Mar 29, 2011 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
At 3/28 special King Council, Council voted 4/2 for a 5.66% increase on King portion of property tax. 2011 blended rate will be 2.62%; on residents with $514,000 assessment, increase is $139.90/year. I was one of the two not supporting this plan. The cost savings...
Mar 29, 2011 | Debbie in the Community
At April 4th Council meeting Staff will be presenting a zoning bylaw and development agreement in response to an application for 6 residential lots on the Kettleby Road. In addition a site plan control bylaw is being prepared that would apply to the subject lands...
Mar 27, 2011 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
A letter initiated by Oakville citizens and signed by residents from several other municipalities, including me, has been sent to the leadership of all the provincial parties, asking for appropriate and reasonable buffer zones between generators and residences and...
Mar 24, 2011 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
Thanks to two excellent presentations during the past two weeks I have had my eyes & ears opened to some new concepts & issues about heritage—the valuing of it, the respecting of it, the learning from it. On 3/20 the Historical Society hosted a presentation...
Mar 24, 2011 | Debbie in the Community
March 21 Ontario Energy Board rendered its decision to not re-open a review of the gas pipeline to supply the York Energy Centre. From my reading of their decision their critical decision factor is that King Township had not registered as an intervener in the...
Mar 11, 2011 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
Sustainability……. Everyone is doing it. Today in my “traditional” mailbox (i.e. the one covered in wet snow) I received a mailing from a well known global consumer products company with an update on their sustainability plan. And sure, as happens, once everyone is...