Kingscross Applications

Monday, December 7th Council meeting is the statutory public meeting in response to the applications made for an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment to enable the creation of a new lot in Kingscross.  Earlier I posted the official notice for this...

Important steps for Broadband in King

Building broadband capability in King is critical; there are some significant gaps today but there are some huge advance coming.  I am anticipating a very interesting deputation by the Business Development Director of Vianet* at our Monday Council meeting.   At...

Public Forums on 2016 Budget

As I noted earlier there are 2 public forums being held for the 2016 Budget.  If you wish to understand which initiatives are proposed to be funded in 2016 and which ones are not and why, this is a meeting for you.  At these sessions the Finance Director will be...

Parks Division Move to Schomberg–more information

Earlier I wrote about a plan to move the Parks Division Staff to the former Schomberg Arena.  In response to questions indicating lack of understanding about the plan and criticism about both the plan and how the plan had been communicated additional information is...

Official Plan Phase 2: direction setting

Phase 2 of Official Plan Review is on Council agenda for 11/2.  Its a very  important report as this drives how the Township will evolve.  At this stage all the details are not yet being determined; but very significant policy directions are being determined such as: ...

2016 Budget Preparation

Preparations for the 2016 Budget are well underway.  For those interested in the deliberations here are a couple dates you will want to keep in mind.  November 2 there is a working session for Council at which Staff will provide a review of what 2016 will look like if...