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.
YR/VIVA Information Session
Public Information Centre (PIC) by YR/VIVA 2015 Annual Service Plan Review Tuesday, March 18 4-7PM where: King Township Council Chambers This is an excellent opportunity to hear about future plans & changes; and more importantly to tell YR/VIVA what services...
Community Information Session: stewardship activities
Another informative afternoon session on natural heritage features in King Township is being hosted by the Sustainability Committee on Sunday February 23rd at the King City Library. At this session you will hear from at least 5 groups/organizations which are leading...
Genview Sales Office at the Museum
As people know who have been following the story of our collaboration with Genview whereby a temporary sales office has been permitted in our Museum facility in return for critical physical enhancements and repairs I have been a huge supporter of this arrangement....
Meet The Mayor and Councillors
The 4th annual round of Meet the Mayor and Councillors is beginning. Mayor Pellegrini, Councillor Mortelliti and myself will be at King City Library (1970 King Road, King City) on Thursday, February 6th 6:30-8:00 PM. This is your chance to ask for an update on...
No New Banquet Facility on the ORM
I have written previously about my strong disagreement with an application to build a banquet facility/wedding venue on the Oak Ridges Moraine (ORM) between Hwy 400 and Weston Road south of the Lloydtown Aurora Rd. Along with the Municipality's Staff, Council and many...
Wetlands & Streams in your backyard
Wetlands and streams are not just in conservation areas; they can be in your backyard. In fact, there are many residents in King Township who do have wetlands and streams in their back yards. Being the proud owner of a property with natural features is truly very...
Transportation Master Plan Study
Do you have a point of view on truck traffic in the Township? Or, what do you think about traffic infiltration and traffic calming measures? If you have ideas about these issues, or thoughts about other traffic issues it would be great if you would find the time to...
Gun Discharge By-law–revised draft
A revised new by-law covering discharge of guns in King Township is on the agenda for Council January 27th. Because of significant public interest in this by-law Staff have alerted identified "interested parties" well in advance of the meeting. Also well in advance...
Walking for CHATS
Once again I am fund raising for CHATS (Community & Home Assistance to Seniors). I have committed to walk 40K to support programs and services offered by CHATS. Either for altruistic or selfish reasons one can’t help but be impressed with an organization...
2014 Budget Approved
Council has approved the 2014 budget. The blended tax increase is 1.56%; for the average assessed property ($711,902) this amounts to an increase of $108.84/yr ($9.07/month) over 2013. The Township portion of this is 2.59% increase ($61.18/yr); the Region's increase...
Dealing with the Ice Storm Mess
Council held a special working session on Monday to debrief on the ice storm and the clean-up effort. Township Staff's efforts throughout the storm and period of electricity outages is really remarkable. And it is also very clear that our Staff is very aware that the...
new look & features for WWW.KING.CA
www.king.ca has a new look and new functionality! The new site has been optimized for faster surfing; searching and has been designed and developed within the Web Accessibility Standards of Canada. Check out the on-line services. You can sign up to receive notices of...
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…