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.
Events For Fun and Learning
Rebel Tour Sunday, November 4. (follow the 1837 route from Lloydtown to Toronto). Details here. King City Christmas Wednesday November 21 5-8PM at the Four Corners (Keele/King Road) We Still Believe November 24, 25 (Saturday, Sunday) This is the 1st Annual ...
What Comes After Slots At Racetracks?
For good reason anxiety in the equine sector continues despite their being talk of a new model to replace the Slots At Race Tracks Program (SARP). An edited version of the recommendations from the expert panel to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs...
Headwaters Horse Country—learnings & opportunities
There is a vision to promote the Headwaters region as a centre of equine excellence in the province of Ontario and by doing so to support, grow and advocate for this vital sector in the regional economy. As King is a neighbour to Headwaters and as the equine sector...
2013 Budget and Business Plan
4 opportunities for you to provide input upfront in the 2013 budget Monday, 11/5 6:30 p.m.– 8:30 p.m. at the King City Public Library Saturday,11/10 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the Schomberg Public Library Wednesday, 11/21 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m....
King City Corporate Centre—public meeting
Public Meeting for the application to create King City Corporate Centre is on Monday October 29. As this is the statutory public meeting it will be in the Council meeting starting at 6 PM. This is a very important application as the subject lands are the only...
King City Corporate Centre
King City Corporate Center (KCCC) presented to the public their plans for developing their 100 acres on south side of King Rd/east of Jane on 9/19. This development is extremely important to the future sustainability of King. In the King City Official Plan these...
The original Schomberg Arena
I attended the 3 sessions to hear input from the public as to their ideas about how to proceed with the Schomberg Community & Agricultural Arena (a.k.a. old Schomberg arena). As one of the general options is to re-purpose the arena, Staff did have the building...
Road Safety
One complaint/concern I receive regularly is about speeding vehicles. (And occasionally there are complaints about posted speeds being too slow.) The seriousness of the complaints is amplified of course by the number of vehicles. The problem is not going to...
Humber Advocate
A new online newsletter has been launched: Humber Advocate. It is a great place to find out activities & events on the Humber which celebrate its rich heritage and history. The scope of the activities is wide: archaeological sites, community gardens, bridges,...
$1.2 million hole–what should we do?
We have a $1.2 million hole in our budget; your input as to how to fill it is being requested. Specifically: the funding of the Trisan Center in Schomberg included revenues of $1.2 million from the sale of the old Schomberg arena. (The rest of the funding came from...
Gun Discharge–bylaw amendment proposal
At 09/24 Council Staff have tabled a report on amendments to the gun discharge bylaw. The only significant change is in the King City area. Staff is “recommending a buffer area around the King City community area to proceed further north, south, west and east which...
Candidates for the Advisory Committees to Council
During the last week I have spent about 8 hours as a member of the Selection Panel interviewing applicants for the 3 Advisory Committees to Council: Sustainability, Heritage and Accessibility. The panel will present its recommendations to Council in the closed...
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…