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.
Living With Wildlife
Living in beautiful King with all its rural landscape and wood lots there are more opportunities to see wildlife than if one is living in a more urban setting. And if one is unprepared the experience may not be a positive one, and in fact it can be frightening. And...
York Region Transit Wants Your Feedback
Annually York Region Transit comes to King and welcomes the opportunity to hear from you about the service they are providing. This year it will be Monday, March 30 at King Township Office. They will be there from 4:00-7:00 to meet you and to hear your feedback...
Meet Mayor & Councillors–date change
The date for meeting Mayor Pellegrini and the Councillors for Ward 1 and 5 (i.e. Cleve Mortelliti and myself) has been changed to Thursday April 23 6:30-8:00 at King City Library. Dates for the other ward has not been changed; you can check here. This is a great...
Official Plan Review
The next public meeting for our Official Plan Review has been rescheduled to Tuesday, March 10th 6PM at Trisan Centre in Schomberg. As I have posted earlier, this review is extremely important in terms of how the Township is going to evolve. The new OP will...
Snow Clearance Standards
There is a very timely report at February 23 Council: winter maintenance standards for sidewalks and municipal parking areas. The standards identifies how resources (personnel and equipment) are to be deployed in order to deliver the service of timely clearance of...
Re-naming and Re-positioning the Museum
As summarized in a report at February 9 Council a new chapter is beginning at the Museum. With approval of the recommendations the museum and its entire site will now be called the King Heritage and Cultural Centre where King's unique and vibrant heritage and...
Kingscross Traffic Calming: change in process
Impact of traffic speed on pedestrian safety is a hot topic in Kingscross Estates. Staff is on track to present a recommendation to Council in late winter (i.e. April 2015) on traffic calming. There is however, a change in steps leading up to that recommendation;...
Walk For Wellness is finishing up
Sunday morning, the big walk for the 2015 Walk For Wellness fundraiser, occurred. Given the icy slush and wind it was truly wonderful to do our walk in the Upper Canada Mall! I learned something new this morning about this fund raising event ; these funds are the...
2015 Budget Approved
Council approved the 2015 Budget at our 1/26 meeting. As our local papers have covered it very extensively I will not review many details. Combined with the anticipated regional increase of 3.97% and the 0% increase from Education, the impact on King Township is...
Living Safely With Coyotes
I am hearing from people that they have observed coyotes; and I have seen them too. I have also heard questions as to what they should do. Toronto Wildlife Centre (TWC) and Ministry of Natural Resources provide practical advice on living safely with wildlife,...
2015 Budget and Business Plan
The 2015 Budget and Business Plan is on the agenda for 1/26 Council. I continue to believe that the proposed property tax increase which amounts to $79/yr on the average house in King (assessment of $614,000) is the right decision. I am aware that very...
Supporting Seniors At Home
" Walk For Wellness" is not only valuable as a fund raiser for CHATS (Community and Housing Assistance to Seniors); it is an opportunity to gain a better appreciation impact of CHATS on the lives of Seniors. In 2014 CHATS served 173 individual clients in 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…