Surviving The Ice Storm

Before commenting on the ice storm I want to wish you all a very happy, safe and successful New Year. Christmas 2013 will certainly be remembered: the ice storm really tested everyone’s resilience. I know that in many cases people were very challenged to keep...

2014 Budget Decisions Begin

Deliberations on the 2014 budget begin at December 16 Council. You can review the draft budget here. The draft proposes an increase of  2.59%; assuming the proposed York Region increase of 1.54% and the proposed neutral rate from School Board,the blended increase for...

OMB Hearing on Wedding Venue

I attended most of the OMB hearing conducted week of November 25 on the application to create a banquet facility to provide a wedding venue in an open country environment. In my most recent post I encouraged people to attend,if their schedules permitted, to both show...

Waste Collection Problems & Solutions

As you  have either experienced personally or have read about in our local papers, there are some problems with our garbage pick up program. To both provide background and an update on resolving the issues Council & Staff had a working meeting on 12/2. Bottom...