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.
Amendments to Protect the ORM
On February 6 Council agenda there is a staff report proposing amendments to zoning bylaws to address the impact of Bill 23 on the municipality’s ability to protect the ecological value of the Oak Ridges Moraine (ORM). As presented in an earlier report Bill 23...
Request to Repeal Designation
On February 6 Council agenda there is a report addressing a request to repeal a designation bylaw for a property on 18th Sideroad, the former Second King Baptist Church. Given the municipality’s responsibility to conserve heritage properties I concur with the Staff...
Pancake Breakfast This Saturday
Protecting the ORM
At the January 30 council planning meeting there is report on a Township initiated zoning bylaw of relevance to lands in the Oak Ridges Moraine. It is being recommended by Staff as a means to maintain ability to protect the ORM despite Bill 23. With Bill 23 the...
Keele and King Road
At the January 30 council planning meeting one of the applications being reviewed is one for the southeast corner of Keele and King Rd. where there is a very prominent heritage house. The proposal is exciting: it includes retaining the heritage property and...
Amendment for 19th SDRD
At the January 30 council planning meeting one of the applications being presented is for a site specific zoning bylaw application for rural property on the 19th sideroad to permit construction of accommodation for farm workers. The proposal includes both a new...
Another single detached house on Keele?
At the January 30 council planning meeting one of the applications being presented is for a site specific zoning bylaw application for a property on west side of Keele to facilitate a severance. The proposal is to have both lots zoned for single detached...
2023 Budget
First agenda item on January 23 Council agenda is 2023 budget with a property tax increase of 4.95%. Given the overall economic picture, particularly the interest rate increases and inflation on food and fuel I know that there will be disappointment. My initial...
Budget Open House on January 18
Draft 2023 Operating and Capital Budgets will be available for review in-person January 17 6-8 PM at an Open House at the Municipal Centre. Have your chance to review the budget, have your say, and ask questions of Township staff. Here is link to the budget...
By-law Investigation Map
The Township of King has posted a new feature at king.ca/by-law that allows visitors to King’s website to check on the status of a bylaw complaint. As I often hear frustration that making a complaint to Bylaw is like making a complaint to a black box as its not...
Gates at Marylake Monastery
On Council agenda for January 9 there is a report on the subject of the Entrance gates at Marylake Monastery (15th SDRD/Keele.) These Entrance Gates are designated on the Heritage Register. As reviewed in the report the need for maintenance was identified as there...
Presentations for Jan. 9 Council
As I have posted earlier there are a couple agenda items about municipal water and sewers. At the 5 pm working council meeting on January 9 there is a presentation about the quality management systems for the water; the presentation is now included on the agenda. ...
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…