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
Mayor’s Gala to support Arts, Culture and Heritage
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Volunteer Appreciation
Its time! Now is the time to nominate a person who has made a difference in your King community; a person you believes special recognition for all the time and energy they put out for their neighbours and their community. In addition, i) you can also nominate a person who doesn't live in King but who provides valuable volunteer hours to the King community; and ii) you can nominate a King...
2020 Budget Approved
Township Council approved a net tax levy increase of 2.5% on the Township portion to deliver the operating budget of $44.8 million. Given the average residential assessment of $850,000, the increase on the township portion of the property tax is $158. As indicated in other posts the capital budget of $34.8 million for 2020 was approved as part of the 4 year capital budget in 2019. This net...
Budget 2020
At January 27 Council there is a report recommending approval of the budget which was originally tabled on Jan. 13. I consider the recommended 2.89% net tax levy increase to be appropriate. As reviewed in the report our financial profile is in good shape: our debit is declining and we are far below the maximum borrowing capacity; we are making steady annual contributions to the infrastructure...
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.