, Canadian Songbook will occur on July 9 at...
Tourism Plan: digital marketing
At Council on June 22 there is a report on developing and launching a campaign promoting tourism in King. I am not on the Committee working on this; so this report is of particular interest to me. Day tripping or "staycations" are very much part of how people seek...
More on Magna Coming to King
As I posted earlier there is a public meeting Monday June 22 regarding the Magna application for a zoning amendment for their property at King/Jane St. Here is the Staff report . As indicated in the latter there is much information yet to be provided; for example,...
16th SDRD Resurfacing
Council agenda on June 22 includes a report covering an award of business for the resurfacing of 16th SDRD from Jane to Dufferin. For those who travel on this road regularly this project is long overdue. The $379,000 project is included in the 2015 Budget.
GTA West–public meeting
A series of meetings are being held as part of stage 2 of the Environmental Assessment for the new GTA west corridor. To my readers I apologize for my last minute post about these meetings (the one focussing on the eastern end of the corridor i.e. just south of King...
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…