Welcome to my blog! MY primary objective is to alert my constituents and others in King Township about issues being reviewed at the upcoming Council meetings. I do this as I believe the quality of Council decisions is enhanced when the public is engaged. I hope that residents will make deputations and/or send emails to Council to express their opinion and/or to ask important questions. Also, I include notice of meetings and events which I think are particularly important. I welcome your comments, whether you agree or not with me, and only edit to eliminate inappropriate language.
Recent Posts
Resolution re Regional Fire Service
On agenda there is a resolution as to whether King supports a study on the creation of a regional fire service for York Region. To my mind there is no data to suggest that King residents and businesses would be better served with a regional fire service. Years ago King was very smart and consolidated the operations of what was once 3 independent fire services in each of the villages. We are...
Blue Box: full producer responsibility
On agenda there is a report recommending a preferred date for transitioning to full producer responsibility for the blue box. The report recommends maintaining status quo until Dec.31, 2025 which coincides with the expiry of our current waste collection contract. I am disappointed with the recommendation but I think the argument related to the complexity of making the change during the life of...
King At Home
King At Home has been launched. I think timing is perfect as it has been about 6 weeks since concepts of "essential businesses" and "physical distancing" has impacted our daily lives. Its time for new programs to be introduced: King AT Home is what we need. It offers something for everyone. Its purpose is to provide a wide variety of activities and resources to the King community in an...
Community Gardens are Essential
Saturday, April 25 the list of essential services was expanded to include community gardens! I am so glad this decision was made now as it is time for those who use the community gardens to be accessing them. The community gardens were originally included with the closure of other outdoor municipal amenities such as sports fields, dog parks, playground structures. But, the community gardens...
I have to respond to your comments. First, glad you are participating Thursday. I agree the GO train station is…
King City much like many rural communities may not have been trendy, up and coming, the next Rosedale but it…
Hi Sheila, I really hope that you are going to participate in the Thursday sessions about the initiative to create…
It should not come as any surprise to anyone in King City that everything appears to be a DONE deal.…
Thank you for explaining the process involved in reviewing and providing feedback regarding the KCCAP Debbie.