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
Gypsy Moth: the offense
In late summer 2020 many people remarked on how the canopy of trees was being eaten away by gypsy moths. Some tried to swat & capture the moths; and before that there was effort to trap the caterpillars on tree trunks. As we start to have warmer temperatures it is now the time to scrape off the eggs which have been laid on the tree trunks by last year's moths. The photos to the left are...
Refreshed Community Improvement Plan
On Council March 29 agenda there is the proposed refreshed Community Improvement Plan (CIP). As expressed earlier when the draft was presented to Council in February I believe the CIP is "good" for King and I am very pleased with its evolution in terms of increasing the eligibility for grants. As indicated in the report the fundamental motivation is to incent property and business owners to...
COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic
On Council March 29 agenda there is a report recommending Council support for creation of a vaccination clinic at the Trisan Centre. I am thrilled that the prework has been done to enable it to be opened as early as April 6 or 12 pending vaccine supply. As reviewed running this clinic will not cost the Township but indeed there have been some difficult choices made. Summer ice at Trisan or...
Smart Boundary Adjustment on the ORM
On March 29 Council meeting there is a report for allowing implementation of a boundary adjustment. There was a public planning meeting for this initiative in November 2019; conclusion of that meeting was that more work needed to be done as the proposed solution did not fully respect the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan (ORMCP) which requires that no undersized lots are created for the...
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…