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
Tax Rates for 2020
On June 22nd Council there is a report recommending tax rates. We approved our 2020 operating budget in January; this now defines how the required tax levies will be collected; how much a residential, commercial, industrial property pays. And ultimately it defines what your and my tax rate is which is then factored against your current value assessment. The residential tax rate for 2020 is...
Delegating Authority
On Jne 22 agenda there is a Staff report recommending delegation of authority to Director of Growth Management Services (GMS) for two processes. (GMS is a new department composed of Planning, Building and Bylaw; the Director of GMS is Stephen Naylor who was Director of Planning.) 1st process to be delegated is site plan approval, including allocations. Second process is for allowing...
Extending an ICBL on Severances
On June 22nd Council agenda there is a Staff report recommending the extension of a current interim control bylaw (ICBL), which restricts severances in our 3 villages for one year as our new Official Plan (One King) is still not in force. As One King has more robust policies on the issue of severances in the villages, extension of the ICBL would likely not be proposed if it were in force. I...
The Finances of our Water Systems
On the Council agenda there are several reports providing good background information on the financial plan for the water drinking systems which King Township operates. The rigor of the financial plans is how residents who depend on these systems can have confidence that they are being operated, every day, safely. Its based on this that licenses to operate are given. The report indicates that...
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…